The Organ of the Temperance Reform, 1852-08-13

iu..,.nt to swanotr me auve, darbies aud ail "What brig was that Ned?" inquired one of i.:- i : , ,'Ti. ... 4i r . , i ma nuuiwio. luai 9 bun lirob you vc ill about any such craft." "They call 'tho brig,' the place aboard ship whore prisoners are confined. In a frigate it is generally on tnc stai Doard sine ot the gun gun-deck, - deck, gun-deck, between tho two forward gnns. 1 was slowed away there, with irons on my wrists anu aucies, unuer tue guard ot a marine, whoso duty was onlv to walk back and forth. picking his teeth with hia bayonet, and to see Hint, i nau no tatK witn any ol tho men. There's no great hardship in this confinement; iu fact, if a fellow is lazy, he can have rather a good time of it. He has no work to do, and cau sleep all day 11 nc chooses, and his mess messmates - mates messmates will generally lond him jackets euough to make a couifortablo bed. Then he can see every thing that's going on, and can hear all tho talk of the men, though he isn't allowed to put his own oar into the water. " The steerage officers, too, come forward to the bridle-port, to smoke and lounge and spin yarns: and I've heard many a good joke and many a good luugli iu the brig, when they thought I was asleep. But a fellow gets tireu of it after a while though; it's too much of a good thing, when it lasts a month. " 1 supposed I was in for a round dozen at the gangway, and expected cvory dav, when the captain camo aboard, that 1 should bo takeu up to the mast . But they had uo idea of let letting - ting letting mo off so easy. They wauted somebody to make an example of 1 suppose, and they wanted to get up something out of the regular course for a little cxcitcincut ; for it was rather stupid fun, lying at anchor all summer in the harbor, building a dyke of beef bones round tho ship. We didn't got aground though on our own bones, as they say of the flag-ships before ns did. "Well, after a while 1 fouud out, that in instead - stead instead of floggiug mo and setting me to work again, they were going to have me tried by a court-martial. 1 didn't fancy that quite so well : for a fellow stands a small chance of net. tinjf clear in such acaso, with all hands after him like a fleet of whale boats after a timber raft. Tho officers all join their heads togethe it, anu make common cause, and nave every thing cut and dried before hand. Thoiudg of the court is an officer, and the lawyers are orttcera. and tlte witnMe-n mis t the other side, is one noor devil of a seaman, who is accused of assaulting an officer. What can no expect, except to go acaa to ice ice-ward? - ward? ice-ward? , " When the limo camo round, they got their court together in the cabin, and I was taken in to hear tho 'charges,' as they called them. There they all sat, round both sides of tho long table, as solemn as parsons, with the commo commodore - dore commodore at the head for a bishop. 1 don't remem remember - ber remember how loug the thing lasted, but it was sev several - eral several days; lor as every question and answer had to be written down, they made slow head headway. - way. headway. They got through at last, however, and 1 w as left at peace iu the brig, glad enough it was oversofar. I didn'tknow what decision they had come to, but I knew it was against me, or else I should have been sent to work. That, however, was just what I had made up my mind to beforehand, so I didn't worry myself about it. It was a good while before I found out what the sentence was; as they had to send on the documents to Washington and wait for an answer ; and all that time there was uo fuu in having nothing to do but to cal calculate - culate calculate how mauy dozen 1 should have to take. I tried to get some clew from the reefers when they came forward ; but they were ns mum as quukcrs, and, I reekou, didu t know any more about it than I did. It came at last, though, and wasn't I taken flat aback then I What do you think the upshot of tho mattor wast Why, they had made out that I meant to kill the youngster if I hadn't been prevented, and they had senteuccd me to be huug from tho yardarm till I was dead as a jack-kuife; aud they had got Uncle Sam to put his fist to this in black und white, as large as life." "Avast there, Ned! Can they hang a man in the service for meaning to do a thing when he docsn tiloiti lou uiilut even strike tno root, or. did vouV" "No.I didu't. But bless your heart! a court martial aboard snip can hang a man tor squint squinting - ing squinting at the scuttlo-butt, if they choose. They huvo what they call the "Red Book," that they read every Sunday to tho ship's company ou tnc quatcr-accK instead oi a sermon, us lot ot sea-laws aud they all begiu: "It any nuin shall do so and so and then no matter what comes next, whether it's sleonuig five minutes on your watch or blowing up the magazine, and captain, cook and all hands with it, overy one ends with the samo words: "ho shall suffer death, or such ot'aur punishment as a court-martial shall adjudge." Hang me, if I over could seo tho use of reading the same thing o ver and over sot I could have lumped all "Articles," as they call them, iuto one, and had them read. 11 any man snail do anything contrary to jtuies and iteguia. tious, the officers may get together in a court' martial and hang him. or punish him in any other way they like better. ' ' It would save a good deal of time aud come to the same in the end. "But let's heave ahead with the story, or we suaii t get through Detore tnewatcn is out. "After tliey had read that precious paper to mo, and told me when 1 was to be hung accord ing to orders, they took me out of the brig aud carried me down into the fore.nassaire. 1 thought, seeing I had only a week or two left to do up the rest of my living in, they Blight have given me a chance to do it handsomely. But this I suppose, was against the articles; to inoy stowea mo away w the worst hole they "Whereabouts is that fore-nassaie. Ned!" "It's a narrow gangway that leads into the eyes of the ship forward of the fore-hold. It divides round the foot of the fore-mast, and. goes to store-rooms of the carpenter and bo and other forward officers, it is as dark as a hollow shot until you get used to it, and the air down there is none ol the sweetest, neither, unless yon like a mixture of tar paint and Duge-watcr. "Well, there they kept me, day after day, where I could see nobody except the marine who was stationed on guard at the foot of the ladder, aud the yeonian who had charge of the store-rooms, ana who always looked aa it he was made of putty from living all the time in the dark. One other man there was, though; the parson, I came near forgetting him. lie used to come down once in a while to preach to me about getting ready to swing; that was fun, too, wasn't itf But I reckon he diden't fancy the air in the fore-peak for he general general-ly - ly general-ly made short work of it. I

HANGING AT THE YABD-AEM ALMOST, Some time in the summer of 184 . having occasion to go to tho North from Charleston, and thinking a short trip by sen would be an agreeable chango from tho heat uud dust of terra firma, 1 took passago in the brig Ellen, for Portland. 1 was tiie only passenger. The vessel, indeed, was a mere trailer, not design design-ed - ed design-ed for the accommodation of travelers. 1 nad provided myself with a few books; but much reading, when one has nothing else to do, is a weariness to the flesh.- After 1 had exhausted the conversational lowers of the captain and mate, 1 wus accus accus-oimshI - oimshI accus-oimshI to go forward among the men, listening to their varus, sometimes taking a part iii tlicin myself. Ouc warm, pleasant night, hav ing been driven iroiu inc canin by me com combined - bined combined force of vcrmiu. foul odors, aud laiun- smokc, I lighted a cigar, and strolling forward to the lorecastle, seated, or ratlior stretched myself upon a quantity of loose rigging tbat was gathered into a heap under the weather bulwarks, where 1 could cither listen to tho men, or commune, undisturbed, with my own thoughts. Thcro was a fine, lrcsh breeze from the southward ami westward, r.very tiling wus set that could draw, and the crew were nearlv all on deck, lounging on and about tlio windlass, aud telling stories, truo or imagi nary, ol their past lives. l,utle o: tneir con conversation, - versation, conversation, however, attracted my attention, until my ear was caught by the word, "That 's not a bad yarn, boys; but l ean spin you a bet better - ter better ono were any of you ever hung?" "Hung! no, nor you cither; thon;j;li you are in no danger of ever drowning." "Well, t came so near hanging once, that any of yon would be greener than a fresh af afterguard - terguard afterguard hand, if you would have given a quid of tobueco for my 'chance of having anything to stand upon half an hour longer. ' Here there was u general demand upon tho speaker for his "yarn," while the men gath gathered - ered gathered more closely around him. My own cu curiosity, - riosity, curiosity, also, was excited; and having turned over towards tho windlass upon which be was sitting, aud settled myself as comfortably as circumstances would admit of upon my rope couch. 1 listened to the follow iiig'tale. The speaker, who went by tho uit ol "Ned." was a middle-aged, but muscular man, whom I had before observed, as indica indicating - ting indicating in his countenance and conversation more general intelligence than is fouud in the com common - mon common run of seamen. He may have been ori originally - ginally originally educated for a higher sphere than that to which his vices, perhaps, had reduced hiin. It is verv possible, also, that his knowledge of the fact 'that he had me for an auditor, modi modified - fied modified in sonic measure his mode of expressing himself. His narrative, however, was thickly interlarded with oaths, which a regard for the morals and respect for the good taste of the readers of this paper, induce mo to omit. I have. also, for manifest reasons, omitted t-tlie names of the ship in which, and of the of. ticers among wnom, tno events narraiea oc occurred. - curred. occurred. 1 -1 -ti i vinv "You know, shipmates, that 1 have bceu iu Uncle Sam's service. It was when I was wcarintr his liverv, that I camo so near being taught a new lessou on the tight-rope. 1 was aboard the old frigate , on the West In India - dia India station, though tho greater part of our cruising consisted in running up ana uown Pcnsaeola harbor, botween the Navy -yard aud the towu. We wero the flag-ship, you see; so wo staid snug in port, und sent out the sloops to do all the work. The captain was a good euough sort of a man, for anything that I know; wo never saw much of him. In fact, tho captain of a man-o'-war doesn't have much to do with the management of things, and the less he meddles, tho better. He gen generally - erally generally leaves it all to the first lieutenant. If the skipper interferes with tho first luff, he will save his dignity by coming down on the watch officers, and they will pass it on to the reefers, and they, in their turn, will ride it rough shod over the men; so that Jack gets tho worst of it at last. But if the first officer happens to be a Tartar himself, look out for squalls, that's all! Thcro's no getting away from bun! He knows everything that's going on in the shin, from tho tuffrail to the figure head, and you'll find his spoon in your soup when you think he's blowing up the purser iu the ward room. "Well, that's the sort of man we had in the old frigate, and the rest of tho officers caught his disease. The worst of it was, there was a lot of youngsters in the steerage, not much longer thah a uioukct. tail, babies who ought not to have been out of sight of their moth mothers - ers mothers who were allowed to order about, like dogs, men old enough to he their grandlath ers, and who kuew as much iu one day as they did in a mouth. Here the sneaker wandered from his story to enlarge upon tho abuses atteudaut upon tho practice of giving authority over old seamen, to boys of from fourteen to sixteen years of ' , j; : L! , . age, in wniuu uiscussioit uis nearer, toog pari witn a consiucrauio degree oi enthusiasm. Some boasted, rather valoroutly, that they would act thus or thus, in certain supposed circumstances; but Ned cut them short by telling them, with more decision than cour courtesy, - tesy, courtesy, that they were a pock of asses, and had Dcitcr wait untu inoy sjneit powuer, De De-fore - fore De-fore bragging how well thev could stand fire. After having discharged their surplus indig indignation, - nation, indignation, they called npou him to continue his story. "I wasn't brought to be kicked and cuffed about, and never could learn to take it quietly. When a man strikes me I am apt to let him havo it bock, and I generally give him his full chango, too. So, 1 got tho character, among the officers, of being a surlv. iusolent sort of a fellow, who would not work well iu the har ness, until 1 had been broken in by tho cats. "Well, one day, when I was cook of our mesa, one of the chaps spilt some grease on the deck, and one of the midshipmen hap pened to sea it and told me to scrape it up. I didn't do it to suit him, and he called me back and set me at it again, and gavo me a cursing for grumbling. I didu't hold my -tongue, as ho ordered me to, so he hit me over the head with his hand. 1 started up, and belore I had time to think where I was. 1 no with my. fist to strike him back. But you see I had that cursed knife iu my hand that I was tera- Sing the deck with; and if 1 had hit him, I on t believe he would ever have had a strap on his shoulder. But two or three fellow e jumped on me, and before I got my wits well about me, i was in tue ung ui uuuuie irons,

miuul tl Uot, when 1 was in . i we exuei'iiiiout of dancing on nothina. with a hemp tie under my ears; and I had got so coiuouuaeuiy sic oi mat lore passage, wua notuing to no out to tniUK, tnat l was halt glad when it did come. 1 kuew some thing unusual was going on in the morning over my head, for I could hear sawing and Hammering, ana every lew minutes somebody would come down to tho yeoman for one thing and another, that I knew jmt as well as u tuvy nau tola mo, was wanted lor building . o...ff.,l.l vt i.:...i ..:n iuj ptouum, Allele nns u Ainu ui oiumess, too, among the men, that wat'ut natural, where two or throe hundred arc togethor; it showed that something was going on that they didn't like to talk about. 1 heard the bell strike every half hour that morning von may be pretty snre of that and the halt hoars grew rather short after breakfast. About ten o'clock the parson came down, and had a longer sermon than usual to preach; aud as 1 was pretty quiet under it, I reckon he thought 1 was getting all right. "Well, at last. 'Seveu bells' was struck. and then 'All hands' wero called. Thinks X to mvnelf, this is the last time, mv bov. vou'll evvf' hear those whistles now mike the most of itl And 1 did; for they ring in my ears now, just as I heard them then. And I can see old Brown, ouc of the bo'sn's-matcs. just at I saw him in my mind's eye then I couldn't see him any other way us he came forward on the larboard side of the gun-deck, with the silver pipe in his month, one eye squinted up and one cheek puffed out. I oould always toll his call, for he had a way of winding oil the end ot it with a peculiar twist that he bos' u himself couldn't imitate. Then there was a rush of the men fore and oft for a minute, as they ran up the ladders and thi n wasn't it still t I couldn't hearnothing but the beating of my heart. The marine stood as il be was a wooden soldier, looking up the hatch aud listening; aud a couple oi men who were on the sick-list, aud not strong enough to go on the euu-deck. had crawled to the loot of tho main-hatch ladder on the berth-deck, and were sitting there like ghosts, gazing up into ine uay-ugnt. . . "After a few mminutea I heard the cabin door on the spar-deck open and then shut again. The Commodore had come out. Then au or l -r was given and repented in tones to U";.' i ki,i.u- lAOwtWIt tfifcTfoidT. uiougli 1 kiii -p weil enough what it was; for the next m.u-j steps egau to come down tno lauuor. They were coming down for mo! I counted every stop. 1 knew when the foot was placed upon the combines of the mam hatch it made t uuitrem souna iroin mom in ooarns. xnen i:rc i i n. I counted the stops again down to the berth. dock, and along the deck to the fore-passage ladder and then the whole man, as he stood before inc. The sorgeant of the marines fol followed - lowed followed him. The soldier on duty was released from his post; I should need him no longer. "1 had been dressed up for the occasion in clean frock coat and trowsers; and now my arms were tied behind mo, and a white cap was put on my head that could be drawn over my eyes,.aud then the master-at-arms on the one side,' and the sergeant of marines ou the other I was marched up through tho empty and silent decks to the main-mast. As I went np I took a last look at the two guus, between which 1 had spent many a pleasant hour around our mess-table. They seemed like old friends; and if I hadn't been ashamed of play playing - ing playing the fool, I should have been glad to stop loug enough to give them one hug for good goodbye, - bye, goodbye, But I'm gutting sentimental, my lads; let s p a stopper on tnat. " When I reached tho upper deck I found all the officers there in full togs, epaulets aud siuo-arms. me men were crowded together in the waist and on the forecastle, and the marines were drawn ui) ou the larboard side of the poop, with loaded muskets. I was, of course, tne centre ot attraction towards which all eyes were turned; though as the marines couldu't point their noses, without orders, any way except straight aneau, l reckon some of them had bard work to get thoir eyes straight afterwards, they had giveu them such a tremendous twist to port. When all was still again, the finding as they called it of the court-martial, and the approval of the President, were read so that all could hear. I didn't pay much attention to it, however, for I knew it all before and had enough to do iu trying to find out how they had arranged things tor my accommoda accommodation. - tion. accommodation. " But this was no easy matter. I was in pursuit of knowlcdgo under difficulties, at they sai', X couldn't get any information from outers, and I couldn't venture to show to w&-rurioeity alraut things behind ma. This would have been disrespectful to the gen gentlemen - tlemen gentlemen in gold lace and bright buttons on the quarter deck. If I had turned my back on them they might have flogged me first aud hung me afterwards. " I toon had an opportunity of examining tne arrangements, tnougUj ior wiicu tno read ing was over, orders was given to take me for ward, and then I saw how things wore done. uuoor tne starboard lore yard-arms was a lad der leading to the top of tho hammock rail. I was taken up this ladder bv the master-at arms, and then we came upon a pine platform; built outside the shin on a level with tho un. for rail, and largo enough to hold fifteen or wenty men. On tho outer sida of the cen centre - tre centre of this platform, was a trap door some three leci, square, ana airectiy over inis was a rope, with a hangman's noose in it, hanging from the yard. 1 was placed on the trap, and the aoosowaa fixed all right nnder my ears, and that't the kind of neck cloth, thip-mates, that t never want to wear again T After all was right, the parson came np on the platform and made a prayer. It may have been long enough, for anything I know, but it seemed short to me; i aever bad to- little desiro to hear the Amen bntnra n, tin.. Wl.il. I,. ing, I had a chance to iook round and see how vae tuing wat to ba wound np at last; for, some somehow - how somehow or other, I had my wits about ine well cuouku Ki understand what 1 saw, and l want wanted - ed wanted to be sura everything wat done ship-shape. "Well, I'll tell yon how it wat. They had rove the rope through block on the yard over my head, aud then tplieed another into it; the two then ran in together to the mast, and were led down, one on each aide of it.to the deck, and along bothtiilunf tkhin fhrnnirh a eonnle of snatch-blocks, at far ait as the niizen-mast. The ropes were Winr na the deck, all tailed out ready; and when I wat tent forward, the men were ordered to range themsclve by them, and to stand by to take them bp and ran away with them, at toon aa th word was given. The whole siiin'i nnmnanr wu tolenii a hand

that I stood on I knew was fixed in some way so that it would drop, and let me fall through; but I couldn't see how that was done. "Now my fine fellow, if you want to know how a man feels in such a case as that, just fancy yourself, if yon can, standing on that trap, with nothing but a bit of rattling stuff to hold it up, your arms tied behind yon. ten fathoms of water under you, and a rope round your neck to hold you up in cuso you should nappen to tan through! n tnat cora had broken away. I shouldn't have been here now telling the story. The master-at-arms didn't like to trust to it, for he took good care not to put his foot upon the ball,though his arms and neck were free. "Kvery thing comes to an end ut last, anil so did tho parson's prayer. Ho went aft, and tl en the cap was drawn down over my face, and then 1 heard the master-at-arms go down the ladder to tho deck, and I was left alone! Good heavens! how still every thing was. 1 might hove been alono iu the' world for any thing that I could see or hear. I knew that three hundred and fifty men were within a few yards of me, all looking ou mc, perhaps, as I stood there in the broad sun-light. I knew that twice as many more were looking ou, from over the bulwarks and through the ports of the half dozen other ships that were moored around us. 1 knew that twenty spy-glasses were poiuieu at ine, iroiu an meir quarter decks, and as many more, probably from the houses on shore. X knew that the broad pen pennant - nant pennant was flying as gayly as ever at the mas mas-head, - head, mas-head, and the old Yankee bunting at the gaff. I knew there was life all around mo; but the only evidence I had of it, was tho motion of the slight breezo across my neck, and the rip ripple - ple ripple of the tide as it ran along the ship's side unuer tncscaiioiu. it was uengntiui to Know that the wind and the sea were not dead. "But this didu't lost long. After a minute or two I heard a step, it was the marine at the lower cabin door. 1 heard him walk to the foot of the after ladder come up two or three steps until his head was above the hatch and then smg out: "Eight bells!" Didn't I stiffen myscit i i leit as u i was turned into ironi forty horses conlun t have doubled me up. 1 was ready; and now I thought to myself. "Why the don't they strike the bells?" You may not believe it, my lads, but 1 was mud wjtntliem for keeping; me waiting! - "Hut tne bolt waan t struck, instead ot it I heard some one come forward heard him mount the ladder, and knew he was alongside of mc on the scaffold: I knew he was tafkinir or reading, though what he was saying I didn t know and X didu't care for X had never sus pected the whole thing was going to turn out a iiaaa iu me paii Niter au. "But it did; for tho next thing I kuew, I was aown ou tne gun-aecK again and the men were crowding round me. shaking hands, and wishing me good luck and a long life to enjoy it. It was some time before 1 got mv wits about me enough to nuderstand that I had been pardoned, and that this was what had been read to me on the scaffold. So I wasn't hung, shipmates; but I never want to come quite so near it again." "So they did all that to frighten you into good behaviour, did they?" "That was one object, I suppose. Another was, to get up a nit oi lun ior the squadron, it was rather dull, lying there in the harbor all summer, with nothing to do, except to send up to gallant yards iu the morning and send them down at night." "Did the person know how the thing was coming out?" "X don't know, but reckon not. They said he looked as if he didn't more than half-like being humbugged iu that w ay. "How was the drop fixed. 'Ned. bo as to fall at the right time?" "l lound out about that afterwards. It was held up by a cord that was led across the muz muzzle - zle muzzle of the gun on the gundeck under the scaf scaffold, - fold, scaffold, and that would havo been cut by the wad; and tne gunner stood with tue lock-stnug in his hand, roady to pull at toon as the bell was struck. So I should have gone off in fire and smoke, and with a smell of brimstone. Ihcmiudsof Ned a auditors had evidently been worked up to a considerable degree of ex citement oy his story, and his last remark gave them an opportunity to relievo themselves bv sunary rather proiane jokes, which it is un necessary tor me to repeat, As I bad long since nuisnea my cigar; l leit tno ioreasue aud endeavored, .'though quite unsuccessfully- io sueuu uie remaiuaer oi tue uigut iu sieen During mv uneasv slnmhcrs. t was sinmemled from all sorts of impossible places. The most remarkable of my fancies was, that I was roll rolled - ed rolled np in a ball aud hoisted, as a pennent, at the trigate 's mast head, waiting for eight belles to be struck ; when I was expecting the stop would be broken, aud that the wiud would blow me straight out from the truck. Metro- poittaH Magazine, Goon. The following is from the New Or leans True Delta : "iVlrs. Mary White, Ust Tuesday night, became extremely tight, and engaged in a fight, punching the head of her loving lord with a board. The neighbors all around, were disturbed by the sound, and could not thiuk of sleeping a wink until the police came, when the turbulent dame was taken to jail, and not giving bail, poor Mrs. W hite was locked up for tho night. She acknowledged tno corn of taking a horn ; asked his Honor to take pity on her, and she solemnly swore sue d do so no more. The itecordor neara ner taie, and told her not to fail to go immediately home, and in all time to como to leave off drinking rum, and conduct hcrscll good as ail women should." 1, mix KmiTii .SnniH 1.500 XMJt A., I r , . " ,7 . citizens ot Milwaukee have tignea a leuer w iL. n . I . U:m 1- nnl - afstn trt til Slid . day evening balls now regularly held at sev- enu nails iu mn in;. wv.i.i taina of them Germans, are among the signers. 'PI.:- l A tramn filfAf sirAl'n. hut UolfiSB the Mayor can subst itute something better in Its place, ail the civu eaaciiueuus iu uio nvnu will be useless, as thev have all aloug proven. Educate the people. A Good Suaoestion.-Xhe New York Times snirsresta that if Great Britain persists iu her absurd claims in regard to the fishing grounds, the Yankees will solve the difficulty by an annexing - nexing annexing the whole of the British possessions in North America. John Bull had better be con content - tent content with things at they are. lest i a suit for the saddle he lose the horse. Tit hardest thing to hold in this ' world, is an unruly tongue. It beats a hot smoothing iron and t kicking horse considerably.

Erom the Albany State Register. 8CENE AT THE STEAMBOAT LANDING. ' There are lively times among the "Run ners" of the opposition day boats, early these fine mornings. People who have a fancy for reading rare chapters in the large and inter interesting - esting interesting volume of human nature, may be ac accommodated - commodated accommodated by spending half an hour at tho now steamboat landing, or at the foot of Ham Hamilton - ilton Hamilton street between 6 aud 7 o'clock, a. m. lour true Runner is an "old stick" a "pe "peculiar - culiar "peculiar institution" unlike all the "rest of mankind" generally plump, always lively and energetic, and ever charged to the muzzle with the most intense regard for the welfare and baggage of every man, woman and child who may bo iutent upon perpetrating a jour journey. - ney. journey. One moment he is cursing tho "opposi "opposition" - tion" "opposition" Runuer, aud apparently ready ana wil willing - ling willing to throw him into the dock, and the next ho is ouu vast, unbroken smilo, politely retail retailing - ing retailing to a chance customer with a carpet-bag in his" liaod, the palace-like accommodations and dog cheap fare of "our boat." J ust for tho pastime of the thing, we will "follow the fortune of the man with the Car Carpet - pet Carpet Bug" till he gets off for New York. He wants to go uo mistake about that and he desires to go as cheaply as possible. The boats advertised are tho "Reindeer" and the "Henry Clay" fare 50 cents by each. Rein Reindeer - deer Reindeer Runner meets him pretty well up Broad Broadway: - way: Broadway: ' , Reindeer Runner. "Goiu' to New York, sir?" Carpet Bag Man. "That's my intention, sir." id. R. "Better take the Reindeer, sir- smartest boat in creation, fare only 50 cents.' ' Clay Runner. "Don't yeou do no sich thing, sir, if yon valle your lifo!" V. B. if. "Why not. sir?" C. R. "Oh, the Reindeer has a fashion of runuing ashore and blowing up about every dav, that's all! Besides, they 'll charge you a $1 when you git aboard. We carry for 50 cents not a cent more splendid boat, sir 750 foet loug, new this summer, aud the tallest kind of feeding aboard." V. B. M. "Well, I guess I II go along with " R. U. We'll take you for cents, friend here yout 1ibV ll snun and tightr lies about our boat he's paid for it, and don't do nothiu' else." C. R. "I say, friend, if you want to go to New York this week, take the Clay. Here's a ticket ouly S5 cents, sir, for you and your carpet bag,-aud perfect safety insured. The Reindeer ain't fit to run. She's got a hole in her bilers big enuff for yo l to crawl through, and they'll charge yon a dollar when they se secure - cure secure you," V. B. if. "Well, I'm tired of this pulling and hauling. .Give me the ticket at 25 cents, aud I'll just " R. R. "Here, take my ticket at a shilling, aud say no more about it. The Clay never ll get to New York if she starts, for the broke one of her wheels all to pieces yesterday, and the moment she gits nnder way, she'll run side-ways and go ashore." C. B. M. "Well, well, I'll take the Reindeer, and run " C R. "On to the overslaugh in spite of yourself. The Reindeer sticks ou the bar, sir,' three or four hours every morning in sight of the city. And then the fodder, sir!" C. R. J. "The what?" C. it. The fodder, sir; the dinner. Tamt Tamt-ed - ed Tamt-ed steaks, last summer's eggs, cheese that rnus alouo, bread" C. B. M. "Oh, bother on your dinner; I've got half a pock of sand wiches in my car carpet - pet carpet bag, besides cookies." C. A. "That's right sir, nothing like econ economy - omy economy in these ere hard times." jt. R. "There goes the last bell sir! What do you say? Only a shilling fare by the Rein Reindeer - deer Reindeer now's vour chance, sir." f B "ife.liea like a trooper, friend; he 11 stick vou for a dollar if he gets you aboard, and stock you ou the bar besides. Come, go withashilliug, and say nothing more about it." R. R. "I'll take you for sixpence 1 want to save your life if possible!" C. R. "Hero's you ticket for three cents yon are a dead man if you go on tho Rein- DmiUerested Spectator. "The Clay's off 811" ' ' ' C. B. J. "Eh! What? Gone? Oh! ah! Well friend, I guess I'll go with you at six- RR. (with his thumb to his nose and his digits performing a seriesof lively and expres expressive - sive expressive gyrations,) "No, 1 guess you won't go for no sich money now. Tho Clay is off; if you want to get to Now York by steamboat to to-dnv, - dnv, to-dnv, you must take .the Reindeer larc one dollar!" , . . . It was a picture for a painter the quiet lun of the runners and the crowd, and blank as astonishment - tonishment astonishment of the victim when he found there was no alternative but tho Reindeer and full fare at the top price. The moment the boats are off and the strile ceases, it is affecting, or, as Mrs. Partington would say, very tochin', to see the late bel belligerent - ligerent belligerent runners, in imitation of "learned counsel" fresh from a fierce set-to for edifi edification - cation edification of a jury, adjourning to the nearest tavern to drink together and count npon their gains. Husband Scared. One of our young friends whose wifo happens to be temporarily absent from the city , was terribly alarmed yes yes-terdav - terdav yes-terdav on entering his room at one of our largo and fashionable boarding honses. In hisabsenee.a lady boarder, in the pursuit of a nviI nlACfl and a breath of fresh air nad seat ed herself for a few moments in this room. On entering, our young friend suddenly stopped, turned pale; but instantly discovering his mis mistake - take mistake aud recovering himself, he exclaimed, "O, lord! how scared I was I thought my wife had come back."--iv'. 0. Picayune. Four young men, who emigrated from Eng England - land England tn Australia 1 than five years ago. in vested their fuu fl t " I'M'Thateof a large tract of land, or his land it now found toexten'i gold fields, the fortune for the prouti ..-n the chain ol jnst offered on of money some royalty on all the produue ui u ; agUlgt. TV. ir . tw.r Pirs The first newspaper published in Virginia cost fifty dol dollars - lars dollars a ear. It was published weekly, and advertisements ware inserted for tea dollars the first week, and seven dollars for each wee titer. ' ' -lr

, . w w 'zj s ti-ti ew e? tub TEMPERANCE REFORM, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, BY CALEB CLARK, Ben Franklin Printing Haute. TERMS: Single subrjoriiHloiig, frl ,M) Clubs of ten and upwards, 1 10 All subsoriiition niunt bo accompanied with the cali, mid mmroshcd, postage paid, to CALEB CLARK, Ben Franklin Printin Horse, Cincinnati, O. POETRY, WHEN I WAS YOUNG; OK, Will I THE OLD WO MAN "AID TO HER OjllillHI!. One evening I cliancod lo pass, whom l) Iht Cot Cottage - tage Cottage gate, All aged wuiuuii hi the huh, Hut talking to her mate; The frost of ago whs ou hor brow, its dimness in hor oye, Ami hor bent figure to und fro rocked all uncon unconsciously. - sciously. unconsciously. Tho frost of age was on her brow, yet garrulous her tongue, As she compared "tho doings now" wiiii those when she was young. When 1 was young, young gals wore meek, and looked round kind of shy, And when they w ore compelled to speak, they did so modestly; They staid at homo and diil the work, made Indian bread and wliealen, And only went to "singing school, "and sometimes to camp meeting; And children wore obodlent then, they had no saucy airs, But minded what their mother said, mid-learned to say their pruyers. But now-a-days they know enough before they know their letters. And young ones Unit can hardly walk will contra contradict - dict contradict their belters. Young wonion now go flirting round, and looking out for beaus, And scarcely ono in ten Is found, who mukes or menus ner dollies. Bin there! I tell my duuirltter, ' '" Folks don't do as they'd oughtor; Thuy had not oughtor do as they do Why don't Uraf do as they'd oughlorr When I was young, If a man had failed, ho shut up nouse anu nan, And never ventured out till night, If he ventured out at all; And his wife sold all her shiny plates, and his son came homo from college, And his gals left school, and luariiod to wash and bftke, and such liko knowledge; They gave up cake and pumpkin pies, and had the plainest eating. And uevor asked folkj homo to tea, and scarcely went to meeting. The man that wa t bankrupt called, wus kinder shunned by won, And hardly dared lo show his head among his town town-folks - folks town-folks then. But nowadays, when a mcrcliant fails, they say he mukes a penny, His wife dont have a gown the less, uud his dangh- terjust as many. His sons, they smoke their choice cigars, and drink their costly wine. And SHE OOEH TO TUK Ortiu! AND HE UAJ FOLKS TO TO disk! He walks the street, he drives ms oiq, men show him ail ctvilitibh, t And what in Kt -l'iy e.e called debts, are now called LUiiiants. They cull the men unfortunate who ruin half the city In HT dats 'twas his creditors to whom we gate the pit) . But there! I tell my daughter. Folks don't do as they'd ougliler. They had not oughter do as tiioy do. Why don't thoy do as they'd oughter? When I was young, crime wus crime it had no other name, Aud when 'twas proved against & man, he hud to near me niume. Thoy called the man that stole a miur, they wasted no fine feeling, What folks culled IVrrv Larceny, ill my day was called stealing. They did not make a reprobate the theme of song and story. As if the bloodier was his hands, the brighter was uis glory; -And when a murder had been done, could tliey the murderer rind, They hung him as thoy would a crow, a terror to his kind. But, nowadays, it seemed to ine, whenever blood is split, Tlio murderer has our sympathy, proportioned lo his guilt. And wuu Uio law has proved a man to bo a second Cain, A dozen Jurors will ba found to bring him in "insane:. " And then pelltiona will bo signed, and texts of I -VI IJKUTU TWISTED, Until th man who's proved lo bo as blood-thirsty as Nero, Will walk abroad like other men only a greater But there! I tell my daughter, Folks don't do as they'd oughter, They had not oughter do as they do, Why don't they do as they'd oughter. Cahhiauish in Amsterdam. A letter from Amsterdam, in the Boston Transcript, lays Burdens are dragged over the pavements (in Amsterdam,) on wooden stodges, ana there is a carious vehicle still in use which has no where else counterpart. If on a fine sum summer's - mer's summer's day a gentleman were to ride np Wash Washington - ington Washington street in a coach without a coach box, but placed upon wooden runners, with the driver walking by its side, and occasionally throwing a greased rag under the runners to diminish the friction; lie would probably have a voluntary and highly enthusiastic escort of tho youthful portion of tho community, aud be looked upon us a candidate for au insane asylum. Yet this is precisely the vehicle that Sues squeaking along the streets of Amite,' -am. It is literally a very slow coach. If the well-fed steeds who draw it should be frightened and run away, they might attain a speed of six or eight miles auhour, but Dutch . hones are seldom guilty of any such irregulari irregularities. - ties. irregularities. A Quandary. 'to sit on a sofa between two pretty girls one with black eyes, jet ringlets, and rosy cheek the other with soft blue eyes, sunny ringlsta, and red cheeks and lips, and both laughing at yon at the same time. We know of nothing more trying to one, un unless - less unless it be to have both arms, elbow deep in the dough, and a flea np the leg ofyoor trowser trowser-looni - looni trowser-looni in the heat of summer.