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THE BEWITCHED CLOCK» ‘

About half-past slcveii tlfclotgk on bit I night,a human leg olI'0l_5P'* "‘ clotli,"might have been sc_sit ’ _entcring Dhacsh Cophas Barberry’s kitchen window. ‘the l.¢l was followed, llnally, by tiih xniiroypoiooh 0_f8 use Ysnirse, aitirsd in his suit sy—gd-to meetm. clothes. It was. I0 IN“ 50? M‘‘l'“'‘’°‘l “’h,° ”‘."' burglarinnsly won his way into the deacon s kit-

“Wontlcr how much the old deacon. made _l’Y orderin' me not to darken his doors again 1'' solitu- quizetl the young gentleman. Promised ‘him l wouldn't, but didn't say notliin’ about winders. Wintlcrs is just as good as dour!» ll ll‘°.'° ‘?'“,‘ "° nails to tear your trousers onto. Wonoer if ball)’ ’|l come down .1 The critter prom-tied _me. In afeared to move about here, ‘cause I might break ally shins over soirietliin’ nuther, and intake thfi old folks. Cold enough to Ireczsa Polish heal’ hero. 0, here coziies Sally." I

The be-auteous maid descended with a pleasant smile, a tnllow-caiiille, and a box of luc_ifer matclies. After receiving it rapturous greeting, gha made up a rousing fire lll the c00k|l‘lg'll0V9 .[]d any happy couple sat down to enjoy the sweet interchange of vows and hopes. Butllle course ofime love ran no smoother in old liar- berry’s kitchen, than it does eliiewliere. ‘ml. -“'9, who was just making up his mind to tr*\ rl‘.|m-*1’-‘lf to a kiss, was siarilel by the voice ofro it0lM‘0"i her father, shooting from his cliambt elm? i3- “ Sally ! What are you getting up ’ar int_. mid- dle of the night for? 0"

‘‘'l‘--l| him, it's most niornimt.” Wlll-., .t’€d -l"°-

“] can't [all 3 fill !" Idld

“I'll innko its truth, then." said Joe; and; runiniiig to the huge, old- fashioned clock that stood in the corner, he set it at live.

“Look at the clock, and tell me what time it is,’ cited the old gentleman.

"li’s live, by the clock,” answered Sally; and, corroborating her words, the old clock, struck

five.

'l‘he lovers sat down again and resumed their coiiversatioii. Suddenly the staircase began to crcak.

“(loud grflcitltlsl li's father,” r-xrilaiint-d Sally.

“The tloaonn ' by llllllttlcfl ” cr.ed Joc-

"llide mo, Silly !"

‘*\V|iere can I hid - you 7'' cried |ll8 dlllt'it('l‘fl

irl.

R “Oh, I know.” said he, "l‘ll squeeze into the clock-r-a-no." And, without Illt)lllPI‘ vvo , he Ct)ll(!8u|t'l hiuiseli in the case .ttnd closed Ile door. _ _ _

The cl:-nooii was dressed. find hitting himself down by the cooking siovre, pulled out his pipe, ligliieri it. and comuienco-d smokinn deliberately s-nil calinly. ‘Five o'clock. ell 7” Bald ht’- “Well, I shall have time io_ smoke three or four pipi-,s_ and than I will go and feed the critters.:’ ”

“Had not you better food the critters fust, sir, suggested the dutiful Sally.

‘ No, smokin' c'cars my head and wakes me up," replied the dcacon,_ who seemed not I whit disposed to hurry his cnyoyment.

Burr-r-r-r - - - whiz: - - - ding! ding! went the clock. _

“Torincnted lightning l" cried the deacon; starting up, and dropping his pipe on tho I10" : “whst’n crcatiori's that?" .

“It is only the clock nninns five 1'’ «Id 3-111. tremulously.

Whizz! ding ! ding idingl wont the clock fu- riously. , _

"Powers of morcy ! " cried the dcacon, Strik- ing live! it has struck a hundred already.’

“Deacon Barbsrry ! " cried the deacon s better half, who had hastily robcd herself, and now oasis plunging down the staircase" in ‘the wildest gate ofalarm, “what is the matter with tho cloclt -

"Goodness only knows." rcplisd tho old man. lthaobscu in tho family thoso hundred {Gina and never did I know it to car on so al‘oro_.

Whiu! ding ! ding! went the clock aQ'“"

-it will bust itsslf 2" criod tho old lady. shed- ding a loud of tears, “and thoro won't be nothi '

of it." . Id)‘ It is botwichod !" said tho doaoonr '50 '°‘,',‘“' ed a lssvsn of good old New England superstition in bid nsturo. "Anyhow," said he, after a. line advancing rosolntcly towards the clock, "I I soc what bos got into it." _ _

"Oh don't,” cried his daughter, ssising one of his coat tails, whilo his wife clung to tho other- Dso't l churascd both of tho women together.

I‘ my raiinont,” shouted the old deacon. "I ain't stand of the powers of darkness.”

But ihs woman would not let go ; so ths dsassn slipped out of his coat, and while front the sudden ssosatioii of rcsistsiico. they fell heavily on the floor, he dartod forward, and laid his land upon the clochoaso. at no human

war could open it. Joe was holding it inside with a dsatli-grup. The old deacon bsgau to be drosdlhlly frightened-. Ho gavo one more tug. An aosarttil yell, as of a flood in distress, burst from tho lnslds, and than the clock-cssc, pttchsd hss - lbsotaoss at the dsscon, fell headlong .. susiissr, stasshotl its fsco, and wrsclrsd its my ass. Tho corront of air catl'n.g|uishod” gm p ; tho dances, on oldlady, and God up stairs, and Jon Msywssd, satriooving salt

:3. his sssopo

ding ! ding !

lltltd sans I

bcfiltoliod hbil though many believed liih version, solllh, and sipccislly Joe Msywl!htl'., dlfhtflltd I0 di WWII tho whole affair, hinting that tho delooli ha trying the experiment of tailing from-n cider‘, and that the vagaries of the "clock-case eit- isied only in it distcmpereil iiniuiiraiioii.

However. the intcrdict being taken oil‘, Joe was zillowetl to resumed his courting, and won the con- sent ofilic old people to his union with Sally by repairing the old clock. till it went as well as evsr_

Of the several foreign troops in course of enlist- ment by England, is a Swiss Legion. which we read is being "rapidly rslscd, not only with the assent but cordial co-operation of the Govern- ment.”

Thus. to the credit of this Federal European Republic, its people and rulers oliltc, manifest a regard for consistency of principle, which the Grcatfleptiblic on this continent unliesitatingly sets at nought. The former gallantly ranges itself on the side ofcivil |iberty—tlic latter pro- nouncea for despotism.

--——ooo THE Ai.i.iss’ connirions or PEACE. A letter from Vienna to the Failrclamlt

couimunicates the following as a more ample and correct version ofihe Austrian propositions than has yet appeared. It will be seen, that England and France are rcprcsentcd as having agreed to these propositions to the extent of annexing to them a cndicil. The proposals contain :-

“ I. The rclinquishment of the Russian protec- torate over the Danubian Principalities. and the conditions essential to securing a risw ordero things there. This diflicult point, which is already in process of being carried out, is drawn up so decisively and so clearly, that in case or its acceptance. every prejtitlicial influence on the part of Russia, on the deliberation as to the regulation of the affairs of the Principalitiesis excluded atonce. Russia is required simply to giro her assent to the arrangements about to he made, without participating in any delll.lelIltt)'i or in any resolution on the subject.

“ 2 ession of a portion of Bessarabia, to such an extent that Russia would be not only removed from the delta of the Danube, but would have to give up her entire position on that river. The geographical line for the future Russian frrntier is traced on a map appended to the papers,and according totliat, the Russian frontier would be considerably Ilirust back.

“ 3. Neutraiisalion ofthc Black Sea, without any Russian fortresses and arson-ils on its coasts; at the months ofthe Danube. however, than is to be a station for vessels of war of very small burihen. for the purposes of marine police.

“ 4 ominon protection of the Christian subjects of the Ports.

-' All the above points have boon proposed by Austria. The following have been added b the West»-rn Powers :—Admission of Consuls into the harbours of the Black Sea, and an undertaking on the part of Russia never for the future to erect any fortification on the Aland

slcs.”

Daitoanous Us: or Aasaiitrc av LADIII roa Tfllll. CoMri.l.'xions.—A correspondent of a daily pa er in suggesting a probable explanation oftlic utden poisoning casc,disclosss succrot and dlnegrous practice of ladies who are dis-aiis- tied with their coniplexions. Ho aays;— It would appear that the unfortunate lady, Mrs. Woollor, and hot husband rosidsd abroad for some cars after their marriage; it was also stated hy one of tho witnesses, that she was a delicate-looking person, with a bad complexion.

ovv it is known that the solution of arsenic is much used by ladies on the Continent for removing ‘eruptions on the face and skin, and for pro- ducing the brilliancy of complexion they arcso ainhitious to ossoss. The writer of this liimsolf resided abroad for four or five years, and was sssnrsd, that this preparation of the poison in very minuts doses is satonaively resorts to by foreign ladies for tho abovo-mentioned purpose.

a it not, than, more than probable, that the foreign fcmalo acquaintance of Mrs. Woollsr would impart this scorct to her during her prolonged rosidonoo among them, and that sits was afterwards induced ‘to tr its efficacy in restoring and clearing her own fsctivs complex- ion! The continental ladies studionsly conceal from the knowledge of their husbands, and obsorvstlis utmost secrecy in. their use of this dangerous apcciilc.

Goon Huisoua.—Kcsp in good humour. It is not great calamities that ombitisr existence it is tho potty vcaations, the small _isalou_sics, th: liitls disappointments, tho “ minor mimics- ihat make the heart heavy and the temper sour. Don't let them.

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Tlio elsctric light was saliibited in Deal on Friday night, prsparaiory to lighting the whole town with it. It was an _ tit, and gavo great satisfaction to tho inhabitants. It has a most transoondont and vivid opposranco.

Tris Glhsgow Sailors’ Homo, so praisoworthi- by d Irst donation from Siovsosou

"'3 wine is srnstsri "Ila sott"_dI'!r'Ul N dssooI'_

‘ton ytps'anvdohh the «tysssuw O

dosh raw

o , Isa. , issursaoci

‘Slaughter and fourteon men fell.

From late Amcrldiii Papdri:

'l‘lie Canada, R. M. s., htrived in Hair- fnx on the l8tli inst. from n§_ton.

The New York Herald of tlie l3tli sup- plies n fearful list of cnsualtics—wr'ccks, Stc.——caused by the late hurricanes, which appear to have swept along the entire range ol'tlic North-east coast ofthe United States.

Vessels bound into New York seems to have suffered most; from the point of the “ Hook” to below “Squen inlet,” on the Jersey coast, ciglit vessels were entirely

st.

“The scene,” says the Herald, “ from the bank in front of the Broadway House, this morning, is terrible. The buildings partly blown down on all sides, the broken and caved bunks, demolished bathing houses, &c., presented it perfect picture of ruin; but the worst feature is presented from the sea. At every moment some ves- sel heaven in sight, in various stages of disurrnngcincnt and disrnciiibcrmcnt——witli sails gone, rigging hanging loose, bulwnrks stove, masts gone, &c., Stc.

“ It is a most surprising fact, that so for, we have heard of no loss oflife in the im- mediate neighborhood. \Ve have been,‘ able to procure intelligence of the loss of} eight vessels along the upper coast, from: the point oftlic llook to below Squrtn Inlet. ~ The severity oftlio gale, which began cnrly on Saturday evening rind continued through E the night, gave reason to fear, that u very 1 heavy loss of life lind occurred in our llll-l mediate vicinity, as the offing, during till‘ Saturday, was lined with vessels inward: bound." 1

In Congress, affairs renitiiii pretty much 3 as at the date of our last advices. The: House of Representatives remained unor- ganized, and business was, of course, at it‘ stand. ‘

Touching the “Foreign Eiilistmeiit" question, the VVnsliington correspondence of the New York journals give somewhat contradictory accounts. no writer us-_3 certs tlint “ President Pierce only awaits: the organization ofthe House to send downl it special War Jlfessage ”; another avers that the matter is, to all intents and pur- poses, definitely settled.

’l‘lie New York Evening Es-press con- tains the details of another outbreak of row- dyism, resulting in murder. Our readers have been made aware that Baker, the murderer of Poole, was acquitted, in the teeth of the clearest evidence of his guilt; the practical cflects of this are now made evident—rowdyism reigns triuniplinnt, and brutal murders are of nightly occurrence in most parts of the city (New York).

The heart sickens at the repeated reci- title of heart-rcnding, horyiblc catnstrophies on Railways which continually crowd the columns of our U. S. exchanges from all parts of the Union, involving fresh slaugh- ter, evcn before the weeping and wailing of bereaved families have been hushed for the killed and wounded by some preceding entsstrophc. The scene of the latest “HoititInLit Acciusivr," as reported by the Express, appears to have been on the Hudson River Railway

From California the news comes up to the 10th ult., including accounts of despe- rate battles between the Whites and Indi- ans in Oregon. In an encounter near Walla Walla River, Capt. Bennet,, Lieut, Burrow and three privates of the U troops were killed and forty wounded. In another fight at Pngct’s Sound, Lieutenant

R00! avsuivcrrss IN Bosrort.—-Snow slidos were of constant occurrence during the thaw of Sunday, and the successive nvnlanchos from the roofs resounded like the cannonading of “light bri odes" in different parts of the city. edestrinna were only safe in the middle of tho street, where they met with another “ peril,” in the shape ofminiaturc lakes, formed in the numerous deep cradle-holes not ct level- led by the Strcot Superintendent s plough- ing operation.— he avalanches were it perpetual source of inconvenience and dan- ger, and in a fsw instances did some da- mags. A heavy body of snow dosccntlod from the roof of Dr. Lowell's church, on

nous. op o, ‘breaking in'tllo blinds and

tho Lyndo strsot side, and shot against thd ~

do lane was inju d. A h ' Elli thé qdme ‘_t:lllit'hh _rtei-uck nlliodug Elli: ‘° 91|€_3_'lrim!5lll_!Ig in the windows, “Oh. room with snow. Dir-"iI"ibui.'rj‘i_ wti-is sin

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WAn.—An nl'ri‘q]ill fromFfl'olfili‘tllddMlfylln;: papers to the ‘.25t ' ult., ii-on, ii-hiclgyhe 1.3,.“ that the U. S. sloop-of-ivn't' C itnc llltll been to Antigun, to enquire iiilo the tilting ofa colored seamen from an Arrlericitn vessel under pretence that he was it s]ave_ A British sloop-of-ivnr was in port at the time, and the report says, that on entering the liurbor, tlie Cynnc took it very menacing position in‘rcg_nrd to her, and refused to m. lute the Liiglisli flag until repur-ntion was made for the insult offered to our govern- riient.

Interviews were lind between the com- mnndcrs of the two vcssels—willi what re- sult is not stated-—but it is said the quesfi- pp lins‘been referred to it higher ti-ibniinl. llic Cyniic left Antigua, Dec. l6tli.-—JV‘. Y. Paper.

According to a statement made by the New York Times, food is decidedly clien- per. Since the 23th of November, the price of ordinary flour, in the New York lIltll'kt_et, has decliiictl 15 per cent notwith- standing that it is now the depth of winter and the canals tire closed; whilst flour of the some quality is sold usually at one dol- or per barrel lower tlinn it was this time last year. . The price of provisions rind groceries to also declining'—H1'. Rccor.

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‘A divorce was recently granted by one of tlie'Courts_ of Indiana, where the only allegation against the defendant, was, that he had coldfecl.

Pito-Sutvriitv 0iJ'riucia.—Tlie Louisville .Ky.). Courier gives an account of tho infliction of the barbarous outrage of tarr- ing and fcatlieririg upon a school teacher at Lexington, who it was believed, had writ- ten letters to the Ohio Statesman, in which ilic “ peculiar institution” was not (rented Wm’ i"'°Per respect. The name of the victim was J. Brady, and the outrage was inflicted during Friday night by ll. mob of two hundred persons. The following are the disgraceful particulars:

“ He was conducted to the Court House yard, and there stripped. A large quanti- ty of_ pitch_ had been prepared for the occasion, with the contents of several ha I of feathers. The clothing was spcedi y removed from the body of Brady, and the pitch applied to the thickness ofan inch. Then the feathers were nicely planted, and Brady's head shaved closely to the. clip, save two locks near the forehead. do was then set loose, and charged to go and sin no more. More sever-s punishment would have been admininoi-ed, had it not boon for the wife of Brady, a beautiful and cstimablo lady. Brody applied. to a hysicisn to remove the tar, botlt wits ound utterly impossible. He‘ left on the morning train for Covington the land of Republi- cansf’

Such acts as the above partake more of the_“codo moral" of a, land of pirates than of the amenities of aciviliud coin- munity’.-i—Bosl. Journal.

and nithr

We undeirstaiid that the tavern keepers of Amherst have “ struck” for license, du- ring the recent sitting of the Court of Ses- sions, at that placs. in Cumberland, so in many other counties, the Sessions have frequently, of late, refused to rant license for the sale of liquors; and, t is year, the “publicans and sinners,” thought they would try what the effect of retaliation might be. They therefore, rcllisod to "en- tertnin” the Justices, Grand Jurors, and others whom business, pleasure, or ennui had brought about the Court of Sessions. It is said that, bdfhrs fllcnt-st day clooétli there were a great many hungry men a hoi‘aeI—-and sdmo thirsty onus tod—in A - horst—.I5

Gcntility is neither, it; b’ h, wealth, mannor, nor fIohion—hbt_in ‘ mind. high scan of libritlr, I determination nova; to take a moon‘ advantage , adherence to doth.) delicacy, dnd_pplltoIl,g tdvtfl-. tltotlftl-llt., tllttotn. vs lays 0'

of the parlor, but fortu-

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iiigs, aro its dahsottal chnraotoristios.