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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
A little nonsense, o aud II en-,
Is relislacd by the wisest men
Caught on the Jury.

The following. which we nave heard
toll ~ a fact sometime ago, may he ben.
efieial to some gentlemen who has a
young %unsusFecting wife
4 certain man. who lived about ten
miles from K, was in the habit Of
going to town about oncc Il week and
getting on a regular spree. and would rot
return until he had time to cool eff"
which was generally two or three days.
His wife was ignorant of the cause of his
staying out SO long. and suffered greatly
from anxiety about his welfare. When
be would return, Of course his conliding
would inquire what had been the matter
with him, and the usual reply was, " that
he was caught on the jury and coulnd't
get off,"
Having gathered his corn and placed
it in a large heap, he, according to Gus.
tom, determined to call in his neighbors
and have a real corn shocking frolic, So
he gave Ned, a faithful servant, a Jug
and an order to 60 to town and get a
gallon Of whisky very necessary arti-
Gle on such occasions. Ned mounted a
mule and was soon in town, and equipped
with the whisky, remounted to set out
for home, all b~uoyant with the prospect
of fun at " sucking"
When he had proceeded a few hundred
yards from towr he concluded to try the
" stuff" and not satisfied with once, he
kept trying until the world Turned round
SO fast that he turned off the mule, and
then he went to sleep, and the mule to
grazing. 1t was now nearly night, and
when Ned awoke it was just before the
break of day, and so dark that he was
unable to make any start towards home
until light. Is soon as his bewilder-
ment had subsidized so that he could get
the point" he started with an empty
Jug, the whisky having run out, and
afoot, for..the mule had gone home. Of
course he was contemplating the applica-
ton of a " a two year old hickory" and he
went on at the rate of two forty
Ned reached home abou: breakfast
time and " fetched up at the back door
with a decidedly guilty c~ountenance.
What in thunder have you been at,
you black rascal?" said the master.
Ned knowing his masters excuse to
his wife when he got on a spree, determ-
ined to tell the truth if he died for it, and
said
We'll, master to tell the truth, | was
kotch on the jury and couldn't get off"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Jack shoppard---Its Moral EFact,

An incident occurred YESTERDAY. saws
the San francisco Herald, Of the goth
ult., strongly demonstrative of the rnni-
GUS moral effect of the play known 40
Jack Sheppard. On the arrival Of the
Colleen Gate, DR.. Parker, Of the firm Of
West q Parker, brokers repaired to the
Post-ofice and got his letters from the
private box of the firm. leaving those Of
Mr.. G. II. West. Shortly afterwards
Mr.. West repaired to the Postofice, and
found the box empty, although previous.
ly assured by Mr.. Parker that his letters
were in the box. That night Mr.. West
advertised a reward for the recovery of
his missing letters. and yesterday they
were brought to him BY a lad, aged
about sixteen, whose name We forbear to
mention, who stated that he saw a man
throw them in a window. partly sunk ui
der the street leyel, .and that he picked
them. up, when, fiuding that they were
the advertised letters he brought them to
Mr.. Wesr. The lads story was disbe-
lIeyed, and he was handed over to the
ferreting scrutiny Of the effective off
GERS Johnson & Lees, who took him into
the Postofice before Mr.. Weller, where
he was closely questioned and caught
tripping badly in his tale. The officer
hunted up his lodgings, and found a bunch
OF keys, among which was one that fitted
all the lock boxes in the Postofice. On
being shown the key the lad burst into
tears, and confessed having opened and
robbed the box of Messrs. West & Par
ker. 1t being his FIRST offence and as no
loss was sustained, the parties interested
have refused to prosecute him, but will
adopt measures TO place the lad from evil
communications. After his detection he
stated that one evening last week he
Went to see the play Of Jack Sheppard,
and that it left such In impression on his
mind, as to induce him to commit the
robbery he had. He entertained the i'm
preston that Jack Sheppard was an i'll
used, prosecuted maj of genius, who shad
been sacrificed by a cowardly, designing
rascal, who ought to have swung in his
stead. III
The gay life led by Jack in the play,
the supreme command he exercised over
his vile confederates, the Overlooking ad
miraticn of which he was the subject, his
hair breadth escapes and daring adven-
lures, had fred the impressible mind of
the poor lad almost to phrenzy, and he
resolved to be a Jack Sheppard.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Then and Now.

When, says the Philadelphia News, Mr..
Jefferson was President of the United
States, during..the recess of Congress he
signi6ed his intention of going North.
His political friends in Baltimore made
preparations to receive him. Apartments
were taken for him at one of the best no.
tells, and the landlord put things in order
for his reception. and expected a grand
company. In the afternoon of the day on
which he vas expected to arrive, a plain,
farmer looking man, on horseback rode
up to the door and asked if he could have
lodgings. The landlord pompously repli.
ed that his house was taken up, and direct.
ed him to another place. Not long after,
the landlord found to his great mortiica.
ti9P- s that a the Observation-Disclosures aas
the President of the United States.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
The Likeliest to go Crazy.

Physiological medicine tells US that q
physician of Judgment and experience
would be able to point out, in the circle
of society with which he is acquainted,
nearly all the men who are very likely to
become insane but were he i~mprudent
enough to make known this inyidious
prescience, it would be found that his
judgment differed widely from the opin-
ions on this subject, which are c~urrent In
the world. 1t would be found, for in
stance, that his prophecy would not rest
upon those men who are called ~excentrie.
Eccentricity more frequently depends
ON a disregard Of public opinion in tri-
fling and non-essential matters, than upon
any twist Or perYersion in the mind OF
the individual.
The eccentric man is often O large
hearted and a courageous man, and, as
such, one of the last to become insane
The ominous forethought of the physician
would rather rest upon the man over sus-
ceptlble concerning the good opinion
which others may entertain of him the
suspicious and timorous man, who hears
scandal before it Is spoken, and appre.
hends the commencement Of every posi-
BILE mischief-the man who has not at the
bottom of his heart, a sincere liking for
his fellow-creatures, but who is querulous
aud contentious, aud who perpetually
himself i'll disaceord with the world.
This is the type of the man whom predis-
aud exciting causes are most likely
to plunge into insanity.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

n@- Lamartine sinks every day lower
in public estimation. Driven to despair
by the malicious attacks of the Legitimist
journals in France on the degrading sub
scription, started by Lamartine himself,
he openly declares that he expects to be
saved from financial ruin by the party of
reaction, since he has saved France and
Europe by pairing the claws and extract.
ing the teeth of the Revolution of 1848.
In fact he has done decently and some.
what timidly the dirty work Of the
European sovsrigns, and laid the found
a ions for the great edi6ce so %cleverly
capped by Napoleon's. coup d etat. OF
course, these are not his words but it is
the lamentable sense of all of his late ef-
~fusions. His fate ought to be a warning
to all men of genius and ambition
who lack character, and, unable to
live in honest poverty, get involved in
~pecuniary difficulties. They sink deeper
and deeper, until they lose self respect
and are driven to solicit aims, while their
pens continue to be the best paid in
Europe.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
An Unpleasant Seat.

The N. Y. Tribune, in a report of Quar-
antine ma tiers, has the following
Yesterday, Sergt. Sam Brevoort stss's
asr7nm1n1ssary to take walk over the
Quarantine grounds. After looking
among the tents and new buildings erect
ed. he seated himself on a large rough
Lo]pnAar the shade of a tree, and was
quietly rejecting upon the unpoetic char
acter of camp life, and the utter want OF
exalted sentiment in the employment of
furnishing beef, bacon, beans, potatoes,
bread and butter, for sixty policemen
But his %reverie was interrupted by hear
ing a voice, and looking about, he dis
covered one of the hospital employees
addressing him, and the dialogue pro-
ceeded as follows:
"Hullo there, you sojer man." said the
employee.
well" said Sam, rather vexed at the
want of appreciation of his official posi- J.
ton" What do you want
Like your seat ;" was the next ques-
ton.
fYes," said Sam. Suppose T do.
What then !"
well, Tonly wanted to say that the
man in the box you're settin' on died of
Yaller Jack yesterday, and ! kinder
thought you might like to know the fact.
Sam jumped about twelve feet. With
out stopping to thank the party for infor-
nation, he left the Hospital grounds
to resume his duties among the eommlssa-
riat.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Things Lost Forever.

The following words from the pen of
Lydia II. Sigourney, are full of ~instruc-
tive meaning -
Wealth may be restored by industry !;
the wreck of health regained by temper.
ance !; forgotten knowted5v rUsuofeu Dy
study: aIieEated friendship smoothed
into forgetfulness /; even forfeited reputa.
who ever looked upon his Vanishiad0d nodhFass
recalled his sighted years, stamped them
with wisdom, or effaced from Heavens
record the fearful blot of wasted time
The foot print on the sand is washed out
by the Ocean wave, and easier might we,
in after years, find that foot print, than
recall lost hours.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

BA There is not a spider hanging on
the kings wall but hath its errand there
is not q nettle that groweth in the corner
of the ~churchyard but hath its purpose
there is not a single insect Auttering in
the breeze, but accomplished some divine
decree and | will never have it that
God created any .man, especially any
Christian man, to be a blank, and to be q
nothing. He made you for an end
Find out what that end is find out your
niche, and fill it. If it be eyer so little,
if it is only to be a newer of wood and Q
drawer of water, do something in this
great battle for God and the truth.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

How BOGUS Com IS MADE.-An exchange
speaking upon this subject, says that the ma
terial from WHICH it is manufactured and which
forms SO perfect an imitation Of the genuine as
to require a practical eye to detect the differ
ence, is composed of fine tin and nickel-the
latter ingredient serving to harden and give
the ringing sound. The moulds are shaped
like bullet moulds, with two parts that open
and shut together like shears. At one ex-
tremity a mould Il is made, composed of plaster
of Paris in a plastic state, of a sufficient
breadth to admit the insertion of several gen.
uine coins, which are placed between the two
sides and shut together. After the plaster of
Paris has sufficiently hardened, the mould is
opened, leaving both sides Of the coin distinct
" impressed on the two arms of the mould.
The melted composition is then run through an
orifce, and after cooling is taken gut and gal
vaaized. The cost Of grain tin, one of the in
gradients, is fifty cents per pound, making the
cost Of bogus coin about 10 cents on the dollar.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

p There is no people in the world
with whom eloquence is so universal a
Gift as the Irish. When Leitch Ritche
was travelling in Ireland he passed a man
who was a painful spectacle Of pallor,
seualor and raggedness. His heart
smote him, and he turned back.
eff you are in want" said Ritche,
with some degree of peevlshncss, why
don't you beg" :,
An sure It's begging l am, yer honor"
"You don't say a word"
SOY coors rot, yer honor but see how
the skin is speakin' through the holes OF
my trousers and the bones crying out
through me skinl Look at me snnken
cheeks and the famine that's %startin' in
my eyes. Man aliye isn't it begin am
with a hundred tongues 2"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
ey- a man NAV be deficient ia man,

a1~ a man may be deficient in many of
the advantages of education, in many of
those ~niceties which are so much looked
upon in society ; but once give him a
good strong heart, that beats hard, aad
there is no mistake about his power. Let
him have a heart that is right full up to
the brim with an object, and that man
will do the thing, or else he will die Clio.
riously defeated, and will glory in his
defeat. HEART Is POWER
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

NEcKEn DREssEs,-In the early
days of Pennsylvania, there was a law
thus worded
THAT if any white female of ten years
OF upward, should appear in any public
street, lane, highway, church, court house,
tavern, ball room. theatre, or any other
public resort with naked shoulders, a. e.
low necked dresses) being able to pur.
chase necessary clothing, shall forfeit and
pay a fine. of not less than one, nor more
than two hundred dollars The closing
paragraph of the law, however, permitted
women of questionable character to bare
their shoulders as a badge Of distinction
between the chaste and pnchaste.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

By JOSIE E. HUNT.
Oh, pledge me not with wine, dear love!
I shrink from its rudy glow;
And white and cold a deathly fear
Drops into my heart like snow.
Oh, pledge me not with wine, dear love!
Through its mist of rosy foam
1 count the beats of a broken heart
I see a desolate home.I
Oh, pledge me not with wine. dear love!
1 SILVER with icy dread;
Each drop to me is a tear of blood,
That sorrowful eyes have shed.
have a picture laid away,
Under the dust of years,
Come look on it, and your heart will break.
Liz a summer clond in tears.
Night, and a storm of autumn sleet-
A hearth without fire or light
A woman-an angry mana door
That opens into the night.
Hot hands that cling to the crazy latch.
Lips rigid and white with pain
A curse-a blow-and a wailing babe
Borne out in the wind and rain.
A woman dead, with her long, loose hair
Soaked wet in the weeping storm,
And her pallid arms half fallen back
From a baby'S waxen form.
A woman dead in the p~itiless rain;
And, sparkling on tho sand
Dear God "a golden marriage ring,
Dropped loose from her wasted hand.
A white moon striving through broken clouds,
A Mortified man at prayer
The cry of a passionate hearts remorse
And a passionate hearts despair.
This is the picture laid away
Under the dust of years
For this does the red wine look to me
The flowing of bloody tears.
Oh, pledge me not, though the wine is bright
AS the rarest light that flows
Through the sunsets cloudy gates of fire
Or the mornings vein of rose.
Put down the cup 1t is brimmed with blood,
Crush'd, throobing from hearts like mine
For hope, for peace, and for Loves dear sake,
Oh, pledge me not with wine!
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
O BLESS YOU.

Hsw sweetly falls those simple words
Upon the human heart,
When friends long bound by strongest ties
Are doomed by fate to part.
You sadly press the hands of those,
Who thus in love caress you,
And soul responsive beats to soul,
In breathing out " God bless you"
God bless you !" ah! long months ago
/ heard the mournful phrase,
When one whom l in childhood loved
Went from my dreamy gaze
Now binding tears fall thick and fast,
Imourn my long lost tre' sure,
While echoes of the heart bring back
The farewell prayer God bless you"
The mother sending forth her boy
To scenes untried and new,
Lisps not a studied stately speech,
Nor murmurs out " adieu."
She sadly says between her sobs,
Wiener misfortunes press you,
Come to thy mother-boy, come back,
Then sadly signs, God bless you"
"God bless youi' more of love expresses
Than volumes without number;
Reveal me thus our trust in Him,
Whose eyelids never slumber.
/ ask in parting no long speech,
Drawled out IN studied measure,
l only ask the dear old words.
So sweet-so sad God bless you"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
NJ The four young English lords

nT The four young English lords,
who are at present floating on the high
est waves Of fashionable American socie
ty, are somewhat surprised at the atten.
tons they receive, which are SO much
more than boys Of their age ever attain
at home. During a ball at Newport the
other evening, a lady guest rather both
cred one of the Juveniles by asking his
title. "Lord,"@, was the reply
:" know that" replied the lady (; but
have you no other title at home 2" oh,
yes" responded the lord, father calls
me Freddy !"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

Gd- Everybody likes petite children
worthy persons will pay attention to such,
speak wei Of their good manners, and en-
terrain a high opinion of their parents.
Children, make a note of this, Yes, and
it would be we'll if not a few parent.
would make a note Of it likewise. Il
couldn't do them any harm. Fireside
education is the longest remembered.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

Col. w. is a fine looking man
isn't he 2" said an old friend Of ours the
other day. YES replied another, 81
was taken for him n time" You
why you're as ugly as sin !" Il dom
care for that endorsed his note, and ]
was taken for him by the sheriff.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

B6-Lstters received at Toms River, brings
the intelligence of the death Of Samuel Brown,
of that place, while crossing the plains on his
way to Salt Lake Among the persons in the
Utah army, is a young man from Newark,
named Samuel B. Brown.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

CoRpIN TO sIzB.-At a school examina-
ton, the teacher asked q boy whether he
could forgive those who had wronged
him. Gould you," said the teacher,
g forgive a boy, for example, who had
insulted or struck you ?"-Y-e e-s sir"
replied the lad, very slowly, think
if he was bigger than | am"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

nel Shut up your ~neighbors's pigs if
they trespass, and feed them well, but do
not storm and threaten. Deal kindly bs
manly and neighborly with him, and the
Goals viii burn his head, sure.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

pA AS two children were playing to-
gether, little Jane got angry and pouted.
JOHNNY said to her, Look out, Jane, or
I'll take a seat up there on your lips"
" Them replied. Jane, cured Of her
pouts. I'll laugh, and you'll fall off,"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

Dm a Spanish writer remarks Of a
ladyfs black eyes, they were in mourn
ing for the murders they had committed. y
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
stopping i'm New York
A JINGo.

A JINGo.
Strolling quite at leisure
Up and down Broadway ;
Staring at the ladies
On a pleasant day;
Dining at the +" Stevens"
waiter, bring a forkD
Bless mel-this is pleasant
Stopping in New York!
Seedy looking stranger
In CATERS and distress,
A hundred dollar lever
Will sell for fifty less;
Buy the watch for thirty,
Though he intimates
It's wicked thus to corner
A gentleman in straits.
Fellow in the alley
Offers me a book;
Stop a single moment
Just to take a look;
Judging by the pictures,
Not of strict propriety)
He is net an agent
OF the Tract Society
Fashionable lady
Treats me ike a brother;
Hospitality as ne
Home to see her mother;
Rather like her manners,
But think her language odd,
Swearing she has nary red
To buy a-brandy tod p
Lady dress'd in mourning
Stops me in the street.
Says l am the angel
That she hoped to meet;
Smiling very sweetly
Thanks me for the sum
Which | kindly lend her
Till her letters come"
Strolling quite at leisure
Up and down Broadway;
Gazing at the windows,
On a pleasant day;
Dining at the Stevens"
(Popt goes the corkO
Bless me this is pleasant.
Stopping in New York;
HOOPS.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
o Pledge me not with wine.

By JOSIE E. HUNT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
BY A. GREEN, Auctioneer,

TRUsTEE'S sALE.-By virtue OF a deed of
trust from Jesse Reeler, recorded among the
land records of W ashington county in the Dlstrcf
oil Columbia In Liber J. A. y, No. Il 70 los IA ct
seq the undersigned wal sell At publi: aucton to
the chest 6!ideT on TIL the 18th day Of
mIses, part of Lot No. g. square No 559 b gin
ming LOT The same at the southwest Of said
square and running thence dae north with the line
OF ID street west III feet inches the depth he lot
Thence east p feet the south ii feet Ia inches 10
the line OF street north, thence with the line of
81 eet north = feet TO the beginning. with the i'm
Provenents thereon hich consist a new and well
0uilt three story Bilck Building. This property is
situated Al the coI Of 81 and one sauare
AZ the rear of ts. he dwellings recently erected by
Mr.DouglHs and Others. and an q most RAPIDLY nm
proving part of the city.
Terms; sl,eo ca ia; balance IN !, ., and wears;
the purchaser 10 give notes for the deferred pa,
mehfs. bearing interest from the day of sale deed
gwen AND a deed oil trust taken. All conveyance
at the cost of the purchaser '
III the purchaser or purchasers should fsii 10 cnm-
ply with the terms OF sale IN ten days after the day
oi sale the trustee reserves the right Ia resell the
property at the risk and cost of the frat
OF parchssers by giving three days notice IN the
National lntellis enser.
]. II. GODDARD, IT,, Trustee
IeI eO&ds A. GREEN, Auct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
MARR RED,

d Ia Baltimore, on the 9Th instant, by Rev. w. III.
fiteheT, Al. f.'DOU6t.AS,E sS ,oI Washing ton,
To Miss LAURA VIRGINIA PITCHER OF Bal
On the gu instant, by Rev. ID. Bail, Mr. Wit
LIAM w LETTER, al Mi .sIssipp 10 Miss
ELuZ hbErH J. w ALh ER, daug hiof OF Mr. ..
IT, walker, of tins city. -. - - -
a., ga me sth instant by Rev. Mr. Pal, Mr.. JOHN
.M.nSDEnSsON,oIB alumose, to Miss CHAR
LofrE L. KNIGHT Of Washington
On ne " Of DeSembsr. b, the Rev. Mr.. Rog.
CUM BERLAND,b both or TIM, civ -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
DIED

On Tuesday, the 9Th instant, Mrs POyEY
GADSbf, widow oil the late John Gadsby aged IS
years. .L..'t H I la10S t7rJs
The funeral will take place from her ate res dence
No PresIdent's Square. on Thursda, AT ,,',l,,ck
ni. The friends Of the fhmy are respe ct f,v I,-
vitsd to attend without furtbe~ notice = 1--'' -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
BOARDING.,

RoARDiNG.-MRS. RUFF, No. a6 D street,
- ns.T Seventh, has taken this large and oommO-
furnished or unfnrnished, 70 single Gentlemen, or
Gentlemen and their Wives, with Board. Transient
hours ofthe day. ,"''o-.-f-
Also; wanted, sirls TO do general homework.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
Nov YORK MaHketa.

Nsw foRK. Feb. l0.-flour Is firm; sales Of
s.Oo barrels; State "a lsa4 rs, Ohio % 7sas ",
Southern "a 50a4 IS.
Wheat is quiet; sales Of % 900 bushels white
65a66k yellow 64a66c
Pork Is higher; SIS s5,l6 90. Lard is buoysrt;
al ka9ac.
Spirits Turpentine heavy; 43c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-10
LOST AID FOUND.

NOTiCE;-Losro Oh MIsLAlD -cERTIFI ATE
~ NO 70 Tor hye shares Of stock in the Washing
ton bul ding Association issued to Hugh Pugk
and dated December the 5th, 1851. -
Al persons are cautioned against negotiat ng for
said Certificate. r. a-St