The San Antonio Ledger. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 29, 1856 Page: 1 of 4
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■•VI
A Thanksgiving Scene.
Adelaide Talbot was beautiful and love-
ly in her youth, dearly loved by all, best
by those of her own fireside circle. When
the long lashes were lifted from her ever
changing cheeks, yon conld look inttf*the
very soul of the high minded, sunny hear-
ted girl. Six years before she had stood in
her father's low parlor on Thanksgiving
«ve—she had stood before that father and
mother to whoso faces she lifted-her soul
speaking eyes, th;. bride of an hour. And
as the g- Q:l m >th Vs raspberry wine, care-
fully reserved for the occasion, went round,
she dreamed not that in tne enj? their linked
a diamon that should overthrow the altar
just erected.
"Caleb Reyno'ds was now a dftiukard,
and a deserter from his home. lie. had en
listed, ii was thought, in an hour of intoxi
catión, luit his wygpfa-s lolt to learn it from
other lips. Hfe'^oUt without one word of
farewell, to the plains of Mexico, and nev-
er since liad she h>«rd from him.
Poor Adelaide carried her crushed heart
back to her father's house, longing only to
he laid in the grave. Have you ever seen a
trie in onr W^st 'rn forests blighted by 'gird-
ling- as th : woodman call it; cut oil' from
its connection with the life-giving earth,
and th-n l?ft to wither for years. I never
pass streh a tice without thinking of the
M >\y Lui'i of the begirt to wljch come wri-
ter has siiilviog'y compared it. it was
f thus.lh.ii A lei ii le stood ariiong the other
idm's-o!' her fit'isr's nuriiwe. Have you
1 s<! ' i fr >¡vr S'li'.li a airdled I reo a s'nooi
ai.-.otn con-.-Tioii wifh" l'e bar It below
n i! s-is-t iiii i sure, though sick.ljfcWe it the
tree, ft vt Vs th is little Robert cima to bind
a few Vo'.cri fi'urs from bar earthly hopes
and dreams of earth.
B it we are forgetting on Thanksgiving.
Non ■ of the aunties forget n, however, or
the cousins; and by the time Father Talbot's
big sleigh had been emptied twice upon the
old sprinkled slone sieps, all were brought
hom from the church, and all were theie—
all except two unaccountable stragglers,
'the boys,' as two slripplings nearly six feet
high, continued to be called, who were cul-
tivati ig the sciences in a college not many
miles away.
An I why were they rr-ó't there? So ques-
tioned every one, and grandmamma did not
answer, but only wiped her spectacles eve-
ry few minutes, with her apron and peered
out the south.vest window.
Meanwhile the newcomers were all clu^-
inred in the silling room, making a merry
use of the interlude between service and
dinner. There was Rob'eit the eldest son,
with his romping family and. anxious look-
Vug wife. 1 here was Charlotte—nobody
knew her by that name—Lottie, blooming
iri her prime; and managing her little ones
lo a charm Next to her sat a pale stiff
♦looking cousin from the nearest factory vil-
*l'ige. Last but not «least, though she was
Wmi a filtle one, was the school maVm—
the youngest of her father's flock—the
laughing fun loving Susie. She was noi
beautiful as Addie had been, but there was
such a World of good nature itl her tow
broad forehead, and dimpled cheeks, that
you loved her at first sight. 1 will not tt-
tempt her portfail, for 1 do not know that
she sat still long enough to hatfr it taken,
except at church. This day she was here,
and everywhere jsmorrg the children, kiss-
ing one, romping with another, and then
tossing up Robert's babe to the terror of its
mamma and the delight ofall others.
"You must let me go and help grand-
mamma lake tip the turkey, indeed you
must," criad Susan laughing, as she push-
ed through the doorway, followed by the
whole scampering troop. One had sprung
frota the top of the arm chair to her shoul-
der, and sat crowing like a parrot on his
perch,
As she advanced toward the kitchen the
outer door was thrown open,rand a "merry
Thanksgiving to you!" burst from the lips
bf the intruders, amid the renewed shouts of
the boisterous brood!
"Bless me where did you drop from?"
fried the mother, dropping her ladle into the
coals in her surprise.
"Why. brothers, we never heard your
sleigh bells?" exclaimed Susan throwing off
her encu'mbrenees, and heartily welcoming
the young collegians.
"I dare say not," cried Edward as he
knocked the show from his boots. "We
chartered another sort of a veheicle—hey
Will?"
"The fact is," exclaimed Will' "that we
started with sunrise this morning, bnt met
with a mt>*f provoking break-down by 'he
way. So not to, he cheated out of our
Thanksgiving, we footed it through the
drifts. We have tost Parson Wood's ser-
mon, bnt we are in time for mother's din-
ner; and I assure you the walk has given
us a pair of appetites."
So they sat down to dinner at last, all
the loving and merry ones." Grandfather
hushed them for a moment-, while he lifted
his brotiBed hands over the hugh platter, and
invoked.bountiful heaven in a lengthy but
fervent blessing. Then followed the usual
clattering and—but I need not describe it,
you see it as well as i do.
"The wish bone,"—a great prize that-
fell to the share of the shyest one, little blue
eyed Nelly, who carefully wrapped it ill
her while a* m t«H'r<il trt-nmire. ,
"CozTirra y i y ou?"sc ream e<jh
her cousin Harry from the other eud of the
table.
"No, lam going lo break'*—-.
"With whom, I should like to know?"
"With Aunt Susie, then," said the little
dove, nestling mildly toward her side.
"Aunt Susie! Aunt Susie would look fine-
ly breaking a wish bone."
"And why not master Harry?" said Su-
san, merrily. "I assure you I have broken
more than one at this table."
"And did your wishes ever come to pass,
did they Aunt Susie?" cried a score of voi-
ces at once,
"Yos, did they ever, An tit Susie?" chimed
in Edward, casting up from his plate a
sidolong demure glance, that brought the
blushes and dimples to her cheek.
Susie had seen some quiet little flirtations
Suddenly her face grew very serious. She
caught Adelaide's expression of counte-
nance as the latter rose from the table and
made some excuse for withdrawing. The
wish-bone was broken to a charm—snap-
ped exactly in the middle to the infiuate
amutement of the juveniles, who had been
making bets on the result.
The babies went tosleepatthe risht hour
precisely, and were packed into their snug
little cradles, with blankets and pillows.—
'The eldest of the corijpany were ensconced
in a corner to play button, and the brothers
and sisters clustered in qiaiet little knots.
William and Susan sat by the window, not
to sentimentalize over the moonlight that
came flickering through the fleecy clouds,
but to gather up the threads of a confiden-
tial tete-a-tete, to chat of college scrapes,
and—save the mark —school ma'am's rogue-
ries.
Gradmamma had her knitting ofconrse—
bksss the dear old fingus that had kepj so
'i-i'vJLlui,
stimre, a chrochet purse to nef-
William,', said Susie', lowering her voice
at a pause in the conversation and glancing
up ftiritively, "what think you of Addie to
day?"
William stole a glance around. ''Much
as usual, is she not, poor thing."
See how she sits here with her fingers
moving through the baby's curls, and her
eyes fixed on vacancy;"
"This was her wedding nigh t you know."
"I tell you Willie that Addie loves Rey-
nolds with all her heart yet, as truly as she
ever did on that evening. She has never
spoken his tin tne, even to me, since the day
her father forbade it to bo mentioned in his
presence, but there is something terrible in
this statue-like grief of hers."
A sharp quick Imrk under the window
arrested the conversation.
"Be quiét, Growler, obi fellow, what are
you about?" shouted William, and he was
still.
Dear, silent Adelaide now brought around
the tray of nuts and apples, and every one
Iried lo make her smile as he took a share; but
lief smile was as faint as moonlight ou an
icy lake.
Harry and Nelly had called Aunt Susie
over to the corner to name their apples, and
all were silent for a few minutes, The
quick bark came again from the dog, folio vV
ed by a low protracted growl. Edward
jumped up to investigate matters, but before
lie reached the door it was opened slowly
but firmly, and a tall pale figure stepped
with in it and stood silwntlv. The sudden
paralysis of surprise bound every voice. A
moment more¡ and with a faint and despe-
rate cry, Adelaide dropped hot boy from her
lap, and sprang across the room to her hus-
band;
His arm closed around her, and her head
iank like a broken lilly ou his shoulder.—
Farmer Talbot started as if stung by an
bitter memory. His arm was raised, and
his white locks floated back.
"Father 1"
It was Susan's voice, choked with agony
as «he sprang to catch the hand of the old
man. ' ,
The uplifted hand fell and all was hushed
for one long moment.
"Gome you as a reformed man, Caleb
Reynolds !" Farmer Talbot's tone w'as firm,
tliongh quiet.
"I do by the help of God, my father,"
the stranger solemnly answered.
Father Talbot threw a glareof the camile
on his features. Caleb Reynolds never
spoke like that," and the old man modula-
ted each word as if to steady his trembling
voice.
•'Have you signed the temperance pledge/
< 'I have signed it, imd I have kept it for
mo re than a year."
"Then my son"—and the old man's hand
was extended, but his voice was choked.—
He bowed himself down a Dd wept like a
ohild.
But the arms hung loosly around Caleb
Reynold's neck; the surprise had been too
sndden. and gentle Adate had fáfnted,—
>!or 'tilt tliey had won back the life tide to
4 •■■ «gain in the r —
> him that sou
her cht-eks, and seeu her again in the armsdw
g to him that soi'iT folk f
hef early years had
trimioned influence and respectability. It is satls-
otory, especially at this time, when other1 leading
English newspapers are induing in extravagant
flijrhts of BohadiliBtn, to find such rational views of
onr international relations, entertained by our con-
empornry. l'hey will méet with the approbation of
wry American citizen. And it would only excite
"'J. )e laughter of our readers, on this side of the A t-
''"«■iitlc, were We to assiire'them,' that there is no dan
he had listeueiV.fo the angel
But with re.flect¿pu and good resoh
came also remorse, and d. spair.
should .win bask to him thefolei'ted
son learned on his mother's knee came bea-
ming up through the gloom of years squan-
dered in dissipation. He went to the foun-
tain of peace and drank of the living water.
Having fixed and finished his lerin of pro-
bation lie sought again his home. "I knew"
said he "you would all be assembled here to
night; arid 1 lingered, shivering, long be-
fore I could man ni y heart to come in among
you."
"Brother" exclaimed more voices than
one. The clock in the coner struck nine—
it was the hour of prayer. Farmer Talbot
laid his head oil his family bible, arid wiped
his eyes.
"Come my children, let us give thanks to
God, for this my sou was dead and is alive
again—was lost and is found,"
Wt are quite certain that we need oiler our read-
ers no apology for transferring to our column the
lifrirtg Able düd SértSiblli article, ifrom the London
Athenaeum,—an English Literary Journal of nh-
of her husbaud, ttirnin
of earnetstness-that
worn—not till then—-dtd the others ap,
proach to welcome with tearful embraces,
their long lost brother.
"And this is our boy Addie, whom I nev-
er saw?" rriurmered Caleb, pressing his lips
to the little round forehead .of the sleeper,—
She only replied by her tears.
No question further was asked, but Cttleb
soon spófee of his ^atidermgs.^ Wounded—_ IL, „ „„ UB„
in battle and brought to the point of deaihf ,rofa warbetween England'and the United States,
j had listened, to the angel Rett-elioii.«r .u. nu.i.i.
'lie belligerent bluster of a portion oT the British
ess, excites but ridicule in this country. But such
remarks as the following will meet with general
should win nawu- to mm iiieuiieuuu ¡tune-- t . - • •
tions -tvf his wife? It w,s then that an<1 f'"^' asan '"<«**-
Presidential Prospects.
In every State in the Union, the democ-
racy are organizing for the presidential bat-
lie next fall. North, South, East and West
the democratic party has planted itself firm-
ly, immovably, upon ihe platform oftho Ne-
braska bill, and of political and religious
toleration. Ever ywhere tlitvdemociacy ifow
stand committed to the principle of self
government in the territories, and opposi-
tion to the modification or the repeal ol the
naturalization law, or the disturbance of the
fugitive slave law. If the position of the
democratic party in any State of Ihe Union,
upon either of these questions, shal1, ai any
time, be called into question or doubted, it
.viil afford us special pleasure Jo turn to tile
resolutions of their Shite convention, ill the
State that may lie designated, ami show
thai-it has t ikon its stand Unequivocally ar.d
«•Inch some of our jpuniaU have thought proper fo
make. Every Englishman feels that he would not be
put down by such a puViule; and we miyst not forget
thai our descenHvitts in America, are just as haughty
as ourselves. They have our Mood, our passions,
our acute sense of personal honor. Against ourselves
(ha illtinni ftt !• A A tL.l Í
tion óf American, as well as Englmh sentiments:
"Common politics lie beyond ónr province. We
gladly leave to our powerful and sagacious cot-.mpor-
aries the duly of vindicating our luiiU in the Bcale of
nations. We concern ourselves slightly with the
rights of men and the wrongs of women.'. Even the
Russian' War has had for us only a secondary inter-
est. Our labors fall, very happily for ourselves and
for our readers, in the calmer regions of imellicence,
legions rarely disturbed by intrusion of the fiercer
passions, and across which the flash of battle passes
as a softened licht. and the roar of bombardment is
only heart! in a sad and mournful monotone. Bi'fyrs
we can deal with politics, they must generally have
passed into liiMory, Bnt there are exceptions to
our rule ; and the question of a possible rupture with
America is certftit.ly one of these exceptions. Surely
such a rupture is unlikely ! Yet the air grows heav-
ier day by day. The idea is becoming familiar to
many minds. Passions are rising. Every mail ap-
pears to bring us nearer to the citaract j and unless
the good and modorate men of both hemisphere^
come to the rescue of their governments, a collision
may take placo. Under such an aspect of events,
every voice to which the public will listen should be
raised. The mor? cautiously we ourselves abstain in
ordinary times from pronouncing on the course of
oiu- national polity, the inore we feel bound in this
solemn moment to apnea) to the true feeling and se-
date understanding of our readers on both solea, of
the Atlantic against the levity, the pride, or the in-
capacity which would urge the two nations into wal\
' War with the United States 1 The idea of such
a war 13 incredible. If there be in the catalogue of
mortal calamities a 'worse than Civil War.' it is such
a conflict as might arise between America and Eng-
land. A civil war has generally some basis in reason.
Some grand principle is at stake. The sword is
drawn in defence of freedom—111 defence of property
in delence of religion. A8 our own civil war, a
certain degre# of romance, of chivalry, an/1 of intel-
lectual activity, often springs from the conflict on i
flourishes after its close—the blossom and the frUit
of a splendid and deadly contest. Bat a war against
America would have no single redeeming poiiit,
There is lint—and there ijever ought, to be—any real
rrel with the United Slates; The in-
uncompromismgly as we have here stated.if.. . .
It .1 -1 .1 í ... Iterests <>r the two countries are identical, lheir
U|i0ll these issues the great ball le is lo be | moral principles are tiie same. They have neither a
fought. 'I'll ose who have, heretofore acted Ihngi'iage to separate nor a religion to estrange thein.
v-'- -
"—' —u common tradition. They possess the same
Bible. They read the same Slnikspeare and the
or P11 aytitiu Ht' r
to mtfke between the democratic can- *a
the threat of force is the one argument that la sure
under all circumstances to fail. Nor will the Ameri-
cana be cowed by a menace of the Baltie fleet. We
mu?t argue our point its if no fleets were in exis-
tence, and take our stand ou the ground of history
and twaaon.
BSBBSHHHSBHS——S-S-5—as——55S55—9H-HI
■ : anttflffiAM
We have this week received the March numbers
of Putnam, Household Words and the Schoolfellow.
The average of quality and interest usually posessed
by thene works is deservedly high, and tlio current
numbers not .tmly sustain but exceed that«
Excellent, instructive and amusing, they are fl't
pinions for the domestic hearth, or 6n a^ourneyj
and are calculated in themselves to satisfy the lite-
rary requirements of an entire household, from tllfe
head thereof down to the youngest child who is able
to read. Together, these works' form a treat, of
which all desirous of instruction and amusement
should partake.
The old and very general favorite, Geo. P. Morris,
grstiflcd tbé tt'oriil with a now song. Anything
from his pen must, it would seem, necessarily be
good; and the following, which is peculiarly appli-
cable to the present season, appears to us inferior to
none of bis former achievements in bong writing:
Pleasant Weather.
Thank God for pieasaht weather!
•(.".vol it merrily rills I
Arel clap your bauds.together,
Ye exulting hills!
Thank hint teeming valley !
Thank him fru tfnl plain!
For the golden sunshine,
And tiie silver rain.
Thank G >1. nt good the Giver 1
Shout it sportive breeze !
Respond, 011 tniiefiil river,
To ihe nodding trees.
Thank him. bud and birdling!
As ye frrow and sing !
Mingle .in t lijijikngiving
Every living thing!
Thank tiod with cheerful spirit,
lii a f-low of:love,
fur what .wy here inherit,
And our hopes above I
UmveiRjl Nature
KeVeli in" liVrj birth-, , ; ¿
Wheti Cfóítj tíi pleasant weather,
Shiih's npoii the earth!
, We haVe of late experienced such an uncommonly
long spéll of tWe' very vvórst kind of weather that
we can fully appreciate the change for tiie 'better
which has taken piare, and can, therefore more read-
''._lif)V tkd above.
MlStfULliANEl
"Though lost to sight 10 memory dear,"
as the maid said to her lover, when Mwfáée*
was buried in beard and whiskers.
The grave is art itgly hole in the ground,
which lovers apd poets wish t^ey were in,
but take uncommon pains to avoid.
Ohio marriages arp.aiow cabled 'limited
partnerships;' in coHseqiuMjce of tne pliancy
of the Buckeye divorce bill; ~ ^ .-•■•• -
Punch has an iilj.tstra.tipn of ijhakiispaais
representing. jPeti nchio holding in his,Uand a,
bonnet that has just come home, while this
dialogue takes place;
"'etruchio.— "Why, 'tis a ycockle, < . ,
clioicc
(Jitlate'standing upon this platfonn, and the
candidate ol theopposition, who will go in-
to the canvass, pledged to deprive the peo-
ple of tiie territories, of the right to govern
themselvesl and to deprive our foreign born
fellow, citizens of the right to vote and hold
office. The mass of the old whig party
have been swallowed up by the abolition-
ists,and arenow following the lead ofGid-
diuas, Hale, Greely and Go. But there are
hundreds and thousands of those who
gloried in the name of whig, in ihe days of
Clay and Webster, that will not succumb
lo the dictation of such leaders as Giddings
& Co. Remembering that Henry Clay,
whom they always ícgarded as a pure pa-
triot and a high minded statesman, was
hi ns"lf a slave hc:!;!ér. Tiléré are.thous-
ands of old line Ulay whigs who will noi
unite with those who would spit upon lus
grave and trample his fame in the dust by
their wholesale, unscrupulous,and false hear-
ted denunciations ofskive holders and un-
profitable crusade upon thepeOpleoftheslave
States. It will become ail such to unite
their hopes, their.fortunes and their interests
with those of the national democracy. Mr.
Clay declaied that, should the Whig party
ever become meiged in {i contempiible ab-
olition, sectional party, he would leave i'
and unite his fortunes with the democrat ;
and since ihe event which he seemed to an-
ticipate has already come to pass, those who
honestly and consistently followed his lead
during his life, will not now hesitate to ch*
precisely what lie said he would do hi.rn.self.
And if sti, the country will be preserved from
the contaminating clutches of the abolition-
ists. With the acquisition of such patriotic,
and truly national whigs, the democracy
can well afford to part with',' here and there,
aji abolition hypocrite, who has worn the
cloak of democracy to deceive and defraud.
Thus constitued, the n itional democratic
party will continue to I e lie hope and safe-
ty of the Union, a national, patriotic and in-
vincible partv.— Qvtimy Herald.
A L«t^<3' Nosb.—Girl Uncle Hector was
famous for having the largest nose i.11 all the
C.ipe Pear region. He could not help that,
though; but unfortunately his habits gave
it a bright rosy col r, Which, with its size,
made ii a nattfrá'l and artificial curiosity.—
One night he retired to rest a/fer indulging
pretty freely all the evening, and waking
in the course of tile night with a raging
thirst he arose and set off for something to
drink. It was pilch dark, and for fear that
he would' p'ilch agaiiis the door of his room,
which was unusually left standing open, he
groped along, took the door bel Ween his
hands, and received the edgéóf it full tilt
against his nose. It knocked him over back-
ward, and he screamed out with an oath and
agony. "Well I always knew I had k big
nose, but I never thought it was longer than
my arm before."
L ■ . ,, ^
A spindle shanked dandy is palpably á'
vagrant in as much as he has no visible
meas if support.
/
"•w*";
Blake conquered and Cromwell ruled
same Milton.
for botl],
They have an equal interest in Raleigh, in Vane
and in Peiin. N;ly, lheir present state is as insepar-
able as their past. Ihoy still live b£ the light of
the same old Saxon laws. They still drink at the
¡•nine intellectual fountains, regardless whether the
springs lie on the eastern or western shores of the
Atlantic; Irving. Bryant, Bancroft, Hawthorn,Long-
fellow are admired with as warm an affection in En-
gland as aro Thackeray, Tennyson, Dickens. Jerrold
and Macaulay in America. A war between England
«rid America would he a war of brothers, a Wir of
friend against friend. It would be a war of affini-
ties of race, against the unity of religion, againut the
interchanges of trade. It would be war in favor
of barbarism, piracy, restriction; a war against the
bounties ol nature,.the enterprises of {¡enius, the ad-
vances of civilization. Such a war would bring sor-
row into every Anglo-Saxon' home in Europe and
America, and a feeling of shame and humiliation into
every Anglo- Saxoii heart, in whatever quarter of the
globe it heats. Sucha war would close the Gos-
pel for nearly half the Christian world.
We say nothing about material interest. They
go for nvtieh; but the moral interests f r outweigh
them. The interchange of thought is more impor-
tant than the interchange of cotton. And for what
are we threatened with an interruption of our friends
ly relations with our American kindred? Is any prin-
ciple at issue? Are our libBPties threatened? Is our
property unsafe? Not 111, the least degree. Only
three shulit and miserable causes for a quan'el appear,
a dispute about «lie construction of a treaty regard-
ing that interesting snvage, the King of Mosquito,
a dispute «bout some wretched sandbanks lying off
Belize—nnd the dispute about tlio attempt to enlist
troop for the Crimea. The first two are qiiite in-ig-
liificant. We might as well go to war about the sov-
ereignty of the Eel-Pie Island' We may be right and
we may be wrong in our interpretation: the Americans
think we are wroiig. There is mucli to be said on both
sides; and we till know that when private persons
disagree about, trifles, a courteous and coucillratory
tone soon removes the cause of the quarrel. About
the third point—t)ie attempt to enlist in a Republi-
can territory—we are unquestionably in the wrong.
(11 peither cnse ír our leu^ir engaged; in neither
case does any principle which ought to be maintain-
ed, stand bejitnd the formal terms of disagreement;
Lhus presenting a true ground of quarrel, aB in the
Russian war, wljiclí the genius of Ihe nation can
seize and accept. Onr statesmen might, and must,
find in the resources of diplomacy d meads of satis-
fving all interests without ?n insane appeal to the
sword. Where we are clearly wrong.we should at
once and fully admit our error, making whatever
reparation is fairly due. It is said that tbé Wash-
ington Cabinet reqñiif s the withdrawal of Mr. Cfaffip-
ton. Surely this.is no extreme or revolutionary re-
quest. Personal unpopularity basal ways been con-
sidered a sufficient reus in fur the requiring the with-
drawal of an, ambassador. We could give a hun-
dred instancM'111 which sovereign potrété haVe eSlr-
cised this right. Under such circumstance with-
drawel dofes not imply censure. It merely implies
that the personal relations of the ruler and the mih;
ister have become siich as to impede the transaction
of public business. We were wrong in attempting
to recruit within tlié Union. Mr. CramptOn was the
instrument of the wrong. . He has thereby rendered
himself an object of suspicion at Washington. His
withdiawal, therefore, at the request of the Ameri-
can Cabinet, would be in accordance with usage, and
would be a eiire pledge of the sincerity of our ac-
knowledgement of the original error; Strong nations
can afford to be graceful in their concessions.
The other points are less clear, Yet, if a proper
spirit of conciliation presides at the discussion, we
have no reason to fear a permanent disagreement.
We bavo a right t o expect that our diploniatiBta and
public writers will approach the discuaaioa ill a pa-
cific mood. Above, all things we deprecate a menac-
ing tone. We cannot read without indignation the
elaborate display of onr naval and military powars
We lately cam? across the following little gem.
We do not know the author's Dame, but whoever he
may be, he litis reason to bé proud of his offspring.
It is titled ?-
Tho Old I-ove.
I met her, she was thin and old ¡
She stoojjfed and trod with tottering feet;
The hair was gray that once was gold,
The voice was harsh that once was sweet.
Her hands were dwindled, and her eyes,
Robbed of .the girlish light of joy,
Were dim ; I lelt a sad surprise,
That I had loved her when a boy.
But yet a something in her air
Restored to me the vanished time;
My heart grew young, and seemed to wear
The brightness of my youthful prime.
I took her withered hand in mine—
Its touch recalled a ghost cf joy—
I kissed it with a reverend sigh.
For I bad loved her when a boy.
7Kalharlñá'.—"
doth fit the time."
"You say Mr. Scringles that Mr. iacdbs
was your tutor? Does thecOifrt understand '
from that, that you received your education
from him?" "No, sir-ee. lie taught me
to play oli the French horn. He taught me
to toot—hence I call him niy tutor,"
A gentleman once said hp shoul^ like to
see a boat full of ladies adrift on tht<f.ocean ,
to see what course they, would Steár; á la-
dy in the room replied: "That's easy told-+-
they would steer to the Isle of Man, to be
sure."
The Canadians are said to be preparing
for war. ■ The strong language that has
been used in some parts of qtir country hav-
ing alarmed them, and caused fe ¿ra,of in-
vasion to enter their minds. They'are send-:
ing large quantities of powder from Kings-
ton to Toronto; at considerable cost; wheth-
er they will insist on gutting away the Sus-
pension Bridge remains to be seen. ...
Railway Wit.—Among the jokes Whieft-
have been got off during the detentions oc-
casioned by the deep snow is the fdHÓ'Wirife
clipped fhhh a Verrrmnt paper:
"Madam," said a conductor, a day or twó
since, "your boy can't pass at half fere, tye
is too la-ee." He may be too large iiAw "
replied the woman, who had paid for á
half ticket, but he was small enough when
we started."
Bcxing the Compás.—"Pat" said tiie
Captain of the schooner Ann Maria' MaiildS
"can yoti box the compass?" ,
" Oh, le jabeis y is," replied the raw- ri. .,;
emit from the Emerald Isle. ,
"Well go at it tlien," replied the captain,
who at that uioment was called fo another
part of tha x'fissel. Half an hour afterwar .
the cáptain found the compass was irii.!
sing.
"Pat, here, you lubby-head, wliere's tli.-
compass?" , W&t
"Faith ii'sin.the howld, sir. " • -
"What's it doing there," roared the infii^
riated officer,
The people of the Roston Post have been making
very merry of late over the nnique and uninistakea-
ble style of Qui en Victoria's speech at the opening of
Parliament. They say sl.e is unsparing on most
occasions in her uso of the first person singular, and
speaks as if she were the real center around which
the rest of the world revilvcs. There is a good
deal of truth in this, although the composition is
that of her majesty's ministers, and not herself.
Tliey have perpetrated the following, which, in its
way, is
A Very Clever Hit,
My Lords a-vl Gentlemen— Since my last speech
at the opening of my Parliament, 1 have finished
taking Sevastopol, and have triumphed over my Rus-
sian enemies 111 the Euxine anil t,he Baltic. ,
Foreseeing the approval, ol' the unlij reían of peace
1 have felt it my duty at once to prepare my domin-
ions for the operations of husbandry, which, lam
induced to believe, will redound greatly to the ad-
vantage of my people. Anil 1 ave recommended the
early planting of niy corn and jliy oats, that a boun-
tiful harvest ihiiy continually Spring from the alter-
nate iise of my showers and niy sunshine.
I am happy to state that his Royal Hi^tíées, thy
pre ce consort, continues to behave Uiliiself in a do-
cile an 1 submissive manner, lie showed symptoms
of uneasiness when I took him to Paris, and he saw
me kiss my Napoleon. But lie is- since reduced to
a state of subordination, and admits freely that the
Louvre is not equal to.Buckingham Palace, aud that
the Empress Eugene is a perfect fright.
I have had a pas de deux with my Jonathan aboiit
enlistments, which was ljke to have ended 111 a Rus-
sian Polka. I am now engaged for my next dancp
by my aligiist ally, the Mosquita King, who is nnwil-
ling to give me up nhtil I have seen him quietly es-
tablished in hiB seat, from which my previous partner
.-ippcai'8 anxious to oust him. I shall keep a sharp
eye to in y Canada, and devoutly trust, before I atn a
year old, to see matters satisfactorily tranquilized in
vAy twd hemispheres.
Marcy v. Clarendon.
The Tankees «ay, Lord Clarendon
Is talking rather sarcy,
But don't let's Hght; its much the best
To let the Lord have Marcy I
Washington Star.
Advices have been received at New Vork by the'
Baltic, stating that tiie tobacco contract of tiie
French Govéi*iim«Mt tnaimni E1 ;>u xr. ;
: :ixrrr' WH anmucu 1U CVI1B0-
of the bid* being *l tr the maximum Of the
qnenceo
Minister
soap, nailed it up tight, and put it iii th
howld. I boxed it all safe, sir,"
A Lawyer Posed—"William, look, tt|i
and tell US who made you. Do yb';
know?",
William who was considered a , fob'. -
screwed his face, and looking thoughtful
and somewhat, bewildered, slowly ansWc:
ed; "Moses 1 s'pos'e."
"That will do. Now," said Counsfiflpr,
G., addressing the court} "the witness sáyV
that he supposes Moses made him, Th;
certainly is an intelligent answer-^.more ■ ■ j
than I supposed him capable of giving, for,
itshpwsLhehas some, faint idea ofscriptur
But I submit it, may it please the court, th i.
this is not sufficieui, to jiisify ,his beiui:
sworn as a witness. . No, sir, it is not an,'ái'i
swer that . á witness qualified to testilV
should give " "
"Jud^" said the fool "may I ask the lav.
yer a question."
"Certainly" replied the íudge, "ásk hiiií'
any question you pleaSe?' .
"Well then, Mr. Lawyer, whodoyo.i
s'pose inade you."
"iídroii I s'pose." said the counsellor, imi-
tating the witness.
After the mirth had srtmewliat subsided
the witness exclaimed;
"Wall titíw, we do read in the good booL
that Aaron once made a calf, but who'd
thought that ihe tariiel critter had got in
here." ' s'.s-.
The poor counsellor was laughed doWn.
Laugh at no man for his pug nose—you
can't tell what may turn up. '
According to the returns rtiadé frohi the
agencies in Texas, artd ort file ill the In-
dian bureau, at Washington the following
are the names aud numbers of the Ridian
tribes iri Texas:
Apaches
Arickarves
Caddoes
Comanche and Kiowas
Iones
Kicks poos
Kioways ■ ...
Keechies, Wacoes arid Tawacopoes 3,00
Li {tans
Muscaleros
Towacanos
Jlót Stated
3,000
not stated
20,00fti
not «talad
d«Vj If*
i dc(.'<'i:'«*í
560;
40<j
riot stated!
4t 0
s it -960-
Tonkawas
Witchetas
Tha numbers giveri
620 The ttibep whose rtuiuWre"iáre- ttSfc
iven aro small, with the excaptiou of the
one .of two otbe.-s. Mos
paches,
the power!
ments
small i
bf
mfX-m
imst £
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