Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1853-12-27

              s I! IS VOLUME XLIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1853. NUMBER 18 n Mtltoon.' iwlvis seen mat rooh Sin Interesting Storn. Fror ih Knlch'rbocher lor December. 8HIPPEG4N. ii f, anil Mrb mm tried to out do the other in all kind oi friendly services. No lelt tlio house una strolled alone farther. T no captain stopped at every house, shaking hands with me inmates. 1 he houses were ail clean and com tort- Thirty days had wo pused npon tho Atlantic before our niiip entered tho Gulf of St. Lawrence, when at length Uib wind, laden with odor of forest Irena nod flowers; Utile limid bird which How tear in; floating trees and shrubs, and h lung, low coast not Itir away, all told tis that our voyage approached its close.. Yet how long wero iho last bonis! The waters of tho Gull were provokingly smooth; the ship lay vexaiiously till, with her sails grumbling abmitthe creaking yards; nnd tho mild apology for a breeze, which occasionally fnnnr'd us, was directly ahead. 'Cip'uin, when shall wo got to tho shore? The wind is nhetid, isn't it?' Thin was the lifty-ninth time, I should say, that I had nsked this question of our dipper Utile captain, who was patiently pacing the quarier-deck. 'Tho windf Ah, yos, sir the wind U ray iher unfortunate in its character and direction, bat balmy, tir; yes, re-marl:ably bdmy.' 'Oh! hang the balmy breeze!' I muttered, going to tlio hows to Ond reliol from ennui in questioning the mile, wli'i stood there lazily Razing at the entraucoof the Hay de Chal- ur, whither we were bound. 'Mr. Junes, when do you suppose wo shall arrive there?' 'Hum! t guess, sir, it will take a man with a head ns long m n horse to tell that. Perhaps the French pilot in iliat boat out there will tell you, if he ever gels on board. Why don't ho row? He'll never got bore, if he don't tnke his oars.' 'Ii w!' yelled tho mate, at the same time making gestures to h boat about three nit en ahead. Of course thoy could not see him, but by somocnin. cideiiee they seemed just to think of what the mate no earned' ly desired, nnd in about un hour tho pilot rtune mi board. I wanted to show the captain that I had not spent a month in Paris for nothing so Ispuko to tlm pilot in my best French, renewing the question which I had put Id tho citptuin. Thi wind, perhapshe wouldn't swenr it hut per-hups it would change in tho overling.' Ah! really, sir,' said the captain, 'it's a consolation to b-t able to converts in another tongue. I speak French myself tolerably.' In fai:t. the captnin completely eclipsed me, (or he talked with nrnuzins. volubility, nnd made his hands Ily lii'ist wonderfully while gofttieula'in. I stipp ise the render has never heard of Shippegm. It would not lie surprising if ho were completely ignor-n ut of the Hay do Clvilour. For my part I wusentirc-ly free from any knowledge whatever of t iono places, until went th-ro. 'Nevertheless, nlthonh remote from the busy world, it is nn interesting place. It is amagiusly mi.' This is what the rnptain told ine, adding, at the mime lime, tint it was inhabited by Frenrh, the remnants ol tho old Arcodian settlers. luey dwell in gr at numbers nbnut hero, supporting them-solves by agriculture nnd fmhing, preserving their simple feelings nnd primitive manners unaltered, while all nnniiiii has rhattaed. An the ship muled up ttin harbor of Shippogan on the .pillowing morning, I stood anil grzed with nidi'scrum-bio deli:;bt upon tTio beauties which opened up on every side. Un the Gaspo shore tlm hay was bounded by lofty hi Ms, which, gradually declining to tho water's miJuo, uuordnt excellent udvatttnges lor tho Homes i.i those wlio united tho occupations of farmer unci fisher. On the Now-llfunswick side, tho country wan low and undiiUiitig, richly wooded, nnd in many places wo I cultivated. Scores nf fishing-bunts wilh their snowy sails dotted the w iters of tho hay. As wn sailed the long, narrow harbor, wo looked with great curios ily u;iou tho unknown villages lying upon the shore, no quaint nnd quiot, wilh their singular-looking bams anil ruile wharves. The ship anchored near sumo mills from which sin w to receive n cargo ol timber and return to hug' land. 'A rummy liule pluce,' snid the captain, pointing to the itra'jgrng littlo vilhgo ot !Sliippiran ; 'rnyther so, I should ihitiKI b it, bless me! il's quite lively, and the company is surprisingly entertaining. In that homo with the odd-looking loneo lives 'ma rhero Madame Vieuxlemmo,' a lady at whoso mausion I hid the. plenmro of making a shnrt utay two years ago. She his a very fiseiuitiiig litilo witch of u d nimbler. II you stop at Sliippean, allow mo to ndvUti youc itifi dotitially to lod :o at Madamo Vieutfetnmo's.' The -chero Madame' wus a lively, hustling little body, with a cap whom borders Were perfec'ly emr inou4. Sho welruineil tho cuitiiiu with alternate laughter and tears, while 'he conversation was kept up with unfailing energy for halt nn hour, when in stepped the prettiest, roy -st. merriest looking litll being that can he imagined. She ran up to tire captain Willi a shout of hoirty welcome. Mo made a paler-nnl oiler of ft kiis, but sho only give him her little hand. She h id a dark complexion, black hair, lnr:e black yyes. mischievous, laughing nmuth, ruby lipx, and dimpled checks. Ilowsnnll her I'rnry hand wa! Wliata rinsiiii! laoL'h she had! 'By George!' cried itio out husia"tic captain, after an earnest look, and with n cesitire of unbounded ndmi ration. 'You you're n boum:ei! a perfectly nwful one!' I rime siidd'-nly to the conclusion to lodge here, if possible, and spoke to the old Itnty aooilt it. 'Oh, Monsieur can slay hero if bo wants lo. We have two beautiful little spure-rooms, nnd wo will do nay Hung in inn world lor him. It wan a curious house, built of wood, with a sleeji roof, chimney outside, and old fashioned lit'lo win dows. Creo.iors grew around it, climbing into the windows, running up along tho chimney, luxuriating around the ede of tlm roof. Inside there was a 'best room' with a sanded tloor, a hi ah mantel-piece covered with curious shelL-i, large solid tallies aed high-backed chairs. In the common sit'in , -room there were the a i mo kind of movables, but ol a ruder in I'oti.tl ; then was a glorious old lire plnce, deep and high, will ol ished lire-irons, nnd coml irtthle chairs in uhirlithej rnptain and I took our siesta, IntiiMiidly talking, blinking at the polished tins and shining brass cnmlle-iti'-ks, with an old bU k cat purring hi iween us. It wtis a chimney-corner the like of which never is seen in our land. We walked out into tho villago. It li-s at the extremity of u long harbor, mid ii built without much regard to regularity. Tlio cottages nro all haili ot wood, and bear n general resemblance to that of M id amo Vieuxfenimo. Tho captain knew every boily.und received from every one a warm welcome. It wits n bow here, a smile there, a warm shako of many a band, and occasionally a fatherly kiis to some pretty Acadienne. (Ci t iiu, that is not fair. I ought to come in for a mall shire.' You're perfectly welcome to do sn," ho replied, with a grin. A long gras-rowu road traversed the villnge, nnd lie re there was mono attempt ut regularity in tho r rangement ol (he houses. Ws walked up to one. "Entre., eulrez, mOMieuM, jo voua prie,' eii l lirm-d a Imuevolent-looking man whu stoofi uy tlm itoor oiling a gun-lock. We complied with the reiiuent. The bouse wa neat and clean. What pretty children tboe were who sat laughing m a comer! Iho oltleu was n girl o( nbout fifteen, named M trio; and there Were three others. M irie was a littlo beauty. The nicer man ner in which she and her equally beautiful little sister were dressed, added a curiam uiluVy to tlieir sppi-ar- tmee. Their homo iptni I rocks had very short waists, and eitromely narrow lung okirls; and their huge wond'-ti shoes wmt 'clump, chimp whenever they walked. Two tine litilu boys were playing with a large dog. Handsome little fellows! Mow pleasnnt to look ut their honest faces, withcI'Mloring hair lunging about their brows! ' Those nro surprising children; extraordinary!' muttered the captain to me. -(J lite a little nest of cherubs. Father lino man; mother dead; oldest daughter has taken care of the others over since sho was nine years old; womanly little pi'-ro, in t itr I The father, whose name was (irneneiif, pressed us to remain and take dinner. Me brought out some salted Caribou meat, which was oaten with iiiaghilieeui riotnloes. Tne bread wits ol snowy whiteness, timde y Mane; thecolleo was of iimurpnsiable excellence, and sweetened with maple-sugar. Mr. Gmeneuf was a simpte-mindi-d man, with a largo amount of plain good sense. With nn entire ignorance of the chancier aud progress of tho outer world, he was completely contented with his lot, believing Shippegui) to he an beautiful a place ns earth could uilWd. I took oue ol the little b ays upon my knee. What is your name?' said I. 'My mom's Jean; nnd his name's Alphonse; her itvne i M iri t nnd her's is Jeant'tte. What's yours?' 'My name is Juan, also.' 'The s una ns initio. O nh!' and Iho little fallow clapped his hands in childish glee. 'Where did you oome Iromt 'Did vou ever hear of a place called France? 'Oh yes, my lather told mo all nbout it. Mil father tout mm.' "Woll, said I; 1 havo just been there, and I will show you something which I brought from a lurcc town called I'aris;' and I took a kuito from my pocket. Hut the boy did nut notice it, Mo was over whelmed by the (bought of talking with a man who had lieen in r ranee. 'Ilo's been in France !' whispered ho to .leanelte, 'He's tint come from France!' muttered Jennttelo Alphonse. M trie 1 toked at mo with nil her might. Tlev could not have been tnoro surprised if a nriti hid been drodded from the moon. i See here, Alphonse; I bought this knife in France, and I'll give it to you.' Ho took lh- knife, opemd the bind. one by one, and at 1 ist looking up to me with unioidah!o thanks, jumped from my knee and ran to A'pbonse, wh .joined him in expressions nf the most profound ml miration. I gave Aiphonsn n litlte French book with pictures, aud the next day presented Marie with a psr asol, and Jeaoetle with a title 'ladies' companion,' all from France. AH the time that 1 remaitiod in Ship- pegaa, I was welcomed to the humblo home of Oroes uble. The daughters snt spinning, and the sons were the young men aud maidens. Adolphe wus a line- lain, at the close of the evening; 'you'll do. Yes, you'll jent doj' The days weto delightfully paused. In ihe evening tuere was no lack of company. Tuoru would come Groetieuf, Uontete, tho priest, Corimio, and many of out in the fields. The father would be smoking, aud the mother knitting. At leu mil wo came to a hoiire rather bolter than tho others. This,' said tho captain, 'is tho house of my respect able friend Hotitete, a fine old tnan, with such a dun "li tor! She is a fairy, auhouri; yes, sir, an angel!' Houtete, lookina liku some old patriarch, sal at hit Joi-r smoking. Alt, iny good old tnetid, lie said, when he saw tho enptaiu, 'you uro here ngaiu, are you? I saw your ship coming in, and would have gone down, but 1 was ulraiu ot troubling you. 'And how are vou. nnd how is (he beautiful Oorinnol' said the captain. 'Loiriniie is very won, mm so am 1. nut come in.' We accompanied the old man into tho house. The room was vt-ry neat and clean. A pitcher tilled with sweet i worn stood upon tho table. There was a loantui'piece covered with sliells tnun the beach, nnd there was u comfortable arm chair for tlio old man. An engraving of Paris wan upou one of the walls. I was tonkin" ut it when, hearing the door open, I saw a little fiiry running tu the r.iptaiu, and welcoming mm to Bliippeguti. Am tins must ue u innne,' ttiotigtit i. She wus a beauty. She hud tin elegant figure; n lit. clear complexion: rosy lips that when open dis closed a row of teeth like pearls; large, clear, blue eyes; and light bnir that clustered in short curls all round her head; abort cutis that (tow every way; elfish curls ah! how I longed to push them back from her loreliead. Mio was introduced, nnd gave mo the smallest, whitest hand in llie world, at the same time makiog a low courtesy. Ah! Uapiiiiu, sho Hiiu, 'I suppose you nro ns lively ns ever, ion will bo amusing yourseit with us poor Kills again. What a wonderful being you are, u'n't you, CaptaiuT' 1 tie captain tried to look solemn tor awtiiie, unt afierward became very lively, mid talked about all tlia old people ol the village. Ooriune bantered him, laughed at him, Implied with him, talked and chatted for nn hour. Wimt a merry, witty, funny thing sho was, to he sure! Tho old man went out and returned with some pipes, and mugsof home-brewed ale which wo sat down straightway to oojoy. ' I Hat's a hue picture, sail t to ivmtete. 'M tgnilicent,' lio n-iively replied; nud rolling up a piece o paste-hoard into the shape o a trumpet, he uddd: 'This is the best way to look nt it.' I took the roll nnd followed his directions. captain told him I had b'-eu there. 'What! ho exclaimed, "havo you heon llierm 'Yi-s,atid pnssi-d n month there, said I. 'lion Dieu!' ho erivd. 'Grand del !' s.iid Corinlie. 'And you have neon that, nnd that, nnd that, he, pointing to Nolro Inline, tho 'Invalid r.milieoii, 'Oh, jes, mid that, nnd that, aud that I replied, pointing in tho mimo manner to the Madeleine, tho Arc d'Ktoih', nnd the Tuileries. 'Is it posHthlr! Oh, ma foil mu foil' ho cried, in the deep -si auifiz inenl. I point- d out to him, with nil Ute air of a young cicerone, the greatest, sights, eiphiihiiig nnd giving nn fll'Rollbl of till. 'And have you boi-n farther?' Yes, to K -mo.' 'Koine If--in.? Why, ih-n the Holy Fnlhor the L'opk, Did you is it possible that you have seen him' 'Yt s, I saw him very often." Tne father and daughter were silent, and looked uiiuttembletliings. 'How did he look?' be at length nsked. 'lie is a very line, benveli iit looliing old innii 'So he hum he. And ih the Holy City very grand and benutiruir 'Very beautiful, nnd morn magnificent than I ran t The ' slid tid iho II you; ami there tire three humirt-u churches mere 'Tine" hundred churches! only think, Corinno!' 'Graiul IJien! icjiu hmo, Me at down, and Coiinne drew near to me while I spoke of the Holy C ily. of I'ari. nud of i-veiy place , that I could l, ink of, only being iutenuptid by cxcla- matl' liH such us 'Orand Hieul 'Alere tie UP-u: oiinie M.uii'' while Uoritoie-'s te tuoso beautilul oyee le'Httied Mith iuU rrst mid admiration. Simple nnd pure-honrlt d people!' I thought. Mlemi- liftt J and innocent Cormiie! How untroubled by the cares and trials of lite nre you. and how happy!' A uentlemuti dre&scd us a nre-st came in ai tins m-i- mi'iit, whom He y rcspeetluliy ndilnssed, callieg him I't-re l.aeon.' no iiiugningiy shook nanus wnu no; cnitain, wus introduced by him to mo, mid hearing that I had come Irorn burope, askcil mo many questions, Wo It-It the hoiHo togotleT, altera short tune, and walked down the well, I may as well call the street. ! loiimloilt tint bis birth-plnce wnsUanub, and that niter passitis thiough one of tho colleges ther". ho hud been scut here. 'These peonle,1 said le, -are the most simple nud warni-heiirtrd tint you can imagine. Living a secluded life, undisturbed by strangers, (hey enjoy, to the fullest extent, the hlesoogi of penc nnd comfort. I'l-ich villigo is liiio one family, l-'ew quarrels, few dirivrcucc ol any kind arise; mid when they do, llu-y are referred to me. No need here of courts and mngis-tra'es; n lawyer would starve ; nnd 1 whs about to say that a doctor would not faro much better, because health is almost universal. For myself, I am happy, for where could I iind a morn pleasant spot! I often imagine that here llioearly ages havo come back anin. Here I witr.oss thoboautiful scenes of the golden age. I live in those primitive times, among primitive people.'I congratulate you mi your homo,' I replied. 'I perceive at once how centenird you must bo, living hero, like n fdher of this huge family, going nbout setHiug their disputes, lintiort-d and resptcttd.' '.lust so,' said he; 'ami there are no rival creeus, no other sects to sow the seeds of dissension ninung us. You must pardon mo for rejoicing that them nro no rroteitnnts hero, hut you kuow wihii are me conse iueii.:es where two creeds exist in one place; what iiunrreU. what inrty feeling and disputation ensue.' 'ies, aitnotiti you ore 01 a uinereiii rci, i mu puu there is nothing lo interfere with tho peace and con-leipiuent which ought to rule here. Have ym ever been out of 0 innda tint is, lo any place except hero to ihe Unlt'd states, lor Instance! 'No,' ho replied ; 'I unco had a great longing to visit other countries but I have no longer stu b desires. I must con less I should like to see a railroad or stoam-1 boit; but I never have as yt.' 'Never have! s it pos-ihlel lint how do you arrange il with reniird to tho news of the dayf M)ii, occasionally 1 ct n newspaper from ihe southern purt of the province, but I do not take much interest in thfMii; aud those which I receive from the 'Slates' nro always liih-d with uiiiiitellifiihle politics; so I manage to content myself wilh mv little librnry. But ejcuse me : I have a duty to perform at that house yonder. Mine is nt tho other end of the village, nnd I should be very happy to welcome you there. An ro- lookhig youtiL' lelluw. but lor some reason tho mot iiu did not like hitn. Coriuue would always contrive some amusement. Lovely Coriuue! bow witty and merry she was, aud what odd stories sho would tell! I always walked home with her lather, whom Bho ac companied, ho was such a pleasant old man. i nolle was always lively and busy, lull of archness and innocent mirth. I did not become so well acquainted with Oorinne as 1 wished. She was too respectful and quiet wlieu I spoke. I wanted her to be moro lively whun she walked homo with me, but she would not. When we happened to be alone, she was quite silent. I asked her why she was so. She denied it, and forced a laugh. I was afraid that she bid a wrong opinion of mo. But Ninette- wus very different. In one day we had become, I might say, inti mate inerias, Mr t knew all Her little plans, and tiia had found out all about mo. One day, she came tripping to me: 'Oh! Jean 1 mean Monsieur Jenn we are eoine to have such a magnificent 'fete' this evening. We are going to have a grand dance, and all the world will como. And mother will come, and tho I'er. and Monsieur Groenouf, and Oorinne, and oh! evarybody! It will be such a time!' Aud sho clapped her bands with intense delight. All day she wns exceedingly busy. I walked around iho village, ami found ovorv bodv likewise busy. The captain was busy in preparing tar.barrels for illumination ; Dotiteto was working at some tables; tho lads arranged ever-green ornaments for tho tent; and the girl adorned themselves. Ninette was the liveliest of the lively, and Coriuue was sparkling, beautiful, and ihe gayest of the gay. The evening came. A hih shed had been erected, interwoven and covered with spruco and ever-green. Hoiigu looms sttKid imnentn, cove ed with muteriuls for tho banquet, while outnido was a row of burning tnr barrels, elevated on high poles by the iudufatigi-ble captain. Ho was present in nil his glory. He wore blue pmituloons, a green satin vest, wilh gilt buttons, a blue silk 'kerchief, white incknt, nnd a s' raw hut, adorned with an immense black ribbon. ' Iruo blue, said he, when he mw mo. Tho young men and girls were dressed in holiday-clothes. Littlo groups stood outsido nnd within, talking ami laughing. At nine, nil sat down to tho rustic Imiupint, over which iho good IVre Licon nsked n bleising. Then what laughter followed! What a disappearance of snowy broad and home-brewed boer, of cakes and preserved! Heaps of fresh raspberries and blue berries crowded iho table; loads of early apples appeared every where. Every one was happy. 'God bless litem!' whispered tho I'ero to me. 'Did you ever see better p opieT' uud a tear glistened in ids eye. Ninette bustled about, whimpering to one, and laughing with nuother, while Corinno walked demundy among t.io grave old 'ore father of ihe hamlet,' keeping thorn in constant lnuuhtor, and jesting even nt the priest. Corinno was bountiful J she never looked ns lovely hs then. Shu whh dressed in pale-bl ;e,nnd had a modest wreath of wild flowers mound her hair. Soning her resting from her mindful labors, and Hitting alone, I went over to lu-r. My attempts to make her laiifh were fruitless. Sho didn't choo.se to be lively then, so I endeavored to interest her by n description of tho utinivorcury of the establishment of the French republic. Sho was all attention. She would by turns i looK oager and culm, now red, now pale, her lovely i faco expressing tin reservedly tho emotions of her nean. Hut come, Corinno t I hear the first note of iho violin, and I want to have the pleasure of dancing a little wilh you this evening, a 1 am going away to-morrow.' I was surprised to Iind her h ind so cold ; and it was trembling, too ; that liillu witch of a hand. Out they all poured ; the t ddes were soon deserted by the young people. Out they went; the couples soon binned, and the music began. How they danced! Corinno float-d lightly along with me, The captain had seized Nin-oito. Merry laughter was intermingled with the music to whose accompaniment ho many liht feet bounded over the green turf. At limes they would reBt, but it wus only to recommence with greater energy. The old folks caught the infection. Out enmo Honteto witti an old woman. Out camo (iroeneut with an other ancient dame; while I'ero Laeou followed alter with Madomo Vieuxlemmo, Away! any! dunce! dance! there was no end of dancing. Corinno seemed tired, so I led her to a seat within the tent. ' What o delightful futi!' sho said; 'do you not think 'Yesi. niost delightful! I never knew such a eno, because I never beloro had so plen:itit a partner.' She hlmdied. 'I wish I could remniu hero longer. I nm going away to-tunriow.' 'To morrow! ' nho said in surprise; and a slight tremor again passed through tho hand which, by Hie Way, I li'id forgotten lo let go. Yes, I must go ; hut oh! Cor' 'He-ya-ah!' yelled the captain at tho top of his voice; 'a song: All people stop anil Imeii to a loni"! Atemb!o nil, both (fruit sail inintl!" he ndded in Knidiih. illisccllani). GOOD TO BEAD. Wo find tlm following given in the local depirlm-nt of the Sandusky Rrgistcr, where we read some of the very best things that nro to bo found in any paper: A friend hands us ho followbig l'!er. nnd we would be doing the readers of our coUimiis hii i-J miic not to givts lliein the pieunno of iis pcriual. A more beautiful pUiturn of married life never camo from the pen ol lrving erlk Marvel. Il would make our bachelor heart ache with longing wero we nt all imprussi bio. Peril upa it will do some of our " old fellows " tlheart'sonso service T Tne ivader will suruiisn the teller is written on ihe receipt of ihe cards of a newly married couple : Mr Okah: I am very happy lo acknowledge the receipt of your enamelled favor, so neat, and nice, and every way so taatoful, with its outsiio wrnppor post marked " Sandusky, Ohio., Nov. 1(.' It is very brief, yet is beautiful of siguilie.mce. It is often the uaso that tho shortest atones aro the most suggestive, and to those of un w in have r ut-ed tho veil, and havo looked into tlio inner mysteries of that nearest and dearest of all enitiily relation, the dainty little card, wilh its clean white faee, looks up into onr eyes, or rather into our hoar's, and tells a long and very inteli-gihlo story with itit dimple " Mr. & Mrs. ," and the nuiden name written for tho last time in the corner. It tells about a whim dress, nnd n white vet, and white gloves, nnd a l-'llc white rose bud tomrirhrre; of tWD fluttering Ipnirls, tint ciiu'l fur the lilo of them tell why limy fl ill-r, y c m'l possibly keep quiet and still; of a select littlo circle of relative-wind friends gathered together; nf n man in a black coat and a white neckcloth, standing up before tho whito vojt, I and tho white dre, nnd the while rose hud, and the ' llulti ring hearls, and of his voice now in prayer and 1 now in blessing as tho white gloved hands are joined (us their hearts were mouths ugo); nnd it tells -f two pilgrims, joining hands together and shirting into a tu w and untried hfo, in a path where they havo never he fore traveled, but where they are now to journey lo gether always. And then it tells of being out "shopping" of selecting carpets and furniture, und perhaps of housekeeping, of it barrel of 11 jur, a quarter ot a pound each of nutmegs, cloves, spice and ginger, of a rolling pin and a gridiron, of u broom and two tubs, of the latest pattern of cooking stoves nud a cord nf hrd wood split up fine for family use. It tells of a littlo round lea la hie tea nil ready husband just come in a welcoming smile and a something else all r-ady fur him, and of a spick, span clean white tnhle cloth, nnd shining white tea ware, nod only two sisters at the table, everything so nico nud cosy ns to drive n bachelor to suicide. Ami it tells about the days passing ono by one, nud the weeks, nnd the months, and the yours, too one by ono, without ever once stopping of increasing cares and increasing joys of new lilt e pilgrims inhered into tho list ol humanity over tho ilueshold ol that love, 1 pilgrim with eilken hair, blue eyes, soft cheeki, tottering, unsandelled feet bringing a word of trouble and a wealth of love out of the myatcriuus pant from which they como to us. It tells nbnut teeth cutting, paragoric, croup, hivesyr-up, meiialefl, whooping cotih, nud chieken pox all nt last triumphantly surmotiuieo; ot stiver hairs mat keep creeping in among their darker brothers and aid-ter; of retiring from husitieit with a competency; of otium cum diiMiiliite," wrh "Mr. looking always cheerful and pleasant and matronly Bally well married in the neighborhood, and Tom in a good prosperous businoss boih of them good children a I way- A pair of blue eyes nre look inu' nt me rather roguishly from across the table, and I rather guess the owner of thorn is wondering what under the sun I am writing about. In truth I am rather wondering myself about that, so I wilt fold up the litilo white card again, and send to " Mr. & Mrs. " the congratulations and sincerest winhen for their welfare and happiness, of A YOUNG HERO. In The Madison, Wis., Daily Argus, Dec. 1, we find tho following account of the martyrdom of an American boy n youth of whom our nation may be proud who died because ho would not tell a lie: Hvroks aso Martyrs. Our readers will probably all recollect the story of the Norwegian boy at Chicago, who was drowned by some older boys because he re-fund tu nsMit them in robbing an orchard, 8 mm of the pup-'is nt Chicago, now raise doubts ns to the mnriyiiioiu ol tne hoy, mm utiempt to account tor ins death in some other way than that first suggested. It seems to such that heroism, of tho kind imputed to the ooy, does not exist in the world at the present time. Such editors underrate humanity. A case of moral heroism exceeding that imputed to Knud Ivergon, no curred in Marquette County, in this StaU a littlo over a year ago, tlio acts ol whieii worn ontamtshed uy u dicial luvesttgntion, and wore related tons hy Judge Larrabee, who presided at the trial. A boautil'ul, fair haired, b'ne eyed boy, about tune THE OYSTER BUSINESS ' The New York Journal ol Commerce is telling us all nbout the trade that iit cnrri -d ou in Oyiteis on the anstii inn Northern otaies parucuiuriy uotinecll- CorrtiponJenc of thi N. Y. Trhniue 8T, DOMINGO. -A VISIT TO THE ISLAND. At Ska, Thursday, Nov. 24, 18."3 Hfive vnn nlnrn in voiir nolo runs und iiiteriMt in voor heart for ihut rich and romantic island which, with lcll,t- Te fuctn( as wo give them, are interesting, and all lis wondrous dowrv of tronicul hoautv. ismi orphan win no new, we tlimk, to miiiiy ol our readers: and a stranger in the midst of our Amuiicau aoas? ' Contrary to the prevailing notion, a comparotively Santo Domingo is searcely ton days' Bait Irom ihe port Ima'l proportion of the oysters for which this region of New Yoik, and alt her magnificent shores teem with (Uouiiecii. ut) is so famous, aro uatives here but are historic legends; y . ' it is uu unknown land in the Uui- I brought bom Chesapeake Bay, in immenso quantities ted HUtes. I liore yult.f bus hrst plained nn church , ;u l" spring, when tliey uro planted, to he taken up 'i lid lurtre'S Iho crocs i f Christ and iho Hag of Cjslilo ,'n 'he fill. Their original Cost is about 25 cents per ut tin discovery of tho Nw World, uud theio he ;'''hel, to which 15 cents for freight is added. Native mourned in chains bis gift of now empires to the over ! "yfers, being gfiieralty preferred by epicures, are near-onitd and iingiuteful Spain. There tradition still ' all consumed at home, while the adopted Southern tCorrcaponbcncc points nut tho scenes where the confining, but uoi cowardly, princes ol tho soil mad.- their lunt fniiilesi and fulal struggles for freedom and existence. There on the green slopes of Lslmmuevou uow ovor looked by a crumbling chapel once dedicated to ovir Lady cf Mercy, amid iho stalely p ilms und hrotidienv-eil foliage of Iho tropins, wo may truce the path of three strange massacres-brutal ami furious massacres of race. In successive waves of retrihution of the Span iardswhohad invugled iho princess of those hillt to a banquet, and tln-ru shot down her collected followers and lam ily in cold blond, wre themselves slaughtered by the desperate natives they were collecting to work llie gold mines. Again, a century latr, those greeriro cesses wero staim d with tho blood of women und chil dren by the negroes of the West, frantic with success j hit itisurroctiou and so thirsty lor tho blond of ihe! whites that they diank it literally drank it in their nm h lined ileliriom. The venerable priest who plead for tho lives of these innocent and hopeless victims,! loll wuh hU uplilttd cross in iho rnid.it of tho bloody i pile, mid from ilmt day the voice of prayer and tho in ' ct'ime ot sacrilico his ceued in thtt ancient chapel. Sliil later, when " S mtuim, the Liberator," unfurled thefl ig of Dominican independence, a party of negroes, led by one of S nil usqe's il iek captions, uMnt'krd ihe m-Llihoritig village?, with tho war cr of " death to the whiles.'' Thin ominous cry, which Im-tsoolteu car ned terror und de mciioii to thu whites ot Busturn II ijli, sent iho frightened inh ibilants to the mouultiin dells lor refuge, but as they fled they were met near the ruined church by a littlo baud of horsemen, coming to their rescue. The young loader unfurled tho white croR of Dominica under iho liht of their blazing homes, and rallied them to battle in tludrown defense. It wnsadfndly, desperate strife. They were not many, oysters is sent off in every direclion, to all parts of the country. Tlio method ot preserving them is singular. I'hey are first opened and put in kegs or cans, which are afterwards packed in boxes containing ice, of a capacity equal to from twelve to twenty gallons euch. " The enormous exteat of this trade may be infened wheu it is known that from lft I) tu iiOO vessels mostly schooners, are employed in convoying oysters to this port (New Haven) the cargoes consisting of from 20110 lo i;000 bushels. The profits, too. have boon highly remunerative, where ordinary sagacity ha been ex-eicised: one linn having cleared during the last four years $75,000 or $100,0110. ' Failure' in tho oyster is scarcely ovorknown. Tlio business ischietlyengrosst-d by about twenly firms, tho largest of whom semi oft" from 1000 lo 1,11)0 g dluns of oysters per day. Tho firm of Levi Howe tfc Co., who have one of the largt-st establishments, wilh brunch houses in Build I o, Cleveland, Detroit, Hamilton, 0.W.,&c,, estimate that their bnii-neis this season will amount to 150,000 gallons. No less than twenty vessels nre mployed by them, and from 75 to 100 individuals, mostly girls and boys, find constant employment in taking oysters from the shell, during six months in the year. These uirls often acquire a wonderful dexterity in their department, the several movements required in going through the process being performed witti all ihe regularity and precision observed in louehing the keys of a pianoforte. 1 1' sot to mu sic, however, the ear would be grated with a slices-sion of sounds mnrh like this click gouge splash I Click gouge splash ! &c. The lirst indicates the uo or tho hummer in removing tho edges of the thell ; ihe second, tlio insertion ot the kme;iiio third, tho hnal diiposiinm of the disemboweled animal in a tub prior to pacKing. i ne hammer is thrown d jwn each time v ih used, but the kudo is always retained in the band. but i hey fought hand to hand with all the cherished j These 'openora' receive as compensation U cents a quart bitterness of hosM'e races, until iho morning the gl-ri u-f, gorgeous morning of the tropics dawned on ihe neiu, ana revealed the victory ol the whites, seventeen white men lay dead or wound- d. but among them more than thrice their number of blacks, and they werodrexs-ed for burial, and tho last rites wero paid them close beside the unciont Crmrch of tho palm grove, where the lust princess of tho red rnon bud been treacherously slain by Iho Spaniards; wIkto the children of the Spaniards Ind been savngolyinvirdered by tho Africans. There tho children of ihe Africans had also paid the oioou-peuaily or their own and Hi'-ir lather n deeds. This last act of this retributive drama of race is a Into occurrence. Happily it has been followed by a truce which is now consolidating into a liberal mid pnrmunotit pence of the races in that dudiict. t This is but ono (ipiodo of the wild poetry or the island history. The gold districts of Ciboa nnd Cutny uhound in tahs of romance, finch ibandoned titroiig- hold on its lofty hilU, each ruined lull lulling into decay amid its dee, forests, each silent city of her once fertile hut now desolate rcgan, ha" its own story ol pride, prosperity and overthrow. From the City of Columbus to the palace of Faustin, through her mahogany toronts and tangled dells, by her lonely bridle path ami over her rough-piledore-nioun-tuins, I hope in vi.ii, with tunii'o time uud scope, all that St. Domingo presents of the highest historic inter-eat, of the moat striking natural beauty, nnd of the greatest promise to civilization and llie advancement of her own sons in tho path of American progress. Tho Dominicans make generous invitation to the people of the '-grand eldest daughter of American Liberty tho "share of free and equal terms the gifts which nature "has bestowed upon their ilaud;" uud it is but just to boih Republics that tho Press of the United Slates should declare to Iho world the character and value of those gifts. Coiu Montoomkky. Advick of an Old Ladt. Now, John, listen to me, for I'm older than you, or I couldn't ho your mother. Never ao you marry a young woman, John, beloro yon have contrived in hap(eu at the house where she livos. nt least bmr or live times before brobkfust. You should know how Into she lies ill bed in tho morning. You should take notes whether her complexion is tho same in the morning as it is in tho evening, or whether t. o moruiug-wush or towel have robbed h-r of her evening bloom. You should tuko care to surprise her, so thai you may see hrr in h.-r morning dress, and observe how bor hair looks when sho is not expecting you. If poisible, you should bo where you cud hear tlio morning conversation between her and her mother. If she is ill natured and snappish to her mother, so she will be to you, depend on it. Hut if you find her up and drosMtJ neaily in the morning, with the same mntenance. :tio same smiles, the same neatly com tied and some of them earn $2 per day, thoueii $1 is more commonly earned. As there nre about 1511 oysters lo uie gallon, iho individual who opens 100 quarts, or '45 gallons per day, necessarily opens 3750 oysters during that lime. " Tho operation of ' planting is after this bishion : Tho oyster voisels, tiion their arrival from the south, nre anchored neur iho site of tho proposed beds, und their cargoes nre moved by small boats which come al'Trig side. Tho beds are formod by slaking off ihe ground into smufl lots or squares, each of which is spread over wilh about fili'y bushels so laid that ono sli'ill not lay on another. Ity fall, the oysters have con sidorablv increased in size, nnd nreutlv improved in flavor- If allowed to remain too long in tho beds, the oyster, not being acclimated to northern winters, per Mies with cold." USELESS W0BK years of age, was taken from tho Orphan Asylum irioir, the sumo ready and pleasant answers to her Milwaukio and adopted by a respectable farmer ol "oilier, which churuclerizo her appearance nnd do- Now then ' said llr captain, after IVre Larnn hail !Mie, 'there is another queer ono. You don't often sen so wondetfully gentlemanly a fellow ns lie is, so I confoundedly ignorant (tf the necessaries of Hfo, such as newspapers, and railroads, aud steamboats i but of the last, between you and me, I have a very low opinion. Tiiey can't como up to a ship, any way : yon eo if ihcvfau. Itutcome. I'm going down to the mills; do you want to go! 1 accompanied him. The mills, as I havo said, were close to tho water's edge, for the convenience ol ships. They were owned by merchants, in Siint John, whose shins were loaded hero for lha eastern market. They were workiua awuy in great style, and huge piles of deals covered the vards around. I strolled Inzily through Ilia yard where the men were piling denls. The men! why, I was astonished! Th-y wero In- real live Indians, and working, too, doing very oppressive labor in a splendid manner. They were verv st rone, ami onooi inem wonio carry n inre oe-n whose end I could barely raise from the ground, Tho superintendent was standing netr, and I inked hunt 'How under heaven ho contrived to make the In dinus work!' 'Oh.' said ho. 'thev aro willing to come for good pay. Tlu y are quiet i.nd industrious, overy way preterablo Xn irislmu'ii, wlio get union, quarmi, unit rn ipirnuy run away. N hen their worn is t.vef, iney go peace. ably to their villago ovor yonder.' 'What Iribo do they belong tot' The MilirotM. a once nowerlnl people, but now. like nil others, small and weak. They aro all Roman Catholics, and completely under the inlbience of the priesls ' "Hum! wonders win never cease, uuuigut i . nn-idea of stumbling upon such a queer, odd litilo village as this, nud then finding Indians working in a saw-mill !' It wns evening when we returned to Madame Vietu. femme's. Ninetie, her daughter, wns as busy nsa bee. 'Ninette,' said the captain, 'what art. you doing?' 'Oh, nothing.' 'Hut what are you doing, really t You must bedoinu something,' 'I'm working,' she said, demurely. The captain offered most gallantly to nssist her. She ; refused, nnd nuihed him awny nt first, but at length soul him after two p uis of water. Tito well was n long distance Irom the House, ami ine umo man came back very tired, and sat down without otlerinit to do any more. Hut Ninetto had no pity. She implored him to go out nnd split some wood for her, adding that her 'eher Adoljiho1 was not there, or she would not make such a request. At that up jumped tho enptaiu, and worked away bravely mini ipa-iimo. Ninette was tho life of tho house. C"qnelllh, Intinhins tirl! sho chattered incessantly; now play- fully slapping the captain' linnd, then drawing nenr to whisper something, puuiug ner pouting upi in tnmnlitiff nrnximllv to Ii la face. 'Uht you tormenting little witch!' mattered the cap- Kvery one ran outside. Up rose Adolphe nnd saug a song, which seemed a favorite, about 'iltu little tih- er-boy.' Somo others followed, nnd then the captnin stood up. Ho sang that time-honored song about a 'Hu ll London merchant, which fie had turned into Krem li for iho iiceasion, calling it 'Tho Itich Paris Men hunt. and nil prcsut untied in the thnlliue chorus. Others of the sumo nature followed, all pat into t roncb by the ingenious captain. Alter lie had ceased, bo called loudly upon mo: 'He had a Iriond here wli'i bo might say possessed the voice ol an ahem: uu angel.' I had to get up, nnd after a laborious effort to recall somo French song, I ilutight of that song of Vigny's: 'Vins sar lo ruer J mno rule, Hoit shus etlrui.' As I stood singing, Coriuue looked up, and I met her earnest gaze, tier e es lailuig ns soon as they mot mine. Sho wa very silent. Afier 1 sit down, I wondered why sho did not speak, fu short, 'nil that ovening sho hid been most contiuindeiiiy and tucompreiiensi bly silent, to be sure.' Th;it is what the captain said, On the following morning, previous to taking my departure, I visited most of tlio people whom I knew. Groeneuf and Marie, with tho three other children, undo me a most ntrectioiiito farewMl ; so also did Madame Vieuxfemme and Ninette. I'ero Lacoti pave mo his blessinc, wished ihat I would examine earnest ly into the doctrines of tho holy mother church, mid entreated me to return at some lot nro lime. Ilontote, as usual, was smoking in his garden. Corinno was In the house. My heart beat as 1 entered. Why was alio so palof Her little hand agaiu trembled as she bade me adieu. It was very cold, and giving it a warm pressure, 1 bade her also gooii oye, wnen sue burst into tears. I 'Corinno, don't woep. Cotinuo, I am coming back in a very short time. Coriuue' Hut she hurst away from mo nud left tho room. I rode down the street with beating heart. The people waved their bunds as 1 passed along. Adolphe camo up ami bade a lust larewei). h arowell,' 1 exchumed, as I looked hark upon the village. 'Karewell, Shippe"an, last und best ahod" of primitive manners, home id tho honesty nud manli ness ol the golden agel Adieu, hut not for even Amid the selfishness and coldness of my fallow men, 1 shall olleti turn back with saddened thoughts, long iug for tho peace which dwells hen!' Iho beautilul race of Corinno, her tearful eyes haunted mo as I rodo on mv journey. Ah, Corinno, you do not ween now. as you stt watch ing mo while I write. Your eyes aro no longer tearful, but from their blue depths there beams forth that glance nf mirth and joyotisness which greeted tne when brat I stood within your house, n stranger in Shippegnn. Onto Puosr.Tic Association Tho second annual meeting is to bo held at Columbus tho Hflth lust , the day after the moling of tlm Stn'e Teacher's Assncia thin, so ihat all the friends of education may havo nn opportunity to inform themselves of the present condition and future prospects of the Printing and Writii g Iteforms. since the mooin" of the Phoneiic Association in this place last June. Mr. It ye, the able agent nf the association, tins bo- n actively engaged in uitrodu. cmg rhonotyphy into schools in various pins oi me State, ji is said, with itratily lug sueress. (t his been introduced into more than one hundred of tho Public Schools in the Stale of M issichusens. If what isclaim-ed by the friends of (ho Phonetic Iteform is true, Unit, by mrana of the stylo of printing, a child may be taught to read in one fourth of the time required under our present system, and taught to rend better, with a more distinct e.tuiiLiation, why shotil i not our teachers give thechildretl of Ohio the boin-hts ot tlm system f ills clearly proper for them to give the mibjeci a fair ami cindid investigation. llenn Pitman, of England, will make an exposition before tho association of the system of Phonographic (shnrt hand) writing, f which Ins brother, Isaac Pit-man, of lluth, is the author. Phonography, It is generally known, has almost entirely suspended, for reporting purposes, all oilier systems of short h ind. Tho r-i porters tor Congress use It exclusively. It ii represent ed to be easily learned, to be perfectly legible, and to require not more than one sixih ol the timo in writing required by onr common writing. Prof. Z ichos, of our city, nnd tliJ Kev. T. P. Shinrt. - 1 ' v i. aro to aildn -, u. ;.j , . ht'oii, and Prof, Hoiikol, of Meehnnicsbureh, is lo make n report on Pho. not io Teaching. Iho meeting ol the nssnclituui will nit rd a line op- poriunity to lent' hers to m$i themsolves up in rejrard to aiih)ect whose merits d"mand aearehil investigation. Dayton l.mpxrt. The tlmo the officer were searching the house of Squires, the New Hampihiro liailrosd robber, alter his recent escape, he was securely hid in a s"raw bed, on which his wife was lying. The modesty of the officers prevented them from requiring Mrs. Squires tu arise, and so they went away without securing their prize, Marquette, a professor of religion and a member of the haptts persuasion. A girl, n little older than the boy, was alio adopted into iho same family. Soon alter these children wero installed in their now home, ihe boy discovered criminal cotid.ict on the put of his new mother which be mentioned to tho little girl, and it thereby came to tho oars of the woman; she indignantly denied the story to the satisfaction of her husband, uud insisted thai the boy should be whipped in-til he confessed the falsehood. The tinii poor, wetik bigot impelled by a sense id' religious duty, proceeded to tho task assigned him, by procuring a bundle ol rods, stripping thot hild and suspending him by n cord to the rafters of the house and whipping him at intervals for over two hours, till tho blood ran through tho 11 onr, making a pool upon the Hour below ; stopping only tu rest nud intorrogate the boy, and getting no other reply than Pa, I told the truth I cannot tell a lie;" the woman all the time urging him to "do his duly." The poor Utile hero, at length released from his torture, throw his arms around the neck of bis tormentor, kissd him, nnd said, "Pa, I am so cold," anil died, It appeared m evidence, upon the trial ol this man nnd woman for murder, thai Ihe child did tell the truth, nnd soil -red death by slow torture rather than tell a lie. Tho age of heroism and nf mar'ytdotn will not havo passed till mothers ce ise to in1il holy precepts into the minus ot tti- ir intant oiuprmg. lu man aud woman who murdered this nnsel child are now in the penitentiary at Wiiupun, to which they were sentenced lor ten years. A SHARP BUSINESS LETTER. A cotempornry publishes a letter from ono of a class who think that there is nothing valuable but trade in (lie world. It puriorts to come Irom a "c ite merchant, who wriies, i i reply to a boyish epistle from his sou at n boarding-school, to his muster, tor reasons which ho characteristically explains: " Sir my sou's ol the Klih iiist., camo duly lo hand, nnd cotit'a noted. Sorry to hear he's been stud'g Latin, &c. What's use! I never studied any such thing nothing but Webster's Sp'g Hook and DahoH's Aiith'k nud l"r Itichard's Alm'k ; yet got along well enough am Hank Uirect'r, Memb. Cham. Com., &-.C, X'.o. Latin! better look into McOnllock somo use in that. Learn lr. nud Cr., ct. per ct , cnr'cy, exch , bank fat il., md'z. .V., that's the conunodiiy of true knowledge ihe best md'ze for counting room always in dem'd always available. In market, when y'r Lit in and y'r (ireok would n t felt k a toomarkre, as my captain sas. 11 Hut to point. My son is now 14 y'rs old am in want nl another clerk must have finished his education by this time, would havo let him stand for another half year, though, but for the Latin, ami high rates of tuition nt a board g sen i. r lease snip him on heard Swjftsure, with invoice nud bill of hnl'g, of books, &C, consigned to Merk & Co., N. Y. " P. S, Send bill and will remit by return mail. Stocks rather heavy. Sho'd be glad lo send you a lot ot damaued Java at 7 els. per u. very cheap, and good enough for boarding ich'l). Plensu advise." portment in the eveuiug, and particularly if sho is lending a hand to get ihe brcuklust ready in good season, she is a pri.e, John, and tho sooner you secure her to yoursell tho bottor. Thk Patent Deceptive IIkn' Nkst. This is one of the most ingenious contrivances of the age, and is llie invention of a down-east Yankee. Tho design is to deceive poultry into the speedy and liberal laying l eggs, which is accomplished by the peculiar con strucliou nf the machine. At tho bottom of the nest thero is a trap door, which work on a hinge, being supported by a spring. The moment an egg is placed on this, tho trap opens and lets it fall through in'oa cushioned opaitment prepared for it recoption. The consequence is, that tho bint, just as sue is preparing to cackle, glances at the nest, and seeing nothing, actually reasons herself into the belief that she has not laid Bt all, nud resumes her position on tho nest in hopes of making a more successful effort. On the first triil of this curious contrivance, before tlm Commissioner of Patent, to test its vidues, a singular result was effected. A largo imported Russian hen was located on the nest and left to her meditations Ou account of pressing business, tho hen was forgotten ii nl il the next day, when, to the utter astouidimeiit of the Commissioner, and even tho inventor himself. nn vximining the nest, they found nothing but a piir of claws, bill, anil a bunch of feathers; tho mystery was explained, however, upon examining the cham ber beneath, in which tlmy found half a buthet of eggs. How I Haver nr CuantNT". On returning homo after an absence of a couple of years, some four years since, 1 found my currant bushes, which were in row on tho ouiside of my garden, overgrown with witch grass and was informed by my bctterhaifWmx she onuld nut welcome my return with a glass of currant juice, as her bushes hud yielded but a very few currants tho seuMiu p!it, I could tiotihink of losing them, as I was too fond of their fruit, and besides, they bud cost me murh labor. Digging ihem up and rooting out all the grass wus too great a task, therefore I thought 1 would try nm tmntffr il out. I covered tho earth around them to the depth of two or three inches with ihe tan bark, putting some half a dozen shovelfuls into ihe centre of eai-h bush. It operated to a charm, the grass was exterminated nnd the next season I spaded in tho tan bstk. and since then my hushes hive yielded bonn tilully. ii tn satisfied dint vegetable dressing is equally us good, if not better, for trees and shrubbery, than ham-yiird manure, which I save for field dressing. Maine Farmtr, When wo slntd that half the labor of postmasters in keeping accounts of mails sent and received, was worse than wasted, the reply was a sneer, with tho declaration that those accounts wero ubnolutely necessary as a means of keeping postmasters in order, nnd were carefully examined ami compared at Washington, all of which wo kuow and stated to bo erroneous, though without much apparent effect on tho advocates oi doing all this labor. Wo aro glad, tiowever, to see that our obsurvutioua have not been neglected in a more inllueiniat qua! ter, and that they are likely to be curried out in tho way of practical relorm. Tho Postmaster Oeneral in his recent annual Itennrt reaffirms the samo fact to which we loug since invited his attention and that of thu public, namely, thai Ihe transcripts of local post offices ure never checked wilh eucti oilier to ascertain whether tho receiving post master charges nimseii with all unpaid mutter sent to him, or with the odd matter ho receives uud sends oil. thus tueso laborious accounts aro practically useless, un this head we fitiole a paisaiie irom the iiopon: " It is true that where there is reason to suspect the Integrity of u postmaster, a rigid scrutiny is instituted into fiis accounts; but such instances are not common Kor the purpose of such investigations, and for the further purpose of tracing letters reported to bo lout or sioicu irom tho mails, all iho post bills belonging to the returns of pott masters are retained for tlio period of a year and a h ill', and then sold as wuto pjper; hut ihe whole system of accounting, lo the extent just noticed, is so little calculated to protect and secure the public revenue, that I cannot rest auder the grave responsibility of permitting it to continue any longer tn nn the proper remedy can be devised and applied. What is the p.-nper remedy I Simply lo abolish Ibis wholo system of accounting. It has cost millions of dollars without a mill of benefit. Country Postmasters are clamorous for more compensation, und why ! Simply because so much labor is required to enter in tho account of mails sen' all Iho letters deposited with them to be forwarded aud then lo make it past bill and send with every pickngo of letters, each nf which must be written or stamped with the name o film Post Olli.:o and the date, uud ibmo up in a bundle. Then be must enter in nndhor account of mnils received a that comes tu his cilice and send transcripts of these accounts; and all those old post lulls go to the (tenerul l ost oihce, there to bo handled and tumbled over, urimhiiiff useless emplownetit to twenty men, (or no object in the world, except in case of suspicion th;t tin amitu bus tailed to acc umt lor a three cent let ter, "a rigid scrutiny may bo instituted into bis ac- "conn's; but such instance are uncommon. Yet the system has been pertinaciously maintained, and contractors are piid, upon a moderate estimate ol mo dollar to each l ost Oltn e, , u$H per annum to transport thote old post bills to Washington, there to bo stored at an equal expense, eighteen months, " and then sold as " waste paper." Hut this is not all the waste. Thero is un item of 97 1,05(1 22, for Blanks. At least $110,01)0 of this is fur these useless accounts of mails Bent and received, nud for these precious little scraps of post bills Inch are sold for waste paper, just what they always have b.-en though before they are thus sold, every otioi them his cost tho people, oil this country more money tlmu we charge tor five cop. ies of The Daily I'tihime. Hut if this sytem ol keeping accounts is of no value lo protect and secure tho public revenue, why has it been continued ! The answer is simple. First, it is itupid and ' old fogy ;" every hiag ut the seat of Government is old lo y, and Young America must turu. old fogy thre or he turned out. Second, the t it contracts lor paper, printing nnd transportati n, all noip "our party, ' about election lime, lliird, the system employ more clerks than nre dreamed of in lb. philosophy ol positive payers. Wo suppose thai hot less thin lit tee ii clerks ami mes otigers, ut nil aver ag) Sihuy of $1IUI0 each, are employed about these blank acc mts and waste piper post bills at the (ien-eral Post Office. Those who pay for the privilege of sending leiiei by mail at a rale of speed most aptly compared to a land turtle, are the persons who are 'axed for all this useless expense, which, with other fogy notions, his s w-iste.1 the revenue of the Depart meiit that cheap pos'age is menaced, bpc-iiise, us ap pears by the llepurl, there it not money enough col looted to pay the enormous out mso occasion! il by the absolute lolly and want j of our Post Ullico system N. r. Tril'tme. (Joiresjiondence ol thi Ohio fltstit Journal. JfttOM HEW YORK CITY. New York, December 14th, 1853. Mr. BascomI The efforts of benevolent persons for a year past in behalf of the city's poor, seem to have awukened an unusual degree of interest in this community. As an evidence of this, the high and general favor in which the Five Points " House of Industry, "(recently established by Mr. Pease,) is held, may bo instanced; "Great Moral DiamBs" are the rage on tho boards of the theatres; besides, some of the extensive publishing houses here, with a view to catering for the prevailing tasto, have issued and areabout to issue books, some of a narrative character, tending to show up poverty and crime as they are in this city. Dewitt & Davenport, whoso names as publishers have been heretofore associated wilh an equivocal species of literature, have just issued a creditable work of tho kind, vie: "Hot Corn; Life Scenes in New York," some of the papers of which were originally published in tho Tribune. Stringer & Townsond have also m press a work of a similar character, which is said to be a compilation of facts gathered from tho diary of tho "Ladies' Homo Missionary Society,' located ut the Five Points. Simultaneously with the Issue of these we have the " Potiphar Papers " (satirizing tho fashionable life of tho "Fifth Ave. noodles," which, if no greater crime Is, at least, an offence against common sense,) contributed during ihe pfist year to tho pnges of " Putnam." The writer of tho " Papers," (as well as Mr. Solon Robinson, tho author of " Hot Corn," &C.,) is.it is Slid, an employee in tho Tribune office. Tlm aim of tlnso books is excellent, and their issue well-timod. Some are predicting a run for " Mot Corn" equal to that of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It has been prepared for the stage, and is performed every evening at Bjrn urn's Museum and tho National Theatre. Nothing, it would seem, enn paralyze the energy of tho Harpers, They have opened a business i.fllce at the corner of Gold ami Beekman streets, and aro evi dently undismayed ut tho great loss they have sus tained. During the progress the conflagration on Saturday last, foreseeing the entire destruction of tlieir establishment, they contracted with Oorlelyon & Gif. hn, typefounders, for nil the type they had on hand, together with all they could cast within a given lime. In the meanwhile they are getting an immense amount of composition ami pross-work done nt vnrioitB print ing houses in the ctly. The llroadway railway project has received llie sanction of iho Hoard of Aldermen for the second timo, and the bills authorizing the construction of n road, was sent ' with indecent haso " to the Mayor, who, however, has not yet returned it. Mony intonating articles have been packed ap nrd. sent away from Ihe Crystal Palace. In the French department some of tho finest of Ihe Imperial tapes-trie aro missed. Much of the statuary is also gone the works of Powers especially. There havo, however, been some additions; a number of ouriculiural implements Irom Jerusalem attract much attention. They are wonderfully behind the times. On the whole, tlio indications are that the Exhibition is drawing to a close. The "Hards " burnt powder and had a glorification here last night, on llie strength of their triumph at Washington in the election of Tucker us Senate ptin-tor. They assume thai prognosticates thonrm-coiifir-mation of Itedfleid as collector of this port. For the past week the weather has been remarkable for this season. Tho days are mild and clear, such as wo delight to see in early October, and tho nights not uncomfortably cold. Not a symptom of winter hns yet made its appearance. It is anticipated, however, that wo will bo compensated fully before March for his present forbeurauce. Gamma. Jehny Lino Tho Charleston Courier of tho 13th fmhli-hcB a letter from a lady, formerly of Chnrlesten. nit now a resident of Dresden, under dale of Sept 2i, from which wo make the following extract t Jenny I, ind, whom I believe 1 havo already mentioned us living opposite to us, hut a little sou she nurse- him herself. On the doctor's remonstrating with her, and by way of p rii:ii ion, assuring her that losing it, tl she persisted in lutlillinir the materna d i-, " ' '". . ' ' . ." " J " ,l" SHARP, BUT TRUE. The N. Y. C-mricr $ Enquirer has an article un ihe conduct ot the Hrie I dks which, in point of Nveii:y and cutting sarcism.is unsurpassed. Woe ipy a lew of the iqietitng sentences. If over a people were rapid- ly ruining themselves infamy, it is tho people ot ibis borough on the l.sko hore. I Here nre cakes io m ti imiwoan hero and sun Put ty, shesiid, "No matter! To my babe I will ddlll a v""r ''"Rr I'"' '! Atlantic co.st juit whe, .. . i . .- , . ,.ll i in Irj.l.. Ir.im thil K.liirii a..rlil alpiLu l .. 'Marriago is to a womun a state iT slavery. It takes from her the richt to her own property, and makes her submissive in all things to hrr husband." I.nry Stons. Mnrmge n stain nf Slavery! Aye, but Iho bonds am silken and ciodly worn. Mnrri ge is the s.mctitier id I,o an institution which acknowledges the riht of womun lo 1e proieett d, and the duly of nun to protect her. The offices of wife and mother aro not (hose of sbives. What higher destiny beneath the purily I What Imlior mi n llion lo ...t.lho ll,a, iurl.i.1 ! 'mr"r UV" ""H'""1. '"" '" ".'""."' "" torrent of man's passions by a word a look a smile It is to woman that this work is given. Woman her vocation, m y cheer ihe tried spirit, may lend hope to Ihe desponding, may whisper lovo In tho lonely- while man may tod, nnd trollui, mid fuss, ami fret and grow Biivnge. Who would exchange places with him. 'Ella Ventvrtht Journal. moihei s duties." hVnlly a subitum sacritie" on her. part. Hue lives perfectly secluded she se her husb.uid sh i h is converted, or to ne her words, "he is baptised by the grace of God." Sho iv0ut the idea of her having beu upon tho sUl-o will i catiso of rmnr for life, for which shu can no. er IT give herself. The g-n 1 Germans think ou ihe suhj-c of retigiuu sho is more than au eii'lri-i ct, Kli tn nl so n"blo a use of her power whi;o p.iblio si-i::M that I am told she has not mu h of a loituno expenses bus chosen Dresden nsa place ol resiil A Fast Ma. A ''sporting gentleman," who was called upon the aland in the Fry and Hetinctt cuse, defined a " fast man" to bo ono who hns more money than time In spend it. According to this, Mr. Wm. 11. Astor.iMr.Htephcn Whitiicy.rind Mr. Wm.S. Wetmoro. aro the fnxtist uwn in New York. Wo think a more correct definition of the fist man is amnn who spends money latter tnan ue gas u. Mrs. Dimglois, who h is heon convicted of the crime of touching some negro children to read, in Norfolk, is to lie sentenced to six month imprisonment, Iho re. qiiiremeni ol tlio law. .irs. uougiiss is a H mthnn lady, fihounderiook her charitable t-isk from ihe brut of motives, and w is ignorant thai she was violating the law. If tho sentence is executed upon her, it will not be best for us to say anything morn about the case- ot Miss Cuuninglmmo nnd the lawa of Tuscany. I'rovi-drnee Jour. It is said that the "pillars" of liberty aro stuffed with the feathers of (ho American eagle. Two yoting men wait-d upou the at Peter 8. I) l-ponceau, Hiq., to ask his professional asisi nice. I hie ol them eomuieuced. " Mr. Dnponceau, our father died and undo a will." "Is it possible f I never h"itd of such a 'hiti.' answered Mr. Dupoiireuu. " I thou;;lit it happened every diy," said the young man. " It's the first cuse of tho kind," replied Mr. Dupotj. cean. " Well," said the young man, " if tliTo is lo bo any difficulty about it. we bad better give you n fee to attend to Ihe business." The fen was given, nnd Ihett Mr. Dnponceau nbsurv. od 'M)h! I think I know now what ou mean. You mean that yonr father made a will and died. Yes.yo ; that miiitbo it! that must be it!" i tin irido from tho Klterti world strike it push 1... ,1 u V.I vi tu-.l ii .mil 11ml lii'iii. I I i.iF.ni.. .1,.1-u s no one i J ' " ' ' " " ining won mitci ai.u noigui uumi you uavn rem lieu ihe i.tke follow it on at it sweeps around llie rli-ue, till it ci'oet the Pet'tisylnuia lino then look ailhe ck ibere, nnd p-! oiil its n tiivv Tint is the spot vs here r-dtes ate to tut had nay. vhre lltey must l.e loot, ii-oler pMnat y of diiianee vile. It ii ihe Klsun le oi Hi vV ..!., n .v.. rid tlm key of the Kov siom- nnd ll.o ,-;,'v i i-s lies III the p irell i e old l'it'p"lin or lb ol c il;t-s and ale." ' Tis a prescriptive rivloi stun ding priv lege. The commerce of Ihe continent, dash along elsewhere as it please, on Iho wines of the wind. mu-L here bnlt and piy its farthing tribute. Justice must lin done to the cakes of 1hik, though, the heavens f ill. It it why will not this Erie beconlent with the char ne'er of a stuidy begirt Why need it turn rowdy and scoundrel 1 It lour ihnl its occupation is it noi K'ine fioin; but this is no excise. Charity hns nt dud nu i i l the world yet ; and would hrit place a town h it hy her town pump, our word lor it, the pass ers-by would put many copjieis in, Thero can be m renson lor the violent excesses it has lately commuted They aio disjjtncelul; they are criminal i if done by an individu il, they would be punished by 'ho p utiten tiny. Tnero can be no difference between Hie wanton destitution ot private properly by a town nud by a single person. The whole Coin so of violer co in Hrie Ins been I Ionium fioiu beginning to end. " Rosilla," the C- lumbiis correspondent of the Mansfield Shield and banner, has been surveying our city from tho lop of the new State House, aud writes graphically of the scenes presented to her view as follows : A great picture was presented to us from the top of tho building busy, busy life, and its grent ebb ond flow. Sparkling like a wilding cord of silver in the soft sunshine, lay the Scioto, rippling in tho autumnal broozetill clumps of trees hid it from nurview. To the westward, that still seems veiled with ihe blue tinge of Indian summer, the white monuments of Greon Lawn Cemetery n so in tho disiance, nhilo from the north camo the panting Bleed and bis followers, rushing nn with might and power as though they were maddened beasts, and boiling blood filled their great veins. Coming in from iho muth is tho C. 0. & 0. It. R , which again stretches its iron arms to ihe west ihronali beautiful meadows and well tilled, level fields, until a fine range of distunt hills shuts it from view. That glorious rnuse of old hills, how lutiitietv I look at and love them, and almost wonder if the sky there Is uot bluer than our patrh of home horizon. The mellow haze of Indian summer has lingeriugly Hung over them as though loth to leave, ever sinco I first saw them. Wo walked out thero the other day, and, when arrived, felt liko children who, after a bright June shower, go a-necking fur the eud of a rainbow. Coming iu from the oast is thu Central Ohio H. It., and from the northwest iho 0. P. & I. It. It. Half a mile to the north, and almost outside of the city, is the great Station House, throning with busy life, and surrounded by nmtiibusses and drays, with the confusing uud continuous mingling of words falling upon tne ear like the nulling nf wuves. Goodale Park, a fine and getilly undulating enclosure, where tho wild flowers throng in bright troops through ihe summer months, and where green mosses deck every unsightly root and stone and decaying tree, formed the beautiful back -ground to this picture on the north. Just inside of this, and on the bunks of the Scioto, looms up ihe dingy walla of llie Ohio Penitentiary, with its sp icious yards filled with dark green trees and shrubbery and vines, until the heart sickening picture is made very beautiful. lean hardly keep my utitraiurd pen from racing nil into a detail of a lute visit there, but I must defer that until another time. Westward lios old Fraiiklintoii, which every boy and girl acquainted wilh tho early history of Ohio, knows was tho old county seat of Franklin. There stands the dim old Court House, with lis walls bediming to crunibV away. I felt very s-id when I stood before ps antique eld self ai d gazed upon it with a mingled feeling of ago and reverence, us I would when looking up into tho wrinkled f ico of an old war worn veteran. An n!d elm grove on a gentle slope of greensward, lios just back of Fmnklinloii the spot where iho Stato Fair was held in 1811, ami where (Jen. Harrison encamped with his army in 1810. Oh, alt the poetry in my being wus awake and stirring, Away to the south aud east, for moro than a mile each wiy, lie ihe city homes. Tho Lunatio Asylum lies norlheast, almost in ihe quiet of Ihe country. On Iho southeast Ihe (Hind Institution, and the Deaf end Dumb Institution on the east. The utmost good laste a displayed at these humane institutions in the beauty of the yards, walks, Jkc, wliilo within, one is delight-cd and Haltered by the attention shown them by tho polite attendants. Coliiiiib is enn proudly hmiat of many largo nnd beautiful Churches. Starling Medical Collega In rather n handsome building, displaying ncA n sly , of architecture. A line ri-ovo of maples is the city boundary on the soinh. We all rambled tluounh it one briuht nfi. noon, when the mailing leaves lay in grent drif s, and Iho winds were plowing broku furrow through Ihem We lingered long upon llie Slate House, surveying ihe grand picture made up of Art and Nature and busy Life, ntid tho shilling pnnnram of scenes presented In the thronging streets. Sin: mao nm In a recent lecture. Dr. Ibcyntmi in-1 tied Ihat washing to explain to a littlo jirl iho mail ner in which tlm lobster casts iis u 11, when it hns out frown ii, It said : 'Whit do you do when you hio out grown your chilliest You throw Ihem n side dotilyoiif ' (h, no replied tho little one, ' we let out thi' tudt! The doctor confessed she had the advunttigo ot him tho re. I'Ncet nA'iiNO. Mr. N -ils-m, who Ins p-ud much ut tetuioii to railway sintistics, adduced the following ni ri ms compulation iu illustration ot the comparatively lew (loams uuieu uy rnoway ncnuenis: That if a person wm horn in a railway carnaev and went to bo cnniinnnlly traveling on rail.iVH till he was killed by an accident, he Would, according to iho average number of passengers ami deaths, live llni) years. Old women, ol both texos, please uoiire. Aio. Ante. Tm-Wn's Husimas. 'Our friend Colonel Harper who did iho city gocd service as Mayor (but whose tin pornncers around the Park fountHiu did not prove n profitable investment.) is a good ileal nf a wair and loves a joke as well ns Ins dinner. Wn happened io bo sitting in the counting room of the Hrothem' m... .1... when there entered a sleek took in tr eenih.t.,.,. ' strait collared ml away coat, and a broad-brimmed drab n at ue novimceu h'wiiih iiih Uolnriel,' n tjr Harper in V I'm one of them,' said the ex Maywr Well. .Sir, mv name is Uriah li. Hopkins. I belong to the Oneida Conference.' I ainninitiisteruftin(iB,, I want aid. I route hero on th- Lord's business ' 'The man who attends to the Lord's business,' siid iho Colonel, without moving a muscle, ' is nut ut pr,. eni ; ho will ho iu at two o'clock.' This wn lo p'n Cacti all donations lo charitable nnd religion, socio, tie being delfnated to only out particular pattuer of the house.' KnHertoektr MagaUHr. The New York Albion says Iho President's Message isasvaguo and uninteresting as a royal speech, with tho misfortune of being at least thirty times as long.