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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
A Fast Story.

An Englisbman was Dragging Of the speed
on English railroads to Yankee traveller
seated at his side in one Of the cars Of fast
train" in England. The engine bell was rung
as the train neared the station. 1t suggested
to the Yankee an opportunity Of taking
down his companion peg or two"
"Whats that noise" innocentlY inquired
the Yankee.
"Wc are approachinga town." said the
Englishman. 6 They have to commence ring
ing about ten miles before they get to sta
tion, or else the train would run BY II before
the bell could be heard. Wonderful. isn't it ?
| suppose they haven't invented bells in Anne
rica, yet :"
"Why, yes replied the Yankee; "we've
got bells, but can't use them on our railroads.
We run so 'tarnal fast that the train always
keeps ahead OF the sound No use whatever ;
the sound never reaches the village till after
the train gets by"
Indeed" !" exclaimed the Englishman.
Fact" said the Yankee "had TO give up
bells Then we tried steam whistles-but
they wouldn't answer either. was on a To-
comotiye when the whistle was tried. We
were going at tremendous rate-hurricanes
were nowhar, and had to hold my hair on.
We saw a two-horse wagon crossing the track,
about five miles ahead, and the engineer let
the steam on. screeching like trooper. 1t
screamed awfully, but it wasn't no use. The
next thing knew, was picking myself out
of pond by the road side, amid the fragments
Of the locomotive, dead horses, broken wagon
and dead engineer, lying beside me. Just
then the whistle came along. mixed up with
some frightful oaths that had heard the en-
gineer use when he first saw tho horses
Poor fellow. he was dead before his voice got
to him. After that we tried lights, suppo-
sing these would travel faster than sound
We got some so powerful that the chickens
woke up all along the road when we came by.
supposing it to be morning But the locOmo-
tive kept ahead Of it still, and was in the
darkness with the lights close on behind it
The inhabitants petitioned against it; they
couldn't sleep with 50 much light in the night
time. Finally we had to station electric tele-
graphs along the road, with signal men to
telegraph when the train was in sight and
hare heard that some Of the fitSt trains beat
the lightning 10 minutes every 40 miles
But can't say as that IS true-the rest
know to be so"
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n5- Gov. Foote is out in an address to the
people Of this State. lie accounts for his de-
feat BY saying that Executive patronage was
used against the Union party. and that the
Bond question was brought to bear upon the
candidates favorable to his pretentions. To
be able TO point out trickery in opponents, to
assign reasons other than his own faults and
tergivcrsations, and to say that men in high
places acted against him, is consolatory to a
defeated candidate. 1t takes the blame of
himself and makes him persecuted man. yet
one suffering as martyr. Gov. Foote owes
his defeat mainly to his opposition to a re-or-
ganization Of the Democratic party on a ma
tionak basis. He pursued the very course
his most bitter enemy would have prescribed
in order that he might be defeated. II is
well that he casts no reproaches on the people
Of the State and il is very small matter,
coming from him, to say that in such nc
tory, achieved by such means. there is moth
ing upon which to congratulate honest men,
and patriotic national Democrats. He boas-
ted before the election, about the honesty
and patriotism Of the people Of Mississippi,
and said that his march through this great
Union State should be triumphal one but
when that same people refuses to do his bid
ding, and to give hin place. all their honesty
is gone, and they are an ignorant and deluded
mass. Gov. Foote congratuates himself that
he can look back over his political course,
and cannot find single occasion upon which
it was necessary that he sacrifice his princi-
Piles or convictions in order that he might re-
tain the confidence of the people Il is vevy
doubtful whether he ever had the confidence
of the people. At one time he was jeer
and by-word 10 the national Wing party,
and was held in detestation by the State
Wing party then, presto, change = the
Wings rallied around him, and because he
was disOrganizer of their opponents, with
whom he professed to cooperate, endeavored
to sustain and glorify him. The Democratic
party was unwilling to be annihilated on ac-
count Of Foote, and hence, so far from giving
him their confidence, abandoned him, and let
him sink into merited political grave
There let him remain
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
To Promote Harmony in a Family

1. We may be quite sure that our will is
likely to be crossed in the day--so prepare
for it.
2. Everybody in the house has an evil ma
ture as well as ourselves, and, therefore, we
are not to expect much. i.
8. To learn the different temper Of each
individual
A. To look upon each member of the fam
lily as one for whom Christ died.
5. When any good happens to any one, to
rejoice at it.
6. When inclined to give an angry answer
lift up the heart in prayer.
I. If from any cause we feel irritable, to
keep a strict watch upon ourselves.
s. To observe when others are suffering
and drop a word of kindness and sympathy
suited to their taste.
9. To watch for little opportunities Of plea
sing. and to put little annoyances out Of the
way.
TO- To take cheerful view Of everything,
and encourage hope.
IL. To speak kindly to servants, and praise
them for little things when you can.
II. In all little pleasures which may oc-
cur. to put self last.
I3. To try for the soft answer that turn
eth away wrath "
IA. When we have been panied by an
unkind word or deed, to ask ourselves, Have
I not often done the same thing and been
forgiven =
Is. In conversation not to exalt ourselves,
but to bring others forward.
16. TO be gentle with the younger ones
and treat tnem with respect. remembering
that we we're once young too.
II. Never judge one another, but attribute
good motive when you san.
18. TO compare our manifold blessings
with the trihing annoyance OF the day.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
A Broth of a Boy.

Il was accidently heard by us MS we slowly
paced our way home to the meridional meal,
but il was characteristic Young America
dialogue, so we took mental notes Of it, and
here il is
Two boys trudging along arm in arm. with
that free but awkward swing of the limbs ha-
bitual to all boys. Who they were. where
going, or whence coming. deponent knoweth
not. The elder was about fifteen, and was
dressed in fashionable young mans style; the
other was about eleven or Twelve, aud was
more boyishly clad
Elder Young American-Are you going
TO the lection, jim?
T'othsr Young Un.-No; mother won't
let me. She says might get hurt
E-(With tone Of the most utter con-
tempt,) What docs she know about it I'm
going / tell you and such fun as we III have
You never know'd.
Y-But mother says they get drunk aud
fght-oh mn how they fight!
E.-And reckon they do, hoss. Ant
that fun? It don't hurt man to get a little
boozy now and then. Uncle says it's good
for the health. Why, Jim, you know Billy
Happin?
Y.-That little red haired feller2
E.--Yes-With the frecklcd face, Sou
know.
Y.-And the turn up nose.
Eyes, that's him-Well, his sister got
married you know.
My You don't say so.
E.-Yc-e-es.
WHY. Tom, you used to say she was
your sweetheart
E.-Ye-e-es. So 1 did, Jimmy. But
that's long time ago. you know. I've had
several since you know.
Y-Jiminy!
E.-Ye-e-es! That's the way Uncle does,
and he s prime. you know-Uncle is. Well,
she got married, you know, and | went to the
wedding.
Y-Was'nt it fine?
Ell reckon it was bang up, now. I tell
you. You ought to ha' seen my pantaloons
and sich gloves and them boots! The heels
we're so long Showing rather extravsgant
and imaginary length on his hand
Y-(Opening his eyes) My jimmy crimi-
ny. Didn't you fall
E.-No; Uncle showed me how to wear
'em. Didn't l pitch in among the gIrls,
though. There was some dancing going on
there, l tell you. The other chaps were no
where. The girls all fell in love with me.
And such fun as we had, | made 'em all
drink champagne. you know; and Uncle
he was there in his bran new red vest, you
know-Unclc, says he: Go it, little one -
and says 1 I'm a wentOn, old boy" Wasn't
that fun, Jim!
YIN undisguised admiration) 1t beats
football, Tom
E.-Well, we danced and hirted. and the
girls drank champagne, and drank cham
pagne, and Uncle drank champagne, and the
ladies drank champagne, and such time as
we had and went home at 3 o'clock in the
morning with Uncle, and We we're both so tip
sy jeWhilikins, weren't we tipsy.
Y-Oh, my. Tom, why didn't you take
me, too?
E.-Why. what could yOu say to pretty
girl, you whipper snapper! Wait till you get
to wearing stand up collars like me-
At this last bit of selfesteem and progress
siveuess, we burst out laughing-much to
Young Americas astonishment-and as we
did not know how far his antipathy to Md
dLe Aged Ame'ic might 60. we prudently
disappeared around corner, leaving him pull
ling up the said shirt collar with an air Of de-
termination that boded US no goOd.-N. y.
4 pic1,UlJ1p
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
Resignation.
Br HENRY W. LosGFELLow.

There is no flock, however watched and tended,
But one dead lamb is there
There is no freside, howso'er defended,
But has one vacant chair
The air is full offarewells to the dying,
And mourning for the dead
The heart Of Rachel, for her children crying
Will not De eomfoTted!
Let ms be patient these severe Affections
Not from the ground arse,
But oftentimes celestial benedictiOns
Assume this dark disguise.
We see but dimly through mists and vapors;
Amid these earthly damps
What seem TO us bet dim, funeral tapers,
May be Heavens distant lamps
There is no death what seems so is transitions
This life Of mortal breath
Is but suburb Of the life elysiOn,
Whose portals we call Death.
she is not dead-the child ofour affection
But gone unto that school
Where she no longer needs our poor proteetoni
And Christ himself doth rule.
In that great Cloister's stiffness and seclusion,
By guardian angels led,
Safe from temptation, safe from SINS pollution,
She lives, whom we call dead.
Day after day we think what she is doing
In those bright realms OF an
Year after year her tender steps pursuing,
Behold her grown more iair.
Thus do we walk with her. and keep unbroken
The bond which Nature gives,
Thinking that our remembrance though unspokef
May reach her where she lives.
Not as a child shall we again behold her;
For when with raptures Wild
In our embraces We again eniold her,
She will not be a chidi
But fair maiden. in her Fathers mansion,
Clothed with celestial grace
And beautiful with all the souls expansion
Shall we behold her face.
And though at time, impetuous with emotion
And anguish long suppressed,
The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean
That cannot be at rest
We will be patientl and assuage the feeling
We cannot wholly stay;
By silence sanctiiying. not concealing
The grief that must have way.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
The Marriage Relation.

The following sound, clear and Christian
views of the marriage relation, arc taken from
a popular work entitled "AIartyria, a Le-
gend," published few years ago. from the
pen Of gifted clergyman:
"Of earthly relations, those Of the husband
and wife, parent and child, friend and neigh
Dor, master and servant. constitute much the
larger portion Of mans happiness and are
more important, any one of them, than all
other together. IL is the observance. the re-
fnemcnt, the strengthening Of these common
est, these greatest, these primal relations, that
happiness is increased. and not in the inordi-
nate accumulation Of money, the acquisition
of empty fame, or in luxurious indulgencles.
Happiness is to be attained in the accus
toned chair by the fireside more than in the
honorary occupation Of civil Office; in a wife's ;
love- infinitely more than in the favor Of all
human beings else; in children's innocent
and Joyous prattle, more than in tho hearing
of fattery in the reciprocation Of little and
frequent kindncsses between friend and friend,
more than in some occasional and dearly
bought indulgence; in the virtue of content
ment. more than in the anxious achievements
Of wealth, distinction and grandeur; IN change
of heart, more than in change of circumstans /;
in full and firm trust in Providence, more
than in hoping for fortune and favor; in a
growing taste for the beauties of nature, more
than the fee-simple inheritance Of whole acres
of land; in the observance of neatness and
regularity, household virtues rather than in
the means of ostentatious, and, therefore rare
display in a and-maiden's cheerfulness, more
than in the improved tone Of politics; and in
the friendship of our next door neighbor, more
than in the condescending notice Of my lord
duke.
Happiness. then, must be sought for in
simplicity and not in cos;liness; in the per-
petually recurring, more than in the rare !;
in abiding peace, rather than in temporal rup-
lures and next after the well Of living water,
which springeth up into everlasting life, in no
source so seduously, as in those fountains which
are fed BY the eyerfailing love of relatives
and friends"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

FArrHFUL FOREVER. isa dear delight
for the soul to have trust in the faith Of an
other Itmakes pillow of softness for the
cheek which is burning with tears and the
touch of pain. It pours balm into the very
source Of sorrow. Il isa hope undeferred,
a fowery seclusion, into which the mind,
when weary of sadness, may retreat for ca
ress of constant love--a warmth IN the clasp
Of friendship. forever lingering on the hand
consoline voice that dwells as with an eternal
echo ON the ear-a dew Of mercy falling on
the bruised and troubled hearts Of this world.
Bereayements and wishes long withheld de-
scend sometimes as Christening grlefs upon
our nature. but there isno solace to the bitter
ness Of broken faith.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

rI In the eastern part Of Delaware coun,
tv IN this State, there resides man named
&, now justice of the peace aud a
very sensible man, but by common consent
the ugliest looking individual In the whole
country, being long, gaunt, sallow, and awry'
with gait ike kangaroo. One day, he
was out hunting, and in one Of the mountain
roads he met a man on foot and alone, who
was longer, gaunter. uglier BY all ODDS, tean ea
himself. lie could give the " Squire htty
and beat him. Without saying word. b.
raised his gun and deliberately levelled 1t at at
The stranger =" For Gods sake don't shoot !"
shouted the man, in great alarm. Stran-
GER replied B.. " swore ten years ago
that if ever met man uglier than was, was
I'd shoot him, and you are the first one I've
seeu p The stranger. after taking a careful
survey su Of his rival replied, " Well captain;
III look any worse than yoH do, shHte 4
don't want to live any longer !""-Anse''ef'
booker .sL
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

individuals We declare our favorite to be
now, as hc was during the canvass. the nomi-
nee of the party caucus. A man recommen.
ded by that, will be Democratic enough to sat.
isfy all demands. and will have all the eapa.
bilities required in that station.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

10 Never argue a question with single
woman who has got beyond forty. Her IDEAS
by that time arc as fixed as Gibralter. You
might as we'll try to metamorphose cooking
stove into a canary bird and pitch Bunker Hill
Monument into a thimble, as to change her no
tions ofthings 0bstinacy aud advanced dimity
in the singlar number, always 60 the same way.
The only hope for her salvation, is a chance
widower, cradles, and one at the breast.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
nz-PeOpIe give great Parties, not bceau'

Rz-People give great Parties, not because
thew are rich. but because they would not
have the world suspect them OF poverty. "A
thousand dollars wasted on woodcOck, once
saved Tiusel. of the firm Of Tmsel q Pinch
hack from bankruptcy tgot him great
mama name for wealth aud enabled him to pass
tr;nmphantly over money crisis, when an
i1onest @ statement Of his affairs would have
,,I,,nsed uGs, him headlong into Court of Insol-
rsncy When the Lacquers are hard run
Ear 4 Thousand. they wheedle BulIiOn out Of
4 loan. not pleading an empty pocket book
but BIZ showing upa newpair OF carriage hor-
] ss Wall street Is easily humbugged ss Q
woman, PreteusiOn does either Of them
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

~" With what ease he writes" cxclaim-
ed a young lady, as she laid down one Of
Washington Irying's volumes. Straightway
we made up our mind that the young lady did
not know what she was talking about. If she
had said, {" How easy it is to read his works" f"
we might have sYmpathized with her amazing
". Then, finding that we could not make a
satisfactory reply without compromising our
honesty, we fell to making comparison IN
silence. "The steamboats, glide majestically
and gracefully through the waters, but it is
no easy power that gives to the water-trayel-
Ter her steady and rapid motion. Ii IS true
she is tastefully painted and gilded her ca,
bins are pleasant, and her prov is decorated
with specimens of the sculptOr's art. But de-
scend with the engineer to his frey domain
sweIter there in the burning pit; see the heat
ed grease, and listen to the bursting steam
see the tremendous power Of fire and water
combined, until the strained and groanlng
boiler threatens to burst asundcr and deluge
the decks with the heated fluid. You will
perceiye that ease, although mild ard pleas
inc damsel, has coDfounded roug and old
father. Little dreamed the admirer of Irving
how much agonizing toll was required to be.
get that case which she so much delighted H.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

~ IF you want to bo a stranger among
folks put on old clothes. and a. scedy hat
and your Oldest acqualntances will pass you
bv as an unknown. Bows, smiles. greetings.
and all that sort Of article, depend upon the
fineness Of your corduroy, the wrinkle ofthe
erayat, and how long ago you got into your
tile. Shabby clothes, incognito, go together
as naturally as umbrella stealing, showers aud
getting caught out in slippers and Nankeens
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

BEAurIFuL ExrRAcr.-ThO velvet moss
on sterile rock, the miseltoe Aourishes on
sbe naked branches. the ivy clings to tle
mouldering ruins, the pine and cedar remain
fresh and fadeless amid the mutations of the
recedina year; and Heaven be praised some
thing green, something beautiful to sec and
grstefSl TO the soul. win. in the darkest hour
Of fate. still twice its tendrils around the
crumbling aItars and broken arches Of the dcs-
olate temple ofthc human heart.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

n7-.A radicalwbig editor out west asserts
that the principles Of his party are as progra,-
siye as the eternal Rock Of Gibraltcr Tho
precise rate at which the etc-aal Rock Of
Gibralter progresses is not .ayen.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

SArIsrIBD.-A waggish member Of tho
Rhode Island Legislature plumes himself up
on the " wise legislation" which he says has
settled che liquor question in that State, com
promise to which both sides have agreed, viz:
iThe temperance men have got the Maine
law, which is all they waas, and every body
else has plenty Of rum, which is all they want
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

1T-An itemize-., alta late evening sewing
party, reports that one young lady made use
OF the exclamation, I" | thought | should
bsige died"' ono hundred aud twenty-eigbt
times, and she put tho inquiry, Did you
ever p one hundred and thirty-soven times
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

l- Young man, do you know what rela-
tions YOU sustain in this world ? said min.
istor to a young man Of the church. Yea
sir. said the hopeful convert. two cousins
aud granimother, but don't intsnd TO sus.
tain thcm much longer
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07
'ADvERTIsIso RATES
Number 10

a. For the especial benefit Of our friend
Young America. VIC give the opinions 4
two writer's on the subject Of girls remotely
connected (as they always are) with that Of
love. We hope our correspondent will define
his position on this question, and tell US what
he likes Here they are
Love Making.
All there's nothing like love making
It's the nectar Of lifc-swcet, delicious racy
as wit; and the beauty Of it is. through its
ups and down--of clouds and sunshine
and sweet and sour, for all the world like
lemon-punch-you only like it the better the
81 icierit gets Love making. If carried on
with science, its the most exciting thing ago
ing, and beats smoking blowing or any other
Of your pastimes. dead hollow don't mean
your vulgar popping the question. where you're
accepted Of course mo, no. my boy. But
where some rougish little vixin, with merry
eyes and silvcry laugh, plaques you half out
of your life-nOw coy now frank, now CO.
quettish-never seeming 10 care a sumarchee
for you, but, as you afterwards find out, half
dying oil the time for love Of you, and yet so
hAdlu lou "a hhu ~ Ouli tudJ huc tFedts JOu-
the baggage-likc dog. sir. They're tho
girls for me A love scrape like that has
some excitement--it brings out the wit like
sparks from the flint if, too, it's carried on at
sleighing party, and by one that's up to
such vixen, | don't know, sir, anything equal
to it.-Anonyn10us.
WHAT A CINCINNATI EDITOR LrKEs.-The
editor Of the Cincinnati Nonpareil likes "cm-
phatic femalcs''-thOse who can love strong
y and hate vehemcntly:
"Show US a girl who can quote with empha-
sis these lines of Moore
"Whether we're on, we're Off
Some witchery seems to await you;
To love you is pleasant enough,
But Oh! tits delicious to hate you.'
And we will show you one worth ten-foll
more than a whole regiment Of your milk-and-
water females. who smirkingly reply yes sir
to every proposition, no matter how malapro-
pos it be, or By what jackassical blockhead ut
tered Bah give Us girl who, when she hates
man. can tell him to his teeth and who.
when she likes him. has the audacity to show
| it. Them's the kind Of women for compan-
ions to Young Americl--nOt your excessive
y delicate feminines. who almost faint at the
word shirt, aud are 'teetotally gone but
those Of the true blue stamp who can throw
their arms round the choice of their heart.
even though he be oncased in a shirt. and
vow eternal love. caring not a Zip for the Obs
and the Abs Of the external world"
Thems the kind,
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-07

WHAT CINCINNATI EDITOR LrKEs.-The
editor Of the Cincinnati Nonpareil likes "cm-
sphatic females those who can love strong
y and hate vehemently:
"Show US a girl who can quote with empha-
sis these lines of Moore
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-26

West Camp from Maiden, ~ miles, three times week.
West Dandy from Dsnby, 4 miles, week.
West GssoRsld Middle Grove, and Rock City Mill from
Ballsson. miles, twice week
Wss Hsnrs.ss ifom Rochester. 81 miles, twice week.
West Kendall from Kendall "a miles. three times week
West Niles from Morsvis, mlss, once week.
West Onondsss from bysaruss, miles. twics week
West Polk from Johnstown. miiss, = week.
West Possdam from Po,sdsm. miles. sH times week.
West Schuyler from Utica, miles, three tunes ~ssk
West 6hsndsken from CovesviIls, niles once week
West Tyre from Waterloo. 81 miks, twie2 week,
West Wsiwosth from Wslwosth, miles, twice week
West Windsor fiom Conkin, miles. twice week
Wisboro from Esssx, ~ miles. thsas Times week ds'Ds
season Of navigation on lake CHESAPEAKE.
Williams Place from Portage depot. aiis, 81 Times rsss
Wilton from Saratoga Springs, miles. twice week,
Zoar from Gowsnds, miles, ones week.