The Portage County Democrat, 1859-05-18

PITBLIKBDD BY AUTHORITY. CNo. 6l , ' AN ACT Frr th AmfTtt nd Tmxntion of M Proper in this SUtt. attd for lYiPg Tue thereon accordimr to tt true valnt in money. . . fConclnd-aVp ' Sc. 72. Every Tron hoWine UnA an cunrdimn. ti forpaid, and nrfflctin nr rcf.iiir to Hut or nav thi tax1! on the unme. In manner ftforrsftttl. .hnll b liable in n action to ha or her wartl or ward. Tor any daniafr hw or ttrr vrsrd or wards may hare suttaiQed ' by nrb BPfrif" or rrfiil." ; P?c. 73 Ewr Dfraon o beina wirfl, or haviotr thfj cant of Iand as aforosaid. as executor, and who shMI niri-cr t 'tntr ttnr to unt or par the taxes on the sam, in manner atorensid, bsll he IfsMe. in an aetkm. io the devfeee or devisees of the person whose executor be is, for an damage otMWrofted by such reflect. See. 74 Gverr p-rron bavins the cars of land, as t. ui e lurnrr, amresnifi. sunn sjrent or attorney hvinir funds of the prinoipal In his banrta, neledinrr or reftisinc either to list or pur tbe taxes on Mich land, ball be liahle, in an action to hi pi inc. pal. for an v dam nre snch orinripal msT have sustmined hr such neglect nr r-f-iai. 8ee. 75. Every rttorney. agent twardisn or executor, neixed or bavin jr tte care of lands as afbresiiid. who shall he put to any tronhie or expense, fn Hxtinfr or paying rhe taxe" on such land, or who hs to advnn e his own money for listing or paying he taxes on sneh lands, shll he allowed a reasonable oompennaiion fnr the time sn-nt, the expenses incurred, nd the money advanced, as afbre-1 aid, which shall Pe deemed in all courts a ?nt charge against the person, tor n-bore benefit tbe fame sballfasve neen advanced, and the same shslf be preferred to all other dnbta or claims, and be a lien on the estate, both real and perwonat. ol the person for whose benefit tbe awmes' all. hnsa been advanced. - . ' v. Sec 75. I any person who shall he seixd of lands as tnan hv curtesy, or tn dower or shall b seized ot lands f'T lift, or in right, of his wife, shall neglect to pay the taxes 1 hereon so kmg that such land shall r sold forthe payment 01 inetaxe, and Shaft not. wi'hin on year ant eneb Mle. redeem the same sceordine to law.snrb nenton shsll forfeit to tb person or persons next-emitted tnajch e-..w., ua nciniua uciiriiiiinii k St av1' Ian Is in remainder or revision, all rite estate which he or she. so neglee ing as aforesaid, may bave In said lands; I and the remainderman or revision er msv redeem said Ianda in tbe same manner that other lands mav be re deemed after having been sold for taxes; and, moreover, the person so neglecting as afnres.iid, shall he liable inaction to tbe person next entitled to the estate, 15rr all damages such person may have sustained by such neglect. 77. in all cases where any tract of land mav be owned by two or more persons adjoint tenim's.eoparcen tenim's.eoparcen-ere, - ere, tenim's.eoparcen-ere, or tenants in common, and one or more of the pro- irrreiors snail nave paia, or may nereaiter pay toe tax, or tax and penalty, charged or chargeable on his or then proportion, or proportions of such tract, aod one or more ot the remanung proprietors shall bare failed, or may hereafter fail to pay his or their proportion of the rax, or tx and penal tv, charged or chargeable on said land, snd partition of paid tsnd has. or shall be made be between - tween between them, the tax. or tax and penalty, paid aaafore aaafore-snid, - snid, aaafore-snid, shall be deemed to bave been paid on the propor proportion - tion proportion or proportions of ssid tract, set off to tbe proprietor or proprietors v. ho paid his or their proportion of said tax, or tax and penalty; and tbe proprietor or propria tors, bo paying the tax, or tax and penalty, as at ore ssid, shall hold the proportion or proportions of such tract, set off ta him or them as aforesaid, free from the residue of the lax, or tax and penalty, cbarged on said tract he- tore petition; snd tne proportion or proporttons.ox saia tract, set off to the proprietor or proprietors, vt bo shall not. bave naid Ms or their pronorilon of said tax, or tax aud nenaltv. shall he chanted with, and held bound for. tne portion oi snta tax, or tax ana pena-tr, remaining unpaid, in the same manner as if said partition had been made hefere aaid tax, or tax and penalty, had been assess ed, and said proportion or proportions of said tract, orig originally - inally originally lifted for taxation, in Hie name or names of said delinonent nrt nrtetor or proprietors: snd whenever any lands so held by tenants in common, shall to -old upon proeedings in partition, or Bhall be taken by the election of any of tbe parties to such proceedings, or when any real estate shsll he sold at Judicial sale, or by administra tors, executors, guardians or trustees, the court shall or order - der order the taxes and (tensities, and the interest thereon against such lands, to be discharged oat of the proceeds of such saw oreiemion. Sec 78. All tracts of land set snart for school or min is te rial purpose's, and s?'td by or nndor authority of law, snd nil lands which shall be hereafter sold ty tbe United States, shall Vv subject to taxation as other lands in this state, iinniemaeety airer men saie, ' 8evV79. Hereafter there shall be levied annually on each dollar of taxable property in this state, (orhcr than such as by law is otherwise taxed.) as valued and entered on tbe grand list of taxable property, for the several pur purposes - poses purposes in this act enumerated, taxes at tftd rates hereinaf ter specified, namely: all county expenses of each of tbe several counties, otber than for roads and bridges; aud the iwymeut of the interest and princijol of tbe debt, oi tbe county, such rate as the commissioners of suear coun ty shall determine to be necessary, not exceeding the fol following - lowing following rates, namely: On any amount of such taxable property in such county not more than two millions of dollars a rate ot tax oot axceeoing tnree mi lis on tne dol dollar: - lar: dollar: On any amount of such - taxable property between two and foor millions of dollars not exceeding two milts on the dollar: On any amount hatween four at d six tnu lions of dollars not exceeding one and a half mills on the dollar: On any amount between six mil-sons and forty millions of dollars not exceeding one and one fourth mills on the dollar: On any amount over forty millions not ex ceeding one mill on tne dollar: rrovtded, that in case any important bridge or bridges built and maintained by any county shall be destroyed by any casualty, the mtoratioa of whish may be necessary for public a commodatiou. tbe commissioners or sucti county may levy a special tax ni exceeding in any year one mill on-tbe dollar of the taxable property of the county, the prttceeda of which tax shall be spplied solely to tbe restoration of snob ridre or bridges: provided, that the county commission commissioners - ers commissioners of any county tn whicrt the total valuation of taxable property does not exceed three millions of dollars mav increase the rate of tax levied on the first two miUionsor any lesser sura of such taxable property to any rate not exceeding five n ills on the dollar, and may set anart any portion ox uie proceeos or snsn tax not necessary in their opinion to defray other county expenses for the current year for the erection of county buildings, and the amount so set spar mail oe denominated the public building luno, ana snau -e peia out on tne order ot tne commis commissioners. - sioners. commissioners. There shall be levied for townahin nnrnosM. other than for road, bridge, far the support of the ooor and common school pnrposss, and for the purpose ef r"J'B iicrvjr, ajg- ritJi;ipg Ol nj UOUI 0" UCDII ow ing, such rate of tax on any amount of tbe taxable nron erty in tbe township ns entered snd valued on the erand list, as ibe trustees of the township shall certify to the conniy auditor to be necessary, not exceeding one-half or one mm on eacn noitar ot sucn valuation not more thjn two hundred thousand dollars, and not exceeding one fourth of one mill on each d'Hr of such xaluatiou over two hundred thousand dollars. But the total amount ot taxes hereafter levied in any one year by the ooitstito ted su hortties of any city or incorporated village, except tJie city of Cincinnati, for all purposes other than for the raiment of interest on the debts of ncb city or incorpo incorporated - rated incorporated villsgend for the payment of he price pal ofsncb debts, or prts thereof as may tall due within tbe tben current or next succeeding rear, sball not "xceed five mills and in the city of Cincinnati tax and a half mil's on each dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property in such city or incorporated village Provided, the ifore- said umtiauon Shall not be construed as pmmbittng as sessments on property adjacent to local ln..roverae its! inHde in any city or incorporate a village Tor tne purpose ot paving the cost thereof and the damages occasioned thereby; and provided farther, that nothing in this sec section - tion section shall be construed to prevent the county com ml s s-fi - fi s-fi oners township trustees, or corporate authorities of any city or village from levying any tax which by any specinl law they shall be authorized to levy. bee . 80 The competent authorities of any county.eity or town ship, that sball have subscribed to the capital stork of any railroad company, and shall have issnrd its bonds or other securities for the payment ot such subscrip subscription, - tion, subscription, may. at any time within five years next before the principa of such bonds, or other securities, shall be pay i strio, if the mtrket price of tbe stock of such railroad, company be less than seventy per cent on its par value, levy, or cause to be levied, annually, on the taxable prop property - erty property of such connty, city, or towusbip, such tax not ex exceeding - ceeding exceeding one m'll on the dollar, as will be sufficient to balance the discount on the railroad stock held by sneh county, city, or towasbip, by tbe time such bonds may become d"e; and the proceeds of all such taxes shall form, with snob stock, a sir king fund, and shall be In Invested - vested Invested in the put chase of the bonds issued by sneh coun county, - ty, county, city, or township, or in other safe and, productive securities, snd shall be applied to the payment f the bonds so issued, and to no other use or purpose what whatever. - ever. whatever. - Set 81. It sball be unlawful for the corporate author authorities - ities authorities of any county, towuhiij, city, or villa ire, unless spe eisJIy and ex press! v authorized by some act of the gon goners! - ers! goners! assembly, to contract any debt, or incur any pecu pecuniary - niary pecuniary babllity for the payment of either principal or In terest ef which during the then current year or any vubbequent year, it shall he necessary tn lay on tbe tax able property of such county, township, city, or villlsge, s b ighe r rate of tax than tbe maximum rate prescribed by this act. i Sec. 82. Every contract made In contravention of tbe provisions ol the foregoing section, shall be utterly null and void in regard to any obligation thereby imposed on the corporation on behalf of which inch contract pur purports - ports purports to have been made; but every commissioner, offi officer, - cer, officer, agent, trustee, or member of any municipal corpo corporation - ration corporation tbat shall have made.or participated In making, or authorised the making ot any surb contract, shall be held to be individually liable for be perfonnanoe; and every commissioner, trustee, director, member of any city or village eonncil, or other officer or agent of any such mu mu-nifMiud - nifMiud mu-nifMiud corporation who shall bar been present when any sucb unlawful contract waa made, or authorised to he made, shall be deemed io have made, or to have par participated - ticipated participated io making, or to have auihorlxed the making the same, as the esse may be, unless he shall, if present, hare dissented therefrom, or causa to be entered, such distent on tbe record- of aach municipal corporation, or of its councils, trustees, or other officers or agents. Sec. S3. Whenever a greater amount of tax shall be nr ssary In anv county than the foregoing rates will re respect. - spect. respect. My aftord, for the purpose of erecting public build buildings, - ings, buildings, or paying for such buildings already erected, or for the payment ol any debt already contracted for oonuty pur poses, the commissioners may add to tbe rate of taxa tlon for suoh county, not exceeding fifty per centum; which additional rax ah oil be exclusively appropriated to the purpose for wtoicb f w aa raised . , Sec. 84 The commsionera of aoy connty that baa a floating debt In county orders, (and the smoont author author-feed - feed author-feed by pre ent existing laws to be levied for county pur-po-cs,ht Insufficient to def raj the expenses of such coun county - ty county nnd pay the interest on their debt,) may if they derm It iustandrighlevyasutncientaro.Ullttopay the In Interest - terest Interest ou their debt; which tax, when collected, aball be applied to paying the interest oD the county debt, and no other purpose. soif aRSiDwjrr PKxtaortALTax. -. Sec. 8oV Hereafter, It sball be the duty of tne aereral county tit-a-nrem of this slate. In making return of their delinquent Hat of peronal property to the anditor of their county, o note on the margin of said return, the county and state to which any sucb delinquent tax-payer may have removed to, or reside in, with the date of his remo removal, - val, removal, if he "halt be able to ascertain such tact Sec. eft. It sball be tbe duty of the several county trra-urvrs in this aUle. Immediately after their setW nirnt with tl-eir county auditor.to make oat and forward to the county treasurer of tbe county to which any ouch deltnq'ieut axpayer may bave removed, or reside In. a t-tntetnentor account of taxes so assea-ed and not paid, which ststement or so ount shall specify the value o property on which said taxes were levied, and the amount of taxeslevied thereon, to which he shall add an amount equal t the sum of twenty-five per cmium on the tax ao levlel,lf said delinquent tax-payer shsll bae left tbe county iu which said taxes were levied after tbe time re-

through Ohio to Canada. and ta ragala ha) fiaadom. Waera fa tha charter ftarduaa gav To ianda wbtra apaadi Ohio'a floct. . Whirh gwardad.lrani tha jat af alavn :" "5 :' H .Tba aoil orioa wat with patriot Moodt .-, . .. . - ! Wa. It thla ow tathere Mi, ' " " ' And le thaw crarea aa patriot moaoda ; From traoa AtUatie amatara Sad, .. -.- Ben trembling eroaeh, like whining hoanda? j la tt a erlax on fcaadonVa anB , f To aid tha man wha wonld ha freer j 8ha wa daaonnaa mrdiaUnt apoB. i ' ! . .. r Ovrmtact hunt man to alarery? . j-;: . . . ... ........ r- Ta pilgrima to Old England". Tower, ' : -: ., Who Item baum tha axe sod whaal Bode relloa now of bratal powar ; '"' Tha dungeon, aoraw. Judicial abch 1 V ; . v . Go to yaor own proud prahria home, 7 Your home of touted liberty; .. , ' . And atanding 'naath tha bearen'. broad dome, ; ; JBas bawdier hnhi tt tyranny. - .! j Tha aoalleaa judge, indietmenta. jaw. .. ' bmntiona framad with eunntar, ekiU j Far deadlier than tha Unka which gnaw . And aham tha fraamaa'a tamaMas will. . The plain, that 'naath free armiaa rtook Are Bow the hunting (rronnd jt men: TJnehained tba no were, tha wind, tba brook ... Than men an foroed to autre again. 1 Oh, aaant roll back this caned tide;. Araart the manhood God onea gave; , -' Stand on free ground ita crown and pride; ' i Be aomething mora than Siarery'a ahwal All honor to that hero bandt ' Tour thorny arown 1 roay bright; '' -"Wtth HampdenV radney7now"ye atnrid,'- T" i. JodVial martyn td'tbm nghtt f i f 4 4. I Hew To, April 28th, 1859. " ' ' ' Vd. S. " : Communistad tat tha Portage County Daaaocrat. a The Old Meeting House. BT MRS T. 8. bFKINQKR. , That old white meeting house, I see it yet, , just as it stood in tbe ralm Sabbath morning .' air, its slender, taoering spire pointing to the Heaven beyond r its sweet toned bell calling. as with the voice of an evangel, to tbe worn and wearied of earth, 'Come to the house of praver l' . ,.. ... ...,...?, .-. t ,, ,t, It was a simple and unpretending structure, ' built in an early day by the hardy pioneers, with no grandeur of , architectural, design, or pomp of elaborate carving or gilding, to chal- ' tenge the admiration of, the passing stranger, t But t' a child born and reared in the country, : and who bad never had an 'opportunity of comparing it with more imposing edifices it presented itself as an object of peculiar beauty ; and veneration. .:.. r - - ::-- -- With what ' awe I trod tho consecrated ' aisles; with what reverenee I watched Father'" Bonney as he slowly ascebded the steep, wood en stairs and entered the solemn looking pal- nit, on whose cushions of faded green, damask lay the -well worn, leather covered Bible; with what delight I caught Jhe inspiring notes of those grand old anthems sis tbey came floating down from the high gallery, .wondering in child inn simplicity if the Jodean shepherds, as they, sat by the dimpling waves of Galilee, under Bethlehem's starry skie, ever listened to more rapturous strains than those I ' ' . With what intense . curiosity would I, in spite of tbe admonitory frowns of my pions grandmother, sit and gaze at the quaint stucco figures that ornamented tbe center of the lofty ceiling, and from which depended the swaying chandelier, shuddering meanwhile with imag imaginary - inary imaginary terror at: the awful peril to which the skillful workman was exposed, while adding those wondrous decorations. -- ' - What an air of holy quiet reigned throngh throngh-out - out throngh-out the place." The very flies buzzed against the window panes witb a lulling, dreamy mur murmur, - mur, murmur, and the wandering sheep that came close to the broad stone steps to erop the tempting herbage, swung their tinkling bells with a subdued and softened cadence, quite id keep ing with tbe sacred day. -i - . -. i When those Sabbaths came round in which were commemorated the death and sufferings of the crucified Redeemer, how would my ea eager - ger eager eyes kindle at sight of the little round communion table, with its snowy' linen cover ing, ita tall nrn, and glittering goblets, io which was ponied the sacramental witie, and its shining, antique platters, on which lay tbe broken bread, that fitting emblem of tbe bruised and broken body of our dying Lord 1 Looking back through the dim and shadowy Past, bow vividly can I reca'l tbe forms that once occupied the narrow, straight-backed pews. . Venerable fathers, from whose pare lips sweet words of comfort, counsel and re proof fell like heavenly manna; mothers in Is rael, whose saintly brows were radiant with the beanty? of holiness. Theyf bave all, passed j away 1 With., godly Father Bonoey they have crossed the mysterious river, and entered . the Canaan of Rest; freed from- the conflicts of earth,.7 they arenOw striking tfieit "golden barps under the shadow-of "the5 waving palms that crown the heights of Immortality 1 - Tbe old meeting bouse, too, is changed the rnde furnishings that so won my heart in child childhood, - hood, childhood, bave been swept entirely away. The primitive pulpit, with its plain, unpainted seat, and hangings of faded green damask, bas been superceded by the modern dek, witb its ele gant sola, its crimson velvet cushions, and richly embossed Bible; costly lamps flash tbeir brilliant rays on tbe walls once illumined by tbe swinging chandelier; tbe long, bare aisles that echoed, the sturdy tread of manhood and ,- the mosical patter or childish feet, are covered with soft,' yielding carpets, that give hack no . sound; and heavy blinds that are never swung'; back warn to admit tn free. loving sunshine. shadow tbe windows through which I osed to catch stray glimpses of tbe summer swallows as tbey wheeled along in their circling flights, -or sought tbe refuge of tbeir nests beneath the shelter of the friendly eaves.". :, . -, Nothing remains unaltered around the dear Mecca of my infant pilgrimage, save the hea- ": venward pointing spite, and the sweet voiced 1 bell that rings out its Sabbath summons as faiihfully and solemnly still as iu the days of yore I ............ - - But from that humble chnrch "what beauti beautiful - ful beautiful lensons of piety bave been -sown in the .' hearts of those children who rat with me with, in its walls; lessons that like good seed will spring up and bear fiuit to ' make glad the , garden or God ' long after the blue skies tbat over arch it, and the rocky summit on which it Is based, shall have forever passed away 1

to go to sleep unless he has somebody s band in bis: sleep is so much like death,' be says. Young Alexander. Damas has got the kink in to his bead that be is dying of consumption, although, as somebody says, "be is in as good health as the Pomt JVeuf, and has tbe cooii- tation of the Vendome Column;" his health is tbe only jbiog he thinks about.: Jbe gets, up at severn.J)retikral9 at ten, ndna from, twelve to three, sleeps from three to fie, dines at-six. goes to bed si nine, and reads himself to fleep.' Aaither Clan of San. ':.'.'.'. T'. - In contrast with the above may he mention ed another class of men, eminent in the-literary world. whose energies anf talen's shone hrisrht. ly from more bumble positions in I fe: Frank. tin was a journeyman printer. . Mtssillnn, as well as Fletcher, arose amidst tbe humblest locations, . Niebuhr wag a peasant. Sixtqs V. was 'employed . in beeping swine Rollin w;is the son of a cutler.. Ferguson and Barns, Scottish poets, were shepherds." B-or was a slave. Homer was a beggar ,. f)ani-t,Defn was apprenticed to a nosier 'Demosthenes was tbe son of a cutler. ' Hogarth an engra engraver - ver engraver of pewter pots. : Virgil ira the sdn of a baker. Oav was an apprentice to a silk, mer mercer. - cer. mercer. Ben Jonson was a bricklayer. 'iPorson was tbe son of a, parish clerk . Prideaux was employed to sweep Exeter College lAkeoside was the foe of a butcher. - Pope was tbe son of a merchant. ' Cervantes was a common soldier. fOiffbrd and Bloomfield were shoe makers. Howard wag apprenticed, to a gro cer. H alley was the sor or a soap boiler. Richard Arkwright was a barber (or a number of yeargA; ., -: ..- Carpet Lots. ? , .." :i , The origin of carpets is unknown. Tbey were in use, at least in some kind, as early as the days of Amos, about 800 B. C. ;. Tbey were spread on tbe ground, on which persons sat .who dwelt in tents; bat when first used in bouses, even in the East, we have no record. In tbe twelfth century, carpets were articles of luxury; and in England it is mentioned as an instance of Beckei's splendid style of li ring, that bis sumptuous apartments were every day Hi winter strewn with clean hay or straw.about D. 1160. Tbe mairafactuie of woolen car pets wag introduced into France from Persia tbe reign of Henry the Fourth, between 1589 and 1610." Some artisan, who bad Quitted France in disgust, went to England, -and -s tablished the carpet manufacture about 1750. With us,. as with moat nations, Perac, and Tiirkev carpets', especially the former, are most Driznd. - -The famous Aiminster. Wilton, and Kidilnrmittster raanufacture is the growth of the last hundred rears The weaver's, other wise canea me JJntcn loom engine, was brought Jrifb use Tii London from Holland Jo or aftout the year 1675; since when, The gen" era! principle of the loom has been infinitely varied by mechanical ingenuity. There are about two hundred and fifty thousand hand hand-looms - looms hand-looms in Great Britain, and seventy five thon sand power looms, each being equal to three p and looms, making twenty two yards each per day. The steam loom was introduced in 1807.,, ' . Where ws flnt cot Fans. It js a maltejLof question whether the fan came direct to ns from the East during the Crusades, In the reign of Richard the Second, or was imported, from Italy in that of Henry the Eighth, more than a century afterwards At any rate, it is not until the time of Eliza beth that we find it popularly need; bnt at this period both sexes wore it ; and young gentle men, who would have' though i it shockingly effeminate to be seen in a coach, made no scruple of carrying f;os and feathers in their' hands, which, in war, continues our authority, their ancestors wore on their heads."" In the Book of Table Talk,' (a modern .wort J. we learn that men in the south of Italy continue to use them; and that it is 'no unusual thing, mbaltry weather;, to see a captain of dragoons.! mustacbe'd and 'bearded like the pard,' fanning himself with all tbe graces and dexterity of a yonng coqnette. . " ' 'r ' 't " ' The Gaming Mania." z '" '"' " ' J - Walpole, in his works, gives ns some ac count of the rage for gaming in the last cen- tuiy, which shows n extravugance' for this passion then, quite as great as nt the present day. '.Of the times of. which, he writes he says: "..' ;, ': . ---t-: . . 'As the gaming and extravagance of the young men of quality was now arrived at a pitch never heard of, it is worth while to give some account of it. They bad a club at one Almack's in Pall Mali, where they played only for rouleaus of 50 each rouleau; and gener generally - ally generally there was 10.000 in specie, on the table. Lord Holland had paid above 20.000 for bis two sons. Nor were tbe manners of tbe game sters, or even their dresses for plas, undeserv ing notice. Tbey began by palling off their embroidered clothes, and put on frieze great greatcoats, - coats, greatcoats, or turned their coats inside outwards for lock. They put on-pieces of leather fsueb as worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles; and to guard their eyes from the fight and to prevent tumbling tbeir bair, wore high crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with floers and ribbons;, masks to eoncsal tbeir emotions when they played , at quioze . Each gamester had a small peat stand by him with a large rim, to hold their tea,, or a wooden bowl witb ao edge of ormolu to hold their rouleaus. ' They bor rowed great sums of Jews at exhorbitant pre mlums - Charles Fox called his outer room. where those Jews waited till he rose, the Je ' nualem Chamber His brother Stephen was enormously fat;. George Selwyit: said 'be was iq v-.m right , to deal with Shylocks. as he could give them pounds of flesh.' In three nights the two brothers, 'the eldest not twenty-five. lost 32,000" v,-. BPSATS OP WIBDOK. , - ,Men find it more easy to flatter than to praise. ....... . , . Begin life with hut little show; yon may increase i aiwrwaraa, . ., . ... .... ,. : Justice consists in doing' no injury to men ; decency, in giving tnem no offense. . j V ; ingratitude is so aeauiy a poison tbat it a destroys the very bo-tom in which it is. bar bored.- . - ;,.'.";:'.. CW-J",'.-'-'- .' '' . ' Liberty will not desend to a people ; a peo people - ple people ' most raise themselves to liberty; it is a to the blessing that must be earned before it can be of enjoyed.

Mr. John Pudgson bad bnitt himself a bouse on Wildbnry Heath; a mere cottage, as be called it; but though only two stories high, t spread - out far and wide; and work people from Derby bad been sent for on 'purpose to make the inside ag complete as possible. " Tbe gardens too were exquisite in, arrangement, it not-, very - extensivw; and not a flower was grown in- tbem but of the rarest species. It must have been somewhat of a mortification to the owner of this dainty place when, on the day of which I speak, the fox, after a long race, daring which he had described a circle of many miles, took refuge in the' garden; bnt MVJ)udgeon put a good fac on the matter when a gentleman banter, with the carinas in solence of tbe squires of those days and that place, rode across the velvet lawn, and tapping at the window of the .dining room-with bis whip handle. aked1 remission no I that is not it rather, informed Mr. Dudgeon of tbeir intention 4o enter the garden in a body, and have the fox unearthed. Mr. Dudgeon com'1 pelted himself to smile assent, with the grace of a masculine Griselda; and then he hastily gave orders to have all. that the house xfforded of provisions, set oat . for luncheon, guessing rightly enough that six hours' run, would give even homely fare, an acceptable, welcome. He bore without wincing the entrance of the dirty boots into bin exquisitely clean rooms; he only felt grateful for tha care witb which M r. Higgins strode about,, laboriously and Doiee- lensly moving on the tip of his toes, as. be re- connoitered the rooms with a corions eve. .- I'm going to build a hou myself, Dud geon; and, npon my word, I , don't think I could take a better model than yours.'. -; 'Oh! my poor cottage would be too small to afford any hints for such a house as yon would wiVlf to build, Mr. Higgins,' replied Mr. Dud geon, gently rubbing big hands nevertheless, at the compliment. Not at. all! not at all! . Let me see. ,.: You have dining room, drawing room' he hesitat ed. and , Mr. Dudgeon filled, up the blank as he expected. , , 'Four sitting rooms and tbe bed-rooms. But allow me to show you over the house, I confefs I took some pains in arranging it and tbongb far smaller than what yon wonld re quire, it may-nevertheless afford you some hints.' ., '"' " So they left the eating gentlemen with their mouths and their pla es quite full, and tbe scent ef the for" overpowering that of "the hasty rashers of ham; and they carefully in inspected - spected inspected all the ground floor rooms. Then Mr. Dudgeon said: ' " ' '"' If yon are not tired, Mr: Higgins it is rather my hobby," so yon' must pull me op if you are we will go op stairs and I will show yon my sanctum. ' - " '- Mr. Dudgeon 8 sanctum wag the centre room over the porch, which formed a balcony, and which was carefully filled with choice flowers in pot a Inside, there were all kinds of. ele elegant - gant elegant contrivances for hiding the real strength of all the boxes and chests required by the particular nature of Mr. Dudgeon's business; for although his effice was in Barfbrd, he kept fas he informed Mr. Higgins) what was the most valuable here, as being safer than an of ce which was locked op and left every night. But, as Mr. Hiirging reminded him with a light poke in the side, w lien next tbey met his own' house was not over secure, A fort night hfter the gentlemen of' the Barfbrd hunt lunched there, Mr. D.idgeon's strong-box. in his sanctum up stairs,. with the mysterious spring boll to .the window invented by himself, and the secret ol which was only known to tbe inventor" and a few of tbe most intimate friends, to whom he had 'proudly shown it; this strong box containing tbe collected Christ. mas renlsof half a dozen landlords ("there was then no bank nearer than Derby'was rifled; and the 'secretly rich Mr. Dudgeon bad to stop his agent in bis purchase of paintiug.by Fleming artists, , because the money : was re. quired to make good the missing rents.- r The Dogberries and Verges of those days were quite incapable of obtaining any clue to the robber or robbers; and though one or two . vagrants were taken op and brought before Mr Dunoverand Mr. Higgins, the magistrates who usually attended to the court room at Barford, there was no evidence brought against them, and after a couple of nights' durance in tbe lock-ups they were set at liberty.: But it became a standing joke witb Mr. Higgins to Mr. Dudgeon, from time to time, whether he conld recommend him a place of safety foi bis valuables; or, if he bad made any more inventions lately for securing bouses from rob bers..-. x--.T .. a , . i . .(.-. About .. two, years after this, time about seven years after Mr. Higgius bad been mar ried one 1 ueeday evening, Mr. Davis was sitting reading the news in tbe coffee room of the George ion. . He belonged to -a club of gentlemen who met there occasionally to play at whist, to read what fe. newspapers and magazines were published in those days, to chat about tbe market at Derby, and prices all over the country. This Tuesday night it was a black frost; aud few people were in the room.: Mr. Davis was anxious to finish an ar tic e in tbe Gentleman's Magazine; indeed, he was making extracts from it, intending to an answer - swer answer it, and yet unable with his small income to purchase a oopy.- ; So he staid late; it was past nine, and at ten o'clock the room was closed.-. Bnt while be wrote,, Mr. Higgins came in. . He was pale and haggard with cold; Mr. Davis who had bad for some time sole possession of the fire; moved politely rn one side, and handed to the new comer the sole London newspaper which the room afforded. Mr. Higgins accepted it, and made some re remark - mark remark on tbe intense coldness of the weather; bnt Mr. Davis was too full of bis article, and intended reply, to fall into conversation readi- ly. Mr Higgins hitched his chair nearer to the fire, and pat his feet on the fencer, giving an audible shudder ! He put tbe newsiia'rjer on one end of the , table near him, and sat gaz ing into the red embers of the fire, crouching down over tbem ag if bis very marrow were Chilled. At length be said: ' - i- '! 'There is no account of the murder at Bulb in tbat paper f . Mr. Davis, who had finished taking bis notes; and preparing to go, stopped short, and asked: ' "' ' 1 ' : ' ' ' Has there been a murder at Bath 7 ' No! t have not seen anything of it who was murdered?'

dererT I ean fancy the red glowing centre of tbat fire look and see bow infinitely distant it seems, and bow the distance magnifies it into something awful and unquenchable. My dear sir, you, are feverish? how you shake and shiver f jieid Mr,: Davis, thinking privately that his companion riad symptoms of fever, and that he wag wandering ' .'. : Oh, no! said Mr," Higginga. ; 'I am not fe feverish. - verish. feverish. ... It is the nigbt which is so cold.' And for a time he talked with Mr. Davis about the articles in the tientlemsn's 'Msgszine. for be wag rather a reader himsfff, and could take more interest in Mr. Daris's pnrsnit9 then mos of the' people a Bar'ord. 1 'At length it drew near to ten, and Mr." Davis rose up to go home to bis lodgings' ; i.- . .. ; ' 'Nov Davis, don't gojf t uian't von Tiered We will have a bottle of port together, ' and that will put Saunders in good humor. T wan't to tell you about this murder,' he con continued, - tinued, continued, dropping his voice, and speaking hoarse and low.- 'She was an old woman and he kill ed tier, sitting reading her hihle bv her own fireside! He looked at Mr Davis with a strange searching; gaze, as if trviog to. find some sympathy in tbe horro which the idea presented to him, 0 v ' i 'Who do you mean, my dear sir? What is this murder yon are so full of? No one has been murdered here.' - . - No, yon fool 1 1 tell you' it was in BathT said Mr. fligirina, with sudden passion; and then calming himself to most velvet smooth smoothness - ness smoothness of manner, he laid his hand on Mr. Davis's knee, there, as they sat by the fire, and gent gently - ly gently detaining him, beean the .narration of the crime be was so full of; bnt his voice and man ner were constrained to a stony quietude: he never looked in Mr. Davis's face; once or twice, as Mr. Davis remembered afterwards, his grip tightened like a compressing vice., . 'She lived in a small house iu a quiet old fashioned street, she and her' maid. People said she was a good old woman bnt for all that she hoarded, and never gave to the poor. Mr Davis, it is wicked not to give to the poor wicked wicked, is it not? I always give to the poor, for once 1 read in the Bible that 'Charity covereth a multitude of sins.' The wicked old woman never gave, but hoarded her money, and saved, and saved. Some one heard of it; I say she threw a tempto ion in liis way, and God will punish her for it. And this man or it might be a woman, who knows? and this person heard also that she went to church in the morning, and her maid in the afternoon; and so while the mid was at. chnrch, and the street and the house quite still, and the darkness of a winter - afternoon coming on- she was nodding over tbe Bibli and that, mark you! is a sin, and one that God will avenge sooner or later; and a step came in the dusk np the stair, and that person I told yon of, stood in the room. - At first he no! At first, it is supposed for, you understand, all this is mere guess work, it is supposed that be asked her civilly enough to give him her money, or tell where it wtas; but the old miser defied him. and would not ask for mercy and give up her keys, even when he threatened her, but looked on him in the face as if he had been a baby Oa, .God! : Mr. Davis,, I once dreampt when I was a little innocent bo that I should commit a crime like this, and I n aked up crying; and my mother ' comforted me hat is tbe reason I tremble so now, that and the cold, for it ia very, very cold!' ". 'But .did he murder the old lady?' askdd Mr Davis. 'I beg your pardon, sir,, bat I am interested by your.story ', .... . - ,!. , ., .'Yes! be cot her throat; and there she lies ret in her quiet little parlor, with face upturn upturned - ed upturned and all ghastly white, in the middle ol n pool of blood. Mr. Davis, this wiue is no het ter than water; I must have some brandy! Mr. Davis was horrow struck by the story, which seemed to have fascinated him as much as it had done his companion. - ' ,'Haveth y got. any clue to the murderer?' said he. Mr. Higgins drank down half a tum tumbler - bler tumbler of raw brandy before he enswered. -t 'No! no clue whatever. "They will never be able to discover him, and 1 should not wonder Mr, Davis I should not wonder if be repented after all, and did bitter penance for bis crime; and if so will there be mercy for him at the last day?' r God knows,' said Mr. Davis with solemnity. It is an awful story, continued he, . roosn.g himself; 'I hardly like to leave this warm light room and go out into tbe darkness after hear ing it- But ir must be done, buttoning on his great coat 'I can only; say I hope and trust tbey will find out the murderer and hang him.- If yooH take my advice, yoall ave yonr bed warmed, and drink a treacle posset just the last thing; and, if youll allow me, DI send you my answer to Philologus before it goes np to old Urban.' ; "t " ' The next morning Mr. Davis went to call on Miss Pratt, who was not very well; and by wa; of being agreeable and entertaining, be relat related - ed related to her all he heard the night hefore about the murder in Bath; and really be made a very pretty connected story out of it, and interest ed Miss Pratt very much in the fate ef tbe old lady partly because ot a similarity in their situat ions; for she also hoarded money, and had but one servant, and stopped at home, alone on Sunday afternoons to allow her servant to go to church 'And when did all this happen?' she asked, 'I don't know if Mr. Higgins named the day; and yet I think it must bave been this very last Sunday.' ; ., ' 'And to day is WedLesday. Ill news trav travels - els travels fast.' , i , Yes, Mr. Higgins thought it might bave been in tbe London newspaper.' : 'That it could never be. Where did Mr. Higgins learn all about?' ... ; ; 'I don't know, I did not ask; I think he only came home yesterday; he had been south to cojlect his rents, somebody said.' ' Miss Pratt grunted. . She used to vent ber dislike and suspicions of Mr. trigging in a grunt whenever his named was mentioned. .. -'Well, I shan't see you for some days. God frey Morton has asked me tc go and stay with him and bis vister; and I think it will do me good , Besides,' added she, 'these winter eve evenings; - nings; evenings; and these murderers at large in the

town bere Jessy! said be, touching one of his " letters. 'You've either a murderer among you, or some friend of a murderer. Here's a poor old lady at Bath had her throat cut last : 8 Sunday week; and I've aletter from the Home . Office, asking In lend them my very efficient . aid.' as . tbey are pleased to call it, towards - finding out the culprit. It seems he must ' have been thirsty, and of a comfortable jolly .,' turn; for before going to, his' horrid work , he tapped a barrel of ginger wine the old lady had set by to work; and be wrapped the spig- r; ot round' with a piece of a letter taken out of ' his pocket, as may be supposed: and this piece ; of a letter was found afterward,, there are only these, letter a the -.outside, . Ese. ' hrford. tpttrortk,' which some one hag inge- nionsly made out to mean Barford, near Keg- worth. On the other sidt there is some alio- sion to a race, horse, I conjecture, though- the name is singular enough: 'Church and King King-and - and King-and down with the Rump. Miss Pratt caught at this name immediate- . ly ; it had hart' her feelings as a dissenter only few ' months ago, and she remembered it well ' ' " :" "- ' ! 'Mr. Nat Hearn has or had fas I am speak- .. ing in the witness, box, as it were. I must take care of my tenses, J ahorse witb tbat ridicu ridiculous - lous ridiculous name:' ' . - Mr. Nat, Hearn, repeated Mr! Morton, makings note of the intelligence; then he re curred to his letter from the Home Office again. ' . -v ' 'There is also a niece of a small key, hrok- " en in the futile attempt to open a desk well, , well. Nothing of more consequence. Tbe -letter is what we must rely upon.' ;; ' Mr. Davis said that Mr. Higgins told bim '.Miss Pratt began. 'Higginsr exclaimed Mr. Merton, 'tis. Is it Hisrtrins, the blustering fellow that ran away1 wilh Nat Hearn's sister?' .' . i' Yesf said Miss Pratt. 'But thongh he has never been a favonrite of mine' nr repeated Mr. Merton. 'It is too horri ble to think of; a member of the, bunt kind -old Squire llearn'n son in law 1 Who else have you in Barford with names that end in nt?' i ' .'.:v,-., 'There's ' Jackson, and Higginson, 1 and -; Bienkinson, and Davis, and Jones. Cnnsint - One thing strikes me how did Mr.' HigginS ! know all about it tn tell Mr. Davis on Tuesday 1 what had happened on Sunday afternoon? ' There is no peed to add much more. Those curious in lives of tbe highwaymen may find ' the name of Higgins as conspicuous among ' those annals as that of Claude Duval. Kate . Hearn's husband collected hia renU od the Highway, like many other 'gentlemen' of the , day; but having been unlucky-tn-one-or two of his adventures, and hearing exaggerated ac counts of the hoarded wealth of the old lady . at Bath, be was led on from robbery to mur- , der. and was hang for his crime at Derby, in seventeen hundred and seventy-five. He had not been an unkind husband; and bis poor wife took lodgings in Derby to- be near him in his last moments. Her old father went with her everywhere but into ber husband's cell; and wrung her heart by constantly accu accusing - sing accusing himself of having promoted her mar-" riage with a man of whom he knew so little. He abdicated hut squireship in favor of his son Nathaniel :. Nat, was prosperous, and tbe helpless silly father could be of no use to bim; but to bis widowed daughter. the fiolish food old man was all in all; her knight, ber protec-, tor, her compauion; her most faithful loving companion, only he ever declined assuming the office of her counsellor ehaking bis head sad sadly, - ly, sadly, and saying '" ,. ' , 'Ah! Km e, Kate! if I had had more wis dom to have advised ihee better, thou need'st not have been an - exile here in Brussels, shrinking from the sight of every English per person - son person as if they knew thy story." . . - . ..-.'., I saw the White House not a month ago; it was to lot, perhaps for the twentieth time sii.ee Mr.' Higgins occupied it; bnt still the tradition goes in Barford tbat once upon a time a highwayman lived there, and amassed untold treasures; and that the ill gotten wealth yet remains walled np in some unknown con concealed - cealed concealed chamber; bat in what part of the house no one knows.. Will any of you become tenants and try to find out this mysterious closet? I can furnish the exact address to any applicant who wishes for it Household- Wordt. CAST ANT ONE TELL 1 - ; Can any one tell how it is, tbat daring these hard timers when every merchant, manufactur manufacturer - er manufacturer and mechanic ia doing his. utmost to keep bis nose above water, our namerons drinking saloons are well sustained and even new onea starting? f 1 - ' V ' Can any one tell bow men, w'.o absolutely cannot pay small oil la, can always find plenty of money to bny liquor and treut Awhen hap happening - pening happening among friends T 1 - : t i ""f Can any one tell bow yonng men who dodge their washerwomen and are always behind with tbeir landlords, can play billiards day and nigbt and are always ready for a game of 'poker' or seven up?' Can any one tell how it is, that some men wuo owe their botchers, owe for reut, and owe everybody who will credit them, will ask their neigh bo i-s into, oysters and birds, and always manage so as to have all the delicacies of the the-season - season the-season t . .. . Can any one tell bow it is that virtuous young women, who have poor ancestors on the male eiw, poor brothers, and are djstnulty poor themselves, arrange it to dress in silks, aud uever wear the same dress at two sociables t . Can any one tell how lawyers who bave uo cases, and doctors who have no practice, man manage - age manage to make the ends meet or meet the endet ? Can anyone tell how men live and support their families, who have no income and don't work, and why others who are industrious and constantly employed half starve. Can any one tell how it is that a man who is too poor to pay three ceuts a werk for a good weekly paper, is able to pay fifteen cents a day for tobacco and cigars, to say nothing of an occasional drinkT Can any one tell what interest we have iu asking thee questions which we know no one can auewer? ISwrcAang-e.