Delaware Gazette, 1858-11-05

Written for the Delaarar Cazetts- jojtjtTHJi Jacv.ftritrs.. One motnuie, as I walked down t.arll, anse posters nxet my ee. An jeronaut of "great renown," Onsucuadar. woulddv-; And on te bill a bnfe ballots) ; Was sweepius n tlie skj. Tlie dar eame on, or cursa T weit ' I d little alas oo; . . , , Tha crowd was Tast, and toaekait, an4 pent; : " ,: . Ouehjrdly C04ildet xhroiiRli, e And miveh ado ana brealn wer a.sA. To Kt tlia ueareai TieW . t went, and took a frinnd," atone, The thine was itoing then. In hove ic learn, or see some ran, I flune; aside my petf. And -'riw.'ied, " f he work was not hef on ' And o I sLudlea men. I stndied men and wofnen too1.-. , Vhelr ffeaks, and forma, and faces; - ' I talked wilt, rone. 'i3t tor few. Rut marked the a,rs and graces, - - fiome false pud vain, some fi-auk&nd Irdej That meet one, al auch iiaces.; . .. Tfco jras for the balloon, was slomf, Aitd niihiiifr but hot ain Itut -gs-' rooub was auent, I know. In senseless jrassinr thre, . : - r To lift it to pereatual snow. Aid1 y lia-fo gaio-epare. , . . -, Tt"1 dandT, with his creased ftrdiUCBS, . Tiih bntWg tHf lhi fot sltoontug. That irfdy,n a -SOCcial dash,,T Wilfa voice like eal-eall luninsT, ' v Arceut soiajr X --cat a smash," . t Taal-a what I call "ballooning. This conn try "j"ke," lit rtew .neep"s gray,- And cow-hide" "terrMna-tlomT," Brs mt ballOoMBi, MS. to daf. With lofty eipeciatious: lt beats the druce!" I near him anr. . Aud all his 'dad's ulanluiua. ' That "brolfen merebnnt and hlfl wife. J "-, Talk largely of the citv;" Whi le "eoantry eowains" stars far tlCa. : . In woodi-rai thodiiiy. Of city pride, and crime, and strifa, Aud sigh "la! whata pityT This pedlar hasa patent Irap," A wondrous eombiuaticn, - - M You only haye to pull lhal strap. . . And auicker'n kalkyiation ' Twill A,e tbe biialiiet, wire lest chap. V In all ibis Ltrnal naliou." But sll this lime iha mighty bay They atruve to ail with stookKv And fitted it. pi tly, wtn-n a sn.tg Uu the supporting oak, , Kipped through tbe pa:cbed and dingy rag, Aud then the people "broke." It would haee made the sphynxes grin, To've Keen theceneral ront; . . , And heard itie bustle, blow, aud Jin ' Of criers all about: t The thousands who badstruggled In, .. Aow su-usa-ling to gel out. , t . . I mused, as sowly home I moved, - . , Borne wiLh the ruhin maas, On what ibat days experience proved, A nd what It brought to pass: ' Aud jivigcd. that m-.n have always loved, "etailoouutg," "pnUBfand "gas.- K. X. Pepper t-tt . on the Comet. These heavenly bodies resemble snakes in being all head and tail. They are unlike snakes in having a very firey appearance appearance-red - red appearance-red snakes, much to tbe regret of naturalists being astonishingly , rare. Comets lead a very irregular life, and are a scandal and a disgrace to all their connections.' We have seen the eagle descend from a great height, and take tbe newly acquired mean of subsistence from the industrious hawk, flying away from the aatorJisbed R'rd as quickly as he came. Before' the hawk re recovers - covers recovers the ordinary use of tils' senses, the eagle ia lost to eight, and riot patrieurary deaf to memory. The efforts of the contef are atftned wrth the same disgraceful suc success. - cess. success. Watching his opportunity, he rushes down when the sun is so distracted by fiis many cares as to see nothing apart from them; and taking from' ffTat' unsuspecting luminary as much fre-wood as would last him, if frugally used, twice the lenjnh of his natural life, flies away to his own country, wasting incredible quantities of light and heat as he goes, in vulgar and ridiculous displa. He baa the unblushing audacity . to come back again, after a few years, some sometimes - times sometimes very much shorn of bio splendor, and presenting a -very ordinary appearance in inched. - ched. inched. When sufficiently near,- he repeats fiis difgruee,' arid provides himself with a tail. Comets frequently rfe to that prtch of vanity and extravagance, and they' will unfeelingly sport two, three, and even six tails at one and the same time (Jaunting trrerrr fr the very farCe and eyes of the in injured - jured injured sun. But justice at last 0erfafres the offender; six-tailed comets are neVer" tfeetf but once. Knickerbocker. - : - An ExiftC Passenger- An amusing scene tco'fc place oft ffie steamer Baltimore, just as she was leaving (ot Cleveland. A rough .looking custtfm'ef came aboard with a powerful looking bull dog at his heels. Walking" directly iffttf tffe office f tbe individual eaid to the cleric- , "Stratlger 1 want to leave tny dog in this here office, till the boat starts? I am afraid some cne will steal htr.-,i You can't do it," saW the elerkj "take him out." - ' "' "VVell siraflgef, that's ff'jelj balytytlafe both dispoaitioned alike,' and he's kinder company for you." .. "Take him out," roared the clerk. " "Well, stranger, 1 doft't think yoll'fe hon honest - est honest and you want watching. Hefe, Bull, set down and watch that fellow sharp," and the inJiviuSal turned on his heel saying "put bim ouf , straHger, if he's troublesome". The dog lay there when the boat otarted, t " 1 frb niirino Kino ill Kofftoe I. ( i1 .' " 1 1m 'fllce. , " . . Slaking the Best of it. . A Yankee went out walking, while to himself stalking, experienced a feeling very strange, painful and alarmin from his caput to his knees, he suddenly discovered he was covered o'er with bees! They rested on his eyelids, and perched upon bis nose; they colonized his peaked face, and swarmed up on his clothes. They explored his swelling nostrils, dove deep into his ears; they crawl ed upon his trowsers, and filled his eyes with tears! Did he yell like a hyena! Did he holler like a loon! Was he scar't. and did he "cut and run!" Or did the critter swoon! Ne'er a one. He wasn't scar't a mile; he never swoons or hollers, but hived em in a nail keg light, and sold them for two dollars! When Presidents Dine. . On Davy Crockett return to his consti constituents - tuents constituents alter his first session in Congress, a nation of them surrounded him one day, and began to interrogate him about, Washington. "What time do they dine at Washington, Colonel!" "Why,'said he,."common people, such as you are, get their dinners about one o'- c,loc, byt the gentry and big bugs dine nt three. As for Representatives we dine at four, and the aristocracy and the Senators don't get theirs till ftve."- "Weil when does the President fodder!" asked another, "Old Hickory !" exclaimed the Colonel. (attempting to appoint timea appropriate, to the dignity of the station.) "Old Hickory! well, he don': dine until the next day!" .We heard a good sory of a rustic youth and UUi girl, vyh'o sot facing each other at the supper table of a husking party. The youth, smitten with the charms of the beau beautiful - tiful beautiful maid, only vented his passion in sly looks, and now and then touching Patty's toe with bU foot under tho table. The girl, either fearful for the purity of her stockings deterrnincd to make the youth express what he appeared soyyarmlij to. feel, bore his, ad advance - vance advance a little while ill silence, when 6he cri cried - ed cried out ''Look here, if you love me tell mo ao; but don't dirty my stockiugs." An Irishman being Gent to grease the car riage, returned In about an hour afterwards, and said "Pve greased every part of the car carriage - riage carriage but them sticks where the-wheels hang on."

threaten to leave and go fback id tSs 616! b a unts! ' What if the company should fa? shall We be bankrupt! (Shall we complain,' if out oi our abundance, in such a time of tri af as thu, ore lose With others'!" "Yes, but," said George, "the influeht?a proprietor of the town, the judge of th county; the owner ' and indweller of thai beautiful mansion, who held possesion in bait the surrounding landscape, the rail road man, and bank director afopped short as it he did not know What to say next." "But what, George" asked his pleasant wife; laying her hand again upon bis brow. . "I dont yon want to say, 'Don't get dia dia-couraged. - couraged. dia-couraged. " - " ' "Then don't give me- occasion," -my dear. I pledge you I will not. But really I con't see why you should so much dislike the phrase, for out of it has grown much of the stlccess of your life." '' "" '' - ? - "And this is the very reason, Carrie. Man, when he gets the blues, don't love to be reminded of bis own weakness. - But re really, - ally, really, Carrie, t will own Op. That hopeful heart of youra has kept aae op through , a thousand misfortunes, when I hate strafe dowfl in despair, and let the waves rollover me. I felt this morning about as gloomy as I did when we traveled hare on the prairie with one yoke of oxen, a cow, and household staff irt a cart, and ten dollars in a purse,' and looked over this lonely landscape. "Do you remember how hard I ' begged your consent to turn round and plod back! how I even accused you of unwifely disobe disobedience, - dience, disobedience, and of setting up your will, when you declared you would rather make a bed of prairie grass, or sleep in the old cart, than to turn about so faint hearted!" "Yes, I remember it all." "And how I sat down and growled in des despair, - pair, despair, when the old bz died!" "Yes." V "And" and he looked up with a laugh of half shame "when they located the rail railroad - road railroad through my farm!" , "Oh, George, George! one would suppose you'd never have the blues again; for w ith all these accidents, and they ' have been many, which were grevious at the time, and bard to be borne, we have bad so much of good luck and prosperity,' that when I look back over the past, the misfortunes are so covered up with blessings, that I see only brightness and beauty over all the way. So, 'Don't get ' discouraged, George.' " And she stooped again, and left her fc'.ss xif xif-oik - oik xif-oik his brow as of old. ... A nd th tfagh he bad lest his thous'a nds, though his' heart was sore over the treachery of trusted friends, though his plans' of future sacculation had to he abandoned, though his bank Sad suspended, and hf? railroad op erations a dead loss his heart rose from its despondency, and seating himselt . by his pleasant, vine-covered window, in his oil arm chair, with wife By his side, he " bad C-arrie, the second, open- the piano, and play an accompaniment, while he sung the following: ... - , Wbcn tha black lettftredlHl to th Gods was presented, A lisc of what fate for e,ich mortal illten-ls: At Hie long siring of illj. M kiud Hiigi-1 rnli'itted. Ami Ciisl in uu-ve Dicasiuga. wuu, cuuurun, ana inenas. lit Tain snrfy Plata declared be w an cheated . That justice oivine ci.uM not compitss hU ends: Xbe scheme of uutu-aJitil..Ut; maiuianit-d p a defeated, Audcai-iu bAcijio liut.-uu-t,- wita wife, euitjj-cii and ITieutla. . . ., s. . . -The stock as our biiK-i, wh;-n in s-ranirer's hand Tested, 1 he fuwit 111 secured, ot. Nio.mkruuiey entfc: , . . Bat t.ie h. ri Usui's till U h u w-tsi-e nr.vrtr protested-,- . " W heu drawn oa uie linu ot H'.fc, ctutdreo, aud triunus. . The storm cloud .had passed over, and the earnest, energetic man, full of power and force, gathered up his Flrength and went forth to his business, and righted up in a few days what he had, in his moments of despondency set dower ars tit tfftefly bankrupt Concern. , r There is many a man who sinks flown in belpness despondency, lor the want of a pleasant Word and Cheering IOor; many a one,- in tirife tf powerful pressure and mis misfortune, - fortune, misfortune, by cold Words of reproach and mur mur-Mtirirtg, - Mtirirtg, mur-Mtirirtg, has been driven . froai the petbs of doty and honesty to riirie, insanity; and eten snicid many a one, too, by recltles flees and wfld speculation! by spornlng all coanael add help from her, who is compel- ed to be a euffefpr in al! mistakes, has Wof fj ont a cheerful and faithful heart, and brought upon himself the torture of a walling . and cruel spirit, that goaded bun through all nis future years a spirit that might, had it been dll'0"""sd to sympathise and cbcer, bad staid end'Btrent7--n,, l"8 8teP8 lhro?sh lb' changing vicissitudes Cr life and gone down with him, in trusting faith and I?ve, to tbe end of earth's pilgrimage, blessing arid be being - ing being blessed. - in Lies of trouble, let wives be cheerful and ready to bear their part of the burthens, and husbands fail not to trust and honor them with confidence and love. r NAMES OF THE MONTHS. 1 The names of the months were gives by the Romans. ; - January, the first month, was so called from Janus, an ancient King of Italy, who was deified . after his death, and is derived from the Latin word Januariua. Tebruary, the second month, is derived from the Latin word Februo, to purily, hence Februatius; lor talis month the ancient Ro mans offered up expiatory sacrifices for the purifying of the people. March, the third month, anciently tbe first month, is derived from tbe word Mars, the aod of war. " ' ' .... te . t T , : a M:t.. April Is 89 catieu irom mo juntm .njmuo, ' . . . . u ,uw- i. e. opening; became in mm muiuu mo etable world opens and bu;9 lortn. Ma?, the fifth month, ia derie irorn tne Jjatin word Idajores,. so called by Rotnuul in resnect towards the Senators; hence Mai us or May. " June, the sixth month, from tne latin word Junius, or the youngest of the people Tnlv. the seventh month, is derived irom the Latin word Julius, and so named in hoi hoi-r - r hoi-r of Julius Caesar. A.,Qt tha oinrlith mnnttt. WHS SO Callef ougusti -' o - ' - i . ; iiit- in honor of Augustus, by lh,e Roman, enate, A. D. 8. . September, the, nin month, from the Lai n word tieptem, or Eeven, oeing n,o seventh month rrom March.' October, the tenth month, from the Latin wort! Or.to, the eisrhth,' hence October. " November, the "eleverith'morith, from the I jitin of Novem, nine, being the ninth month from March. ' December, the twelfth m,ont,h, from, the Lafi'n of Decern, ten: o called because it was the tenth 7rom March which "was origin originally - ally originally the manner of beginning the vear.- ' P-hUos.ppb.ers, say that shutting the eyes makes the sense pf bearing more apuje.. ' wag suggested that this accounts for the many closed eyes which are seen in our churches every' Sunday. Certain trifling flaws ait as. disgracefully on a character of elegance, as a ragged but button - ton button on a court dress. The Prussians have a wise maxim, that whatever you would have appear in a-oations .life, you must put in its schools.

KOVEMBER 5, 1858 Caanrca of tha OMea and Madera Times. eotrreta re. fo "stew tVrrng trcttef fi'e Sub." A . Iearfte3 writer in the Boston Traveller has devoted Considerable space to their history. Tbe facts staled e' cbfi- dense. ' '- . The ffrsf 6onVfj mentioned in history of great magnitude, appeared about the time of the birth of Mithridates, and wasvisi ble seventy days, lis brilliancy ia compar compared - ed compared ! that c? the fan, aid its tail covered a fottrtS part b'f fha heavens. The Chinese mention this comet. The Chinese, 17S be- fWe ofir era j alsa mention a comet with a nucleus of reddisli tinge, and a tail between 60 and 60 degrees long, that appeared for 60 oays. In the year of 289 of out era, a comet of flie brilliancy of Venus appeared, and is said to have inspired the greatest terror. The bead appeared la be composed of several erfi all t stars, and the tail was a sword- te A comet appeared in 583 of an extra or ainary appearance. Jt is described aa "surrounded by thick darkness, and situated on a kind of opening; it shone in the midst of tbe darkness:" Tha tail waa of great magnitude, and resembled the smoke of a distant conflagration . ' In 615 a comet waa seen in China of a dusky color, the upper extremity of the tail 0. V - . . a aa. . navtng a aioa oi vioraiory motion. . It waa upwards of sixty degrees long. In 891 a great comet was seen in Europe and Asia, with a tail one hundred degrees long. The comet was one of extraordinary magnitude and brilliancy. Tbe comet of 1264 was also of remarkable size and brightness. The tail was upwards of one hundred degrees in lengta, curved in form of a sabre. In the spring of 1402 one of the finest comets on record appeared. It was so bright as to be visible at noun-day, and produeed great ter terror - ror terror among the ignorant. , ,A The most celebrated comet of tbe 15th century appeared in 1472.. It came very near our globe on the 21st of January, being less, than three and half millions miles dis distant. - tant. distant. It waa visible in full daylight, and its tail stretched across the heavens. Tha comet of 1577 waa of a bluish color with a white vapor ten degrees in length. It was the fir it whose distance from the ear th was ascertained; In 1618 Kepler discovered a cwrrjet, which exhibited eorruscations in its tailo( upwards of one hundred degrees long. The comet of 1652 almost equalled the moon in aTie, and was of a pale livid color. The cornet of 1680 was aS object' of universal attraction, the nucleus a confused mass of light, and the train extending over a vast arc of the sky. , ft. was observe' hi all parts ef tlie. World, and at its perbelion passage al almost - most almost grazed the sun's surlace, moving with' a velocity of 880,000 milesan' hour," ' 1 1he comet 6T MVfl'was the most rplendi'd of tie eighteenth century. It equalled Ve Ve-nu - nu Ve-nu in brilliancy, and at one time exhibited" sixJtails, emanating from the head and form forming - ing forming rays like a fan. In 1769 a remarkable Cotfiet was Seen,-' with a tail curved toward' itsfextrerrilty', and one hundred degreisBhg. The comet of 1807 had a well defined plan planetary - etary planetary disT of a ctrcuiar form, with a tail mum inilliiuis of nules ia length. The corn cornet - et cornet of 1811 may be regarded as the most fa famous - mous famous of modern times, it was visible a year and a half; nearly twice ft rrrftgffS the lorigest dtfration' tof any other comet.' In the autumn of lSfTit was conspicuous all night." "Its tail extended over ariarc of twenty-five degrees, and was six degrees Broad. In October the train exceeded one hundred millions of miles. - The nebulosity was up-" wards of one million of miles in diameter. Btro'flofKef' calcfifaled it? re-appearance in about three thousand years. . A fine comet appeared suddenly in 1819. It exhibited phases similar to the moon, and Arago ascertained (hat it shone by reflected light, fa 1825 a comet was visible for near nearly - ly nearly an entire year. The tail rn October was frfteen degrees loft and divided rnttf two branches The nucleus was composed of three bright points. Period of revolution estimated at but re than fOm thousand jests, in Febrtfaryj 1843, a comet made its appearance in full daylight, near the sun. It presented a Splendid appearance during' the ffrst wecft in March throughout the Southern Hemisphere, It approached With Within - in Within HG.'JOO miles of the sun's satiate, Tbe nucleus was ealremely bright, tail llilffy-flve degrees, as seen at Brawl, of a brilliant sil sil-rer - rer sil-rer color, but Wllh a streak of a bright gol golden - den golden hue running directly into the bead, it moved in perbelion, with a velocity of a mil lion and one quarter miles per hoar, and des described, - cribed, described, in little more than two hours, one one-half - half one-half its angular notion around tha sun. The Donati comet of 1858 presented an .pnearance that will class it among the co lossal ones 0t jonner times. Tka Last Matt. The Cincinnati Commercial notices a cu curious - rious curious organ izalion of seven young men into a society, on tbe 30th of September, 1832, while the cholera was raging in that city. Their names were Joseph R. Mason, Wm. Slansbury , Wm. Disney, Jr., Dr. James M. Mason, Fenton Lawson, Henry L. Tatem, and Dr. John L. Vattien. These seven young men had met at the studio of Joseph R. Mason, who was then a portrait painter, when the conversation naturally turned on ravages of the cholera, and they got into a controversy whether the disease was contag contagious - ious contagious or non-coutagiuus. From this they entered into a solemn com compact - pact compact to meet annually, and dine together as long as they lived, and that a bottle of wine should bo sealed and drank in memoriam by the lasr survivor. The 6th ql October was agreed upon as the day on, vyhjch to hold the anniversary. The bottle, of an octagonal shape, was filled, scaled and placed in the casket and locked, and each of the men kept the key year about. Within the casket, be sides the bottle, were small slips or oiled paper, on which each of the men had writ written - ten written his name, place and lime of birth, and place p,f residence at, that lime hia age a.nd occupation. Whoeyer held th.e fcey for the yea, was to prcAvidvUhc banquet, whether rich or poor, evsn if it consisted only of a loaf of bread and a cup of water, and it was arranged that, however the number might bo reduced by death, or absence, seven chairs and seven plates should be set at each banquet. Should any be absent, those prcseut were boynd to mak,e enquiries as to his whereabouts. Lots were cast for the keeper of the casket the first year, and it fell u, Dr. atiier. The first anuual reunion was held on the 6fth ot (October, 1833, since ' which time the full number has never besn present. On the latiiof August, 18,58,; Heiiry L. Tu'tendied, leaving Dr. Vallicr sole survivor of this sin singular - gular singular club; and on the 6th of October, 1858, the ffr. took the lust solitary banquet, there being gtl six; empty chairs, and us many empty plates. Bravery i misunderstood ; lew men are brave enough not to fight a duel.

VOL XLI. iVrem tCmury-a Journal of AencatLnre. ' DONT GET DISCOUBAOED.. '".., 'j ''' BTMSS.f--B.Paet.- - "Oh; George, ;'sWt get discouraged,1 safd sweet Carrie Linloo, ma the; stood by ber husband's side, one bright tnoonlis-ht summer evening. ; "J know the season has-j been hard, and we have had trial npon trial) but we bave had many blessings, too." , ; "I should like 10 know what you call bles sings, said the moody husband, bis head upon his hand, and bis chair tilted back a- gainst the log cabin.4 " "Here we have been toiling and moiling ' for the last year and a half, on this bleak, miserable prairie, not a hill in sight, and the winds sweeping us ten months in the year like tornadoes. - Last year I must have the ague, so that I could not tend my crops, and this year the spring frost must kill all , my corn, and then the drouth spoiled all my wheat. " Ob, well, George, these (iuoga may nev never - er never happen again." . . ' " , , "I knaw, that's the way you always reas on, .So you said last year, that lUCK WoHld change, and kept saying 'Don't get dia couraged. If It hadn't been for yon, I'd have quit last full, afld gone hack to old One dia." - . "And what wold yon ' have dons' there George!" ' ' ' - - "Done a darned sight better than I'll ev er do here, in this heathen country!" was the pettish and almost profane reply of the young farmer who bad sought a home for himself and his wife on the prairies of Illi Illinois, - nois, Illinois, in the year 18 . Carrie was hurt. A - tear sprang to her eye arrd a qniieker throb to her heart; but she knew too, that were -she to speak one despendhig word, be would give up utterly, and insist upon returning again to the baunts of his childhood,' where bis situation would only be that of a common laborer. So she ' checked the. rising emotion, and again an answered - swered answered with atone of cheerful encouragemen and mild reproof "Oh, don't speak, so, : George. I know we have not been very successful, but then we are settling in a new country, and be beginning - ginning beginning a new life. We must- struggle on and not give up. ;Aftcr a few years, our lo locust - cust locust trees will break the wind, and the loss of one planting corn or wheat, I hope . will not prostrate us as il dses now." "But how am I ever io get wliere I can help myself! Corn spoiled, wheat blighted and the cow lost in the prariesj the' wolves have killed my sheep, and AcM rttf be s cow. must die.- Yoa may t'alK of blessings, but f don't, and I'm determined to sell out to the first white man that will take H and then quit the country," ' 'Is not .this a blessing!" she esked.'lay esked.'lay-ing - ing esked.'lay-ing a crowing baby boy, the very image of his father, into his arms. The father smiled faintly; his heart was. really sad. The hardships trials, and de deprivations - privations deprivations of a new country were more than he could bear? but. with his faint smile came a row acknowledgement , . i Yes, Carrie, Dick is a bfes'tShTg' n "And is not Carrie a blessing?" she added; as she left the warm k'raa of affection upon Aye, and Carrie ia a blessing, . was his response in a lightened tone. "And is not good health a blessing!" ' " " Yes, 1 Suppose bo,-" ea-rd he, almost laughing. ', , "And is not this soft, cool air, this mellow moonlight, and the star spangled heavens a blessing!" ' ,-. 'Of cotrrse." ' "See our beautiful garden; how softly it sleeps in the moonlight; Did yoa not tell mc to-day,- that - yoa never saw such beets and Cabbage Sdch : onions and squashes! and shall we not have potatoes for ourselves and our neighbors ii yte . sbonid only be so blessed as to have any!" "Why, Carrie," sajd he takinjf the soft hand in his, that was putting back the hair soothingly irum hia forehead, "trae would think we bad nothing bat. blessings to hear you tell the story," ! i "And I am not doneyetj I think I have a. biess""'1 tt'e home here in this e!cnf sweet, "pleasant Cl?: and ,the blessedest good, kind husband in this pleu;."""'"1 world, if he would not get the blues, and threaten to leave -this beautiful land and go back .to New York every time the wind ; blows the wrong way. Aye, George, Dont get dis discouraged;' - couraged;' discouraged;' all wilt yet go well, and we shall bless the dny that we stuck our stakes on the prairie." " 1 ' ' "Well, I suppose I shall have to stay, whether it is best or not,;youare so determin determined - ed determined to be blessed by everything; but women folks dop't have to suffer as men do." '- Carrie smiled to herself, as she took her babe again upon her breast, and remember remembered - ed remembered tke hours of toil and trial through which she had passed, of the nights of wearisome watching and care, of the days of ceaseless exertions, often when scarcely able to bear the fatigue. . But she did not feel to . mur mur. There was to her joy in being true andeurnest.ln working out one's destiny that made all the hours and days worth hv ing for. though there were here aud there as she looked over the past, dark shadows over the billowy prairie, while tfc un guild guild-ed - ed guild-ed all the rest with, brightness. ' .Long and earnestly they sat and chatted t" their humbje door, and her gentle -jt'ordsand kind encouragement lifted up his heart, and he rose on the morrow and went forth to his work with a renewed resolution to conquer. " Let us skip over a score of years., ijo you see thnf fine flourishing village, with a railroad track coursing through its very cen centre! - tre! centre! Do rou see those fine .brick : school- houses with, thpir b.elfriep and clear sounding bell, calling together the hupdredb of chil children - dren children to teach them of the mystertes of sci ence, and put into their bands that weapon of defence and power for the fpture a good common education1 Do you see yQP im posing building in the distance, with, its massive walls apd towering root! hat is a college. Mark those church 6pires, that point heavenward; listen to the hum ot ma chiuery, the mill and the factory, the bustle of trade. Have vou taken it all in! Now look again.. See you that matron ly woman, upon whose brow forty summers have scarcely left a footprint! The glossy hair shows no mingling of silver; the rose has not faded from her cheek", though its bud bud-din" - din" bud-din" brightness has expanded into full bloom, and the red at the heart was not quite so deep; the voice is still soft, and the lau?h silvery and cUeerlut. . "Don't get discouraged, George; all will vet come out right. "I have not heard anything else but 'Don't aet . disoourased, George,' these twenty years, Carrie;" l am fired of it. Just think what a fix I am'in now, after all my strug struggling." - gling." struggling." . 'It is very unpleasant to be sure; but don't you. remember how often, when we lived in the. cabin here! on this very spot on the lone prairie, you used to, feel so, and

uur" V '"ue "''""" among r I .. u .., r, , . . r..w,-. u, a aiiaiau BOtlftT. 1 ' ""r,u 04 rar" ve,7 consider, o, cc.emeni in consequence pt n.got.y exnioiteu Dy an eastern juggler, and which waa notfnno mnr, 1... . u - . .. me apparent dtcapitation of a man in thepres- ence of an audience, under the very no.es of . or n.euic.1 gentlemen who stood only so far distant while tha operation v.. UC...E pCirIUBu a. ,o e,capo tna swing, of tbe long two-edged sword with which lha juggler smote on the bead. I went to sea the exhibition, which took place in a theatre, in company with several American gentle gentlemen. - men. gentlemen. The theatre waa crowded with be between - tween between two and threa thousand spectators, and the curtain waa op, displaying a common -table, aiz feet long, upon a stage, at the vary eogeor which I obtained a aa-nt, baring gone very early. ' -'-.,;: And at the given time, tha Juggler, a sin gular looking man, came npon tha stage with bis shirt sleeves rolled us to bis shoulders. and bearing a long, beavy two edged awerd. Ha upset tha table upon the boards and showed that there waa na concealed drawar or ether recess, and placed If ia tha bhvisa ( the footlights near the edge of tha stage.--In a few Words he stated what he waa coins to do, and requested aome crt tha audience to come forward upon the stage that they migrtt see there was no deception. ' A number of medical gentlemen who had been choSeft by committee to investigate the matter, if possible, took their poasition npon the stand, and soon after the victim, who had been ait ait-ting - ting ait-ting in tbe parquett, mounted the stake, re removed - moved removed his coat and cravat and turned back hia shirt collar, and laying down on his back elevated hia chin to mora fitirlv expose his heck to the headsman's weapon.' ' The jug gler then raised his keen and fearful looking sword, and giving it a wide sweep, brought it down I say brought down upon tha neck for no ona could gee that he did not, even those wlThin three feet f him upon the neck of the subject wTttrgreart !WcelJ J- Blood spurted high into the air, some of i t falling on our party, and deluged the atage while the most fearful sound, a something between a groan and a shriek of horror from the whole assemblage shook the "building, aftd itmrtttOTn women and some males faint ed in their seats, and were borne out by the usher of th house. ' The juggler raised bis seVoYct again repeating tbe biowyanir tha dissevered head fell on the floor!- Taking & up by the hair ha held it tp to tKfe audience full five minutes, Until the blood had ceased to 3bw" fro- the severe arteries, the lower jaw bad fallen," arrtl the fade hat! assumed the i'frjjea-rance it a tiorpse; then throwing it heavily upon tne' stage, he requested the committee to examine it, which they did, passing irfrdtn hand id hand. They then examined the body eh'thh rtble fro the headless neck of which, the Wood had riot yet ceased to drop upon the floor of the atage; They lifted up the limba and let" them fall with the limp inertia of Jifeles- matter, and of course pronounced the nian dead to all intents andpdrposcs,- '"' " " ' ' - " ' ' -"After, they had concluded their investiga investigation, - tion, investigation, the juggler informed the audrcrrte that he was going to put the man's' head on again, and reetdre him to life. Taking up the head, he laid it on the table, fitted the two parts of the neck to each other, and bega'n to mutter and make signs over the corpse. In about live minutes the lately decapitated man slowly turned his gastly and altogether' horrible face White as snow towards thfe audience, and an excitement foWoWed ex ceeding, if anything, that which occurred when the first blow of the sword fell.- In a few moments the eyelfds gradually opened, and- displayed the eyes, wearing a glassy, corpse-like stare? by degrees a "lifelike ex pression came into them some color returned to the face,- and after stretching his limbs, the mart atosa from the table, resumed his coat, and Walked dovt-tt from the stage, and mingled with tne crowd. The exhibition was ofef. The neck of tbe apparently decapitated man bore a red mark or scar around it, like the cicatrice of a newly healed wound, All this i saw with mjr own eyes, which were as effectually deceived a those of terra of thonsanda of otoer persons, I could in no way, consis tently with reason, account for any feature of tbia horribly thrilling feat of trickery. - I have never beard of the trick bslhg perform performed - ed performed by any other man, and very possibly it originated and died with him. However it ia scarcely mora unaccountable than many often displayed feats of the adroit fraternity ef eastern jugglers. N. O. Delta. Preparing for Secession. ' The Southern mad-caps are beginning to realize that Leconip'.on is really defeated, and show a determination to try their rash project of secession. The Montgomery (Ala.) Confederate says: "The Legislature of this State marked out the course Alabama should adopt if Con Congress - gress Congress should reject Kaneas because of the Slavery feature of her Constitution. That event seems now most certain to transpire in the next few days; and our Executive will call a convention of the people, in pur pursuance - suance pursuance of the resolutions of the Legislature, that they in their sovreign capacity, may determine the right and remedy for this great outrage upon tha Constitution of the coun try The Motile Register talk" an this wise; "We profess to be one of those who re, vera and value the Union. We should xe hard ita dissolution as the greatest political j calamity that has ever befallen the world. But the Union, which wo thus hold so dear' and sacred, (s the Union ef the Constitution and with all tho rights of its members unvi unvi-olated, - olated, unvi-olated, When those rights havo ceased. to be secure under the Union, ita virtue and soul and value are gone it has become a curse instead of a blesing,and it is the part of wisdom as well aa of honor to reject it. We shall regard the refusal ta admit Kan Kansas - sas Kansas into the confederacy with her slavery constitution as coaclu.si?e evidence that the Union has lost Us virtue, and haa become, Irom beto. the greatest boon ever conferred upon a people, a tn.tiri.s.troua engine of op oppression - pression oppression and tyranny. A"d shw believing, we iall, in that evev,t behojd, without re remorse, - morse, remorse, this once venerated tabernacle, dedi dedicated - cated dedicated to liberty by our fathers, bat basely perverted from its design, torn from its foun foundations, - dations, foundations, and shattered into fragments, until. like the fjreat temple doomed by the wrath of' God, there shall nut be left one stone un-,, on another."- frt-The reports from Trinity Bay, with reference to the telegraph cable, are extreme-, ly gloomy. The previously arranged pre- concerted signals have entirely failed.

guished ,eronau! that has not met with a f. - , . . ... . i violent oeam oy mean or a balloon, .4mono- the fW .i... voy ase. were SI. Pil.tre and M. Romain. of France. They m.do an ascent from Bo- longe, Jue 15, 1785,' with a Maonte-olfier balloon, a fire being IcUdlcd underneath, and tha balloon ascended b, m.,... r by fiedjiir. At an amazing- height the balloon took fire, burned tho corns by which the car was suspended, and the unhappy occupants were precipitated to the earth, dashino- them to pieees in a manner too shocking to men- - M. Zambecarl, accorrpaned by- friend, made an ascent from tha same place Sept. 3d, 1812. On his descent, the balloon be became - came became entangled in the branches ef a high free, and ere It could be disengaged, eaoght fire. The teronauts leaped out.- Zembe- cari was billed on the spot, and M". Bo"ont . aurvired but a short time. " ' ' tw.-, : About tha same time a mechanician, nam ed Brytere, ascended from Manhiem. At a considerable- height, be perceived to late that the vehicle was damag-ed. Ha opened the valve, descended with treat velocity, and waa dashed to pieces against a honse. Madame Blancliard ascended from Trivoli July 8, 1819, daring the progress of a fete there. At the height of four hundred feet, her balloon caught fire.' She was precipi-i tated upon the pavement awd instantly kill killed. - ed. killed. -''; -" '' ! ; V---1V2-. n ,-. . Mr. Harris, a very experienced ftaanaut' was killed May 34th, 1824. He went up from City road, London. At the height of two miles he commenced to descend rapidly , ,-waa - waa ,-waa precipitated to the earth and dashed to pieces, i . : : , s. , . . ; j ,, ,.i ? A Mr, Green ascended from Cardiff July 11, 1849. Hia body was found torn time after, on the flat house ahoala, ia the centre of Bristol channel. . t ;; - ... " Mi Arran, a celebrated French aeronaut, ascended from Barcelona, in Sept., 1848. Nothing waa heard of him till the middle of November, when bis.-body was found near Rosas."" :;.' -.-) Lieut. Gade ascended from - tbe Hippo Hippodrome - drome Hippodrome of Vincennes, en Sunday, Sept. Sth, I860.' Some days subsequently , the body Waa fouad ia a clump of ferns, hia limbs bro bro-Seffarid - Seffarid bro-Seffarid wiatilatcd, t!re face completely eaten away by doga and other animals. He had previously met with several narrow escapee. ' James Goulslori made an ascent in the evening from the Bellevue Gardens, June 2d 1852. ' The balloon was a new care,- forty feet high, thiriy-three feet in diameter, hold holding - ing holding twenty three thousand cubic feet of gas. It being ol oudy at the time, the car was lost from view in two riiinatea. He fall from hia vehickle in attempting to descend, nt the town of Leeds; a corrsrderable quantity of blood and braina, ispatteredoter a wall, mar mar-bed - bed mar-bed the spot where ha struck the earth,; ., . M Hr. Knight asefrrde .from Bombay, De December - cember December 14th, t 1853. in the presence of a large concourse of natives, amongst whom was tbe Rajah of Dr' who promised the aero aeronaut - naut aeronaut two hundred rupees,. if he vfrent up and came down again, of which the Rajah had great doubts. The balloon travelled straight oat at sea, and .Mf..KKtfiobt has not since been hecfd from ,. ;: In September, f 85 f, it. Merle and a comr paofoH were carried off by a balloon which broke from its moorings. They ascended to such a height that Merle was frozen to death, and the other descended in the great est peril, ' Mr. Timothy Winchester made an ascent from Norwalk, Ohio, in August 1855, start starting - ing starting in good spirits, and amid the cheers of a large concourse of people, since which be has not been hesrd from. He may have gone on an excursion to the North Star, ag the last seen of hirahe was passing rapidly over Lake Erie. Well Bald. ; - The New York Courier, gives the follow ing accurate representation of tbe deflec deflections - tions deflections or Mr. Buchanan, and of the retribu retribution - tion retribution which baa followed hia dishonest and treacherous deeds: . ''Into the present feelings of Mr. Buchan Buchanan - an Buchanan we do not care o penetrate., Sir Wal Walter - ter Walter Scott has left os, in dia Fortunes of St i iff - ff iff el, an admirablo portrait of another, ruler whose name waa James has told us all a a-bout - bout a-bout hia self-sufficiency, bis violent personal wilfulness, his inability to form a magnani magnanimous - mous magnanimous resolution. James Buchanan has liv lived - ed lived as completely in a fool's paradise as ev ever - er ever did James First of England has been as ignorant of the spirit of the age in which lis Iiard has gone down the stream to revolu revolution - tion revolution and destruction with as perfect a con conviction - viction conviction that he was tha wisest, tbe most profound, the most propor, and the most formidable of mnnarclis. As the one hug hugged - ged hugged his dogmas of the indefensible pcroga pcroga-live - live pcroga-live of kingship, so hits the other hiifgcrd his dogmas of the indefensible pemgative of slavciv; and in the latter case as tha former the human spirit would not endure it, dis discontent - content discontent and rebellion arose, his dynasty was unseated and was cast out to droop, de decay, - cay, decay, aud pcrih In misery and contempt- The great infatuation of Mr. Buchanan has been the idea that all men who act upon the public atage are alike corrupt thit they Can he completely controlled by the sordi d of official salary and honor and that this control would enable him to assort and en enforce - force enforce his own personal will upon the coun country - try country with impunity. I was a grand mistake. Thero were public men in hia own parly whom he feund it impossible to bring into compliance, he found a resistance tint ho had no more power ever than he has over the lightning and tempests. Mr. Buchvinn has now discovered that though he miy buy Congressmen, he cannot buy the people who make Congressmen, and that there ia a pntv pntv-bchlnd - bchlnd pntv-bchlnd hi chair itself , t would not be safe to expert that hia lale experience will have any material ofled upon bis ppirit cr his poli.'V. Misrortun seMcm rr-ct:fies fijj fijj-gravated - gravated fijj-gravated blinrfness and perversity like his. But we shall have a Congress we may now confi'lfiitlv trust thai will prevent his furthcrjiUuse. ot power a Congress that wili lo'-k to the people, and not to the White House, for their inspiration, and who will understand that there is no truer dictate of enlightened selfr-interest than faithful nrHierence to nriiLCinle. The last few page of rur history will aooa be for- cot lea. Weverilv believe that have seen the last of such serviie Congresses aa that wlueh anactipne tae ,iikiu.u and the Inst of fuch reckless Presidents as he who strained ev.cry appliauco to carry ; Lecompton.'V .