The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
From the N. o. Picayunc.
LOVE-, WAR AND Duty

"y voeos w fdther q compound OF all the
cases. lie wssa nominative case, ~inasmuch as
he had promised to give Margare, Moylan. a
pretty looking Irish girl who was in cour,, a new
name. He had pledged himself to make her
WIS Jewel. He was a possessive case. because
ne managed to become her sub treasurer for TWEEN
~ collars and do what she could, she could not
remove the deposites. And he was an objective
case, because his conduct TO Margaret, and to the
Waterman who arrested him. was objection
able In the highest degree. Margaret, sa, some
distance OFT from jim. with her side face towards
MN. lie made great exertions. by divers ahems!
ana pantomimlc motions, To attract her attention.
but they all proved unavailing. She seemed to
exclaim /: "s"
Her hair is braided not for me,
she turns her eyes away"
Jim was finally called up, he answered tho
call like one prepared to make as strooo a defence
as his case would admit nf.
"Your name is Jewel, is it not ?' said the
Recorder.
"Well, ns the vulgar phrase is," said Jim.
1T amt nothing else and though a lapidarv
might not he disposed to set much yalne on me
now. thererwas a time-wasn'tt there, Miss Nov.
lanl when a certain Young lady of nv acouain.
lance Che Looks leeringly at Miss Moylan)-wben
a certain young lady Of my acquaintance, | saw
your honor, used to call me the peerless jewel of
her soul -
90. goody gracious" said Margaret, turning
her eyes upwards. but taking in Jim in their
range" 0 goody gracious, what a story. Whv
II would be enough for a lady player on The stage
10 tax that way and not a poor girl of nv
sort, that has noihin' but me place and me char.
acter. and"
=" No matter, madam /; permit me To hear what
Mr. Jewel has got to say for himself"
JetOeL.--f Pray yOur hOnnr LEI thu I,du 80
coed. If you do find me foul in her reports |
shall abide the consequence"
JHdrgaret ., you d~esayvin blackboard.
You: that's the way you soothered nae out of nv
twinty. dollars that | had saved to sind home to
me poor mothers rint in Ireland, with your tellin'
me of your plantation in Texas, and all the nav.
gnrs I'D own when you'd marry me and now
instead of that | find you eoin' off a full private
soldier. without even maxim an honest woman of
me-" "
" Miss Moylan," said Mr.. Jewel, assuming a
dignihed attitude-'' Miss Moylan. Pm a pentle-
man or nice sensibiiities; nv sense of hnnor ia
keen as ever was blade of Damascus manufacture
Do not wonnd'the one; do not impeach The other
lis true. | had some thought If wedding thee
OF making the by name what thou art by nature.
a Jewel. and may yet do it-but no. now, Miss
Moyian' not now. My country now demands my
service. and shall it. Tomorrow 90 To the
wars. and if with my sword / carve for myself An
honorable name-a name fit of associations with
me laylors, the Mays. the Walkers. and the
otner worthless ot our ~iimes-why, then. Miss
Moyian, ! may think of marrying you but not
before. Miss MoyIau."
!" Oh, you smooth tongue vagabondi give me
twinty dollars. and | don't care if I never see
you face agin. Snre. it was the unlucky day for
me 'na' nrst laid me eyes upon you, yon good
for nothing blackguard.'
Z" ha We hnrn uith this ,, eo;I H. D-Jg
= I'LL patience has ceased to be a virtue ri hear
no more, of it," etr
mr.. JeUet.-"I have but one remark, yonr
honor. tn make 1t was by night and not by day.
that | first met Miss Moylan. THOUGHT then
and am pretty much of the same opinion still.
that go 800
There was none more fair than She"
But, sir, 1t is at The shrine of Mars, and not of
Venus. that | now worship. [ admit that I owe
the lady twenty dollars but if she will Give me
Ten more, just to aid me in an outfit. | will give
her an order on the regimenial paymaster for
'hif'y dollars. And my word of honor. that if |
return awe from the wars, she shall be Mrs
Je@el-Mrs. General Jewel perhaps"
The Recorder could not resist a smile at the
fond antlcIpations of the sanguine Mr.. Jewel
margaret and Jim had a few moments private
conversation, when the former turned, courtesied
modestIy to the court, saying. ~ withdraw the
charge, your honor" On which the case yas
dismissed, and the embryo hero of a hundred
nights left the office, satisfied that however he
might fare with the Mexicans, he had certainly
made a conquest among the Irish.
CURIoUs.-Tw0 cats were observed near each
other in a garden in this town one morning last
week evidently to The great annoyance of a bird
Ia swallow we belIeve) which resorted to the fol-
lowing curious expedient to get rid of her unweI
come company. A bed of pebbles being near by
she commenced diving to the ground and selzinp a
pebble with her claws as large as she could Use
with. would ascend delibera teIy over the spot &C
cupied by the cats and let it drop. So rapidly
was this performance repeated, and SO large and
well directed were some of the pebbles used by
the sagaclous little creature, that the cats soon he
came alarmed at what appeared to pussy's brains
quite a strange phenomenon, and decamped.-
Wisconsin argus.
BILIOUS CAoLIc.-The following recipe has
never been known to fail in a single instance:
iaKe, say a fourth of a pound plug of common
chewing tobacco, tear it well TO pieces and put il
IN a vessel and pour on to it a suficiency Of boil.
ing water to moisten and swell the leaves, Law it
on a cloth and apply it to the seat of the pain.
Coon LUcK.-We are informed that Mr. Holt
who built the United States Hotel, New York.
aud lost by it all his former earnings. has sailed
lot England, to receive a legacy of $3.50, 900
which has been left to him, and will come in the
nick of time.
ANOTHER NATIVE GoNE.-The National a
oaiy paper Of Cincinnati, devoted to the one
ioea' was discontinued a few days since-This
IS the thIrd or fourth that has gone down 10 the
'oIno OF the capulets,' in that oity-clearIy dem.
Buckeyes s '0
An oo m'ser by the name ofDick, died at Mill.
vile, ONO, last week. Alter his death there wa,
found in an old iron chest in his room s33, 600 IN
gold "
LIeHTNING-On Sunday ahernoan a storm
occurred IN Boston. during which several bonsss