Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-05-20

              Vol. ii. MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN. T S H U B ! $2,00 Per Annum, if in Advance. ADVERTISING The Rsrcuon has the largest circulation in the county and is, therefore, the bust medium through which busiuoss men can advertise. Advertisements will bo inserted at thu fullowiuK suits. S3 V l V a O 1 square $ c. $ e. $ c. $ c. $ c $, e $ e. jl 00 I 25 1 75 2 25 3 00 3,50 4,50 B 00 fi qr's.,l 75 2 25 3 25 4 25 5 25.6,00 C.75 8 O0 3 iqr'a"9l0 3;4 50 5 00 01)07,86 TtT' 4 sqr's" 360 4 ""5 0116 nn 7 "0 B.OOiOOO 12 1 square changeable monthly, $10; weekly, $15 M column changeable quarterly 15 column changeable quarterly,. column changeable quarterly,.. 1 column changeable quarterly,. 25 40 ETTwelve line in this type, aro counted at a square, ITEditorial notices or advertisements, or calling attention to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corpuralions, will be charred for at the rate of 10 cents per line. ID" Special notices, beforo marring ea.ortidcing precedence of regular advertisements, double usual races. "Notices for meetings, charitable societies, Arc companies, Ac, half price. ID" Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-hull more than regular ratts. 17A.11 transient advertisements to be paid an ndvance.and none will be inserted unless for & definite time mentioned THE FARMER'S SONG. Success to the jolly old farmer Who sighs at the tail of the plow, The monarch of prairie and forest, 'Tis only to God he may bow, He is surely a fortunate fellow; He raises his bread and his cheese, And though hard is his labor in summer, In winter ho lives at his ease. When the reign of winter is broken And spring comes to gladden and bless, 'When the tlur.ks in the meadow are spotting, And the robin is building her nest The farmer walks forth to his labor, And manly and firm is his tread, As ho scatters thesoed fur the harvest That yields to the nations their bread. His banks are all .chartered by nature, Their credits arc ample and sure; Bis clerks never slope with deposits, Pursued by the curse of tho poor, His stocks are the best iu the market; His shares are the shares of 14s plow; They briug the bright gold to his coffers, And pleasure and health to his .brojv. When his crops are gathered and sheltered, When his cattle are snug in thu fuld, He sits himself dowu by the fireside And laughs at the tempest and cold, A stranger to pride and anibit,iop. His duty he strives to fulfil, Determined whatever betides him, To let tho world jog as it will. His trust is in him whoae given Tho seasons, the sunshine and the (tain, Who has promised "seed liino and harvest,'' So loug as the earth shall remain ; And if from his duties he wander, Led on by his venturesome will, Through life and its changing relations, God's providence follows huu stiK, JC3T Jacob kissed Itachael.nd lifted up wis voice ana wept. nmuivt. If Rachael was a preti girl and kept .Jier lace clean, we cany see that Jacob ihad much to cry about jv". JT. Globe. How do you knowAut that she slapped iiis lace tor mm; wing. Gentlemen, hold your tongues. The cause of Jacob's weeping was the refusal .of Rachael to allow him to kiss her aain. Taylor Flag. Green verdant, all of ye. The fellow rboo-booed because she didn't kiss him, Manchester Advertiser. Pshaw ! none of you are judges of human nature. Rachael .was the first girl Jacob ever kissed, and he got so scared that his 'voice trembled, and the tear came trickling down his cheeks." Auburn Advertiser.We admit that you are a judge of "hu-rnnn nature." Peisonal knowledge of suqh. matters is decidedly the best. Albany js-press.Jacob was a man who labored in the field. When he kissed llachael, he had just returned from his labors, and had not washed his lips. After discovering that he fliad soiled llachacil's cheek, he wept for fear she worild think lie was one of the 'Free Soilers." Albany Freeholder. Gentlemen nharp shooters, put up your Weapons; none of you hit the mark! Jacob wept in view of the severe Caudle mng he expected from (cab, for displaying apar--liality for his second wife. Sull Whiff. . Wo think Jacob cried in view of the fact that he had wasted so many kisses on Leah when llachael kissed so muchsweeter!--JStar. You are all out. Jacob cried because ihe hadn't kissed Rachael before his distress had reference to the time he had lost. .Ex. Nonsense, gentlemen : Jacob felt kind io all over so," and cried just .cause he couldn't help it. lie didn't know what he was crying about, and neither do you. Mt. Vernon Republican. TBI LONGEST STEAMBOAT iIS Tfll WORLD. The N. Y. Express says; "The steamer Isaac Newton, which a short time ago was taken up on 'the new railway at Long Island city, for the pur- fiose of lengthening and otherwise improv-ngber, is now very nearly completed. ;ller entire length is now 404 feet There will be on her promenade and hurricane decks state-rooms sufficient to accomodate i? thousand jcrsgps." Correspondence of Ihe N. Y. Daily Times Touch of Texas Lifo Snakes, Scorpions, &o. San Antonio, 'IYxis, April J5, 'CO. There is no use in disputing tho matter. Ti X'ls in a great State. We mean the Boil the boundless plains, the beautiful oak for ests, the luxurious grass, and just at this lime its soft, balmy breezes and its beautiful nights. Don't understand us that we admire everything in Texas. Not by considerable. Its pasty little rivers, its bugs and snakes and varmints of all kinds, including a smart sprinkling of tho natives, we do Deg leave most respectfully to despise. We havo just returned from a trip up among the Cumanches and tho (sogers on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, and if we are not almost scared out of our senses, we don't know ourself, The warm weather for tho last month has made everything look like midsummer, and all sorts of creeping and stinging things have emerged from their winter lodgings in such quantities that I fear I shall never get home safe. It was only a few nights since, that 1 pitched my tent on the banks ot the Colorado. I thought J had selected a good clean spot for my humble blankets, and I was about to turn in, when I heard a rat-tin that nearly made me jump out of my skin. There he was, not three feet from my tent, taking a good look at my dog, which had come a little too close to tho reptile. Where the critler came from the Lord may know; I'll swear he wasn't there a half hour before. Well, we "killed the snake," and being weakly, I took one hall' pint of toddy, concocted of the meanest whisky that ever was seeo. They don't have any other sort lieee. Well, tho men of my party went off to bed, leaving only your correspondent, "Dick," my dog, and Ben, my nigger boy, by my fire. Ben curled himself up in front of the fire, Dick took a similar position on my blankets, at my feet inside of the tent, and I thought I would read myself to sleep. I had scarce ly .finished pages when I saw crawling slowly up the side of my tent what looked to me like the father of all spiders. I was sure at first that only that one drink of whisky had brought on a pi of "the mon keys;" and I had no doubt that I should drown myself before morning. Meanwhile, with remarkable presence of mind, I called to Ben, to convince myself that I was not really out of my proper mind. To my do light, that nigger came into tho tent, and I pointed out to him my visitor. "Why, dat's a trantulum," says he; "jes wait a minute till I slosh him on the .fcope," You see the darkle Las been living near the Dutch settlements nt Fredericksburg, and lie likes to show ott his knowledge of the German vernacular. After killing the "trantulum," he calmed my fears by tel ling me that Ihere was only one thing that could cure the bite of the insect, and that was two quarts of whisky. As I hadn't more than three drinks left, and it was fif ty miles to the nearest settlement, I voted the bov a poor comforter; and I was about to remark that much to him, when I -something that looked like a little "fiddler," (such as you eee on the sea shore in these parts, ) with a tail to it, crawling over my shirt bosom. My first impulse was to brush the thing away with my hand, which I did, but in a moment I felt as though a needle had been run into the end of my ifingej a.nd shoved up to my elbow. The pain made me start to my .feet, but Ben only laughed, "Yaw, yaw, mass Jeemes dat's a xeorripin you musn't tech 'em." So, between the rattle-snakes, the tarantulas and the scorpions, you may be sure that I shall never forget the night I spent on the Colorado. My finger swelled up to the size of, a good sized sausage, and J have no doubt it would have pained mo a good deal had I not fancied that it was going to go hard with me, all of which induced me to take my remaining three drinks of 'bad whisky, and from the effects of which I have no doubt I was at first lovingly, sentimentally tight; then roaring drunk, and then I don't recollect how it was I slept until 10 o'clock the next day, and then I was aroused by the melodious voices of twelve hungry mules tied to the wagons in front of my lent. Hazel-Eyed Girls. Major Noah says that a hazel eye in spires at first a Platonic sentiment, which gradually hut surely expands into love as securely founded as the JJoqk of Gibraltar. A woman writh a hazel eye never elopes from her husband! never chats scandal, nover sacrifices her husband's comfort to her own, never finds fault, never talks too much or too little, always is an entertaining, intelligent, agreeable and lovely creature." "We never.knew," says a brother editor, "but one interesting and unamiable woman with a hazel eye,andshe.has a nose which looked, as the Yankee says, like tho little end of nothing whittled to a point." The grey is the sign of shrewdness and talent. Great thinkers and captains have it. In woman, indicates a belter head than heart. The dark hazel is noble in signifi cance, as in its beauty. The blue eye is amiable, but may be feeble. Ihe black eye take care! t3T An amusing little incident occurred at a city hotel 6 few days ago. A verdant looking chap sat down to take "some nil-in," as the immortal Joe Jackson would say, and in a short time a waiter presented himself nt the back of our hero scbair, and politely inquired "Tea or coffee, sir?" "lea," he answered. "What kind of tea, sir?" Greeny looked up in the waiter's face, and, with considerable emphasis, said, ".Why, tore tea, of course I don't want any .of your sassafras stuff I" Wrwkitjn Gotn. The oreat comnre- bensivo trull, says President Quincy, written in letters of living light on every page of our history, are these: JIuman happiness has no perfect eeourity but freedom.; freedom, none but virtue, none but knowledge; and neither freedom, nor vir tue, nor knowledge, Las any vigor or Immortal hope, except in the principles of the Christian faiih, and in the sanctions of the Christian religion. MOUNT VERNON, PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST OP WOOD. A Kansas correspondent of the Milwau kio Sentinel gives the following particulars in reference to the beginning of the present outbreak at Lawrence; Ou Saturday last Jones came into town as ho said, to complete his panel of a Grand Jury to sit at Lecompton at the next session of the U. S. Court, ho opting in the capacity oi ycpuiy u. o. Marshal. It will be remembered that at the sitting of the uuim, icu uays since, no reported mac he had forgotten to empanel a jury, nnd the court adjourned in consenuence. Wheth er his memory was affected by the coming oi mo ijongressionai investigating Uom-mission or not, deponent saith not, but per-tnin it is, that that Grand Jury were to find indictments, as they have done in other places against all connected with the State Government, from Judges of election tp Governor. About 5 o'clock P. M. he stepped into the lan office of James Christian, Esq., where a village election was being held, and handed to Mr. Christian, (who is a Pro-Slavery man, but a man otherwise very much respected by the entire community) a paper, and stepping up to S. N. Wood, Esq., who had returned the day preyious from Ohio, with near 100 good men and true, who aro ready to meet. and. at least, to do their best to subdue anything of a rude, savage character in this as yet wilderness country, arid who was standing against one smo ot the room, he put his hand upon his shoulder, with a "You are my'prisoner." "For what," inquired Mr. Wood. Jones then read a wairant issued by Cameron, the renegade Free State man, appointed magistrate by Shannon last fall on the occasion of the Brandon rescue, for the arrest of the rescuers, among whom was Mr. Wood. Jones immediatelv seized him by tho collar and attempted to drajr 1 r w .it . 1 . . . O mm irom me oince. wood, who is quite a snjall man, whereas, Jones js large and tall, objected to being handled in so summary a manner and held back, retaining his place and telling him not to be so fast, and demanding a copy of the warrant. Jones said that he must go with him immediately, at the same time continuing his efforts to draw him out, but not succeeding he called upon the bystanders, "in the name of the commonwealth" to assist him. A fellow whom he had brought with birn seized Wood on the other side, he still demanding a copy of the warrant, and expressing a wjsh to cross the street to see bis wile in the mean time, saying that he would return in fifteen minutes. He was a resident of the town and did not intend to run away from it. His wife, by the way, is one of the two women who went to the Wakarausa, at the time Lawrence was be-stiged, and got two kegs of powder, a quantity of lead and caps, and returned through the enemy's guard, by whom they were stepped but finally were permitted to proceed, and came in safe with the amu-nition. Jones refused, and Wood declared he would go. By this time the alarm was spreading, and men began to rush .in from the streets and places of business near, and Jones agreed to let Jum go to see his wife if some gentlemen present would en gage to bring him back and deliver him up to him. W I j .'vr. .J . " .UK"vereu up,' or of delivering himself up in a legal sense.as he did not consider himself a legal prisoner, but he would return and place himself in precisely the condition he was then in. Jones then refused to let him go, on which the bystanders, who continued to rush in.took hold of Wood, who at this time was in the door, trying to get out. while Jones was inside holding fast to his collar, and drew them both into the middle of the street. In their efforts to assist in enforcing the law, they got the start of even the sheriff. and in consequence, Wood was pulled quite away irom him. iiefore they were separated, however, Jones made an attempt to get his revolver from his belt, but being very much excited and not succeeding readily, Wood volunteered bis assistance, and with one hand seizing .Jones' bond, and with the other he drew the revolver, and .being at this moment separated from each.other, Wood found it.impossible to restore tho gun to .Jones, and consequently wamea ou very modestly with it towards his own house, stopping occasionally to see how matters progressed. Jones, altogeth er misapprehending the matter, considered it a case of rescue and resistance to the law, whereas, the peoplo having no knowledge of, or repudiating Jones' official character, chose to consider it a street fight, in which .Jones was the assailant, and they rushed in to separate the combatants, and prevent the disgrace that would thereby attach to tho town. One of our citizens, ngistrate, appointed by Gov. Reeder, and whose commission has not been with drawn, considering himself bound by his oath of office to preserve the peace, rushed into the melee with such force as to knock, accidentally, of course, Mr. Jones' friend some two rods. Some others very kindly look him in charge and removed him from the reach of harm. As soon as quiet was restored, by the separation of the combatants, or .rather as soon as the assailed was separated from the assailant, both parties were left to do as they chose without let or hindernnce. Not a finger was raised against Jones, nor any obstacles placed in his way. -lie soon announced his determination to take Wood, dead or alive, even f he had to shoot down the whole crowd. Some suggested that a revival or camp meeting should be got up immediately, to prepare the people for the threatened event. if ones soon after left for iLeeoniptqn, Iqr a posse to make the arrest. On Sunday morning be returned, with half a dozen assistants, and not seeing Wood, who was in his own house, he attempted to arrest two or three of those who assisted in what he chose to consider the rescue of the day previous, but to be brief and avoid repetition, he succeeded very much as on that occasion. (In this case, he produced no warrant and denied the necessity of doing so. lie was assured that he could never take a man from this town, under arrest, .wilhoutproducing his authority and nev- OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, er as a sheriff of Douglas County. Should he coma as a JJ. S. Marshal, he would not be resisted, lie and his comrades left, with a reiteration of his intention to return with a sufficient posse to take the offenders. On his return to Lecompton yesterday iron) here, feiianiion dispatched a messen ger to Vesiport, Mo., with a telegraph dispatch to Pierce for holp, so he informed one ofourcitizenswhomethim on his wav down. Whether he also had a communication to the "border ruffians" or not I do not know. The military were drilling in Westport on Saturday, wiih the intention oi coming up here aiun. It is under-stood that another attemnt will bo made. with a strong posse, who, of coure, will tail, upon which .shannon will issue a proc lamation. Whether lie is authorized to call out the militia of tho Territory and the adjoining Slates, before calling for the U. S. troops, I have not been able to ascertain. But if the militia come here under his call, and attempt to enforce these laws there will bo lighting before submission; but if the troopi come here, there will be no resistance offered to takiqg the men if th,ey can bo found. The Money Lender, merchant sat in his privato counting room with an anxious, troubled look upon face. A few thousand dollars had been his paid, which he now wished to re-iavest. Hut it was the dark i,.u? of 1854, a dja'.c long to bo remembered by the business world. Railroad coiiio mierf were failing. nanus wero crasuing, lai -e lams were as tounding their acquaintances by assign ments, indeed, the commtrehil bank seem ed to have struck the hidden rocks, and on ly a general wreck could be anticipated. The merchant continued his perplexed meditations, which were every moment becoming more unsatisfactory. lie could ea sily lend the money at forty or fifty per cent., nut us senso ot uprightness would never allow him to take advantage of his friend's necessity; besides, were he disposed to lend it, whom could he trust. At length a silent voice whispered to his soul a little text of Scripture about "lending to the Lord." A warm glow stole over his heart, and ray of light seemed dawning on his mind. Yes, that would be a safe investment. Jfo fear of loss or failure there. But Prudence queried, "Canyau aff'uid to give so much; does your income justify it? Few rich men bestow as large a sum at once, unless it be something in their legacies."Again the merchant pondered long, but was dissatisfied and undecided. Kneeling, he prayed earnestly for guidance from an Allwise hand. He rose with a soul filled with the sweetest peace. The decision pas made. In his own heme was enough to supply all the wants of his household, and a poryon for the Jtieedy. Had iho money been lost before it reached him, no suffering would havo come near his dwelling iu consequence. Besides, it was only a partial payment on the immense debt he owed on all his mercies. The sum was appropriated, and a light heart and a soft pillow were his that night. Hie money went its ways, cheering the sad hearts of widows and orphans, glad deningapoorllome Missionary's little cir- eln fta tlit-v wnrwlf,rd nrpr tin. timn vmi.nu . .4 .'. . . i " leer, which brought them fifty dollars, .. . . I l l l n sending little tracts to tho lowly home of j the pioneer, or buying the bread of life for .Starving souls in Asia, Africa.or thei lands of tho sea. It was ever inci casing in value, until, at length, the nmount was beyond computation. Never did the merchant regret the investment, for the sums were secured to him with a sure bond, with a thiee fold signature, and laid up in the mansions where were all his treasures. Would that ,c?any who yearly compute by thousands the surplus of tin ir incomes above their expenditures, might lollop the example of this money Under. N. Y. Evangelist. The Youth that was Hutg. The sheriff took out his watch, and said' "if you have anything to say, speak now, for you iave only -live minutes to live." The young man burst into tears, and said -I have to die. I had only one little broth er, his beautiful blue eyes and flaxen hair, and 1 loved bun; but one day 1 got drunk, lor the hrst time in my hie, and comiii home I found my little brother gathering strawberries in the garden, and 1 became angry without a cause, and killed him with one blow of the rnkc. I did npt.know anything about it until the next morning, when I awoke from sleep I found myself tied and guarded, and was told that when my little brother was found his hair was clotted with blood and brains and he was dead. Whiskey has done it. It has ruined mo. 1 never was drunk but once. I have only one more, word to sny, and then am going to my final judge. Isay:it to young people Never! Nkvkk!! NEVER! 1 1 touch anything that can intoxicate! As he pronounced these words lie sprang from the box and was launched into eternity. I was melted to tears at the recital, and the awful spectncle. My little heart seemed as if it would burst, and break away from my aching bosom, so intolerable were my feelings of grief. And there in that carriage while on that cushioned seat, look ing with streaming eyes on the body of the unfortunate young man, as it hung dangling and wreathing between the heaven and .e.irth, as unfit for either place, there it was that J took the pudge never to touch tho hateful poison! Long year have passed away. While hairs have thickened around these temples, then so ruddy nnd so young, but I have .never forgotten the last words of that young man. Andi have nevervioiaied the pledge. When the tempter has offered ma the sparkling goblet, the words of that young man have seemed to sound jn my ears again. Old Man's Story. PiiREsoLoaT. A lady, disbeliever in the science, asked a learned phrenologist, with a view of puzzling him, "what kind of people are those who have Deslructiveoess and Benevolence equally and largely developed?" "These madam, are the persons who kill with kindness." An Eloquent Extract Theodoro Parker delivered an address before the N. Y. American Anti-Slavery Society in tho city of New York on the 7il inst., on the present crisis in American Political affairs the war of eauitul auainst labor tho utteuiut to rob the working millions of all share in the public lands. Mr. Parker's address closed thus: Three hundred years ugo our fathers in Europe were contending for liberty. Then it was freedom of conscience, which the progressive force of the people demanded Juliua the Third had just been Pope who gave me uuruuiaisiiip vacated at ins election to the keeper of his monkeys nnd Paul IV. sat in his stead in St. Peter's chair, and represented in general for nil Europe the legrcssive power, while bloody Mary and bloodier Phillip sat on England's throne, and incited thereto by the Pontiff, smote at the rights of man. ' Two hundred yenr ogo our fathers in the two England Old and New did grim battling against monarchic despotism; one Charles slept in his bloody grave, nnother vandered thro' the elegant debaucheries of the Continent, while Cromwell and Milton made liberal England abidingly famous nnd happy. une nunurea years ago other great battling for tho rights of man was being begun. Ah me! the strife is not ended. Tho question laid over by our fathers is adjourned to us for settlement. It is the old question between the substance of man and his accidents labor and capital, the peoule aim a class. Shall the 350,000 slaveholders own all the 1,400,000 square miles of territory not yet made States, and drive nil Northern men away from it? or shall it belong to the People? Shall this vast area be like Arkansas and South Caroljnn, or like Michigan and Connecticut? That is the immediate question. Shall Slavery spread overall the United States and root out Freedom from the land; i or shall freedom spread wide her blessed boughs till the whole continent is fed by her fruit, and lodged beneath her arms, her very leaves, for the healing of the nations? That is the ultimate question. Now, it is for America to choose betweeu these two alternatives, and choose quick. For America? No, for the North. You and I are to decide this mighty question. I tako it the Anglo-Saxon will not forego his ethnological nsti,net for Freedom nnd the historic habit of two thousand years; he will progressively tend to Christianity and Domocracy. He will put Slavery down peaceably if he can, forcibly if he must. We may now end this crime against humanity, by ballots; wait a little, and only with sword and blood can this deep and wmeiiing uioioi snaine ue scoured out H orn the Continent. No election since that first and unopposed of Washington, has been so important to America as this now befi r us. Once the nation chose between Aaron Burr nnd Thomas Jefferson. When the choice is between Slavery and Freedom will the North choofo wrong? Any railroad company may by accident elect a knave for president, but when he has bien convicted fr squandering their substence on himself and blowing up their engines, nay, destroying their sons and daughters, will tl.e stockholders choose the swindler forever? I think we shall put slaveiy down? I i . . .ii i , . ?. .. . . .. .-j-. .. . . u ...... w j . ...uv. Ju, null d0 jt now nnd without tumult, or by nnd iiiive smau uouot oi mat. JJul shall we by, with a dreadful revolution, St. Domin go massacres and the ghastly work of war? feliall America decide for wickedness, extend the dork places of the earth, filled up fuller wiih the habitations of cruelty? Then our min is certain is also just. The power of self-rule, which we were not fit for, will pass from our hands, and the halter of vengeance will gripe our neck, and America will lio there on the shore of the sen, ope other .victim who fell as the fool dieth. What a ruin it would it-! Come away I cannot look even in fancy on so foul a sight! If we decide for the inalienable rights of man, for present welfare nnd future progress, for Christianity nnd Democracy, and so organizo things and men that all may share tho labor and government of society, then what a prospect is before us 1 I low populous, how rich will the land become! Ere long, her borders wide, will embrace the hemisphere how full of men! If we are faithful to our duty, one day, America, youngest of nations, shall sit on the Cordilleras, the youthful mother of the continent of States. Behind ber are the r.oi thcrn Lakes, tho northern forest bounded by Artie ico nnd snow; on her left hand swells the Atlantic; the Pacific on hui right both beautiful with the while lilies of commerce, giving fragrance all round the world; while before her spreads out the Southern land, from JiYrra Firma to the Iles of Fire, blessed with the Saxon mind and conscience, heart ncd soul; ond underneath her eye, into the lap of the Hemisphere, the Amazon, and tho Missis.-ippi e.s of either continent; nnd behind her.be-! classic livers oi ireeuom pour the rich fore .her, on either hand, all round and n. derncath her eve. extends the New World of humanity, the commonwealth of the people, justice, the law thereof, nnd infi-nite perfection, God a church without a Bishop, a State without a King, a community without a lord, a family with no holder of slaves. With welfare for the present and progress ,fqr the future, she will show the nations bow divine a thin" a people ,can be made. Don't Kill the Birds. A multitude pf thep have perished during the winter; give the survivors a chance. We fully concur with the Hartford Coui-nnt when it says: "Shame on the man or boy who kills robins at this season of the year! It in a dastardly tliing-unsportsmnnlike. The youth who murders robins in the spring is the same young man who kills hired horses because they are hired, cbeala bis.cred-itors, and abuses his mother. These qualities go in clusters; and whye you bud a boy or man mean enough to shoot a robin in April, you find a coward! Pass the boy who kills robins in April on to hii mo; al pillory. 185G. Beechor on Sharp's Rifles. Beechcr tho of the N. Y. Independent, dofends himself from the attacks that have been made upon him relative to his Sharp's Kifle proclivities. Among other things that may be numbered among the good ones, he says: Of all revolutions on record, wo remember none so remarkable as tjiat which has been wrought by Sharp's rifles. Wo do not know that a single man has ever been irjurco) by them. They are guiltless of blood. But the principle which they in- volve has brought the whole South to protest against violence, even in the ex-treinest necessity of self-defense I Theso aforetime heroes of the knife and revolver are now deep iu tho Scriptures. They are quoting all the peaceable texts. They hang with irrepressible delight over all those passages which teach meekness and gentleness. There jyill never be any more gun-powder burnt in the southern states. Its diiy is oyer there. The North has cured the Sjuth of all war-like propensities! All this is not a little remarkable. The South has hitherto been proud of ils prowess. It has been prompt on every occasion when military glory was to be won. Its citizens have been known to bear arms upon their persons to an extent no where else practised. Their towns and cities have been noted for desperate affrays. If there has been one thing which the Southern was more boastful of than another, it has been his courage and his fearhssress iu duel, or brawl, or campaign. Southern boys have been brought up on powder and shot, just as our Yankee children are on bread mid milk. They have boasted the appetite and hearty digestion of such food. The Yankees nia no longer c.owards.fear-ing powder, and turning pale nt the sight of steel. Now th.ey are a blood-thirsty race. They are furious warriors. They are dangerous men; They are threatening civil war. If tho United Stales forces do not interpose, there is danger that these desperate men of the North will invade the South with Sharp's lilies! This is a fearful change! National character never underwent such a sudden transformation. It is difficult to sny which we most admire, ihe extreme lamb like peaceablencss of the South , or the fierce and truculent air of the North'! If litis thing goes on, in nnother session or so we shall see strange tights iu Congress. Northern men will be talking tiro ana lury. Southern senators, gau.ni members of tho peace society, will stand tall and slim without knife or revolver to crease the well-fitting coat; and swaggering Yankees will drive the poor peaceful Southern representatives plaintively to the woll! Oh what times we shall havel It is more than the prophesy promised! Lions were to be changed tolambs,butin our day lambs and lambkins arc to grow up iuto wolves and lions! Frightening & Suattfcr. About thirteen years nyo, when the now nourishing city of Hannibal, on the Mississippi river, was but a wood-yard, surrounded by a few huts belonging to some hardy squatters, and such a thing as a steambjat was considered quite a sight, the tollowing incident occurred : A tall, brawney woodsman stood leaning against a tree upon the bank of the river, and gazing at some approaching object, which easily might be discovered to be a steamboat. About half an hour elapsed, nnd the boat was moored, and the hands busily engaged in taking on wood. Now, among the many passengers was a spruce young dandy, with a killing moustache, (fee., who seemed bent on makingan impression by some heroic deed. .Observing .our squatter friend, he lciflgin eu mm to ho a hue onuortunitv to brjna i . . . .-" .. i- . himself into notice. So stepping into the cabin, he said, "Ladies if yw. want to enjoy a good laugh slep out into the guards. I intend to frighten that gentleman into tits who now stands on the bank." ' The ladies complied with the request and the dandy drew from his pocket a formidable bowie knife and thrust it into his belt; then taking a large horse pistol in each h.iil he strode cn shire. Marching up to tho woolsman he exclaimed,"Found you at Inst have 1? You are the fellow I'v been looking after these three . - . - long week, S,y your prayer! (he con- tinued, presenting his fi tols,) you'll make a capital birn-door, audi shall diill the keyhole myself!" llie squatter calmly surveyed him a I moment, and then drawing back a step, he i c . r .i i . 1 .i i planted h is h.ugo fist directly between the eves of his antagonist, who .in a moment was floundering in the midst of the turbid waters of the Mississippi. Every passenger on the boat hj this time collected on the guards, nnd the crestfallen hero, as he was sneaking off towards 1,10 boat' wa5 lhua accosU;J b.v 1,is conr.uerui. "1 sty. you, next lime you come around here drilling of keyholes, don't forget your old acquaintances!" No More Boys. But why do wo dwell upju the "boys" of.t'ue present? -'Tis a misnomej. There aro no boys. The crop is linrvestcd in many a parlor to night, and the grain u called "young gentlemen." Even my old preceptor, who is shaking on the grave's verge, lias stowed away his sign of "Boy's Acndenvy." and nails up in fancy letters on Ids lintels, "Young pontlemen's, Institute." Our discarded tailor, "Saippar," has dropped the word roundabout from his bills and speaks cf "coatee foropng gt,nts." Young "gent I" The race who struts wi.'h canes at five years of age, and are critics in pomatum at eighf! Who are learned iu.cassiraeres at ten, and understand the mysteries of omeUtte savffle at twclvel Who tyrannize over their shoemaker at fifteen, and pro-ft s) the mysteries of the ballet at the same ace! Who boast of amours at eighteen and I fairly scandalize their mothers "at twentyl NO. 27; Milch Coys. There is no greater Vfatmly comfort1' thnn a good milk oow, Besides the use of milk for drinking, tho cream for tea and cofl'oo, nlmost every family should make Its. own cheese. In cooking, milk is indispensable. Such are tho useful purposes of milk, and yet we have paid no attention to rearing the cow, so as to make the milking quality transmissible. It is ono of thu many branches of Agriculture, that invites me patient ana cnterpwsing farmer lo profitable rewards. f T We have been examining the Agricultural Reports of other States to see what they are doing with the cow, to determine, if we could, what breeds or crossei, promise the best milkers. '', Of tub Aluebnt. The imported oow lod with twenty pounds of hay and a peck" of carrots each, per day. gave one pound of butler to seven quarts of milk iu No-vember. Ono of tho cows yielded 5111 pounds of Butler from May 10, J853, to April 20, 1354. For three consecutive weeks in June, she made 14 pounds a week. She averaged one pound of butter to five' quarts of milk. ' ' This breed yields larger quantities of butter during the year than any other, and their cream and butter aro of the best quali-ty. The do not yield much milk, but it is very rkh, and consume little food in comparison to the larger breeds. They are small-ill. shaped, with no disposition to fatten, and hence are suited for the dairy alone. The committee, on milch cows of Middlesex, Massachusetts, in commenting upou native cows that had been exhibited as good milkers, made this remark to the owner. "We suggest to him to add one Alderuey to his herd. Hercrcam will giv color and character to his butter and enable him to advance his prices from one third to one half in a uarket where it would ) appreciated." Of tub gkauk Dubuams. Compared with the "native" this grade is popular as milkers. They require however, better pastures than other crosses, and their product of butter is about one pound to every ten or twelve quarts of milk. The yield of butter of the best of these is not greater than the best of tho Alderneys. But be-ing much prized for beef also, where weat is an object, they are more valuable on thai account. Hence, for the western farmer, generally who has good pastures, they are most to be desired. B ut fnr fliA Ja a'one, or for the resident of tho town, the Massachusetts reports.from which we gather these data, give preference to the Alderneys, over all others. Of the Devon, Arasmnis Hkbefobp, and tueih crossed. These breeds furnUl good milkers, ranging, as to yield to milk, audits richness, between the Alderneys an4 Durham grades. They require better pas-lures than the first, but not so good, as thu last. But where, to the milking property, active, wrong and docile work oxen are an olject, and in the west, it is an important one, our State Beard of Agriculture to the ' contrary notwithstanding, there no better breed than the Devon nnd its crosses, and especially to tho farmer, whose pastures are often scant. ' How far a cross of the Alderuey with tho Durham grade will affect the milking property and sh;o ajid symmetry of the latter, we have no facts recorded yet to determine. But if we are to havo the milking property rendered transmissible, we think it must be through the Alderney. Tho Fallen Youth. I went, a few weeks since, iato a jail to see a young man who was once a Sabbath school scholar. The keeper took a large bunch of keys. MiiiLiiph.iiiir linn in mr aitnt a..,,ii,. llillfipVinfr nna . ...i .... ..ii . .a . . ' "' irii '.I, iint'iii'n i no .1 r. . i. .., where sat tho young man we had come to O -i.w uuui vi LUC room see. ihe walls of the room were of coarse stjuc, the floor of thick plank, and before) the windows were strong iron bars. ' ' 'v Without, all was beautiful; the greeu fields, the sweet flowers, and the sitigin" birds, were as lovely as ever, but this young man could t-njoy nono of these no, never again could he go out, for he was condemned to death 1 Yes, he had killed a man, and now he himself must die. Think of it; only twenty years old, and yet a murderer! I spt dovn beside h.im, and talked with him. lUTlL'W t.ll . !J !. .. ,t . . .... was drunk; then I got angry, and before I F - uw, uivnu tw UU.ll, ,UU1 1 anew wnun was about, l tilled him. .0, if I had .minded what mv Sabl)aili.r.,nni 2r . ""U 'TU mIolller should never have come to this Is iniil.t n j r w ... 0 luls 1 .H'r rnnnlw ..M. If T I. J i T " wuuvu. tin) It would have made vour hearts n,.h a. it did mine, to see and talk with him , Once he was a happy, playful child like you; now he is a poor, condemned, wicked young man. lie did not mind his mother, did m,l govern his temper, and a ihe grew older, he went with bad boys who tau"h.t him bad habits; aud he became worse and worse, .until, gsjieoid, wht,n drunk, iu p moment of passion he killed a man; and now after a few weeks, ho must suffer the dreadful penalty. As I left Lira, he said, "Will you not pray for me?" and he added. "O, tell boys every where to mind their mothers, and keep awoy from bad.compa.rv An Editor's Time. Miska IIiu er, the knight e,rrant of the violin, has been traveling among the Sandwich Islands and Australia. He gives ihe following ,idea,pf the value of an editor in Sydney: "A lew days after my arrival! paid mr visits to the different editors of Sydney. At my GrU call I came to a palace like house, the ground floor occupied by the printing office. ,On the first floor, among other advertisements, I found a tablet , informing visitors (hat the editor cannot be spoken with unless paid for his valuably time; accordingly, everybody, withoutcx-ception, is advised to buy a ticket of ail-misi jn at the door of the wailing room-one hour cos iig IOj.; half an bour, Cs ; fifteen minutes 3s Such were the eontenls.uf this singular price current of liuie."