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THE LEAD SOLDIER.
We believe that the following lines are
from the pen of a distinguished Ameiicau
poet, whose productions have won Lim fjmo
as brilliant as lasting. They commend tliera-
solvi's to every render who makes prcloutiong
to correct poetical taste ; and, will bcappluu.
ded by all who contemplate with sorrow, the
avenging strides ol ruthless, Uosolahng war.
THE DEAD SOLDIER.'"
' FOUND ON IIIR FIELD OP BATTLB.
Wreck of a warrior passed away 1
Thou form without a name I
Which thought and felt but yesterday,
And dreamed of future fame 1
Strlp'd of thy garments, who shall Euess
Thy rnnk, thy lineage, or thy race ?
If haughty chieftain holding sway,
Or lowlier, destined to obey 1
The light of that fix'd eyo is set,
Ann all is moveless now.
Bot Passion's traces linger yet,
And lower opon that brow :
Expression has not ret wax'd weak,
The lip's seem e'en to speak,
And clenched the cold and lifeless hand,
As if it grasp'd the battle brand ?
Though from that head, lato towering high,
Tho wavintr plume Is torn, v
And low in the dust that form doth lie,
Dishonor d and forlorn 1
Yet death's dark shadow cannot hide "'
The graven character of pride,
That on the lip ttnd brow reveal
TIih impress of the spirit's seal.
Lives llior a mother, to deplore
The son lie ne'er shall see T
Or niuidcn, on some distant shore,
To break her heart for thee?
Perchance to roam a muniac there,
With wild flower wreaths todt ck her hair,
And through the weary night to wait
Uiy 1'jotsteps al the lowly gale.
Loop chall she linger there, in vain
J. lie evening ure shall trim,
Atid gazing on the darkening main,
Shull often call on him
Who hears her not who cannot hear
O ! deuf forever is tbe car
That onco in listening rapture hung
Upon the music of her tongue 1
Long may she dream to wako is wo 1
Ne'er may remembrance tell
Its tnl , to bid her sorrows flow,
And iiiipo to sigh I'.irewell ;
The heart b reaving of its stay,
Qnciichinjr tho beam that cheers her way
Alon.rr the waste of life till sho
olwit uy bur tiw u atid kietp, like thee !
9 Lril(mg'ltctc
THE KTJP.DER IN TIIE R005T.
Fran the Note-Bonk of an emintnt Philadel
phia Lawyer, lately deceased.
The narrative which I present, I give as I
find it in my note-book. It was taken in ol
niost the very words of the murderer, though
not committed to writing until next day: for
the narrative made a very powerful impression
on my mind. The disappearance of the mur
dered man had excited much conjecture as to
his fate : but the general impression as.
that lie absconded to avoid his creditors, and
his friends often wondered whether he would
return :
THE MUBCEBCR'S ETORV.
.There were five of ne togetherconstant
companions fona of women, wine, and tho
dico-box. We made love in company, got
drunk together, and gambled from the same
puKe. . A very slender purse it was, too but
that's not to the point.
There was Harry Pierce and his brother
Fred little Tom Xetdhani Jack Fry, and
myself. Harry was impetuous, hasty, irrita
ble, but in the main good-hearted; hi brother
was cooler, more calculating, and if anything,
a litila avaricious. Tom was a true toner.
who enjoyed his glass to the extreme, and
was never happy except when half-drunk
and Jack was a kind of bauger-oa and toady
of the wholu of os. For mj self, there was
only two peculiarities worth mentioning, from
their apparent inconsistency. Al quick as
flaih, tho least angry word would arouse me
to a tempest of ungovernable passion, which.
when subsided, would find me as cold as ice.
and with a mind free to plot and contrive
anything.
On one evening, we had lost a (rood deal
of money more than we conld well ttffnid
at poker, and had left the gaming-room in no
ery good spirits. red fierce had not
been with us, or perhaps we shonl 1 not have
played so long, for Fred, unlike the majority
of gamblers, who play most desperately when
fortune is most unkind, invariably stormed
when a certain maximum of loss was arrived
at.
In tho morniner Fred called to see me. hav-
ing heard something about the loss, and was
astonished and angry when he learned the
amount. He remonstrated with me. and when
1 laughed at bis words, grew irrituted. Ono
word, a the sarinur (roes, brought another :
we both became angry, and at length he told
me that be thought it an onjustiflnble out
rage on our parts to lose his share of the
money during bis auEence. I culled him a
fool, and k retorted that I was a scoundrel.
In a towering raee. I seized the tonars. which
stood on the side of the hearth, and before I
gave a thought to the consequences, struck
biui on the head with all the furce of which I
wag master. He fell instautlv. The npt
moment restored me to' consciousness, and I
raised him un. The blow had fractured hi.
skull, and althongh no blood had flown his
tntea cap. wnicn be bad not removed during
the conversation, deadening somewhat the
blow he wes evidently dead.
A moment's reflection convinced me that
ons of two things must be done either to
conceal the body, or to discover the fact, and
proclaim that I hod done the deed in self
defence. The fear, that I could not well
make it appear so to the public, deterred me
from tha Utter coarse. 1 Lad stated ths day
before, to my landlady, that I intended to send
a box full of papers to my uncle's residuuee
to toe country t and tha U
a i-aL r- -a
. urusung aside the window-curtain, I pntmy
head through the window, ' which was WkUy
the night before bad come to pay ine vi,it.
r r iuo purpose tnen stood in my
room. 1 determined to put the body in this,
and tb.ua rli.iutu ; u , .
n rer n iv
U'Ui, 1 lie art! a rinirinn ... .!. .1 i ..n
uvur-uou,-.
I knew that they would at once come to nty
room, and take no denial for entrance In
an instant mv courso was determined on.
hastily dragged the body to the closet, placed
it upright, and taking my duelling-caso from
the place of its usttul bestowment, closed the
closet door. I then threw on mv great coat,
put on my hat, and tossed the cfmirg. in con
tusion round my room. J Jind scarcely done
this when 1 heard tho steps of the party on
tne stairs, ami. as tney entered the room, 1
gave n tremendous oalh, with every other ev
idence of counterfeited passion.
"Hallo I" exclaimed Harry Pierce, '"what is
the matter with you t Ooins out ?"
"1 have this moment come in," snid I, "to
get my pistols. I thought I'd practice this
morning and some vagabond nan been in
my room, and turned everything upside down.
It s too bad, by Jove ; there's a whole pile of
sinrts. Ju?t from the wush, tossed on the
floor."
My friends burst into a wild laugh, and
Tom Needhitm exclaimed :
'Served you right. What business have
yon to own so nittny shirts T I have only one.
In f.ict that was what kept me from you yes
terday so long. I had to lie in bed while it
was being washed and ironed and the woman
kept it two hours beyond time, because i
owed her a littlo bill."
'Well," said I. "I wish you'd stop your
nonsense and fix np matters ; and we 11 go
out and take a crack or two this morning."
"Not with mc," answered Tom. "It's too
cold for the fintrors. Tell you what we'll do
we'll huve a game of whist. Thete's just a
8iinir party ; I wonder where Fred is ?"
'I don't know," said I ; "ho promised yes
terday to come and see me."
"I'll bet a sous." cried Jack Fry, "that he
was the Robin Ooodl'ellow who upset your
wardrobe." ...
"Jtistliko him," I replied ; "but neverthe
less. I am bent on shooting this morning."
"So you shall shoot, old fellow," cried Tom
Needham. "so you shall ; and you needn't
cool your fingers either.. Yon leave this old
rat-trap to-morrow, don't you t"
"Yes."
"Very good. Then we'll give our landlady
a proof of our solid retrard. Hero;" and he
tool; a piccn or coal from the hearth us he
spoke "I'll chalk out tho old lady on this
closet door. Load the pistols it's about
twelve paces from tho other side of the room
and we'll put more balls into the old femi
nine, than she puts pepper-corns into her
mock-turtlo soup."
A general yell or approval greeted this
novel proposition, amid which Tom gravely
proceeded to sketch what he called a remark'
ably correct portrait of Hie mistress of the
house j aud Harry Pierce set to work to load
the pistols. Wlun Harry had finished, he
claimed tho first shot for his pains; which
Tom claimed for the same reason, insisting
that, as he had set up the wind-mill, ho ought
to tilt at it. A mock altercation fallowed,
which was finally settled by a toss up, which
Harry won. lie grasped the pistol accord
ingly, and fired.
A no;.o of something followed. The con
cufsiun hud disturbed tho body, width, in
failing, had struck a side shelf, and overturned
some books. We all started. Nceuhain,
however, did not notice it. and presenting his
pistol, f red uc.iin. but entirely too low, x
Ciiiiniing whtn ho faw the result, "There's a
ball in her lad) ship's calf, by Jupiter."
Harry turned to me as whito as a&hes, and
said : "Did you hear anything t" '
"I did," I replied, "the bull from your pis
tol, ond be hanged to yon, has upset some of
my liooKs, 1 suppose."
"Oh. my God 1" exclaimed ITarry. "I havo
a terrible presentiment. Suppose my brother
should have hid himself in the closet." And
he sank down r.n the chair as he sroke. "We
gathered round him ; and Tom Needham
burst into a fit of laughter.
"Upon my soul," said he, "yon are worse
than the baker's daughter." Here he cried,
iu a squeaking tone, "If I were to be married,
and were to havo a little baby, and it were to
come here and to get into the oven and be
burned to death boo boo 1" Then resu
ming his cuturul tone, he exclaimed, "You
are the most ridiculous fools," the whole of
you, 1 ever saw. Havo you tiny brandy m
your den t I must h ive a littlo to revive mo,
arter this scene. You'd better give Harry
some. Lord knows he needs it."
My heart throbbed with a strango delicht.
The web of my difficulties was being rapidly
tmravelerlt my escape was almost certain ;
but what ifthey should discover tha fracture!
I walked boldly forward to the closet, and
plailuir mv hand on the catch-knob, ,aid: "In
order- to dissipate your doubts, 1 will open
tne mystery. As 1 spoke I threw the door
wide open.
Mine was an affected ghont, but not so that
of the rest. I shall never foriret tbn wild
shriek of despair which left the bosom of Har
ry fierce, as he knelt forward and raised the
body or his brother, nor the terrible tones of
that hoarse whisper, in which he said, "I'm a
Cain God forgive mv folly !" and then he
sank into the arms of Tom Needham.
My companions examined the body. The
ball of Harry had evidently gone through his
hoai t. TIih absence of blood was at once
ax-oun e i It by inward bleeding, a'id as we
were examining the body, we heard the Bhrill
voice of our hostess lady outside scolding be.
ca-ise we were firing pistols and shrieking in
our room.
A debute now ensued in regard to the dis
posal of the dead body. I knew that the
blow on the head would be discovered, if the
thins was divulged, and I at once suggested
that we had better bury the body secretly. I
told them that it could be ptcked iu the long
box which lay there t and that one of ns
could meet tho conveyance out of town, take
It to some out or the way spot, where I would
assist to bury tho body. In the meanwhile.
Needham could purchase a coffin and other
necessary materiuls, as though to send it off
to the country, and at night we could bury it.
Harry Pierce made no opposition j he was
incapable of anything. 1 bo plan was carried
out as I suggested, and each parted,- The
rest were convinced, and are still, that a
brother bad been the unwilling murderer of a
brother. Harry Pierce died last yar iu a
madhouse, and I am here, twenty years after,
with gray hairs on my head, and an unsullied
reputation, to tell yon the tale.
Thx Ttfiioid Fever. T'ae propagation
by contagion, of typhoid fever, is the subject
of an article in the Boston Medical and bur
gical Journal. In proof of this, Dr. Cornish
gives an account or a whole family u Fal
mouth, Massachusetts, consisting of a man
and his wife, two sous, a daughter, aud grand
child, dying from the disease, one after the
other, while others, who were aiso exposed,
such as nurses, watchers, &c, escaped un
harmed. The building where the patients
sickened and died stands on high ground, the
rooms were spacious and vV ventilated, the
air was remarkably pure, ac? there was noth
ing in the vicinity from which deleterious
shalatUn would be likely to arise.
A NOVEL ftMRRIAOK SKrTLBMKNT
A marriage was solemnized ata farm-house
in West BlootnOeld, in Massachaseets, on the
first of. this month, which presented some
features without a precedent, we believe, in
this or any other country.
The bride wa9 Miss Luey Stone, a distin-
gnished champion of tho disputed rights of
negroes nnd wointtn. The troom was Henry
B. Dlackwell, Esq., who is likowisa an active
apostle of the same sect, bvmnalhy of onm
ions begat sympathy of sentiment, and finally,
irorn being twain they would become one
flesh. But how to do this without betraying
tho great principles of freedom to which both
stood pledged beroro tlie public, was tnu ques
tion. To get the laws altered so as to equal
ize their rights and duties in tho married re
lation was difficult.ifnot Impossible, and would
involve a delay, to which tho fervency of their
p is ion could not boreconeiled. They finully
Wt upon an expedient which they concluded
would secure their rights and theiranticipnted
matrimonial bliss ot the same timo. What
thot expedient was is thus described by the
Rev. T. W. Hiecinson, of Worcester, Mas
sachusetts, who officiated on the occasion, in
a communication to the Worcester Spy :
It was my privilege to celebrate May Day
by officiating at a wedding, in a furm-bnuse
among the hills of West Drookfield. The
bridegroom was a man of tried worth, a leader
iu the western anti-sluvery movement ; and
the bridu was ouo whose fair fame is known
throughout the nation one whose rare in
tellectual qualities are excelled bythe private
beauty of her heart and life.
"I never performed the marriage ceremony
without a renewed sense of the iniquity of our
present system of laws, in rpspectlo marriage
a system by which 'man and wife are oue,
and that one is tho husband.' It was with
my hearty occurrence, therefore, that the fol
lowing protest was read and signed, as a part
of the nuptial ceremony, and 1 send it to you,
that others may bo iud'uced to do likewise.
T. W. H.
PROTKoT.
winio we acknowledge our mutual aSec-
tion, bv publicly assuming tbesacred relation
ship of husband and wife, yet in justico to
ourselves and a great principle, we deem it a
duty to declare that this act on our part im
plies no sanction of, nor promise of voluntary
obedience to, such of tho present laws of mar
riage, as refuse to recognize tho wife as an
independent rational being, whilo they confer
upon the husband un injurious and unnatural
superiority, investing hiiu with legal powers
which no honorable man wonld exercise, and
which no man should possess.
Wo protest especially ngaiust the laws
which civs to tho husband
1. The custody of his wife's person.
2. Tha exclusive control and guardianship
of their children.
3. The sole ownership of her personal, and
use of her real estate, unless previously set
tled upon her, or placed in tho hntius ot trus
tees, as in the case of minora, lunatics and
itlicts.
4. Tho absolute right to the product of her
industry.
5. Also against laws which give to t lie
widower so much larger and more permanent
an interest in the property of his deceased
wife, than tiiey give to the widow in that of
hor decettsed husband.
6. Finally, Bgainst the whole system by
which "the legal existence of the wife is sus
pended during marriage," so that in most
States she neither has a legal part in the
choice of her residence, nor can the make a
will, nor sue or be sued in her own name, nor
inherit property.
We believe that personal independence and
equ.d human rights can never bo forfeited,
except for crime ; that marriage should bo uri
equal and permanent partnership, and so re
cognised by law ; that until it is so recognised,
married partners should provide aguiust (he
radical injustice of present laws, by every
means in their power.
We believe that where domestic difficul
ties arise, no appeal should be made to legal
tribunals under existing laws, but that all
difficulties should be submitted to tho equita
ble adjustment of arbitrators mutually
chosen.
Thus, reverencing law, we enter cur ear
nest protest against rules and customs which
are unworthy of the name, since they violate
justice, the essence of all law.
(Signed,) Henry B. Tjlackwell.
Lucy Stone.
INVENTIONS.
Glass windows were first used in
Chimneys in houses.
Lead pipo for conveving water.
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1832
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fallow candles for licht.
Spectucles invented by an Italian,
Paper first made from linen,
Woolen cloth first undo iu Engluud,
Art ol painting iu oil colors,
Printing invented,
Watches mode in Germany,
Variations of compass hist noticed,
Pius first used in England,
Circulation of blood dise'd by Harvey,
First newspaper pub'd in America,
First steam engine iuwntud,
8team engine improved by Watt.
Stereotyping invented iu Scotland,
An'l nviguetisiu diseov'd by Mesmer,
First Sab. school iu Yorkshire, Eng.,
Electro-mag.-telcgrupb by Morse,
Duguerreotype process invented,
Bvro.n ano Pri!i There was at school a
fine clever boy, who was known as "little Hob
Peel." One day it happened that ono of the
older boys, a stont brutal fellow, undertook
to make a 'fag' that is, a sort of a school slave
of young Peel ; but tho little hero resisted
with all his might. This tyrant, however,
aoon conqnerred. and then proceeded to.boat
him iu the most cruel manner. In tho midst
of this another boy somewhat older than Peel,
but too small to hopo to master the largo
boy, came running up, with tears in Us eyes,
anil his cheeks hot with indignation, atked
how many blows he meant to inflict.
'Why, -what is that to you, you young ras
cal !' was the reply.
'Because, if you please,' said tho noble lad,
'I WOCIX TAKI HALF.'
This boy was afterwards Lord Byron.
Little Bob was the great Robert Peel ; but
the big bully who beat them nobody knows
any thing about him.
Novel Mope ok Mountimo a House in
Peri The women do not all work and the
men aro a good for-nothing set of gamblers
and thieves. The women ride on the bind
quarters of their horses, without a saddle,
cross-legred, with the load on the horse in
front. They mount the animal by taking
hold of his long tail, making a loop by doub
ling it np, end clasping with one hand tho up
per part of the tail, and then putting one foot
on the joint otbe horse's kg, they ascend as
if going np stairs.. Tbey usually stand erect
on the horse before sitting down. The hor
ses never kick or Stir. '
RELIGION WHAT 13 IT f
BY ItSCOr BLSER.
It is to go to church to-dny,
To look devout and Set-m te pray,
And ore to-morrow's sun goes down ,
Do dealiug slander through the town?
Docs every sanctimonious face
Denote the certain reign of grace?
Does not a phiz that scrolls lit sin
Oft veil hypocricy within.
Is it to make our daily walk
And of our own good deeds to talk,
Yet often practico secret crime,
And thus mis-speud our precious time.
It is for sect or creed to fight,
To call our seal the rule cf right.
When what wo wish is nt the best,
To see onr chnrcb excel the rest T
Is it to wear the Christian's dress,
And love to all mankind profess,
And treat with scorn the humble poor,
And bar agaiust them every door t
Oh, no ! religion means not this,
Its fruit more sweet and fairer is
Its precepts tliia : to other do
As you would have them do to you.
It grieves to hear an ill report.
And scorns with human woes to sport
01' others' deeds it speaks no ill.
Dut tells of good or koeps it still.
Aud does religion this impart?
Then may its influence fill my heart ;
Oh ! haste that blissful, Joyful day,
When all the earth may own Us svay.
THE BIBLE.
fManr sparklintr pnnazes occur in "Gi
miuu s iar(is oi me jjiOie. ilia following
aro illustrations :j
Its words nnd its thoughts nre alike poeti
cal ; it has gathered around its eternal truths
all natural boautv and Interest ; it is a temple
with one altar and ono God, hut illumined by
a thousand different lights, and studded with
a thousand ornaments. It has substantially
but ono declaration to make, but it niters it
in the voice of the creation. Shining forth
from the excellent glory, its light has been
reflected to a mvriud of intervening: oh'ei t.
till it has become attempered for our earthly
vision, it now oeams npon us at once irom
the heart of man, and from the countenance
of nature. It bos arrayed itself in the charms
of fiction. It has gathered new beaut is from
the work of creation, und new warmth ond
new power from tlie very passion of clay.
i It lias p-ned into its service, ttio very ani
mals of tho forest, tho flowers of the field,
' the stsrs of heaven all tho elements of r.a
ture. Tho lion spurning the sand of the des
ert, tho wild roe leaping over the mountains,
the lamb led in silence to tho slaughter, the
troat speeding to tho wilderness, tho rose
blossoming in Sharon, the lilly drooping in
the valley, the apple-trie bowing, tinder its
fruit, the prf-at rock shadowing a weary land,
tha river gladdening a dry place, the moon
nnd tho morning star, Carrnel by the ea and
Tanbor in the mountains, tLu li w from the
womb of tho morning, the rain upon the
mown grass, the rainbow encompassing a
dark place, the light of God's shadow, the
thunder of His voice, the wind and the earth
quake hi footsteps all such varied objects
are made as if naturally designed from their
creation to represent him to whom the book
and oil its emblems point. Thus the spirit
of the book has ransacked creation to lay its
treasure on Jehovah's altar, united the innu
merable rays of far-streaming glory on the
hill of Calvary, and woven a gurlund for the
bleeding brow of Emanuel, the flowers of
which have been culled from the garden of
the universe ,
The power of tl.e Bible over man has been
Ion? and obstinately resisted, but r sis'ed in
vain. For n?es has this artless, lnoeelv-piled
littlo Book been exposed to the fire of the
keenest investigation a fire, meanwhile,
which has consumed contemptuously tho my
thology of the Iliad, the hushandry of the
Georgies, tho historical truth of Livy, the fa
bles of Sinister, the Talmud nnd Koran, the
artistic merit of many a popular poem, tho
authority of many a work or philosophy and
science. And yet there tho Bible lies unhurt,
untouched, with not ono of Its pages signed,
and not even the smell or fire having passed
npon it. Many un attempt has been made
to scare away the Fiery Pillar of our wander
ings, to prove it a mere natural product of
the wilderness ; but still night after night it
rises, like one of the ever-shining stars of the
vanguard of the great march of man, tho old
column gliding slow, but guiding certainly tp
future lands of promise, both in the life that
is and that which comcth hereafter.
While other books are planets shining with
reflected radiance, this book, like the sun,
shines with kindred and unborrowed light.
Other books after shining their little season
may perish in flames fiercer than those which
destroyed tha Alexander library; this must
in esseuce remain fine as gold, but inconsu
mable as asbctos in the general conflagration.
. Immortality. Why is it that tha rainbow
and the cloud come over us with a beauty
that is not of earth, and then puss oB, and
1. ave us to muse upon their faded loveliness ?
Why is it that the stars which ho!d their fes
tivals around the midnight throne, are set
above the grasp of our limited faculties for
ever mocking us with their unapproachable
glory ? Ami why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to i ur view a id
then taken from us, leavin? tho thousand
streams of our affections to flow back in mi
alpine torrent upon our hearts? We aro boru
for a higher destiny than that of earth. There
is a realm where the rainbow never fades,
where the stars will bo spread out before ns
like islands that slumber on the ocean, and
where tho beautiful beings that now pass bo
fore us like visious will stay in our presence
forever. O. D. Prentice. j . , . ,
Homr Let no man ever think of happi
ness distinct from that of home. The gavest
must have their sick and solitary hour. The
busiest must oftcu relax their labor, and
there must be some retreat for the in, where
they may seek refreshment for their cures,
ana collect the spirits (hat disappointments
so often depress. They who livo most for
the public still live for ths public but a small
part, und they are apt to find the public ser
vice a burthcrn, which gentler incitement
than that of strong ambition, must furnish
the strength to support.
The progress of knowledge is slow. Like
the sun, weeaunot see it moviug j but after a
while we perceive that it has moved, nay,
that it has moved onward.
" A AMAHOVS AERONAUT. -
A late French journal relates the following
story, which, it will be seen, it French all
over, beside being immensely funny :
Whilo Hons. Uoourd was filling an im
mouse ballon in tho Champ d Marx, he amu
sed tho spectators by r-tuuing up tho small fl
care of a man, the puifict semblance cf Mr.
Thiers without the spectacles. Tho littlo
mun being filled with ga3, ro:o lnajosticaily
into the air, and was toon lost to view among
the cloutis. Hi3 adventures, which became
known the next day, wore curious. Thanks
to a strong, and favoring gale, which impel
led him on his cour:;e, tho little balloon-man
arnvud thu samu a! turnoon in sight of a fine
coutitry house in the neighborhood or Bievro.
It wus near the hour of diiiiicr, and the lady
of thu inunsiou, w ho naturally thought herself
perfectly sate, was occupied in the mysteries
other toilet. It was a warm day, and she
had opened one of tho windows which looked
out upon tho park, and was safe from any
PTing eyes. While tranquilly engaged, by
the assistance of a corset-lacing, in reducing
her waist to a size and shape that would re
flect credit on her hubbauu's taste, she wus
seddeuly started bv u bliut of wind, followed
by a strange noise, und immediately the case
ment wus thrown open, and our little balloon
mau entered her chamber unannounced. Thu
lady utters a cry of terror, ucd throws a
shawl over her shoulders. The little man,
driven by the wind, throws himself upon the
unhappy woman, who, sereaiuing louder thau
ever, pu.-hes hira oil, aud be coueeuls himself
uuder the bod.
Justus the wife, in ft supplicating voice.
says to this novel Don Juan : 'Ah 1 Monsieur,
gouway, or you will rum me r the husband
turiously rushed in cry. ng : 'An! tho wretch,
I nave In in now I und goes in search of h
sword to ruu him through tho body.
1 he wife, more dead than alive, reiterates.
in the' midst of her sobs: "Fly I fly I Mon
sieur, and suve mo the sight ol a Ureadlul
tragedy."
The husband arrives, armed to tho teeth,
followed by tho whole LouseLold, who seek to
!ll(.I;!y lllS Ullger.
While two of his friends hold the husband,
a third, stooping down, perceives our littlo
friend, w ho, tor good cuuse, utters ncit a word,
and catching him by tho leg, draws him forth
from his coiieeulnieut, when lo! Monsieur
Balloon, uo longer held down by the bedside,
raise;: himself erect, swells out, and rises ma
jestically to the ceiling, to the immense as-totii-hinent
of the spectators, while the poor
jealous husband slinks away, sword and all,
Heartily ashamed or h:s Cifuseiers wrath.
pATrexcR Smii.es cx PaYke Mr. Wm.
Pavne, a verv good follow, was a Wacher of
mnsic, in a pleasant town in Masstehusetts,
and in his school, ono winter, was a pretty
girl, some twtt.'y y. hni Id. named Patience
Adams, who having made a strong impres
sion upon Mr. fuyno, ho lot t no time in de
claring hir. attachment, which Miss A. recip
rocated, and on engagement was tho result.
Just us Mr. P.'s uUeiitions became public,
and thu fact of an ongageiuent was generally
understood, tho echo I being still i-i continu
ance, and all the parties on a certain evening
present, Mr. Payne, without any thought of
the word, nntned ts a tune for the coalmen-
eing exercise. ' Federal Street," in that ex
cellent collection of Church Music, "The Car
olina Sacra." Everyone loved patieuce, and
every one entiv. tained the highest respect for
ravne ; and with a hearty gooti-will ou tun
part of e.ll the school, the chorus commenced:
"See gentle Putimr. smile on Payne,
See dying bop revive ngnln.11
The coincidence was so triking, that the
gravity of the young ladies and gentlemen
could scarcely bo restrained long enough to
get through the tune. 1 he beautiful young
lady was still more charming with her blush
ing cheeks and modestly cast down eyes, while
the teacher was eo exceedingly embarrassed,
he knew not what he did. Hastily turning
over the leaves of the book, his cye lit npon a
well-known tune, and he called out "Dundee."
The song began as soon as sufficient order
could be restored, and at the line of the
following stanza rose to a climax :
'Let n't drspnit n-.ir full revenge
Be t" thy b im known;
- Oh, give me tenrt fir other' woe,
And i'Dtirnce for my own,"
Patience was ul ready betrothed ; she was
in fact bis ; iu about a year afterwards they
became man und wife.
Then gentle rtttienee smiled on Pejue,
And Ptyn bad Patience t i hi "Wii.
It is pleasant to be able to add that they
still live; four cr five littlo pleasant Paynes
have been added to the family, which is one
of the happiest to bo found ia this beautiful
world.
. ANECDOTE (IF WASHINGTON.
When Stuart wai painting Wasliineton's
portrait, he was ralliod one day by the Gener
al for his slow work. The painter protested
that the picture could not advance until the
canvas was dry, and thut there must be some
delay. Upon arriving the next morning, Stti
art turned his eanvass and discovered to his
great horror, the picture was spoiled.
'General,' said he, 'somebody has held the
picture to tho fire.
Washington summoned his negro ralet,
Sam, and demanded pf him, in grt at indigna
tion, who had dared to touch the portrait.
Tho trembling Sum replied, that chancing
to overbear Washington's ex presd u of im
patience at the slowness cf tho woik, and the
response of the arlkt that it must be dry be
fore it could go on, he had ventured to put
tho canvass befire the Cf. Washington,
with great anirer. dismissed him, and tolj him
not to show his face again.
But the next day, after Stuart had arrived
aud was preparing lo wor'. Washington rang
the Veil, and sent for iNim. Ho camo in
abided and tromblirg. The President drew
a n w silver watch from his pi ckot, and said:
Como here, Sam. Take this watch, and
whenever you look at it, remember that your
mistor, in a moment of passion, said to you
what he-now reifrtt, and that he v.aa not
ashamed to confess that bo had done so.
. .
Ths Fkmnos or the lats Czar NVboi-as
towards tueUmied Statf.s A New Or
leans gentleman so;onrnini nt St. Peters
burg, in a letter to the New Orleans Bulletin
vouchee for the authenticity of some reported
conversotions of the lute Cnur Nicholas, npori
foreign affairs, towards tho i illusion of
which he Bai i
"Yet one consolation is left to me iu the
midst of all this inzratitudo and villaivr, and
that i the silent sympathy cf ihathii,'h.'heart
ed people on the other fi.lo of tbe Atlantic,
the only hearts in which I hear an f cho of my
struggles against Uuited . Europe. .Never
have I forgotten the smallest kiudntsa shown
tome bythe least of my subjects; let my
children never foriret what w cm t A .n,.f.
ca, aud if ever a hour ot danger darkens f
uuuu voe union, let cor Dud s, uiiurul sllv
iu w fnjilvj". , ; '
I ' 1 -
Advice to Young Lapies. Clandestine'
courtships are not onlv dishonorable aud un
certain as to their results, but a bnso fraud
upon the confidence or parents. Tlicy aro
in all aspects discreditable, becouse, however
pure or sincere, the concealment implies a
doubt of the integrity of one of the parlicB.
Either the man is ashamed of the woman, or
the woman of the man, or somebody, interes
ted, is ashamed of ono or the other of them,
or they design to deceive a confiding parent
or guardian ; but look at it in any way. or
light, the proceeding is disreputable. The
young woman compromises her reputation
lor "people will talk," scandel will originate,
and society, detesting secrecy in affairs of the
heart, is prone to be censorious ; and tho man,
if not restrained by some purity of principle,
is ever ready to regard the woman with sus
picion, at least. They think, with Brabantio,
that if a girl deceives her parents, she will
deceive others. So, girls, have a care that
in attempting to deceive others, you are not
yourselves deceived. ,
t A Eeautifci, Lmr or Gold. We havo
een shown by a gentleman connected with
the banking house of Lucas, Tnrner & Co.,
the most splendid specimen of lh staple o'
California that we have yet beheld. It is the
purest gold, without a speck of qunrtr, dirt,
or rock, end of a deep rich color. The
weight is 187 ounces, ana it is valued at 3306.
uo lump nas a sliglit resemblance to a dol
phin, and is about six inches in length. This
prize was dug by some lucky follow in Trini-'
ty county, ond was received by Lucas, Tur
ner, 4 Co., on Wednesday evening.- It will
be retained until Saturday, and will then
be packed up for shipment to New York
Placer Times and Transcript.
We would say toull farmersand gardeners,
spare the brdg. Birds are the true frieads
of the agriculturiit. They are tho inveterate
enemy of insects, and, though some of them
are mischievous in the field, yet most biHa
that cultivate human society are harmless
and sociable follows of the laborer, coustautlv
going about busy with good nnd cheerful
offices, destroying bugs and flies without
number, and rendering themselves u.eful to
man in a thousand iunocent and affectionate
ways. Spare them for their snnirs. nnH in
the good they may do ; tho lifoof an innocent
creature should not be taken in vain. Ex.
A Deaf Mute Church has boon remilni.l
oraaised in New York city. Tbe religious
services must be solcm almost to sublimity.
Think of a church cneated in silent et ii.
qnent worship worshipping as tho flowers
worship, "malting melody in their hearts."
ua not witn their toncues. Think cf a
congregation gathered whero the surges of a
great city roll and thunder around them, nnd
yet in tho midst of a silence like that of tho
grae a mienco never to be brokon, until
death shall lift up "tho daughters of mnsic"
and upon thoir startled spirits shall peal tho
harmonies of the new song.
The Largest Clock. The largest clock,
it is said, that was ever constructed, Las re
cently been finished by Mr. Jeutfor the new
Ileuses of the English Parliament, 'i'lie
dials are twenty-two feet in diameter ; tho
point of the minute hand will therefore movo
nearly fourteen inches every minute, tho
pendulum is fifteen feet long. The hour
bell is eight feet high, ond weighs fifteen
tons. Tho hammer weighs four hundred
weight The clock, as a whole, iseight times
as large ns a full sized cathedral clock.
What shall I brixo Thee Mother ? A
favorite, and only son, when on the poiut of
leaving a widowed mother, for a distant land,
where promised wealth and honors awaited
him, fondly inquired of his devoted parent.
'What shall I bring back to yon, mother V
In the true spirit of a mother's holy reaming
love this response was given, 'Bring back
thine own pure spirit to me.' Ladies' Re
pository,
Sinotlar PnrsoMESo.v. Just above the
locks on G teen River, Indiana, when there
is a low stago of water, tho steamboats shut
down their furnace doors for fear of "setting
firo to the river," tho bottom of which is cov
ered to a great depth with decomposed vege
table matter, which, stirred up bythe paddles,
emits an inflamnble gos, instantly igniting ia
contact with flarae. By stopping the boat
the flame ceases, and is seldom dangerous.'
Hard Questions. The Allies and the Bus'
sians recently allowed each other an arnii
stice to bur? their dead. The officers ant)
soldiers of the respective combatants mingled
with each other, smoked cigars and cracked
jokes, the Russians spitefully asking when ths
Allies intended to take Sebastopol, and what
time they expected to leave. As soon as the
armistice was over the parties went to work
again cannonading ea .'h other fiercely.
NiurERixo Suirs. After the first of May,
every British ship is to have a distinct sum
ber ossigurd to her, by which she niuy be
known und recognized, irrespective of her
name cr ether description. The i-eries of
numbers will begin with oco. ond proceed in
regular orithme-ticoi progression ; a number
once appropriated will never be applied to auy
other British shin.
No Place rcn a Foor Man. Finn r iu .oi
ling at Montreal, Canada, at 14 'per bbl .
and ut Quebec, from 312 to 13. At Onril,...-
butter is 40 cents, beef from 15 to 20 cents
and pork giJ per barrel. Labor commands
iwo biiiinugs currency, or lorty cents
per
day.
NaME or Christians. Tho Scriptures
give four namos to Christians, taken from the
four cardinal graces so essential to man's
salvation : Saints for their holiness ; Belie
vers, for thoir faith; Brethern for their love s
Disciple, for their knowledge. liillef.
"A new Dish." Under this caption on ex
chav announces that "a Mr. Enfield Ham
was recently married to Miss Jemima Egge.
We presume tbe uuiou took place ou a jrv.
day. '
DittwTiONs roa a Short LrV 1st. Eat
hot bread tt every meal 2nd. Eat tost. 3d.
Lis In bed every morning until the son is two
hours high. If the case should prove stab,
bcrn 1th. Add tbe morning dram.
- BrKm XnnS has published a manifesto,
in which be indicates that Mormon policy in
Utah wul not yield to the L'uitcd Elate cr
anyiber authority. . .
tVtl s a . .
Mu is in agitation ia St rtterkbureh
to ereci a giaud niouunu-
wvutto tte oieiLory of
luo UlM Liiiparor.
Tl.e latest Irisli papers mention 'hat Vrg
iruU-ri of toilgraa'. wCre Bc-tin" V.vh. r
HiKibjs, ' ? i. e.r