1 BY JOHN Bi BRATTON. JOL. 30. BEUT’S DttlßO POEM. Tlib following linoß wflro Wfiticn by John Keats on hui death bed, and aro tho last verses ever penn ed by that gifted young poet. It will bo remember that ho died ‘through intense g'ridf, on ocooonl oftho t»OßCvoro,flnd unjust criticisma of Gifford, tho En. £lish Juvenal, Tho youthful pool was removed to Italy, whore ho expired; and tho last sad words he whispered tvdroV u l‘Hle ofa broken heart:” My spirit’s lorap is fainl and weak, My feeblesonscs bow; Death’s finder pales.my fading cheek, His seal is on my brow. TWy hoar! it « a withered leaf, Each fibre dead and eopr; And near mo sits the spectre grief, To drain each burning tear. Tho earth is bright 'with buds and been, Tho air with purple beams— The winds aro swimming in the trees, Or'sporting on.lho streams. Bui not for me tho blossom’s breath, Nor winds, nor sunny shies— -1 languish in the arms of death, And feed my soul with sighs. I sigh to hope—" Come back again, My heart Is weak for thee 1" Beil wbo is mb I ray sighs aro vain— She'flies from misery. It is not that 1 fear lo die. That burns my withered breast— But thus to waste with agony, And sigh in vain for real. To coant tho minutes one by one, And long for coming light, And ere tho lingering day is done, To languish for the night. To feel that sinking of (he mind, That nothingness of soul. Where ail is dead, opd dark sod blind, As drops of Lctht’s bowl! And ydl, O sunny Italy ! *T«ero sweet to find a tomb. Where wild flowers ever strewn by thee, Abovo my coach shall bluom. Farewell my harp I—l kiss thy strings, Go hang thee in the bowers, Where oft thy dreamy whisperings, Have charmed tho buried hours. And if some finger fain would wake Thine unremombered lay, And bid thy sleeping silence break, Then, happily, will thou soy : v, Ohl stranger, scatter ruses, And slips of cypress burn— A broken heart reposes, Within this silent urn." fWistctlnneoue. From tliu Wavurly Magazine. MUSIC. "How call's! (hou back, with a note, a sigh, Word* sod low tones from tho days gone by A sunny glance or o fond farewell? Speak lu mo, voice of sweet sound, and tell, «■•••• Something of mystery there surely dwells, Wailing thy touch, in our bosom'cells ; Something that finds nut its answer here— Admin to bo clasped in another sphere.” Mm. lleuans. Yes, coz, give mo some music—l foci so sad ; and 1 f«in : would have its ioflund gonllo influonco steal upon me,* for oh, life's busy cares and cold realities l«ll heavily upon (ho weary heart, till oft my spirit flags, and I pause to look buck upon my ourly years, and wish I was a simple child among my native hills again. Then sing (» rno audio gentle strum with thy sweet voice, lor my soul yearns for its low cadences, and soft, melodious brnnlh, to soothe and gladden this woarincss. 1 lovo music—oh, almost worship it I It has ever been a friend, Ms language true, fur. "'Tis only music's strain Can swcolly soothe, and nut betray.” Thom is something in it Ihnt awakens a fooling in my licsrl Ido not feel ut other limes ; (hero comes glad dreams with Its gonllo lanes 1 muy not, cannot tell—-a something that seems 100 swe-t to bo ex pressed, abd can only bo felt ; for 1 100 think that music, as one has suid ••la but thb faint and far reverberation Of that grand lone (o which the planets roll.” Yes, give mo some music; my spirit (urns to meet its dulbol notes, as (ho flowers do the refreshing dews of even ; for oh ! It has u power (hut molts the heart far more than words, and '•Breathes with a holier language on (ho car." (low a soft strain like (hot can recall the days that's gono ! How it carries us back through tlio long via -14 of years, (ill Wo are again amid the scones of that dear spot—of all loved best—our happy homo; when all the world seemed so Joyous, und our beautiful childhood parted away so gently. 1 leva music, wherever It bo. I lovo to hoar the mournful voices of the Autumn winds, w hen they go singings eadning strain through the blighted woodlands—for there in meaning in' their lay, and an ctnpliasis In the low patiences us (hoy float among (ho rustling leaves, and seem to whisper in the dls- ; lance,—'passing away—passing away. 1 And 1 lovo lo aleal at times from the noisy, buitling world, (0 Nature's Wlldcel’liaUbtS, and listen lo its breathings. T*r away,'mid the dim and cool old forests, whore the sunbeams vainly seek (0 struggle through the thiokjy woven leaves ; 1 lovo lo listen lo the stream, jot's dreamy song, as it dances al.mg over its peb bly bottom, and boars upon its bosum naught but notes of gladness, O, the world is full of music, as It is of poetry, for they seem linked together j and, as one has beautifully said— " There's music In the.forest loaves, Whch stinimer winds arc (here: Add In the lAigh of forest girls, Thai braid their.sonny huir; Thd first wild bird, that drinks the dew From violets of the spring, lies music in his song, and in The fluttering of his wing.” . A Ddl((hUd Mother, A mollier. tviio wne in .the habit of asking her oh jldrtn, before, they .retired at night, what the; had done, to ihske otjjeVa happy, found her young twin daughte'raailehL-Pne.apflke modestly of deeds fctw Out Cordon rule, “Do un to olheraasjft would they should do onto you.’,’— Still those liltfe bright fsoca woro in silence. The question was again repeated. “I can remember nothing good all (his day, dour mother; .only pne of>my isphool mates was happy, because bho hijd ga|ued the hoad of-thp class, anil ! smlled'o’n h*rt end rfp to kiss her, so alio said I was good. Thla la all, dear mother." The Sllll more liinldly j ' °A 111110 girl who sat with roe on tho bench at tllo eohool, had lost, i liUls blblhfer,' l X saw that while she studied her lesson, she hid her face in her book and wept. I ftll sorry, and laid my face, on the samp hook and W6pl%ltb btir. ’ TbbO bile looked opahd com*, fortod; and pul her arnft uroo'nd rhy n6bk ; but I not know why dbo said 1 had done h6r'£o6d;" - THE DEAD LETTEE OFFICE, point too—wilh'a marvelously crooked nailed Joint, I PIOTtIIIKS OP it PUAIIIIE life. i „ giving it the appearance of a designer! hook—like I„ Sullivan’, ll.dl. I.TT . ' . I * Chrl. (ma . C.tom Norway. Wo find the following interesting article in one n P* H tw Cullle’s hook, Bo convenient, nnd sol rln •• ; m m- ~ • r .° r a ° ° U * m °* r, A ' Christiana, and in otiior Norwegian towns, 1 of the city papers, which we transfer bodily to our hH n<3y. lhai ono Is left in doubt whether | t W as i ° . Is ' l<!dLondon ’ w 0 n " d • do.cript. hero tee delicate Christmas way of offering to a ! columns wnton we transfer oodily to our born so, or been artificially so ordered; at any rate, j ion oU ,ll! " l “ w “"™ Prairies, in which the -d, a brooch, or a pair of ear Hogs, in a truss of Whi , o „ nmnllr .~ , , , say tvhal wo may of theabilily of Caplnin Cuttle’s |,ull,or S'WS us the details of what ho found to bo Iho , y ' T “ 0 house door of tiro person complimonlod i. / ftw a 1 1,10 ,OD g li *l of This is an appendage to a part of the General hobk, there never was a finger oo admirable and ' ■nannols and customs of the aboriginals The fid ’’ pn,l, “} ° p “"r " nd >• thrown into the bouso !‘°‘ or P clled 1“ tho. par. Post Office at Washington, and must necessarily nalorallv, •■adapted to the pufpose-’’oo matter how I lowing is an aoeount of hP.rj. a trnsa of hoy or straw, or oboafof corn, a bog of c ’“ r ° r °'?■ r »■' oarih'y or onoarlbly bodofit, exist Ih ail countries where a Post Office Depart- sealed, by wafer, or wax or both—lbalTnom was 1 InTl B r Tn ° r bn first Indian acgusmt.nco chaff. In sorao part of this ■bollls of hay' envelops, b ° blu,h ' B S. “ nd '°° generally neglected tnenl exists. The raanogemenl of, end defies per- them, end,™wiolSl twS '? V> V of a present to be'bunted for: “, r , valeo for it/y.ripl, of formed in Hus office, are of the most delicate nod that quick eye, was in afinslaet, from ‘-Mv deer-1 ."T wl,c " w ° c “ m pcd, an Imiion, groeeed gj„ r "," d . l °, r ' occ,,od from her betrothed, oocor- world osn eonffiv ' o ' "* ' llo who, “ confideniial cliaracier, as mi\v be read iI v inferred est "or “Sir ”nr nMnHnm ” i .. v _ I ftnd naked, came in lo ask for food, They iro (ho l * 1 8 klinsimos coelom, an exceedingly large Merfim* u ‘ . , , because to this office are returned all litters lhai over." Your obeS™oryl„7” Yours for - j iniprovidcnl people, 100 proud lo dig. but not . ""'T'’ 0 ' T” I ’, ' vhi l ol, ’.° n W'lgoponcd rovoulcd n cg'ccled Ara""l,n r „d d ' ! " ■ "'.r h “, V* 11 have failed lo be received bv tho parties to whom w n „ il n oedient servant. n ilio least 100 proud to beg or thieve ; never look. ® second parcel with M loving motto on tho cover,' * rl * , a remedy in jaundice. I have Men they were directed Office th’oiirfhn n rfJJ «7 til dl e J gfi again awhile. Yoa, my 1 ing to tho morrow, gorging one day. and barely sub- £,? dso , un -P a , rccl wil, »io parcel, motto within molio, ? rOP iJ J * ' toß mnd .°? r , ll, o lonvct of the tree, Ukett ....Li. OMM , tt . , . ,ol, gbout dear air, who may have written a letter marked listing for llio noil month. Tho CtuDnowan are » 1 tbo k° rn °l of I hta paper (male—which was at u°» 08 0 co,DrT,on -'d r mk, effect a speedy carewheh all such «S?d U /llr m Cdnfido " liill ” and fillpd il9 pages with mat-, well formed race, with the Blrul of a s nCot Ttlia ! c "e'<> diecovcrod to b/a delicate piece of minute £ ° mc r a " 8 fl V fcd * ll much Uefed i b'Uf uch uncalled for letters to this Dead Ltilcr ter you desired no other mortal to ac-6 but tho ono Indian bad to keep hie oyoe ‘skinned ’ ne ho woe not J owolr y—wne arrived at. ,ow lBndB ° r Andalusia, where this 'disease it ivf n fc?" duliC . ou ™' 'buy are, by law, lo whom it was addressed; and you, sweet , ady I very (ar 'from tlm S,oux > country" who” Ono oftlio protlicßt of Ciiri.tmns customs i, the ' P 7„ a ?, nl ’ r , opened and examined, and if lound to contain any- who may luSve poured your whole heart and soul hovo bcen Bn “Ppod up like ayoonjr trout. However Noi-woijjan practice of giving, on Christmas day. a n n? r f U(JCa of °P M, ‘almy, or local in. ling of-value, the same la carefully returned to out upon gilt-edged paper, to be opened and road an old « fl,dc lo,d u "- bom the manner ho was pa.nt* d,, !? or 10 tho blrd9 * 0« Christmas morning, every 1,10 c y°‘‘ be effect produced by bathing the source whence it was received, and every care by one cherished ono alone, nnd would not. f or , ed * nnd , Carr y in P nothing but his arms, not even ? QIOW# >, or barn door, is decorated with a' ‘ B ,' n a wo . a r k *o]ution of roao wator^-whlch taken to see it through another effort to reach Ub tho world, it should be aeon by any other mortal ? b *«n^ ‘bat he imagined ho was on the war path ?«jof of corn fixed on tha lop ofa ull pol o , w h e rofrom ■?. W“ r ”° n V f, °Jn da . u B hl " can roaker deaimanon. oye-lor, at its close you mav ki « oid JTu rn 1 l “ mBolfl P row|in * aboul in th« hope of picking up ,l 19 l " tflnd ‘* d lh “' “»« «ba|l make their Christ-, " ''? *°' nd ' * fu, ‘ T V C ?' * h «« oyo-sighl was In the first place, the letters uncalled for, al ol! this, after readlna h. I. L,~, . ” • on, P Si ««- Tho mosquitos; w|,o were /r«x! . m A B _ d,, ? nor fl... E . v . en . ,b ? P«»»nts wilt contrive to . ™?i J.TTI y or J po "»»l»ng «bor by the-glare of n t o various offices about the country are accompa- this’ Inst 1s C ’ llmt nU bo F lOUC, ‘ hlS ‘ ' U*. n % ** and cheap mod by a list, when sent to this Dead LetierOffieos ■ followed - ) lei me tell vnn ih»i i.-i.i, .suppose he was anointed in some way. • . ®r- on . r lir,Bl J ,la 9 d l °/* t romi,ma ' or remedy. r K I| h n™ffolr5 r c C ? rB I’” lly C Tl”’"’ d "' i,h 'be letters, | within a brief period, 1 sew hundreds of lelterw! ,n ■ n ' , " , ' r W"' o- Mr Sullivan gives tbs annexed The os rolling I lt. ease of scurvy si son, s single grsin of olld'of end if found correct, ere ell uprefulty entered in e , wlilch might contain ell your se. rels, hero opened i" ho clof 1 !olomn b3n quol among tho Sioex el, wogi.n Christmas in the field, quite holy lo mo rose la worth all the drug, that were over pecked in “ “ Wa | s ' l 'ls e " 0 | rS ,h “" P , aSS ln '° !by tlial aharperooked fieger, end that sharper end ! Ecl >o I.■.lie, or, os it is there colled, the Luc oul- New Yoar'e day. in Norway, fiicnda aed ac “ “t-" 1 ’“ j*’ l t*"” p mug-room, u hero the seals are broken, and j quicker eye glance through and through its foldings. i p “ r ' c ' ' gnaintanccs exchange calls and good wishes. In the Evc 'J’ l ’“ d y l" l '”vs what on oxqui.llo flavor ,„ e . If any thing of any value is found In nny letter, ( Yon naturally suppose his euriosityl, keenly awn- ll appeared [hot oflcr our deonrluro on nor fir.. c " r " or of l ’" oh f »v«Plion room il.oro stands « Imlo li..i.Trui",i." k r" ds • “ n . d ho1 !1 dS due entry IS made of it, and as before said, il is kenedl he surely can’t throw as,de, wl.hou reed- trip, si.'.e .I, c of . "fferanf ban 7s . f' 1 * >,p . furnished all ll,rough the da, will, wine and *1 , ' ">«[» csisi-r 1 " ■ixsK'irair.saa asn: ™. for the purpose, In an open field, and burn,. It) Well, surely, to your mind, every lino of that ll " Hn ! “» d tbraitoned to ,"o“.d"’anS " pd T ‘ v< ;| r '!' d, | y , m """ n , cr ' d «'«»< roae-le’.’vcS e^d'^serUKreNo^ThTrlVt; was formerly the prsouoe to sell those hags and letter ,» valuable; bit calm ymir feara-nething ' prDV,; '’ l ir M'Lood did not make tl.cn. n r .na. G, Min. v' J “ l “ l '“ kko '’ , ur i their hsu„„ are s,rawed with rase” bales of opened lelters lo iho paper-mnkers, but ns contained in any loiter, unless ~ be mnnev or nn- 1 P"* 1 ' 1 "". He ptomiaed that on ou. remrn wo H,Vb 7a ’ e T / . y n| ’ pL ;' ,r , " r ' cl ' A word lo gardeners. If you wish lo save sour this was found linbltf lo abuse—by el low ing a I pers of value, or supposed value arrests that l"! l ° ,lld *“• 0,10 morning, ihcrotoro, about twelve ,j lcrc V„ r „ . , ’" n ', " nry d . r|, " c '’ A r lo ’ l " ny nno marrow f.l peas from becoming the habitation morbid or m schievous curiosity indulge I,self fur a moment. W„ is ' ““T'-* a" w " B “ V ° - 'ciTZl I" f ,P— pi™.-, 'be black bug. eueomllr in a ro-exaniinallon, before grinding the mass into that man’s mind, lo read and scan what you have co w ..V7IV7^ C '‘" !0 “" d ’, m ° V !T y b a her Nip, Gu.lr.vust Ob croc «„d llmlo romp .'tries of v " ,c ’ lr " ,n rr " bu-'ing depredoliuns of tho "’■f P "- be burntug system is now edopled. written, than there is in lhat finger wLI, has !, [ 7°-° vnclnnlcd, and wo olll e, (ineird nr lu.lnrin elurse.er. I hut 1. llwi,f" rpP ' J pll,c , In b V"''«n hedge, ofreso 01 tin. mil .on of letters Ibur, annually returned opened its seal, do w ill ail nn d open, and olanee ' A n, , h uff ’» 1,1 1,10 eoun try,, f wo could. ~,,,0, performed in ulcnce they arc net p.rl.c- 1 t'»> “'■'■« »ilh the dufee, ,nd lo the Dead U!Ur Office, In bo opened nnd exam- el, and throw at his'feel, more letllra in one hour : absence "ul'uo/tl'et' d v„ U i° °T' b “‘ ulurly cheerful company. * P Jeumed noi cat liug.eoosoncd green pose, or go med, the amount nl money found in them roaches ihan you could read in a week- nnd when I iennir ™i ,1, , .f. 7 "" ''“V' l -" c , '"6° “■“ d ' d ’ i "> he morning pinching up 11.0 striped reae.le ° lh ;r a "’ W * ,nely Tr’ d - " Why ’ -Vou 3X . w.'S .t'.'i". 'Z ' * »■. or “ I“" d bonds ~ Illa,1 lla ," BP ’ : '""h c ‘>"'7 rd <’PoS | te, yourself to read much,’’l„s anewe, was, ..No, sir, i-wind, we entered by a hnfe i.k, lire en.r.neo of o wdd lijr frs dr vds, elc., etc—all of which, that is not my business; lam only looking for val-. bee l„ve-.c lound on el,no.pl,ere of smoke, and w ith the letters covering them, ere disposed of as cables.” And I nn.leed, ihwe . | 0 „„ I .mall ~f ,1.. ~l—ab . .. ~ sta ed, i. e. first carefully rtcotd. d in a book, and confined nny encloeuro, there was a momentary 1 Wt>re m tailor laebion round the fire, over sent ogam and again on renewed tours tofiad their cessation of movement in that forefinger; and if W,,1C,1 w«b hunting the pot,containing romo twenty ngiiUul owners, it frequently occurs that some the enclosure proved not valuable, awny went that ' or ll ‘ lrl y canvdß* buck ducks, each oi them nearly o( tliese valuables make llireo and, four additional fmgor at iho seals again, and the mind with all , lbc hl,c l l |rcc of our domoßtic once, nod presided journeys througl, (lie moil routes lo find their light- its curiosity, rolapoed lo iho one einolo’ object of < ’ Tcr ' l> Dolmmneli, or'tbo .I’rulilic Pumplm,,' a ful owners. In a word, in all the business ar- looking sharp for valuables, and nothing more r “ ll >cr pretty squaw Awd the youngest end Lvorilo raugoments of ibis Dead Loiter Office, the system | Wlillsi gazing at'.his singular process I ilinn' D |,i ol ,h “ ,u '' ,cr '* Directly wo weto .eat. is os accurate, and just, end as catefolly conducted ,lo myself whet o boundless source of lov and de ~ ' s l e “‘ "“udv' l platter, wore placed boloro u«, as human wisdom and integrity can dnvise. Oo light il would be to my good cousin. Miss Deborah ira 'IA 1“ L‘,V L t! - "‘“ Uell lo d "'' !d lc " p,M,plo this point I look earo to inform myeeff by actual slbkinS, whoso edriosily is so great she will polio 8 i'i d "P«" Md »"h pl«'es, personal examlnalion,—being allowed to do so by I throngl, hail nnd erffiw/and, onV pineli wluL's iii ' 8 JI o™.* k f", k 'i 10 cll " ldr ”"- ,1,0 officers and ole,lts in charge, who all seemed - even M.k fire; for she wes known onceio e'n.er file so.'HjZ £ " T' “““ "!, lo be end were as s.rielly ebeeked and ononter- j house of a neighbor, ofie, Iho flames had driven I »k" so snrpe., iid itndim. of gre»".Tf“l'lm checked as skill in arrangement to this end could tho firemen out, to see if she could not save (for cmiMnkncy hi thick arrow-root, woro Lied in. and de * ,Bp ‘ . . | her onn gratification) a bundle uf old leimra left , datjbcd over the taco and person with a most moo- ! out my cudostly was especially awaUnnrd lo in a r.I/Brt in the third story. “Who knows,” ,1 «u"«k»ub disrrfird to personal pppc.ir:mrr. Alter' the proceis of opening, and reading, and e,x am: n- said she, “but i lie re may bo c oinoi|i i njr eu rious in Culln C “bout lull un hour, daring winch they ‘swell ing Iho letters, %nd to lilts room I will now eon- some ol iheml” flow she would r»juien in ihe cd v IMll, y*’ ll, e old Beaver’s Tuil gave in, nnd with ' duel my readers. It is a locked room, and only privilege of opening seals In this Dead Lrllrr Of- a t’ ruill u ( rpplciion, full hack in a reclining position. I entered “by authorityand by that authority, I ftu. nnd wouUJ’nt the find on every pane, nnd ; n '’ l ’ ,,c oll, cm, evidently luclmg very uneasy, noon ful-| entered il. Al each side of the table eat (acini! , every line, Boiumliing sufficiently valuable to au- • loWud 1,18 and the miserable remains of the each other, two sedaie-lnoking “ fellow-ciiizens,” tlmrize her (“by law ” ion )to lock closely io n ' lo "“ l wcro removctl 1,0 deposed of by the squaws, with piles of sealed letters between them nnd list especially when she came lo the list of dealUn, r \ I C ‘* 'a™"' Q “ d d l T’ m lurn ’ .. 1 band; and at tlieir feet lay piles of open. rejjjini,d tiMeutM f..* iu Pod nn... r ‘‘“'“C.i ' e * lJ dun» u»b considcrcda manlv qc r j lc. mr o, u ....... w...... h*, ...... e-rlirßt tWvVAttHMit wf... |nnanyoii(lg warn or oatiogfor on, will con the walls of tho room, stood stuffVd bags ol opened | Oh! my dear omisln. when I think of your laud- j sumo n« much ns twoniy pound of fresh moat at ono j letters, awaiting their turn lo bo carried lo tho stake ( able curiosity; how you pursue your inquiries 01, | silling. I knew ono old scoundrel, ‘The Old Racoon,’ j and burned. Mere, in this locked room, sit from and into, your neighbors’ a (lairs unto death; nnd . who «lt 1-JU pot.i toes, and would have eaten as many , morning till nig lit, two or more persons, who alone, if, by accident, yon have not been “in at iho death,” more il tm t- unds hud not stopped him —not from j in nil tins country beside, oro allowed, “by law, how you have gone, even unbidden, to tho funeral, I ~ny regard io luh own good, but from the foar lli.il lo break iho sacred seal of letters addressed lo and crowding into the mourners’ room, you have, | nono w,ll ihl ho ltd (or them. ! others.” I,niter* sealed with wafer*—letter* sealed with wax—hlaHt wax—the emblem of mourning; blue, wax—the emblem of love; red wax, whn-h may 1 mean anything—impressions of “death's head and hour glass”—impressions of “billing doves,” or ‘‘double hearts pierced by an arrow”—mottoes of. “nmnm n U as those wiih"iit hope”—“forget me! not”—‘‘remember me"—" adieu’ 1 —“ (3od bless , you”—impress* d on hlaek wax, reel wax, and hold ing together the f-ddfl of black edged paper, blue edged paper, gilt edged paper, green paper, yellow 1 paper, and .ill kinds und colors of paper—here, | alter n fruitless journey, they are brought together, as it were, to await a judgment day; having been unfilled for where they were seni, they evtme here l.) he opened by other hands than these w hn H was fondly, hut vainly hoped would upon them. Here. 1 aftor examination, brief, but scire, a few, very few, I are found Worthy to be saved, while the many go J —down below—Unis incontestably proving that’ “many arc called, hut few chosen.” And here let us paused moment! and attempt to, measure, if we can, the numerous mftpnees of dis- J appointed hopes, defeated schemes/'atid crushed wishes, which llieso masses of uncalled for letters I suggest. Hero is one containing a inroo-dollar J hanK WII, sent by a poor mother to her poorer, daughter; it Is evidently all that could bo spared by the parent to a lender offspring who was seri I ously ill; It contains also a promise of sending a { like sum “next month.” h contains, also, that which, no doubt, lo a sick bed, was moro precious than money—a parent's blessing! a parent’s prayer! Who can say how much of consolation dial letter would have furnished to that dying daughter! I say “dying,” because deep appre hension is evidenced by tlio writer; and, as (he let ter was never called for , Iho inference is that she, to .whom it won addressed, had passed to that world whore sickness, and sorrow, and poverty, and suffering are unknown. It is carefully restor ed lo its folds, entered and numbered in n book, and laid aside for a new journey—l/ is saved! Here comes one marked “most confidential,” and is addressed lo a newspaper editor. It is sign ed “One who knows.” What amount of scandal it contains; whoso private character is assailed; what schemes—what plots—it dilates on, and do velopcs,—“ono who knows” only knows: it fa not pro-paid, and, of course, has remained uncalled for, and would till doomsday with it—and down it goes on the floor, at tlio foot of old broad brim. And lo the next—but why enlarge 1 they follow in rapid succession; and whilst contempla ting iho econo before mo, I could ndt arrest tlio natural current of iho mind, which irresistibly led to tlio “seeing heroin tlio hopes of immortality,” for tlius, measurably shall wo all come, tiko sealed letters, to tho great and fintll Dead Letter Office, there (0 bo opened and examined, (for there nil seals and oil hearts will bo opened,) and lapse of ua who aro foiind to contain anything iWt/iAfe will bo carefully rooorded in a book, and sent,-perhaps, a now and morb certain rtiiinb routo to roach our desired destination; whilst those of ins '.who ore found to contain nothing valuable, oro Btoffodpro mjscuously in bags with like “unprofitable things,” and, “by law," consigned to tlio flames which burn for over and over.—Amen. ■ But to rdiurn io our subject—(hero sM our two (fusty fpllow-cllizens, faco to face, opening for Uio first timo since they wero closed, tlio seals of 'lcl ters. Ono of those worthies wa,s r rather an aged looking person—how old, ox how young, It I* dUfi ouU to say—for daily office labor is qpt to rooko the young look old, and sometimes, Iho old look young; and, at any rate, many novor grow (00 old to quit oilier; but Ibdre ihoaat, wllhd lightish brown broad brimmed hot on—a quick, sharp ey«, under 0 promoting oyd-brow; the fordfin£sV of his -| right hand had scomod worn to a point; a sharp “008 OOUNTBY—MAY 1 T AI_WAYB BE BIOIIT—BUT BMJIITOB WBONO, OUB COUBTBY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1853 in consequence of your deafness, inquired in a louder tone than yon otherwise would have done, (because yon nro mild and courteous naturally, and would not barm a sparrow,) “Whnl in nature killed her so quick 1 \V at) it fits, or only cramp*! Did yon try them patent perpendicular powder* t Tliey are mighty good in fils, and cramps too.”— | nay, oil!—my dear cousin Deborah, w ouldn’l yon be np 10 your knees in clover, if you could only gel an appointment to ibis quiet Inck-up room in ibe Dead Letter Office ? —ln be sure you would ! ! ! Hut on hinting '(us to rny old friend with llie bmad brimmed brown bat, sharp finger and sharp er eye. ho turned tip the corner of one eyebrow, and looking at me, wiih a shake of his head quaintly remarked, reckon yourcnunin Deborah would anon find her maleh in this work.” 1 am l»td but I omitted to inquirn into its accuracy, therefore do not entirely rely on iny information— that ever sihee the Post Office was established, and under all changes of administration, this par. liculnr business of opening letters lias been c<*nfi 1 d>'d to native horn citizens of North Car-dina and Virginia—who were never known to ask questions or show the slightest curiosity in other peonln’s afl'airs. They attend to their own, look well in Urn Constitution and the resolutions of ’9B and nf late years, to “Stale rights,” and never ask a while man where h/» conies from, what ho is worth, nr where bound; look oul for valuables, if they fall in their way, but will.not go out of their way to look fur them. They believe there is gold in both those Slates, and are eonlent to let It remain where Providence kindly put it. It is as safe there ns any where— hut this is a digression from the Dead falter Offer —and hero I stop. My design was to quint my i own fears regarding some letters which nevernanir i to hand, pud in quiet the fears of others who may | ho simiiurly situated. Loiters, however, whieh ! contained nothing valuable—all such containing' valuables, I cannot vouch for. may bo found, if they ever reach this Dead Letter Office; bill in re gard to all olliers—be they on subjects nf love, po litics, State secrets, or family secrets, or any oilier matter—that sharp finger has opened them—that sharper eye has simply glanced at (limn, and never read a word ; and, liko John Rogers, (with his nine or ton children,and wife, as spectators,) kjiey have gone to the stake, and been burned. A Ciirap Luxunr —An u weary traveller was wen ding hi* way through the mud, out in far west region of liio country, ho discovered ahead a young maiden in the door of a •mall log house, do rode up in front of the house and asked the maiden for u drink of water, ho drank it ; and eho koine the f\rel woman ho line) toon fur several doyt,offered a dime for a kiss. Tho young maiden accepted the offer and received both (holilss and the dime. Tho (rav. cllor was about to resume Iris Journey, but tho mal don never before having teen a dime, asked : *Whal shall f do with (ha dime V 'You may use it in any way you wish,' ho repli ed, 'it is yours.' 'That being, the case,’ she replied, '1 will give you 'bach (ho dime, and take another kiss.' 'Data eif,* said ad Irishman to a traveller, 'would yet bo so oblafgins'as to (ako nfy groat coal hero to Bosiin wid yet f'‘Yes,'said (the man In tho wagon, •but how will you get il again.’ ‘Ocllj that's mighty alsy, >p il is,' soys Tut, Tor sure 1')) femaioio it.' (Cj* Ifyou ovor’got so for gone ovor a drinking table as to attempt to snuff* your companion's nose insload of the condlo, you may taka it for granted t hat ydU arb Very nigh drunk. £,Ho that wears a tight.boot Ss likely to hato a nar row pndorslanding. wfftftlid Wilt tlip iVAr a bruonisliok. The subjoined n a description of tlio bnd il toilet 1 of on I mil.. n pi incesv ; j The princess bid nrilhcr shnr«, stockings. sinft, t nor ur.y Kind id linen. Her lind.l dress consisted of II piinc'ial ul red buio, and a (ringed blanket, I listened nl.iiui ber shoulders with n copper skewer; but of or nI. m 'nts «hc hud u great plenty. Her hair was curi'iiislv pbitu-d und interwoven with bobbins uf human I*..nr , .me eyelid wus patted green mil 1 (he oilier ><)h.w, iho cheeks wore blue tlio lips while, (he tr i ll) red. mid there was a b).x;U line drawn (limn i he middle of I lie forehead, ne far ns the lip of the nn«r ; n couple ol gaudy parrot s feathers I were stuck through litu division of tlio nostril-.; there | w«b a blue stuivc set m tlio cbm ; her om rings con »isi. dul[ wo pieces i’l hickory ot the size and shape > jof drum slicks ; her arms nnd legs wero udorned I w jl|i braeolets nf wainpuiu ; lior breast glittered with I numerous strings of glass beads ; she wore a curl- j ous pouoli or pocket, of woven grass, elegantly paint- J '-d with various colors, about her neck was hung I the (resit scalp of a IMohuwk warrior, wltuin her | deceased lover bad lately hi nn in battle, ami fni. JI v. slie was anointed fn.in bend to loot with bear's greuse, which sent funli a most agreeable odor. Suitilklnti Vuu nro.no doubt, n lover of sunshine. Your c)e)niß brightened while gazing upon ilio dream llml li ■■ lighted up the path before you, mudo lliu ~ n . nll« cu window, bl.zo, ,>ul . golden .Ur on ll.n 1 Mmel Du "— l collcclor of lire Mnryl.nd sun weathercock of Hie church aloe, do. Thai beam linn Cupilol GbzoMo thus implores a "delinquent" lo foi k nli mid into your very hear I, nod inn do you feel g*! n d over the "I in ." In he uhvo. "M eel. oh meet me. 1 implore yon, Hoi there la another kind of sunshine Dial you Meet where umibl 1 may adore you, love. I> there not nome beloved friend whoso Binilc ‘Neath iho shadow of my bower, m a brighter and clearer nunboam lo you than tho Mod me there ul uny hnui I brightest beam that gladdens tho earth on a aum- 1 Med rue (bore, or where you will, ini'r • day 7 Yob ; it is Iho smile of a husband, a Meet, and pay that pi itHiug hill'' wife, a aisler, or, well —no nutter?— ilia tho smile | oi lonm dear being, whose very thought is blended , A comical telegraphic mistake occurred In Duffalo with your own, and without whose am He. in tho rnor | a fc w days since i neat bummer lime, this would be a gloomy world. [ A I idy had presented her husband with a little Hut the shadows ul evening have before now cion, daughter doling his (cm put ary absence West. * 'l* lie cd over (be simHniiG that has gilded your pathway ; fid was announced by u female friend in the follow and if mghl has not yet beclouded (he sunshiny log words: smiles oflliqfo you love, it will du no. There arc: " Mr. - : Increase in family. Sarah and removals in this world of tribulation Hint wring lliu little S. uru doing well." heart. You may have lo go and weep in (ho grave- I liy a blonder on tho wires iho dispatch win made yard, ore long, whore (hoy hove laid Iho object dour (oread: " Sarah and Utter aro doing well." Tin* lo you as your own life. , happy father was horrified, not having bargained There is yet n notlicr k Ind of sunshine ! dol'ghl in fur such a wholesale •* increase in family." The that-, and no night shall close over it forever the fust intimation of (ho mistake was convoyed in Hie sunshine of uSivioi’s love in the heart. Clouds following dispatch received from the father out muy intervene for u tune, but those clouds uhall pais West. sway j (ho valley of the shadow of death may seem! " Mrs : For heaven’s sake how many has lo shut it out forever, but Ihnl will bo only the brea k l she got 7 Answer immediately log of Hie last cloud before the dawning of eternal | Tho gentleman's suspense was relieved without daylight and the bhzo of the evorltislfng sunshine ; delay for it is expressly written dial, "There shall bo nu night there," Well, then, may the clouds and storms of this bo borno with patient and joyful anticipation. Posen rort Natiiiulists. — A correspondent of the Boston Investigator fancies that ho lias knocked the logic of infidelity into a cooked hat by the following query : 'Which was tho first, tho egg tint produced (he first chicken, or the hen (hat laid tho first egg?' (£j* 'Pray, madam,' said a Jonathan, in a law tone of voice, at the close uf a quilling party, 'shall I see you homo 7’ 'No,' anaworod l|io lady, sharply. 'Perhaps, didn't understand mo,* said Jona than aloud. ‘1 understood you (a ask fax my company homo.’ ■Not of u 1 said Jonathan,laughing, '1 asked yob i—how's your msrni.' llotinioi.B!— -tyo Iparu that a few days qgp, some, where down llib river, on old man, upwards of 80 years of ago, had a quarrel with his wife, when ho suddenly seized an axe, and without saying a vy<j»rd, deliberately WaVkAd dal InVo tho y'drd and—chopped lomo wood! V I About nix years ngo, n Dr.’ll , having be come involved in debt, loft bis homo and wife in on Oilier fut Tenor, lor llio purpuxe of i m jii u« 11 liis fortunes in a place where ho would bo free from the demands of clamorous creditors. In the course ol lime he went w ill) the nrtny lo Mexico, and final : , wended [us way io California. After residing there some time, ha mol a young man from the , Pf 11 ro of his former residence, who, however, ho did . not know, nnd inquired of him if ho know his wife, .whom J lO described, without, however, telling him , , 'i ,c ri lotion ho bore lo her. The young man replied t|,ni Mrs. If. was liis sister, and the last lie heard of ,her she was in St. Louis. Aflor accumulating □ i competence. Dr. H. loft for St. Louis, for file j i purpose of seeking hia wife, who had long since giv ( 00 up for dead, in St. Louis ho learned that she had left that place some lime previously, and I was believed to bo in New Albany fie came hither, ■ and upon inquiry, learned that she was earning □ livelihood by sewing. 12u learned that alia also ho— ' lirvcd her brother to bo dead, not having heard from | him for many years Dr. II went lo the house i where ho understood liis wife was living, but found i she hod left there a few days before. 110 inquired about her general conduct und demeanor, and found jthat she had always been Unexceptionable. She (spoke but little of her husband, hut (old every one (>t. mi" nrijwii as uivturciru turn tiu was IllC long lost husband, nnd nOVod to accompany him In I the house where Ins wife was sewing. Upon arrtv | mg Micro she said to hor, 'Mrs. (I . hero i“ n g> ntlemon who saw vour brother in California 1 She appeared astonished, looked ol the visitor, but I apparently did not recognize him He brushed hick 1 i bis hair, nnd said quickly. ‘Eliza, don't von know ( mo V Mrs. () immediately swooned away. I am! fi ll on (hr (I>>or. In the same moment, o broth | er and lm*h.ind. both supposed to bo dead, wero re-j stored in her. Dr II .as wn have said, has | I returned with n competence, und (lie supposed vvul j ow. it is presumed, will no longer sew for a livoli-. lined. j The nlmvo fllalnncnl, wfl'nyn ns<nrcd, is strictly correct Mere is n scene in retd lifts. equal in strange ness to any to which ro-nnnpo ever pave birth. Token at Mi Offer. A fi lend, says tho editor of the Waterford Senti nel, wan taken nt Ills iilTwr a day or two since. lie published the following : Wo shall insert no marriage notion, unless accom pa by the sum ol one dollar. Efcchange. I Wo shall m«orl ol) such notices for a kiss of the [ bride Watnford Sentinel. A few days after,.a plump lookiog colored girl cn* lered bis ndloo, fur (ho purpose of informing |ior (r lends und Iho colored gentry generally, (list siie had (alien to horsclf one Sambo, 'for bettor or fa# I wns.’ 'Die editor replied (hut ho would have to rh irgc her twenty fisc cents. She hesitated a mo merit, nnd then opening a paper, pointed lo the arti cle in question. Thu editor blushed, nnd (ho bride turned pale, but whether they kissed, dupononl sailh nut. " You iind bettor ask fur manners than money," said a finely-dressed gentleman to a beggar boy. who had uskud for aims. “I asked for what 1 thought you had the moat of," was the hoy's reply. " Hollo! I say, what, did you say your medicine would cure 7" SJ •’ Oli 1 It'll euro anything—lioal anything." "Ah! well I'll take a bottle, mnylio it will A tel my hoots ; (hey deed it bad enough." A couplo of hod carriers lately fought a duel in San Francisco. Cause, jealousy} weapons, pick axes; distance a yard and a half. Tho third round, MullonAy got his head caved in, while his antagonist iiad a prong Intfoducedln (ho thorax. Tho seconds look along hand barrows to biing away the remains. "■Why do you sol your cup of coffco upon (ho chair, Mr. Jones 7" “Ills so weak mu'urn," ro. plied Mr. Junes demurely, " I thought 1 would lot it rest." O’ Doys, when you hiss, do) justice (o (ho rosy lifts vou prods. Perform magic salute with a 66b. •olduftnesb of what you’re about, and donVlot (he sublimity of your emotions make you ridiculous. IT $3 00 PEBfilHißlr Tb. Rose— lts Uses. DV GEORGE B. lUYMOHD. A Mistake All Aronndi The *■ Dlzaru 1 (ells the fulloiviaa fir«i •«.««< dole. A person who wore a suit of homo spun clothes stepped into a house in ibis city, on some business, where several gentleman and ladies were assembled in on inner room. One of tho company remarked m a low lone, Hioiigh sufficiently loud enough to bo ; overheard by the Stranger, that a eofinlryman ’was iin waiting,and ogreed lo make eomo fun. Tho , following ulk ensued : “ You're from tho country, I suppose 7” " Yes, I'm from tho country.” “ VVell. Sir, what do you think of (he city f*» I "its got a darned silo o’ houses In It.’’ I " I expect lltcro aro a great many l.dißß wltm you came from 7" " tt’all. yes, a powerCiil sipl.t, jf.l Cor oil the world like them there,” said he. pointing to the ladies. "And you are quite a beau among them, no doubt 7 “ I scort (hem to media’ and about some* times.' V Maybe the gcnllermn will take n glass of tylnc said one of the company. “ Wall, I don't earn if I do.'* “ Rut you must drink •• 6b! you must drink llicir health.’’ “ With all my heart." ‘• Indies and gentlemen, permit mo lo wish you hcalili and happiness with every oilier blessing (his oarih cun afford, end advise you lo boor In mind Uml wo arc i»ftcn deceived by appearances. Vub mistook mo by my dress fur a country booby ; I, Irom the mine cause, thou(>ht those men lo bo gen. 'lemon; Iho deception is mutual. 1 wish you a good evening,” ILI.t’STIUOUS MECHANICS* Adam, the (aiher of ilio human race, was ft gar* doner, fie hud, however, a strange propensity for lasting unwholesome fruil, which produced very injurious effects, both upon himsclfand his offspring. Noah was a shipwright mid a husbandman J ho navigated the whole eartli In his arli, ond gol “toaft over” in hia vineyard. Solomon was on architect, a poet, and a philoso* phiT ; liis eonducl, however, vvns not nlw«ys by line and riiU*. Ho trod the circle of dissipation In hla imngiiiainms, and violated his uwn minima. The npuatlo Paul Was a tent-maker, and labored with hia hand at his vocation, while lie endeavored lo iiifuse into the minds of Ins follow men (ho im portant (ruths of rorolntion. While ho screened ihem with earthly tabernacles from (ho weather, he held above their souls the rogls of divine protection. Mathew was a poor fisherman j ho relinquished his humble culling fur dial of a slid toiled assiduously to draw men from tho firery bil lows of perdit ion. * Quintus Clnclnnatus was n plowman, and Was invoked to the government and dictatorship of Rome. Arsacos wus a private mechanic, and waft called id found the Parthian Empire, lie built up a power ful n 11ion, mid orcolcd lor himself a mausoleum of funo which is indestructible. Tamerlane, the conqueror of Asia, was also • imchanic; he rougA hewed izot, and carved <hlk way In lortuuc mid glory. Masaiiiollu, a Neapolitan fisherman, wa* raised lo (lie command uf fifty thousand men, and gftvo up fish lines for linos of bayonets, and river seines for sernra of on i nago. John of f.oydon, In Germany, w«s a tailor, and mso to tho dignity of a king. Ifo cut out for film* »olf a bad ph-co of work, however, and afterward Odino to u miserable end. Zi i.o, the I'liumiH hialmp of Constantin, who had the largest diocese in that country, was a weaver,— Ho directed his attention to the habits uf both fou) and body. Tutor iho Groat, Emperor of Russia, worked at slii|> building. Ho Ic.iniuil dm Russian Door how i& mu Hugo a boat. Louis XIV . of Frartco, was ono of Iho bqvt xyalcli mu kcrs of his ruign. Ho forgot (ho burden# of power in following ibo light footsteps of lime, snd escaped the flutlcnngs of a parasite on llio pinions of chronometer*. • ( William IV., of England, wns a sailor, and com) from the forccnaito to the throne. Ho managed (Ho ship of Slate with noulicui address, end boat her ft considerable way up the harbor of reform. Wo are among those whoboliovo it is fftrprqfcta- Mo for men to the thoir own thinking than tu throw that labor upon others. Seven roolii 1. The envious man—who sends away his mutton because llio person next to him is eating wnisop. 2. The Jealous man—who sbrends his hod -with Slinging nettles, and then sleeps in It. ' 8, TJio Proud man—who gets woMhrbugff sooner than rido in lire oarriagu of «n inferior. ( 4. ’J’lio.Litigious man—who goes Ip law In t|{ft liopo of ruining his opponent, aiftl gets ruined himself. 5. Tito Extravagant man—who boys l a herling and tubes a cab to carry it homo. • .. *i‘ G. Tho Angry man-—who loams iho bphicjcido bcoatißO ho is annoyed by Iho playing of ,)iip n«ig)|w bbi's piano. 1 * 7. The OatentalJous mnn—Mto ll\iimi/iV(ii imtaldo of his houao most brilliantly, arid s\W idsld'd in llio dark. 7 ho prick ol ( aj)ln often gives, more iUCulq.paio jhaii the gn«h iiifliuted by ii-luncol. wo-* pass through lilii i our minor sorrows uro frcqtftu/ly )isr» , dor lo bear lhtm our groatcil ufillDlion#.' ■' (l3* An lrisii' Journal says j ‘The VqTTdwfog bill I Was planted by a farrier to' a gontlomim In ■ town ‘To curing your pony that diedpitil ' $ *,< NO. 37.
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