| inf ij f -- lt -- ... ~ r ' '■ “iiu-’Jr; ' y .nVJ ( i i.-i :u-:- c r ti i li 1 A ,'E y* 111 JOHN.B. BRATTON. . ■ TOL^O^': iJocttcul. THEWATOIIBR. ’ (Tilo qiffli>> waa.dttrk-anil foorfult . 1 \ The pTasl, swept Wailing by, 1 ‘ ivi|cijbi p»lo and tearful*,. \ ' ‘ : anxious cyo, Haw wUlfblly sho gxxolli, ' ~ , Kb gleam of thorii is there, . tier eyesto hoaveh.sho raise!!) 1 “ of prayer; ' , . How wistfully she gazoth,&o. ; tVlMjin that dwelling lonely, i ..'1 . .falioro weal and darkness.reign, ••* 'Her precious child—her only— Lay moanipg in his pain, - ■ Anti rjeath flonp.can frec hira— ,.-..SUeifcels (bat this must bo, But bhTor morn lo.soo hioi Smite once again on mo. , And dualb alone cun free him—&c. •A'hundred lights A lo yonder mansion fair And merry feet are dancing— Ttoy heed not morning there. O young and- Joyous creatures, One lump Irom out your store. Would ffive thttl poor boy’sToaturue, To Ins mother’s gaso once. mure. O young and joyous creatures, dec. The morning sun is shining, Sho licedcih not its ruy, Beside her. dead reclining, The pjfo doad iuotlior luy, A smile her Ups wore wreathing A smile of hope and. love,. As I ho* sha'ilill were breathing, Tnero’s light Tor ue above/ -*A smite her lips wore wreathing—«.Vc. BLACK EYES AMO DLUE. I lure black eyes, those eyes ofjel, That vpatklo bright and clear. They’re full of roguery, end yet The love in them 1 four. They’re full of hope, they're full of joy, As if no cloud could rise To mar tho love that they enjoy. Those bright and sparkling eyes. I love blue eyes, those meek blue eyes,’ .. That apeak of heaven .above, Although tliey'renot with mischief filled, They batm with truth and love, And sweeter *tis to gale'upon The eyes of azure hue. And know they light o jrtynuv heart ThatVbeating there for you, NtPOLBO*. *» O bury mo deep in (he boundleae sea. Let my heart have a limitless gmve, For my spirit In life whs fierce and fVoe As the course of the tempest wave. And far as the reach or modal control, Wore the depths of my fathomless mind, And the ebbs and flows of my single soul Were tides (o the rest of mankind/ a^lacfUatrcotiß. 2QE66Y ; OR, WOWS DEVOTEDNESS. BV ALICE CARET, The wood burned Jow in tbo great fire-place— the clock struck nine, and from the bough of the trees that creaked against the window, the cock crew—ho had had a long- nap already. I Was inclined lo follow hla example, fur the coming of no visitor was-lo be apprehended at that time of night, and as 1 looked from the window I saw that tho lights were alt gone from the neighboring houses. But though, as I said, I was Inclined to seek my pillow, it was not so much that 1 was sleepy, as restlesa and wearied with the monotony of the hours, for tinless there be great resources within ene's self, greater than ever I had, country life in the winter is very trying. When we have noth* ing to do but to think, we are likely to grow tired of thinking, when we ail all alone end seo the fire die, and hear the clock tick and lick, and strike and strike, and see the moo N n come up and travel among the stars and go down, and hoar the windp moan and moan, the sound which at first was a sweol melancholy becomes dreary and weary, and wo long for something, anything, to break the everlasting and mournful quietude. We feel the necessity of doing something, of loving something more than our pul of geraniums and our knitting wotk. From these causes friendships are mpre real in tho country, and loves have their making there that would be sadly interrupted by (he rat tling of coach wheels or tho operatic music across the way. So among the country people we hod, perhaps v as many unequal and unhappy marriages os wo do in great citius were calculation and am bilioo warp wofully (ho truer indlifffltions some* times. Well, 1 was saying, it was nine o’clock, and I looked from tho window— not lor (ho drowsy ''steeds that draw the litter of close-curtained sleep, but in surt of loave-taking of tho outer world* as it wore. Thus standing, a peal of merry laughter from the adjoining room came pleasantly across my revory. Then for the first lime I became a* ware of strange voiooa—-lhero was evidently a sort of merry-making in (ho kitchen. Thu mirth which had been .previously eurpressod, came out more fully, perhaps, when the clock, that struck so luud ail the house could hear, (old them it was ntno. Meggyaml Jacob know my ajmplo habits right wol| ( and doubtless counted upon my being out o( hearing. Thpy might have known belter, or have taken t|io precaution W. a«aure> themaclvcffy for I scarcely over know it fail of discovery if. we undertake to have any little fun aaidp. I remem ber of slyly opening a-preserve jar when I was a child-—a moment previously my moiherwea'in the garrel* and: ihe’pleaaant jar was the furthest rorrfovo* ptyssiblo from her—no matter, 1' had no •oonor tnkon (tie 1 lid in* my hAndt then the well known voice startled me, and the flr«- that burned into mj check, made morjoite oblivious to the •weot taster-In mymoa'ilu Title le'only one of ntaay instances' fllusiralive of tho way things have alwayegeno with* mn. For l «• moment 1 listemed, and than, pahlyfbr curiosity* end> 'partly for a< ddalro w ahare the gaelty, opened (her dnor,.wMeli-wa» all that divi ded nia from the- kitchen, and stood in tho midst of a grout, of four nc.iioaa,':- Jossplv Ihlnoluim and hla sjslor Martha had coma in to puss tho avdalttg Meggy shd 1 Jacob; who woti. eotar tnlahij Hiltlr guests wiili fopperf ooto ond oldot.' I' it odd ■ nor Say that Jacob 1 wtta< tile wso • wild tended'the tioWSatid made - foe fiVea, and dld the ■ Po«lOflleocrrtndd,tirtdthttt Meggy Waiihtftoald dfall work—tf Bprlglllly detossl, wiih huttvj'Mftok hilr 1 Tying lew eeroßS 1 her fomheatt, end-bine l , Uegllirig cyceuvav hfed novdr'lebked very'dWp into the hoarl't/f iHiftfed. : TlrcrrO WCTfI lo lieroheek# el ware, buUhe nlghtiftpeeitiof, they '•wm gjewlbg'ari eilko, end she 1 eettddd' ftdtrt ebdihapbwr ?Htd Ht<e! hat) Hebe the Week 1 beferp when I brought her hdqyo tbo prtee dretaj. Martha Bingham, a simple-hearted and, j childish little person, sat on a stool im.thecorner playing’ with the oat. I could not imagine.httw ebo had saoh a wonderful effect onllie spirits Of Meggy* 1 was not long in the dark. Joseph Bingham, who sat demurely assisting Jacob In the mending of s bridle, was a fair-faced youth, with.abundance of black curls, with which' he seemed'to.have been at much,pains,- and having bold.eyes that turned, to me in a way that safd.piainly enough I was an intruder;. I could not bet see,this beneath the smils and the bow tha.trecognised my preaencev He vindicated his right to be there by informing mo that he* had been an apprentice'to a-harness* maker, and that he was imparting to Jake the art of mending* Meggy wastenre it was very kind of him; and when the bridle was finished, she brought a. leather strap broken In two or three pieces, saying if .bo would do her. ihe^favor to mend it,she".would do any.service id bet power in return, for that it was an article she needed twenty times a day* 1 never saw (hat she used it before or after, and am convinced it was a stra tagem to detain Joe a little longer. The Binghams had but lately come to the neighborhood. 'I knew nothing of them except that they hacljived in a neighboring (own, where they had maintained themselves by of groceries; (battle father and son were engaged in no business now, but spent most of their lime in idling about the village-tavern, and that the mother tended the garden and milked the cow; and did. whatever else was done at home. 1 saw how U would S° from the first, and was not sur prised.when Meggy professed the greatest liking for Martha Bingham, and insisted on carrying her apples and cakes and a bottle of cjder now and then. That Jo had a good share of these ex cellencies 1 did noldoubl, He' was often at our house after the mending of the bridle, and some times sang songs and sometimes brought in the water and the wood for Meggy, and did other chores for her that.,gave her frequent occasions to boast of his goodness. ** Ay, Meggy,’* J said to her, “I see how it is; you have lust your heart, bat, if possible, you hod belter get it back, for though the young man may be good enough in his ireaiment-of you just now, ho would be different if you were his wife. Only yesterday, or'to-day, or whenever it might have been, I saw his mothei chopping wood, aod Kb sluing Idly by the fire, or worse, perhaps, at the tavern.” 1 All this did no good. Meggy would find one excise or another, and when driven from ail her Bublorfugea,.eha would say that we might find fault with an angel if we chosp,.and that for her part she thought it belter- to see the-good that was in people than the bad., Sp I would bp silenced, but not convinced. .A good, Wone'st'and faithful girl wasr Meggy; Tliked her so well that I could not see her marry unworthily, without sincere soirow, and when ! found .dissuasion 'fruitless, 1 resolved, to make an e/Lrl toward reformation in the young man. On Bis way to the tavern of evenings’, Jo would slop at our house and have a chat with Meggy* Upon such occasions*! used Ip ask him to remain all the evening, oflering'alflhe harmless induce* monts 1 could,but (hough I.sometimes succeeded, he resisted fur the most part till influences, and so artlessly wotjld plead the necessity of hia con duct, L would tfe‘. disarmed, And,jnfacf, there was some sincerity anil somb Irulh mlnghsd with what he said, so that It waslmpossible not to have some liking foe him. “Where are-you going, Jpl” I would say, when J. saw him draw* ing on his gloves, for ho wore gloves and dressed in a kind of shabby gentility, “i havp to go to town/' ho would answer, ** mother wants me to get this or that little article for hor.” Then.he would wish that it was nol'so, (hat he could'slay, and protest that he hated the blamed little place, and that he would not go 1 into the tavern, if every fellow in town Coaxed Lrm to. An so, timo after time, he left Meggy, ant) lime, aftor time he went to the tavefn and walked crookedly homeward at night. Meggy mourned that his short-sighted mother could send him of errands where she know temptation would fall in his way, and thought if they were only mar ried she could,jnan'ago differently. And when the March canto they were married. Meggy’s face was shining with joy when she left’ me, and so confident was she of making Josy alt that she wished, that I almost shared her credu lity. And alas, it was not litres months till I saw her chopping wood at the dbor; and when I. asked her where Jo was,.she wiped her eyes and' said site didn’t know. But I knew eho did know very well, and that (hat was tho softest answer l she could give. When the bafty was a month old, J went to eoe her, and found the cradle empty. “And.where, la Hide Josy I’M asked. She had carried him to his grandmother’s, for that her poor husband was a good deal ailing, and could not endure his fret llnrr. 1 At (he sheep sheering time wo sent-her a floeee of wool to spin stockings for herself, but the fol- < lowing winter Jo hadf a new coat, and her feet had only his old shoes, to cover (hem. They moved away from our village at length, and for years I lost sight of thorn altogether, bat never ceased lo hopelhal the love of poor Meggy would prevail al laet. Two years ago I was passing through Penn sylvania on (ho canal packet. The cabin was so crowded and uncomfortable, that 1 the deck a good deal, and apoused myself by Watoht Ing tho hands at work or at play. As wd halted atone of tho dirty and poor villages that spring up along highways, I noticed a woman washing at the door of a cabin, almost on the bank of. the canal, in the window of tho house there word some bottles and sugars, waile a red-faced roaii was lying hard by, on a plank In the sun. As (ho woman turned her face to look at, the boat, 1 thought I had seen U before ; hut U was not ill) she stretched out her,arms and ran lotvords m«i did 1 know it .was Meggy. “And bow does; JoP? I said. “Tho best.roan in (ho world*” she anr awered,.** bating that ha gets drunk.oflenerthan he used lo^atfd- beats me and ttdgleclß (he chll* dron.** • • ' Suoh is woman’s love* Bdltdri sa'ls Editors* Ejmobddy (tilling ,otsr his editorial ihua servos up SamTilie, j-atlior lokes ua downs r "Mr. Pika tnd. 1 published a p«perinJ J Bn»*Mnofg Iho Miami Indian*, in tUe Buie of Indiana.' ; U wits a great partnership lljal.'/ Wo had twq advance pay. ing BubseribbrsVoneiWUq liquidated his inscription with beads, didtho olhcr willi eawlog*. GpdfVoy, chief, look fivotpkporß, and could not,road: p >*ord,tt Our paper wee celled UwPcro For/citcr,! and being printed In Uifl woiHtfl. tlie/lillowoß appropriate. Tbp town of Pomi.liadm nurobrr of maifliflcsol names for Ha streets,.tfuch asPdarl, Broadway, &0,, vrUifb streets oahibhedilhe animating and l bustling appear ance of elompS ttfid trees, aa a triAn'aihesd, 'Tbp ellrring bveoia’wbloh’WMlspiied in that cby,impart-, oualy aemaokledHiL couple of chronlplerrsjend'ftlip wroto> poetryi andilidipped considerably into Btafti polities,andidiadukaadta'irf very learned ntaQner ovary qooalion of iriUcreaL., Betide* being M» editor eld printer, be kepi th* Broadway holer,.wav peel mis - ter juallcoofthdtpsade.'Jind agent, pettifogger; *»®C“ chant,ovsmeSr pt.ihoipWr, paloteri tnd bad bpapcP •boolo[iatcH«ad.u4syi;litK>ier, waet«ie* a^WdoW or, was raiaed a quaker, and lha Uatlie**l*AW he wto £ar*U4>h|s third ffjfo*, Otlß OONTRT- CARLISLE, LA., THU Mle la Mlsslssippi-DetUng up a Bailroad Sab-. ... scrtpilon. ■ , Having aeon nobody for thirty miles, night over look mo at (ho centre of Jones county. The road ! 1 was-only visible by (ho three 'scores* on the tree®, * the grass growing on It ronk end tall, like that in [' tho adjacent woods. I was striking for Unr court - ! house. I passed o i small opening in -which stood )l three rlcknty cabins, but they wore untenanledi— 1 Tho road branched off into a dozen (rails* 1 ptololy puzzlcdi-1 throw down the reins and left the * matter lo the Instinct of the horse. Ho ilruek Into t one of tho paths, and Ja fifteen minutes balled at a - t largo.farm house. . ■ ‘Holloo !’ cried I. . J •It’s hullo,o yourself,* cried tho man ia Iho gal lery. , - „. , v ] ’How far to (bo court house.?’ * ' ’ ’Whore aro ybu from V said the man. '•From Winchester.* ' , ♦ ‘Then,* said he,’the court house'is‘behind, and you have come right by it there,* pointing lo tho deserted Cabins.} T *" i • •Why, I saw nobody there-* ‘I reckon you did'nl,'sQidho. ’Thcro’sa doggery and a thvern twice a year, two days at a lime, but they come with tho court and go with the court.’ ’And tho clerk and the sheriff, * said I, ’whore do they live 7’ ‘Oh, tho sheriff is clerk, and tho clerk Is squire,* assessor dnd (ax collector in the bargain, and ho lives away down on tho Loaf.* ■But tho lots, my friend— who owns all those lots 7’ 'The same Individual that owns, tho best part of Jones county—tho only landlord who never sues for *renl— Uncle Sanf.* 'Well, sir, I .am tired and hungry—can I stop with you lo night 7* ‘Light, stranger, light. Michael Anderson never shuts his door on man or boast.* Having carefully housed and fed my horse, t sjt down to a substantial supper of Triad chicken and stowed venison, corn cake, milk, butter and honey, served with a welcome and abundance peculiar tb the pine woods. My host was a shrewd man, well to do in tho world, prefoi ring Jones county lo any pfaco this side of Paradise, having lived (hero twenty years wilhoat administering a dose of medicine, and nev er having been crossed but once during all (hat time. I was curious to know what had disturbed the so. renhy of such a hfo os his. ‘Why, elr,* said ho* *1 don't make a practice of talking about it, but being as you are a stranger, and I’vo taken-a liken to you, 1*1) narrate the cir cumstance, May bo you've beard-how iho Logit, laluro chartered the Brandon bank to build a rail way through the pine woods away down on (ho sea shore. In theao parts wo go against banks,'but roads sort of shook our prejudices. Before the bank could bo set a going (ho law required so much of the coin to bo planked up. The managers oil lived about Brandon, but the metal was mighty scarce, and the folks about there did'nl have it. or thov would’nl trust ’em. * They strung what hlile they had around (ho ba bice necks, to cut their teeth with. Well u eo i wind that 1 had som.o of the genuine, and the mm agors kept sending to roe, for it. offering to P „i mo onboard, boll always, answered that the money was safoi 1 In tho old woman's Blocking than in the bank. I heard nothing moro about it for throo months, when one night a big likely looking man rode up. and asked me for a chunk of flro. 'Squire Amtfraon/.said. bo.’mymcnharawnVpcdr a quarter of-* mile from hero, down on tho crock. Ws 'are survoying ihs railroad to the Mississippi cily, but liovo coma to- k dead boolt, because our lino run chock up ogamai; your clearing, and wo shall have to nuUo a big bond to got /band (bo court house.' ‘Tho big moo Mid this with to serious «n air. end scorned so mystified at having to cro*>h his lino aroupd my field, that hi* words went right through mo. I Invited him in. Wo talked it over, and emptied a bottle of liquor on tho strength of it.— Next morning wo wont to (he camp. Ho took his compass and run tho line right spank up again my smoko house, which I had just finished after six month’s labor. ■Well, said ho, ‘this Is unlucky. The road will corns right straight through your new smoko house, what’s to bo dano T* 'You shall see,’ so C|]ling my boys I ordered thorn to tear it down. 'Stranger there lay tho logs, the prettiest Umber within fifty miles, all bowed by my owTi hand. 1 never had the heart to put them up again. Well Ul6 big man novor changed counte nance. Ho ran on with his lino, and tho noxl day ho camo back on his return to Brandon. 1 was mighlly lifted up with the notion of (ho railrqad and a slopping place right before my door, lens tered six hundred and forty acres of land. My neighbors said we'd gel the slato house here. The big man smiled and nodded; hopolntod out whore the governor would like to have a summer seat— and when ho went ho carried away threo thousand dollara for mb, all in lwo-bil pieces and picayunes. ‘Well, squire,* said I, 'I suppose you got tho val. uoofU?' 'Stranger,' solemnly replied the'squire,‘l never •aw the big man afterwards; 1 hoard no more of the road. Here’s my smokehouse togs. My old woman has got the empty stockings. Here’s wljal they eont mo, a certificate of tho Brandon bank slock, for lha nymoy, and if you’ve got a ten dollar raipl drop In your purse, I'in ready for a swap J* Napier and the Indian Swordsman. Wo give an anecdolo illoetralivo of iho unparalh | «d dexterity of llio Indiana will) iho sword,as well as Napier's simplicity of character. After (he Indian ] , battles, on one occasion* % famous juggler visited i (ho carap and performed his foals before tlio General tiia family and his sla(T! Among oilier performances the man cut In two with a stroke of l|ia sword a lime or lemon, placed in Iho hand of the assistant. Napier thought there was some collation between iho juggler retainer. To divide by a sweep of the sword ot) a man's hand ap.small an object without touching (he flesh, he believed.to bo {ropes, sible, (.hough a similar incident is related by ScoU , in his romance of the Toilsman. To determine Iho point, the General offered hit own band; for Iho ex periment,and ho stretched out his right anfe. The juggler looked -very attentively alMio hand, and asid ho would not make (ho experiment. *1 iliought 1, would find you oat/ exclaimed Nanlor. 'But atop,* added llio other,'lyt roe tea your loft hand. 1 ’.Thu left \yas fubmittpd, and lhe ( nun then aald firmly— «lf you willlioldyobr arm steady I will perform lha ffrst.* 'But why the. left hand and not (ho right 7* Because the rightjiond la hollow in the centre, pind there is a risk of cutting ,p( the thumb * the left ii high.and (ho danger will bo Joss.* Napier was startled. *r got frightened,’ herald. *1 saw it was an actual fofl gf delicate., swordsmanship, and if I had not abused (ho man as 1 did before my slafT, and challenged him to (ho trial, 1 honestly acknowledge I would have retired frqni the encounter, .liowsvor I pul iho lemon on my hand and hold ; out my arm steadily. The juggler balanced himself* and with a swift, slroko, out tho lotnon .In two pieces. .1 fell the edge of the sword pn my hand as |f a cold thread hod.bflon d7awn ; ecrqß# Itj.and so much he added, for the bravo swordsmen of fnd»". whom, opr /me /elhjwe defeated at Mosuoe.* T4|s anecdolo. Is anecdote is certainly a proof of the aincorhy of qn honest mind, ready; to aokoewledgo error, nod of bmeneia and oa|mnrasin expiating, that error, . ! ■fr'y It ii'dangoroua (o bneak (be troth somatlmea. Toil' a) woihao aha la homely, though fell* ba at fright* TUI aa:«id eleven headed .orgr*,land the 1 ohancaa orb tint you will have air Introduction (o' Iho broomalidk and the.hospjta) for broken hpada, Tell bar ahq la aricTybtt did • in Kutoy fcnitoiaUtf #beqiWtliiMbe*WwWtov|(4Ud* tp tea eboul «evpa (law a week* . t" •BUT BIQIITOR WRONG, otfE COUNTBY.’ * -WAV T A] Arch 2, ism. ISLAY. THE KNOUT. Of allVßnfcbinbntß' ttib knout is (ho most severe id sanguinity* but it Is seldom inflicted, except ir crimes, of tho deepest dyo. Although It may Speer to (ho oasual obsomr iitllo r worse than our aishmeol pf whipping petty offenders, yet its fje&ddi'o grdatty increased, and death frequently ittUOB ih ctmtequonca o'f the pains taken by tho ju. |n;Russia.:to perfect tho cxeca* oftorttih* their, horrid occupation. irf a very heavy thong, as thick as a weighing from two to throe pounds, id lash-ia of loathor'about tho breadth of abroad pQ^.and,narrflLWrng- < al tho ond; and the handle is joul three foot long* The place usually chosen at ;* Petersburg for tho public ipfliotion of the knout, ah ppda muddy plain, near tho river Neva, and is always attended with a military guard Cossacks and other troops. As soon as tho cul. . (I arrives ot tho platform, a paper is road aloud, t hfch contains* a description of his crime, and tho B menco of court before which ho has been tried. In ordinary cases,'the Criminals, ouch in their t ro, are fastened to on inclined post, having a string a Ilia lop, to. which tho head is so tightly fixed, by ntakns of a rope, da to prevent tho patient from cry. igg out. : Thd hands arc (hen closely tied on either jjo. a'nd al lhd bottom the foot aro secured by Jtjansoflworings;, tho back is then bared to tho Mat, and,the'executioner commences his duly. sFho abba Chappo.d’Auletoch relates on execution a female in the reign of Elizabeth. Ho slates it Madamo Lapookio, who was ano of tho most luliful women belonging to tho court of (hat cm. Ist, had boon indiscreet enough to mention somo Hib.endless amours of her imperial mistress, and s r <iherofdfe condemned to undergo the knout. J*hd boaulifol culprit mounted the scaffold in an cl gaitt undress, v She was surrounded by tho c: ccutldn, on whom she gazed with astonishment,! of 1 sodmed to doubt that she was the object of such p* ipUralions. O f nd of the executioners pulled off a cl 5k which covered her bbsom, at which her mod es r look alarpi* she turned upon him a look of iciln, and bade tho executioner proceed. In a few p) >atoDls<lho dfoad instrument had done its work- Where lie Loit it, .Doha Short wtisj; little the must eccentric of all tliYeOCcnlricilles that over circumambulated the afpndamo.sphere. His stature, had ho stood creel in/jiis shoes, would have measured about fife feet signal a.whil more, but Nature, at his birth, was in'ope of its freaks, and sent him into the world, lifoltichard the Third, 'scarce half made up A hqn\p of enormous proportions was on his back, aml|wbon ho walked, his eyes were cast upon tho gajund, and his form bent forward many degrees frim tho perpendicular. Professionally a lawyer, but by occupation a gambler, John's reputation as a of the first water was beyond dispute; biiiiWoficlettt as he • was, •Fortune did not always fayof him, as'llio sequel will show ‘ days since,during the Fail Races, good old Dfaaon Smith, whom everybody knows, or ought lo.krfow, so well that it Is useless to describe him. Riding slowly along by the race course, on his old city bank .horse, when ho happened to discover Jehu with his eyes upon Iho ground, and walking along « Acr iho manner described. The countenance of our/deformed friend wore an unusually troubled aspect, and the finer feelings of the Deacon wore iroiWeilialeW aroused at seeing a fellow in distress. ]‘iYou seem to have lost something,* said the Dea jcdiTj assist vou in searching-for Jl-3’ • two Jtttl Itwt.lwo ~*bj&warul Uolfiirs.* . • - * - . '‘Good gracious i’ exclaimed (he Deacon,'that Ss p Urgo sum to Jose. Show mo where you lost It onJwo wilt toardh for It rngolher.’ ,‘Cooie on, (hen, «nd l will show you.* ' Deacon dismounted as expeditiously as hit poty Would silo*, «iK>|-mlioi Hii -(yjolrol —passed' iMfeugh (l»d gales of the course, and threatening his tray through the JbfAn^—nf and pedestrians, reached the stand, and faro-bank, and pointing towards it wilji his long bony finger, John exclaimed, yritoro's where 1 lost my money ; 1 lost every cent of it on that d —d Honesty in Dullness* Two brethren wore riding out ono do; in a wag on. The conversation turned on (ho manner of doing business. ‘Brother,* said one,'if wo would succeed In store keeping, *vo cannot bo strictly upright in every little thing. It is impossible. Wo could not live.’ •It is contrary, to religion nut lo.be upright,* re- I plied (ho other, ‘llonoely is as much a part of ro-. I llglon os prayer or reading the Diblo. end yet if ho bo not strictly on honest man, he cannot be a reli gious one.* I (‘J don’t know about thst. Wo must live—that is myi doctrine.* ‘But you pretend to bo a religious man,,don'tyou 7 You are a professor, ss well as I am.* . .'But we must live. I shall break down in my store jfl do not ihoyo a little.* 'And you will bo more likely to break down if you do. I toil you. my brother, honesty is not eply a purl of religion, but it is the best policy, 100 j end I will.vsnturo to say.tho man who U honest will succeed bettor In his store than he who is not. The rtan who is unjust, either, in great or little things, U s dishonest man; and.an irreligious min; epd tgoduy of judgment will convince him of it fear* rally.* vTho above conversation, in lobitanoe, took ptsoe {n one of the counties of the State of-Ncw York. 1 ,‘lio aloro'koepor <iid business in a village near which they wore riding. Sines dial time ho liaa Cdlsd in his business* and lina been obliged lo leave the village. .-i I wish every merchant*every shop-keeper would ItyLhls troth to hoari-r‘A. mnn whn it not strictly an.liooo»l man, cannot be a religious man.* Sir Isaac Newton* ' Ofthe courUliip of )his Illustrious philosopher, 1 have somewhere roud an anecdote, although it is nol tp ‘ k bo found in •owcriil lVvca of Uhn which I have searched. It !■ well known lib Was often sbsent mldded/thal ftjr example hb would sometimes rieo aiid alt for acvbral, hours by his bedside undressed and absorbed jn Ulotiglil,' that ho Would often-forget until reminded by Ills domestic* that to Jivo U was necessary to onl p ' .>Onco anej opco only he laved'a youn£ woman.— On? cvonlnjg they, wore tea tod by (ho fireside together pt, 00 r*t'silently sutqUdgi She was 100 proud of l.lfl luvo to',be oflMi}i| by' his conduct. At length ho tqok’ his plp'o from his InaUtll, add seized her hand.— SKO expected that*he was about (o kiss It. Instead of doing, so, however, he stirred the tobacco in (hq Ljmd of hia pipe vyllh her fore.finger—a! rsthef odd substitute for a pin! 6ho was angry with hint and their courlahip epdpdi . ■>PaiiTiNOTON’ai 'So our neighbor Mrj Guzzle,haabcen arranged ol the bar for drunhardice,* •did Mr*. oho alghod aa slio (bought of his wife dnd children at homo, with cold wealhott oloio at hand* dnd iho searching wioda intruding through Hi* chink* to (ho windows and waving. Iho Tattered curtain like a banner, whllo (ho little ortua Stood ahlkoring .'byi thb faint omhera. *God forgivo him and 1 them 1* ahoi'wicli a lone of voice tremu lous with emotion. *Bul ha. woi .balled out.’aald Ik* trim hud devoured tho realduaof the paragraph and laid th<t papoi ini •a! pan<of llquldi eiaalgtdnltikl Iho dome was preparing l for Thanliaglvihgy and' ati •winging Iho ovon door to and fro lb. far).the fire Uiel Uiftc(T>r 11hlrp ‘l?*!Mrf.' r o *! 1 * *aa>r laid phe/wpll,! flwW ftlqM* WWW beep oboajvr to JiaveiPumppjl.hlnT Collar ww tilled, flrtpr the oily, fal h?r* \)aJ rad the* atrsJh W® Hd lo havo ft numpad oul, though ihero wpVn'thalf lo much <n |Ua b* dovW'SJfp pw*?4 *nj? (pMifd.Pl? w •balvaryihe qlpaot fpr ha/mo t pM«., sswaisffw TUB SOCIETY OF LADIES, Tho following pertinent remarks occur .at (he close of an article on the dangers of “College j Life,” from the pen of a Nety York clergyman, .which appeared in tho New York TVmcs* The society of Indies has done much for ms all j my life long; and it was the. salutary softening j influence of such association that, with God's blessing, restrained me from many an excess into [ which I might otherwise have been led while ro< my education, It is a bad sign when a young man has no relish for such Whatover a man's station in life, whether higher or .lower, public or private, he will become a bet* ter man, and escape many.a disaster, if he will listen in due season to the voice of (he Intelligent and the refined among the other sex. Not only do they generally excel us in their nice perception of (he proprieties of life, and in (heir tender sense of doty to both God and man, but they are equally before us in their instinctive facility of forseeing evil before it is upon us, and of wisely discerning the character and motives of men. U vvaanol all a dream which made the wife of Julius Casar so anxious that he should not go to the Senate Chamber on tjie fatal ities of March ; and, had he* complied with her entreaties, he might have escaped tho dagger of Brutus. Die aster followed disaster in the career oi Napoleon, from the lime that he ceased to feel tho balance wheel of Josephine’s influence bn his impetuous spirit. Our own Washington, when important questions were submitted to him, often has said that ho should like to carry the subject to his bed chamber before ho had formed bis decision; and (hose who knew the clear judgment and elevated I purposes of Mrs. Washington, thought all the .better of him for wishing to make her a confiden tial counsellor. Indeed, the great majority of 'men who have acquired for themselves a good j and great name, are not only married men, bui happily married—‘ both paired and matched.’* Industry la Taleqt< We often hear persons explaining how one man while another fails in the same pursuit, by attributing to one a talent for his business, but refusing it to the other. Yet, without denying that some individuals have a greater aptitude for particular avocations than others have, wo think (hat the problem in question could be easier eolv* ed by saying that the successful man was Indus* trious while the other was not. Bulwer, for example, is considered a man of the highest abilities os a novelist. Yet when Dulwer began his career, he composed with the utmost difficulty, often writing his fictions twice over.— Ho peisovered, however, nnd nowslands almost , at the head of his class, his latest productions, i moreover, being regarded as the best from his pen. i Every school-boy is familiar with tho fact that I Demosthenes became an orator only by pursuing 1 a similar plan. Nor are our Illustrations confined I to the higher intellectual pursuits. When Girard trusted the customer without an endorser, who carried his goods homo on his shoulders, tho shrewd old Vronchmaiuwas acting on the truth deduced from his own experience of mankind.— All eminent persons, whether mechanics, law yers or statesmen, wero industrious, from Watt 4nd NorrU,dpwn to Thtirlovtr and William Pitt. Washington,'* Fiankllhv'Marali'afU’Madlson/anif , every othor distinguished American, were busy mon. Industry, in short, is talent nine times out of ton.— Phila, Ledger, ' ... Tlie Old Ladf & (he Cohbler over (htf Way* —eonra-years agbllmTiuiFand'dr inr bT3~7ady re siding in a country village, happened to die rather suddenly, without making a will, fur (ho want of wnlcK " B ry [rminiun-iiiri.i.i* nioiild.bavn passed away from ftii widow, had she not restorßa - TcTTfto following expedient to avert the loss of her properly. She concealed the death of her husband, and pre vailed upon an old cobbler, her neighbor, who was la person somewhat liko tlio deceased, lo go to bed at her house and personate him. in which character it was agreed that ho should dictate a will, leaving iho widow the estate in question. An attorney was 'accordingly sent for to prepare the required docu ment, and the widow, on his arrival, appeared to bo realizing iho greatest afftotion at her good man's danger, but forthwith proceeded lo aak questions of her pretended husband, calculated lo elicit the answers she expected ond desired. The old Cobbler groaning aloud, and looking ns much like a person going to give up Iho ghost as possible, feebly answer ed, ‘I intend lo leave you half my estate, and 1 do think the poor old shoemaker who lives over the way is deserving the other half, for ho has always boon a good neighbor.' The widow woe thunder struck ul receiving a reply so different to that she expected, but dared nol negative the cobbler’s will, for fear of losing the whole of the property, while the cunning old rogue in bod, who was himself the poor shoemaker, luughcrf in fils sleeves, and divided with-hor (ho fruila of a project which the widow had Intended for her own sole benefit. How Much DJ<l he Leave* This question is asked concerning the property of every ricji man that'diet, and it was answered very happily by Cloots, who was executor upon the estate ] of the lute Mr. Snodgrass, of this ilk. His neighbor, Mr. Nailrod, was an exceeding inquisitive nun, end il wqB his prido that ho know as much almost of tho affairs of the people jalhoy did themselves. Bui Mr. Snodgrass lud never been communicative, ond all th&l he could glean of his circumstances was from the guesses and speculations of outsider*. The day after his neighbor had boon pul into the earth, Nail rod visited Cloots, and with an expecting fuce begun lo question him. Says ho,'Mr. Cloots, if it is nol improper'—l would’nl wish to ask the question if it is the least improper, nor expect you to answer it— i will you tell me haw much my friend Snodgrass loft?' . 'Certainly,' said Clouts,’don't too iho loaslimproprte i (y in your asking, and am perfectly willing to answer U. Ho left every—coni he .was worth in this world, and didn't toko a copper with him.' Aimr Lizzie's Courtbiii?.—‘Why, you see when my man coirio a courtin'mo, i hudn’l the least 1 thought wh«l ho was after. Jobio camo to pur house opo eight ul dark, end rappodnl the door, and I said ‘Como in.* po opened ihodobr.nntllhory wot Joblo. I uld. *OOOlO in'and take a eh cor.* ‘‘No.’ said ho, •Litiio. I'ro come of dn arrant, and 1 alius do inv ariants fust.’ ‘Out you'd bolter cumo inynd take n olieer, Mr. W.' ‘No,'l can't, till l’»o done my arrant, the fuel is, Lizzie, I’vo coma on tl/is ore courtin' business.'My jvlfo*s been'dead three weeks, arid ovcrylhlnn’sgdln* to rack and-ruin right along— Now Lizzie, If you’re a mind la hate nto, and take cqro of my homo, and my children, and my. lhlpao, toll mo, and'l'll come in and take a ohpor, if poll'll got some one else tu,* •Why, l ! waß‘skocrtd. I B#lrf,‘!ryoocome online dourtinl bioneas.oome in. 1 mual lliirik on it iJlestlo.!. •No, 1 can't till I know. That> my arrant. CauU act down till my arrant’s done.' •1 should like to think on'l a day or lu,* ‘Now you needn't, Llzkie.' ‘Well, Joblo, if 1 must I nui*t-*so< Ucie's tu ye, Mr. W; come In, thonlitr wont'aftorlh’oSd'ui/ro, (justice of the peace,);and hd married us right off, and I.went hum.i'lorip with J.ohle, that, very nlgjit.’. ‘Tpllyojvhatit. Is, these long, pqurt|nq don’t amount) tu anythipg, Just na yrolr(|o U uplri a hurry.* , orj*.Nsscp try to rsCurmifolks ou:*n pnjpty, tolls, Tl» «? 0 W. l «P?S.Pfl>?'imvwd .llibp fiper must bd, tonohpD Qvpr bop/ and the ao-rooHlis. ‘ Wp should dll soon tliitik of* doboplng' botS'tft's'AiUiilldl Ooearf'vrllfca.' beaWped,ial'laTnlng'vl«rißti> virtue S/ 1f W b ;'! P«rorm«* will pakf a- it mo pkB urn w . > How a Man Feels when ho is Fiona to Dtttfc A correspondent of the Now Torlr jbarait 4$ Commorco, relates his oiporienoe in freesiof lOi doalh. Ho hoff him aorariri. (ho. Hudson rlvor, one Dccotnb'br mtdolg&t;(£J&hn/ City, where ho wished to take a stage Ibr Tftnltfßl - Tholcowas running rapidly, and the. boat vul carried 00l into tho bay. About fpuT.o’cloqk inib% ; morning, a oako of ice crushed the boat, aa<}gi(Qliris tho two men.out on Id‘the ice;, shortly (60 Ipi pait?' cd, and tho two men were separated, tbtf boatdrt# drifting one way and (be Journal's oorrespofldnli another. H„o shortly began to frpexe, and that t*» laics his experience in freezing* Let mo toll you. .that .freezing' (a daith/fri ntf painful affair after all., It has none of thp daliefcsri sleepy quiet about,U peisbna imaginbV U is a dolorous death, passing away loto p dreairiy J Mstlcssncss and then into a dcopi profound ilambriSV l It is worse than nightmare, a thousand.fold. ! It. int the struggle of a prisoner in no Iron coll, fiprpp, ft. ( rocious struggle, a mud struggle,! terrible struggle* I fell the grasp of death, cold, tightening’, bhimnrf ‘ deadening un wrist and ankle on rieclr sod 1 waist; > on brain and on heart. 1 satnlotiooleii and foaght< as a man never dreamed of battling .except In sucti a case; but of what avail it it to resist when uni* weight of tho world is pressing you down f t ifcW' just that feeling: I saw a star over me, and ifsPem* cd to corao down to mo, and to -grow ]arge* v and; tho silver point become a ball,-a globe, a sphere, a world hiding everything else; and' aft 1 ootild rise was that gleam of starlight, silv.arfrg my. eyeball*' over,and ten thousand sharp pins, 'darted through, every part of mo and I fancied I shrieked aloud* lonesome cry, that might startle -Aid gulls In Ibdii" harbors from their rest on the floating ice, and er. momentary, flashing thoughtoftho startlpd sea bird , rising on his wbiio wings was in mind, and then a blackness of indescribable agony, ending In lolensU ' bilily, took possession of me. I was frozen (odsaUl.< My next sensations wore the thrilling paiop ’of recovery, sharp shooting, slabing, twisting, in fact every sort of pnin conceivable, ! was surprised Co ’ find myself alive. Our Charge to Sardinia.' Tlio Richmond Examiner publishes an extract ' from a private letter written to a friend in that dll/, ' by Mr. John M. Dunicl, our ch4rge at propos to tho accusation recently preferred by Jhy New York Tribune, that Mr. D. was makinghim* self ridiculous by Ida dross and demeanor stttie Sardinian Court. Tlio extract is so ohataoteriivUa of Mr. Daniel, that wa cannot help quoting greater pari of it. Ho says : ’ll may bo strange, but it is nevertheless (roe, trial 1 have been as rosily and ss truly homesick, fur (ho last Ihrco months,as over was. any little.’ girl in her first quarter at the boarding school. Ifyoa . know how much pleasanter a life of real work anti study in tho United States is, than this nonsensical' ' travel and idleness, you would not be so discontMU-f cd. One will only learn by experience; however, tho best thing I expect to get, personally, oatofifalk mission, is just this—that 1 will bq satisfied when 1 , gel back, and never again bo haunted by tho}* tolerable longings for Europo, which tormeotedma In tho years gono by. ‘‘ '• H Tho pleasure of octually seeing colobrsted plsMt‘l is small. It is .all anticipation and memory*,. real comfort# of Europe don’t compare..tfvUb.'tbqq* of tho United Slates. Bvorythiog costs dooblp WbaO it docs at homo. The people nro nowhere as good* as oars. .Tho women are uglier, tho men hsvo fewqr - , ideas. I intended to wtiie a book about U all;.and 1 thought when 1 loft the United Stalest thatl would have to stretch the blanket a good deal to max* ‘ oul oar superiority. But tboro is no : need. The l meanness, tlio filthy lifo, tho ptapidilios'of all ibtM countries I have seen, surpass all 1 expected sod all IJiopcd. . Hero jn Turin, which is the most beautiful aI hr I have ever scon,l am busy learning to •pekkfteoou and studying what is'popularly, bat most'- falsely;.i Colled tho ‘groat woild’ and ‘polito qoo|o(y.* * l-baya-, dined with dukes, jabbered bad grammar. |p coon. anti bid spuhgod on for scat# in my qpera- J box by oonnts, who slink of garlic bb country. 1 receive visile from other > with lilies os long as a flagstaff, and beadq ay empty as their hoarls, and find, the whole concern more trashy than I had ever Imagined, f must', however, keep up their miserable acqaainlstioe;.for > that is the way to see tho elephant of European, life. So l donco tho dancoof fools; Ijko (he best of ‘ llicm, and return tho visits sedulously, carrying ' about great cards,-like that 1 enclose for yottr Id* ■ ncclion.’ Bciiknck in tiik Ministry. — Every imo who ha* hoard Robert C. Scltoock apeak for the first time (h a case in which his footings are dcopty interested, knows what a vivid impression his withering sarcasm and impassioned manner is calculated to produce upon one unaccustomed to listen to animated do* bales. An unsophisticated Methodist farmer, who livej in a distant portion of tho country, and whose bust naas seldom called him (b court, accidentally beard (hat Schonck waa appointed Minister lq Brazil, a country in South America. Tho terms jireabAer sop minister of the gospel wore losoporably associated In his mind, and ho took It for granted Ihul Sohenok! had turned pruachor, onU had been sent off on « divino raiesion. With this impicsslon ho west home* • Wifo,(said ho.) what do you think I heard at pay* lon to-day 7 That little, wicked, white-headed law* yor you have hoard me speak ofao often, ha* twin converted am) turned preapher, and hat been tent at a missionary to a heathen nation, away down'ln South America I Uthodovi) ever mot hie match, I guess lie is got him now, for II 'grace* don’t obangy. him too much, ho wi 11 give the old reprobate no rpat, for the solo of his foot until ho loaves llio country* Barry Cornwall— On Friday morning, 1 the pleasure of breakfasting with lha poet Barry Cornwall, —born Pfocior,—at llio rooms of my friend Mr, F . 1 lound this prince of aong writer* d' must agreeable person, e little aby aqd reserved «V first, hut truly genial and kindly At heart, and with, a vein of quaint humor running through his quiet,' low-loncd talk. It guvo mo qul/o e now sensation to hoar personal recollections of each then as Byron, Moore, Wordsworth, Keats. Coleridge; am} Chargee. Lamb. Of the latter, Mr. Proctor related someoeW 1 anecdotes, giving hia peculiar delicious droller|ab>ia; a manner euraly nut unworthy of Elia himiflTcm Sloco I have boon ip England. 1 havo road aorpQ of (lid prose of Barry Cornwall. Like the prose ofmoar poets, it it singularly picturesque and Tho article 1 have road, UiCngh not.poetry,(treat s*> cjuso oo poolry, that, they have muohof itf essence. Lilu tho leaves that grow ne*V tyll btaa n soaied flowers end luscloha.fruli, they havb thorn tho true divine fragrance and’ flavotv—iffffldd' Oreenuood't "Hope and Mishaps." T»»* 07 KIJ6BU Va.TnDTKBTANTI«M;iI.V corrcapondcni brthb'Now York limasfOr W areiidcnt in' Europe, toys: ‘As sdon ml Raida': Htti jraUiod tho power it seek* ift.Turboy over ilioiGcftaJt, Clmrcli. oil those Micalonarleswnj be opfggfliyathMa. of Scotland wore, who wore driven from theafttfoof tho Dlaok 8o« shout two years ago. They wliltiaw no plapo in Turkov or Grcepb.’ TfiU.hat foon tie grand business ofNlcholaß Tor sortb yoarsV ifi* ht* converted hundreds of thousands of lUh\V&rani'aiiil uiiioro, over whom Russia has Mroiphed bpr gavara. n\col of }ale years, at the point pf lljo, bayonet, drjv- Ilngtuoh as hb could WlUiopt lnto'Mif' Greek Oharcli.end ao'ch as would nol-obnlfbal/Jntp Ids prisons. Tho rapid increase of t|u> «v*p&djlp|i and Amoriosn-yiew-or-Chriatianity in tho Greek and Armenian OburohJiln TurUty.ia giving aland)to i tho: Autocrat/,,.,; s ’,.: ■[ \) Mircniii.—A’FrertohoibD.hsvJngi hoard .tbAI ifiMChei wdio pudo Ip Heurqn. SRtl nofi)rf|o|w)» MOMHUHHt mii/iMrtr-SvW&HiM''* « no.ss;
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