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Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
(Prom the New York Evening Post. ]
An African Family Feud.

"Say, Judge, has { man got right to
go right into woman's house and hit her
without slyin word and won't hear to
reason nor n,thin':" queried one Of
three "ladias of color who visited Jus.
tice Flandrcaus court at Jefferson Mar
ket.
Certainly not" said the Judge.
Woman-Wall, there's been a man
and done that ere to me.
Judge-What had YOU done 20 him:
Woman-Me! I'm the peaceables,.
quietest woman they is; l never done
nothin' to him, and he just TUX the lor
into his own hands.
Judge-You had done som thing to
his children. or his wife, perhaps
Woman-Ycs his wife. She. my sis
,cr-a drinkin'. good for-nothin' thing
she came into my house and said she
come to fight and clean house, and wan
ted that should kill her.
Judge-Did you kill her,
Woman-No; told her didn't
want to do nothin' with hcr. Sh, KEEP
shown my mop around. and l ordered
her out doors, or, said Id go and ge,
an officer. She said. says shc. don t
care. She tore my dress all to pieces.
pointing to the fragments.) and then
she asked me down stairs to fight her.
Judge-You fought with hcr, did
you:
Woman-Ycs. wont down and had
a fair fight. and l whipped her, and was
satisfied. and l should think she might
be; if she'd a whipped. Id a put up
with it. sure heerei she was agoip'
to get warrant. and ! thought I'd conc
to you and so got the start Of fhcr.
Judge-Oh! you want me to arrest
tho womans
Womap-No. no; I've took my eat
isfaction out Of her; want 20 swsar my
life again him.
Judge-Well. what has hc done.
Woman-I thought told you; w.
she fetched him there that night, and he
come into the house. aud says he.I want
to have settEn' now; l wanted 10 talk
to him, but he wouldn't hear to no rea-
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
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BIO. d. rarsIscs.
lis morn-,he sea breesc seems to bring
Joy, health and freshness on its wing;
Bright flowers, to me all strange and new.
Are gli,tering in the early dew.
And perfumes rise from every grove.
A. incense to the clouds that move
Like spirits o'er yon welkin clear:
But am sad-thou art not here
lis Noon-a calm unbroken sleep
l. on the blue wave OF he deep;
A soft hare. like fairy dream.
Is t!oting over wood and stream.
And many a broad magnolia flower.
Within il, .hadowy woodland bower.
Il cleaning like a lonely star;
Bu, arm sad-thou ar, sfas
Fl, Evr--on earth the sunset skies
Are printing their own Eden dyes.
The stars come down. and trembling glow
Like blossoms on the wave below.
And like al unseen spirit. the breeze
Seems lingering mid the orange trees.
Breathing its music round the spot;
bu, am sati--I sec thee no;
It's Midnigh,-wi;h soothing spell
The .ar-oh tones Of ocean swell
So:, as the mother cadence mild.
Low bending o'er her sleeping child;
And on each wandering breeze are heard
The rich notes of the mocking bird.
In many Mild and ~ondrous lay;
But | ain sad-,hou art away
! sink in Dreams-lo~, sweet. n clear,
Thine own dear voice in my ear:
Around my check thy ,rc.ses ,winc-
Thine own loved hand Is claspcd in mine,
thine own eft lip TO mine is pressed,
Thy head is pilio~ei Oh my breast;
Oh. have all my heart holds dear,
And am happy-thou ar, here
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
The Deacon suggests milk and molas

The Deacon suggests milk and molas
ses
"No. that was too slow a remedy,
said Bill.
"well, then, a decoction Of tobacco
suggests the Deacon.
"Too slow too Slow says Bill.
well, what do you sugzest IN
puires the Deacon.
"As the case is very bad onc," re
spends Bill, 81 think powerful remedy
should be employed. A little brandy
or, if you have not got that. bottle o
whiskey, l feel confident. would give the
poor animal immediate relief"
At this suggestion the peacon's coun
tenance elongated to extraordinary
dimensions. 1t was hard struggle, bn,
humanity prompted his better nature and
he requested Bill to wait few minute,
until he could get bottle, and he sho4lo
have the whisksy In tbs course of d
few minutes he returned with the bottle
and handed it to Bill, remarking that he
would walk down and look at the horse
himself. Bill galloped on down to where
the other two were, and as nc rode up
he flouristcd the bottle above his head.
cxclaiming. I've headed the Deacon
But, quick pull out that other bottle,
and p etend that you are drenching the
horse. for the good Deacon will be here
in a few minutes.
The Deacon arrived upon the spot. saw
how muddy he was. saw him drenchins.
saw how quickly he recovered. and bid
ding the young gentlemen good morning.
with his hands crossed behind his back,
slowly walked back to his house. When
he bad got out ofsight and hearing. i,ill,
in the ebullition of his feelings, fai-ly
rolled upon the ground, saying i've
headed the Deacon, boys. I've hcAdel
the Deacon"
WELL" said one Of the accomplices.
"lct's try the Deacon's > whisky and suit
ing the action to the words, he turned
the bottle to his lips, and takes in an
enormous swallow. Blu. no sooner had
it touched the palate of his mouth than 4
spluttering. choking and coughing took
place. as if he had swallowed yi,r,ol, or
. whole vial Of tartar emetic.
why. what's the matter! inquire
Bill.
"Oh, nothing. only tho liqror wen:
down the wrong way" handing i, to the
other. The same symptoms developed
themselves upon hin, also.
"Hallo." says Bill, "you took it down
the wrong way, too, ha F! Give the bottle
to me" and with that Bill seized the
bottle. and, fixing his eyes upon the
heavens. poured tho liquid down his
throat. But as it passed down the ducts,
twistings and labyrinths Of the intestinos.
Bills eyes began TO protrude from their
sockets, his face turned deadly pale, his
knees began to smite one against the
other. and, sinking to the ground. in
faint accents spoke. "boys, I'm pizcned !;
the darned Internal Deacon has done for
me, good by. boys, good" but about
this time such a retching and vomiting
took place as Bill had never experienced
before.
The Deacon. KNOWN, Bills proclivity
for joking, had put tobacco and spirits of
in the whisky bottle. The
joke was too good to be kept. 1t leak
ed out. The consequence was, that Bill
and his accomplices thought change of
climate and association would be bene-
fetal. One went to Texas, another TO
Arkansas. and Bill is now fighting under
Walkers banner in Central America.
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
How the Deacon Caught the Boys.

In certain county III Alabama lived,
and lives there now, an orderly. upright.
prayer loving deacon. The only fault
he had, if fault you call it, was that he
would keep little whiskey about the
house, and it was whispered. no doubt
BY slanderous tongues, that the good dca-
con would now and then be seen mistak-
ing, BY scme ocular delusion. glass
for door; that is. be seen walking into
the splendid mirror by the egrcss from
the house.
Another fault of this prayer-loyipg
deacon was, that he was never known to
offer any of said whiskey to his guests.
|. made no difference with him if you
were cold or hot.wet or dry, sick or we'll,
you never got hold or taste of his whis-
key. Sudden cramps Of the bowels,
nlusea of the stomach, giddiness Of the
brain were never known to draw stopper
from his decantcr. So many efforts had
been made to open the dcaeon's heart upon
this matter, that despair had almost
fastened upon the minds of his numerous
visitors, when young man Of the vicin.
ity-by the by, great was in his way
Offered wager of a basket of cham
paisne that he would got whole bottle
Of the deacon whiskey The wager was
accepted by at least dozen persons.
This young fellow. who went by the
name of Bill, for short, accordingly set
about dcvlsing the ways and means for
the accomplishment of his arduous AID
difficult task. This was his modnu oper-
aadi: In the neighborhood of the dea-
con was a clear lake, in which sported
the trout. the silver perch, and others of
the tinny tribe. and which was mach
resorted to by the young gentlemen and
ladies during the fishing season. Bill
con6des his plans to couple Of reliable
cronies. So,early one morning, the wor-
thy trio, with hook and line. bob and
sinkcr. set out upon fishing excursion.
In going to the lake they bad to pass the
dcacon's house. Now, one of Bills
accompliccs was mounted on spawned,
wind broken. erop-earcd, finger-tailed
horse. and Who was so weak from disease
and want Of provender. that he reeled
and staggered from one side Of the road
to the other, like drunken man. This the
deacon observed as the worthy trio pass
ed by. Bill passed the deacon with the
usual mornings salutations.
After they had progressed some three
or four hundred yards, and were conceal
ed from the house by copse Of bushes,
Bill remarked :-"Now. boys, my plan
is this. You," speaking to the one on
the skeleton horse. ''get down, pull of
your coat. roll up your sleeves. take of
the saddle. and besmear that horse with
mud from his ears to the root Of his tail
In the meantime will galIop down to
the Deacon's. state to him that the horse
has violent attack Of tho oholic. and get
bottle Of his vhiskey. With the apparent
intention Of drenching the horse" No
sooner spoke than all hands fell to work,
and in few moments the horse prcsen-
ted all the symptoms Of having rolled. in
his agony. in a mud-puddle. Thus i.
was that Bill rides up TO tho Deacon,
house, anil with every appearance Of great
agitation calls the Deacon out, states the
condition Of the horse. and requests
something TO drench him with
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24

son. and Jest hit mo; il he wanted tn
fight why didn't q go and Aght man ;
he can't take the lor Into hisowh hands !;
I've, alters hecrd it so.
Judgc-W ouldn't it be best to arrest
all of you:
Woman-I never fit before, and amt
no Gsht;n' woman, but my sister is :, said
she came there to die, and I let her kn5~
she couldn't.
Judgc-Diln't you fight her husband,
Woman-Hc didn't give ME. no
chance If he'd a let me know what NJ
come for. | guess while he wasa giv:n'
me good deal. he'd got srme.
Judge-No doubt. Had yo4 bsen
drinking.
Woman--I never drink anything
strongcr'n water she'd been drinking
Laurens street gin.
Judge-Wbats your pamef1
Liza Wynkoop; I've been married
once', and then ny name was Dilworth
but ! keep my own name now; this
wom,n here il my mother. and the 9TH
er one is my sister; taint the one had
fyh. with: her names Margaret
Ten Brock, and her husband works in a.
sugar house.
Juagc-Wherc do you live, and how
do you get your living'
Woman-1 live with my mother in
t.ausens strcct; t'ke in sewing when
l can get it, and 20 out to days work
when can get it,
Judge to the sister)-What is your
name,
The Sistcr-Mary Best. with cour-
t.sy and a grim and the best woman in
the world; my husbands name is Them
as. and he's gone to sea ! hain't hecsd
from him last March will be a year
aSn.
Judse-Dii you SO this difficulty:
First Woman-No mother knowa
all about it. don't you NANNY: She
had her hands full of black pepper, and
she wanted to throw it in my eyes.
Judge That i. what you call "roo:-
ing" is it not -
Old Woman-We don't know nothin'
bout rootin', it's them Long Island.
gs.rs that docs it. They say it puts
veil on en-. but never seed it done.
Judge Where did you come from?
Old Woman-Wc come from King.
to-, Ulster county We alters treats peo,
pie decent.
Jud d.e-Ha. Margaret any children.
Firs. Wom.n-Ycs. she's got one.
Judge-Suppose send them botn m
the Island, what will become Of tho
child
Woman-Wall, Judge. If you'll do
that, III take better care Of her than she
ever had aforu. want to swear my life
agin him, for she has carried a pistol to
shoot me. and can prove it. She never
took no pizrn, for she Aint dead yet
'twan't nothin' but gin; she's so used to
that 'twont hurt her. They both drink
sight ont. When he gees to the gro.
Gerry, if he comes home without any gin,
she says, "Fathcr, you haint got all YOU
want-you haint got no GIN" that's
pooty wife. sHouldn't you think so?
The judge assented to the last propo=
sition. and promised to send down an,
officer to see what might be done, and
the trio departed in high glee.
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
Mr.. Kalloch's First Sermon After His
Trials-What Gods Children Resem-

Trials-What Gods Children Resem-
bic.
The Boston Trarrl'er gives full re-
port OF the Services n. the fremont Tenn
pie. conducted oy the Rev. Isaac S. Kal-
.o.h, on Sun lay, week before last. The
Traveller says:
although no formal announcement
had been previously made that the Rev.
l. S. Kailoch would preach on Sunday.
yet it seems to have been generally cxpcc-
ted if we may judge firm the multitude that
thronxcl to the fremont Temple in tho
morning. As carly as nine o clock the hu,
man tide began to flow thitherward. and
quarter before ten O'Clock the Temple
was crowded, and the out,r doors weroi
shut and guarded by police. For three
quarters Of an hour after there was a
steady stream of comcrs. many hundreds
Of whem waited in vain in hopc Of oh.
tanning admittancr.
After All anthem. Mr.. Kalloch ros. and
made few introductory remarks, IA fol.
lows.
III has been kindly sugg -sted in cor.
tain quarters, that .. have fAi I'd IN ths
ministry should try the law; that tho
appeal is from the jury to the pubic and
the public so decided. have yet TO sea
that such is the decision of the public, Or
even tina, the public arc the sole arbiters
IN this affair. If the $500 men sntt No-
men who ha,o SO attenti.ely h, ard ms
preach the past year wish to hear m,
tas year to Come, ! do not know WHO 10
particularly called to prevent it. =
My friends are anxious to know the
present condition Of affairs ~ they Yc-
iate To my trial. an unable to impays
any information IN rcgard to it. The
statement that have dcn.andc6 aHothes
trial is not correct. say pow, nj I said
some time since. that trial 10 tortur.
ing thing to me. although it may estabi
lish nay INT rocsnce Of tho crims alleged,
- nd would gladly avoid il. Still I
an ready for il. Il i comes. snd ccstAin.
ly much more eonhdent than Hvss AefMS
my late tsial. That mater, KsAosss, il
in the hands of Distsict Asioensy 1lpso.
and Will undoudtellE u manNesA . ~
interests Of the comuonwealth ssquixe. =
After the usual server. Mr. Kslsosll
preached from Genesis 80 4 27-ry
have learned by experience that sAs
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
The Law of lsswspapsrs.

l. Subscribers vhs do NO. express ss,iss y \ !
ssntrary, considered - wishing y ssstlns .
their subscriptions.
2. If fsubscrihcrs ORDER shs dissontipsssss se
their papers, the pahlis can esutinss 70 sssst
them until &ll Asresrgss arc psid.
their papers from sbs Office " vhisA Asy ere d
rsctrd they are held responsible III Asy sssais
Shcir bills and order The papers dissonSisssd.
I, Ifany subssriheFs remove " smother place
without informing the publishers, and ne pepsse
are the former direction, they ere held re-
sponsibIe. ..-,.,
S. Tho courts have decided that refusing -
take newspaper fruM the office, for rsneving sd
resving it uncallsd for, prisss fssis svdssss Il
iutsntionsl frgvd,
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24

There is a good story told of hand
some Yankee peddlcr who made love to
. young widow, down in Pennsylvania.
tie accompanied his declaration with an
a!lasion to two impediments to their
urion. "Name them" said the widow
Inc want of means to set up . retail
Hors." They parted, and the widow
sent the peddier check for ample means.
W hen they met again. the peddler had
hired and stocked his store, and the smil.
ing FAIR one begged to know the o,he,
impeachment. III hare got a ,sife."
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24

A NAKED QuEsrIox.-The Almira
Aaee's'ser. in speaking of the fashions,
says:
,"StrP all the men and women of our
village Of their 6ne clothes. and what .
Change would be apparent
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
JOB P RNTTNG

Exssussd II tLi, Office with nestness and dispatch
Posters, Shop-siIs. Bissks. Circulsrs, Biil-hsads
progrplnrucs, Receipts, bylaws, Court Dosksts
Envelopes, LGbcIS. Cards, 10. a.
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24

The height Of poIi.sness i. said to
s0.o'ns On umbrella over duck in the
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24
Gbs storg-GslIrr.
(Yrom the Kniekerbocksr for April.l
JOnN'S WIPE.
NJ W. w. HOWE.

was sitting the other evening with
my friend John at his own dinner table
His wife had just LEFT us to our coffee
neither Of us drink much winc-and we
were both musing pleasantly, as men arc
apt to do after good dinner. All al
once thought Of Johns wife-a right
pleasant subject-who. as I said before
had JUS. left u.s. l suppose she went to
hush the uproar of her blessed baby.
A most lovablc woman is Johns wife,
with a pretty namc-Nclly, and an oye
,s clear as trout.brook, and face Sc
full Of beautiful honor and truth that
never tire Of looking at it. and find some
new charm every time | look: and yet
dare no. look save with homes, thoughts.
had known her but short time. and
was curious about her history; so l said
to John quite suddenly -
John. where did you &C. your wife,
What, said John. starting from his
rcveric.
NV dear fellow. do not wish to pill
fer any of your hcar,-trcnsarcs but re-
ally would like to know something of
the wooing and winning OF such noble
spouse as your own. ! hope don't in
trudc 2
Nv friend John is n mc,ho lical yorn;
fellow With heart as tender as girls,
he unites an intellect as keen and certain
as Damascus blade; while h. has
dreams Of purple poesy, he is very exact
and straightforward in action. lie is,
therefore. a very successful business law
vcr in Wall street; whereas. some Of his
friends. who know only the romantic side
Of his character, thought him A promis-
ing recruit for enlistment in the shoe
black scraph army OF poordcvil au-
thors. In reply to my last question,
John pulled out his watch. looked a, it
carefully. pu. it back into his pocket, and
said
we have half an hour to spare. |
will tell you something Of my eour .ship.
You will excuse me if the story sounds
cgotistical, for you and !, Will, are one
in feeling.
Ellsworth American., 1857-04-24

was seventeen when | entered coll
lc.f. so that had grown TO be quite a
man. in feeling a, least, when my class
reached the dignity of Junior year. l
used to try desperately to be a grca, stu
dent. for nv sisters sake, more especial.
ly but somehow could never make my.
self a satisfactory bo1k.worm. Doa t
YOU think book worms are great hum
bugs l know that if you ransack an
old library. you will find many OF the
more ancient volumes sldiy gnaxcd by
a .or. OF worms. from which suppose
our literary 'grubs' get their name. Now
good honest people have thought these
worms were sort Of literary ghous,
crawling aud digging among thought
.cpulchres. and gorging themselves with
the exhumod literary remains. long after
their cousns. the skin. worms. have de-
voured the poor au,hors bodies. Bu,
modern entomologis.s have, l am told,
discovered that these worms know
nor care very little about ctymology,
syn.ax or prosody; that they are no. the
literary gourmands they have been reck-
oned that they do not dine off mathc-
ma.ics and history, peck at poetry for
dessert, and take a snug siesta in the
corner Of a treatise on metaphysics. 1t
seems that they eat only the corers of
the books, and that for the sake of the
leather, for which they have a fondncss
inordina.e, much preierring calf, sheep or
turkey binding to the intellectual bill-of-
fare aforesaid. Think the same mistake
has been in vogue with respect 10 book
worms, me,aphorically so called. Honest
folks have thought that they really gor-
mandize books; that their life is an in
tell-ctual dinner, with each course a
course Of reading. This. my dear friend,
| take to be mistake. Liketheir name.
sakes, thoy only gnaw the covers of books.
They FIJI themselves with sheep-skin ins
I fft lining) They gorge themselves with
husks and leave the fat kernel for the
true epieure But an pressing.
One day in October of my Junior
year. was lying stretched out in onc
Of the cushioned windows Of the coliege
library, and pharis'icalIy ,hankin, Heav'
en- that was no, a book worm, and read
ing Coleridge's "Biographia Literaria.
II thought then that understood that
work. when of a sudden the door open
ed. ana in trooped small battalion o.
bellies and beaux did not notice them
especially. for it was quite common fol
parties OF visitors 20 come on College
Hill to view the Libraries and cabinets,
and, As we sometimes hattered ourselves
to soc the students. So | read on for
few moments. when. as the party ap,
proached to where I was seated, looked
up to see whether the girls were pretty
tfor | hold II as proper and instructive te
look at and admire every pretty woman
one meets. as to study every fine land
scape one may chance to see. why
should We 90 stare at cataracts, and sun
rises, and paintings. and never look al
the lovelisst of all created things. wo
men.) By Jove, as looked up. be
hold my eyes met those Of my ideal wo
mantle realixation|pf1my Imagining
my dreams incarnate. l never saw he
before. yet knew her in moment.
4 I
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-11-03
Omuillt Dailq Dutte Rsturh.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 81, 1857.
San Francisco Item.

"Yankee Adams" is meeting with great
success, so the newspapers say, and they
don't always lie
In the case of John Eotf, who assaulted the
brother of Ann Lloyd last May, a nolle pros.
has been entered.
Some fellow who deserves hanging, cut
the Tiger Engine Company's hose on Friday.
The Morning Call says that the jury in
the case of Valentine Richie, who was tried
for the murder of Mike Corbett, wrote the
following curious verdict;
"We find the prisoner guilty of murder in
the second degree, and recommend the DIS
tract attorney to the mercy Of the Court"
A cab horse backed off the Jackson street
wharf on Friday, and was drowned.
A PHENOMENON The shaft of t. f. Bur-
ton s. Co., says the Nevada Journal, on Sun
day last was the scene of a strange andAun-
expected phenomenon As miner was at
work in the bottom Of the shaft he suddenly
found himself in the midst of a fire. Tho
shaft is a double one, and jumping into
bucket which chanced to be down in the
apartment not on fire, was hauled out IN
double quick time unsnged. The flames
burned nearly to the top of the shaft, and
reminded those who saw it of the place We
read Of After few moments the fire went
out doing no damage. The shaft is about
two hundred feet in depth, and is being
sunk upon ground under which several years
since tunnels had been run. 1t is supposed
that the gasses arising from the decaying
timbers of the old tunnel found an aperture
into the shaft anl becoming suddenly ignit-
ed caused the phenomenon of Sunday last
The gas is continually making its way into
the shaft, and for the amusement of visitors
a lighted candle is occasonly used to ignite
the stream and reproduce on small scale
the penomenOn mentioned. The blaze is OF
u blush color