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Fire Ib, y, iucor. y organ, nt of ibft „ . „„ TP GARDEN MAP.’' BV Tennyson. aie intb tho Garden, Atond, ' ‘ or»tho blnck-bat night has flown, ■ loin to tho (j a pilen, Maud,' '. . m here, ftt the gate alono. nroodhim) spices are lyafted abroad; ' of tlio poses blown, , Of the Warning inoves, , Antftho plant of Love is on high, . :.Begfpmng to faint in the light that she loves, —fi! of daffodil sky, .To.faiht until 0 light of, tho sun she loyes, rosebud, garden of girj& j ; tho dances arc done, .. .. satin 'and glimmer of pearls, : rose in.-onb,’• \ ■ head running over with ourls, r V To fho'fiowors, and bo their sun, • V> Shortcoming, my own, my awoefc, jV-V v A-'» \.9 ver so airy a tread, iMyiheart;Would hoar her and boat, in an earthy bod, own, my swootj ’ Comol ' , the gato-alone. toyman, Martin, ;r Calk., Kbcrlr, ivorable I’urioui rate ap rehu to ;Oim. dstop, n; Vnl tcarinji »; llen , .South ‘ Siim't, •pherdi. SallM, tymC, Juine iastea; i about ; aDpti-; WilWl mm. :?rni r. ’ i The Fatal Duel. ■iVt: (■ ■ ■ ■ ■. • ■ IA TALE OF THE Will CENTURY. (mi FOUNDED ON. FACT, VmH / . “Madmanl you surely have not accepted ' jjf this barbarian ?” . '‘l.waffhotSiuul enough to refuse it,’’ was Uw reply*. , ■ ■ , ’ '‘Charihs^Ojiiirlcs!” said. Frank,” think of your^tJiihkipfAdelo.” .«enrn me. wore I.brandcd.afc.a. i Chhflbs; arid though my dear fljMitlggßßfcirt will bleed when the cold corpse ■Sb6>\ is brought homo to her, the null! >that he has nut dishonored the |r. Hit . wiU consolo her and hoal : her 10 Bant, • • ■v’’-- , nml « “ Youv aiway s despised the character of a ndwliii, ' thb kind-hearted Frank. .‘ than 1 1 do at this, moment,” ZZ\ said Charics. “Ihave not sought this reedn lio Jbtil ■•trO'UeFrdn.k. it. hits been forced upon mo. . ,Yuu.knqW,l have shunned .this Merton as I ior arli; would- apes tile n i'ii ; I have avoided hue as if serpent stood in my path. Wore. E%!te‘dbdbilo this challenge, the hones of my iqiuilld f bdPSdilfetSfathors would shrink from ,n» in (wrenr-KV-: tearful eyes, “Adelo, nmirtf.- oh, pbof s,ster!” ' , , a coward of mo, Frank,” said sti-iVo to nerve mo for the is EO«Ji to-morrow.” ... irbitl: » i. 1 So soon ? Oh, not to-morrow?” xoiiiipi- exclaimed Frank. Jill. ~ a.dt'Ay.eto-morrow, at noon ; the sooner it .is ;■ oybtfthb said Charles, mournfully. •—’; iHe. theh produced two miniatures of him !;'self,-one for. hie mother, the other for Adelo. v diddhfdhd to present them myself on my ! with a sigh; “but alas, t fttf then. ‘Will you’ be my ?’', rlmml . ihß miniature, but could scarcc **» * far flnd his unfortunate friend r lie might ,dopohd;'on his executing the com mission faithfully. . "Mr, bfbrjojihas haniod Dr, Edwards as I Ills friend)” said Charles ; "of course you will he mine.” i v Ffanjt preseed the hand Charles extended i io him, but his htgirit sy/js too full for words. ’’O.urdfrt.th.efti,’' .continued Charles, “faced .) death; at,ihb“.cannon’s mouth, would you have ». ,iw ; fc«y:t6 mcot - a single hullot?, I cannot Id to;; tri^-myself;jh>\*frit« to my mother, or my ,1, deortAdolC j; it jfoUld umpau mo ; you must ingo ifene"' • say to them all I would, if f?r v too late—we will retire to r hist sfeep, until f sleep cst fondly attached to tho Ho had long looked anx whon ho shoiud ho able to tico of law, as the period im the lovely Adelo for his ms wore wealthy ; both de hravo men who fought— ,auso of freedom. Charles i-PJV-,4 ~, r: of t 0 *<> armyand 1 gladly did his tend mother acquiesce in tho opinion, that his country needed statesmen nb^tnofiSoldiers; proudly did she lookfor- Ward tb'tho times when her son, her only child, should stand foremost in tho legislative halls as tho honored representative of his na ioli five State, Alas I it was not to bo.; Sorqo .njonths before the date of our little tale; this’Mbrton made his appearance in tho * ; .the college, From tho first *• finoment-haCharles Singleton, Morton seemed determined to annoy him. Tho char ,j|(S' lattpr was soon blazed, around, c duellist; insolent and icri’ overhearing to all about him; ho was addict ed to gaming, and was universally disliked by Almost all.woo know him. IZES » moil to bn* ujWa? 511 w mfiM/ On one unfortunate evening, a ball had been given in the county court-house- to ■welcome the time-honored Lafayette to- the country in, whoso cause ho had fought so gallantly in his youth. The very flowers of Virginia’s beauty and chivalry wore present. All was mirth and happiness. Every heart beat joyfully to the merry sound of tho music. Charles was pro menading with the beautiful Mary Wolford, the affianced, brido of his friend, Frank Thorn ton, when passing by Morton ho placed his foot in such a manner as to cause Charles' to stumble, and but for the sudden jerk given by his lovely companion, he would have fallen to the ground. Burning with indignation, poor Charles exclaimed: '* “Villain! tho lady’s presence saves you from the chastisement your dastardly conduct merits.”. ' Mary urged Charles to pass on and not ■heed the ruffian, IJe .complied with her re quest, but ho fojt from that moipent his doom was sealed. . The following morning Charles received a challenge from Morton. This was no more than he expected. lie was sufficiently versed in tho code of honor, as it is termed, to bo aware the choice of weapons fell to his lot, Charles had never fired a pistol in his life, I and it was tho boast of his gntagopest lie could snuff a candle at twenty-paces without extin guishing tho light. - Morton knew and exulted in the advantage he had over the brave boy, Ilia exultation was of short duration, ..When Charles’ answer was handed to. him, ho hasti ly broke tlio seal, but turned pale as -he peril* sod-its contents; then looking towards his friead Edwards, ho exclaimed: “By heavens! this bpy lips cornered me completely; read that I Is it not a pity to shoot so bold a lad?" Edwards took the note and read aloud iW Behind the pines in Suffolk county; weapons, rifles; to advance'from twenty paces until the muzzle of each rifle shall touch the brbiist of the antagonist; to firo together at the word; time, noon, Thursday, Sept, ,18th.” “Great God! Morton,” ejaculated Edwards, “this is certain death to both! You will not meet him on those terms ?” “How can f aVoid it?” replied . Morton. “This hot-hcadod youth has caught me in my own snare.” - • ’’Explain yourself,” said Edwards. “I did not intend to shoot tho boy,” Mortqn observed, with a sigh. “I thought to have a claim on his mother’s gratitude, by receiving his random shot, and magnanimously firing my weapon in tho air," ; An incredulous smile, played for a moment aroiind the mouth of Edwards, as ho asked ( “BoVou, then, know his.'inother?” “Bo I know her? O, God ! how fondly, how madly, have I loved that woman!” Morton paused for a moment, and then, suh-, du'mg his agitation, continued., “In early youth I sought the love of this lady. She wiis then a beautiful girl of six teen. Sho-avoidcdcme ;■ repulsed my.addrcss os in a gentle, but-determined manner. . I hoped that tihifi and assiduity would overcome all obstacles, I was absent for a few months; and during that time the father of this boy wooed and won the prize I had so long and vainly covoted. Maddened at the, mortifica tion I endured, I vowed eternal vengeance. Singleton was a lieutenant in jho army; high ly 'respected -by his officers," worshipped by Ins soldiers; his country claimed most of his time. I had no opportunity to put my fearful vow into execution,,- Years parsed, Single ton rosp rapidly in hm profession j ho was now a Colonel, We never mot; but everywhere I could hear of Colonel Singleton’s beautiful wife. At last the hews came that the colonel had fallen in battle,' 01- how my heart leaped with joy! Fanny; my adorable Fanny, was a widow—was free! I determined, ns soon ns decency would permit, to renew my ad dresses. Twelve long, long months passed. Tho bereaved, widow had never been scon ex cept at church,'or in the grounds around hpl ow n mansion. At Inst accompanied by her Son, then a child, she would sometimes ride out. I heard the hoy had been sick. She wont-abroad to restore her darling to •health. Her husband had been food for the worms now two years. Anxious to know my fate, I wrote to Fanny, requesting an interview. She coolly declined the honor of my visit. Noth ing daunted, I wrote and wrote again. At length my letters wore returned, unopened, with a request to bo troubled no more. I cursed the folly that had led mo to humble myself to tho'bnughty danio. If Iwas galled before, I'was now stung to the heart’s core. I left my native land; for ton years I sought amusement in foreign travel."* When I re turned, some months ago, fate—accursed fate —brought mo in the neighborhood of the col jogo where this boy was completing his stud ios. All tongues were loud in his praise, his virtues, his gentleness; in short, ho was the constant tbpnie of conversation. I hated him; for his mother lavished that love oh him I had so Jong sought in vain. AVo met, sometimes, in.coinpany, but it -was impossible not to per ; ceive that he most industriously shunned all intercourse with mo,, and, with. cool polite ness, repelled all. endeavors on my part to bo friends; On the' night of the' fatal ball I know not wligt foiil devil prompted me to insult hinj. His fearless and determined manner, before the lovely girl who hung on his arm, made nm fooj.hs contemptible as I know I must appear in her eyes; I hastened home, wrote a laconic .challenge, which produced that equally laconic reply,” , Edwards listened attentively to Morton’s tale of his early love; but, while he pitied his disappointed and unrequited passion, despis ed the stops ho had taken to obtain revenge. . After a few momenta’ silence Edwards ob served ; • Charles Singlotop may withdraw himself from this mad arrangement. which must prove certain death to both parties," Morton answered■ ■ ' • You do not know the hoy, As soon might you expect the roaring cataract to retrace its looming up the rugged rooks from which it dashes, as that bravo youth to recode from any stop when he feejis assured that he is right.” ‘‘Allow mo, then, to settle this difficulty amicably, if you do not wish to take his life," said Edwards quickly, eager to catch at any plea to stop this horrid duel. . “What! to he posted for a coward—a pol troon—.through the whole State of Virginia ? Never)’ replied'the duellist, “noyer! Would not all the world say, if ho had fought with pistols, I should not have shunned the en- counter? I know ho is totally unskilled in the use of fire-arms; of course ho had but a poor chance to hit mo. My object was to humble his mother’s proud soul, when she should bo told she was indebted to the man she spurned for the life of her much loved son. 1 , ~B P u r has signed the death-warrant of us both.’.’ For God’s sake lot mo appeal to his moth er to put a stop_ to this duel ? I will make it appear the not is entirely unknown to you — will that satisfy your revengeful heart ?” And make her hate mo worse than over,” returned Morton, with n bitter smile. _ “It cannot bo; all remonstrance is in vain it is too late to retract now, With a heavy heart, the Doctor took his leave to meet the following day to attend his friend to the scene of certain death. Thursday morning dawned as calm and bright as though no deed of death was contem plated. Before the appointed hour both par ties wore on the spot. Morton was pale and agitated; over and over again did Dr. Edwards urge him to desist be fore it was too late. His only reply was, “ I dare not; I, who have faced death so often, am doomed to meet it at last from the hands of one I ought to love as my own child, for ho is the offspring of lior for whom I would willingly sacrifice ten thousand lives.” • ■ ' “I cannot fight against fate; my doom is sealed.”. On the other side, poor Frank, with tearful eyes and almost bursting heart, entreated Charles to let him adjust the matter, and not bo the death of his dear mother and his loved Adele. “ Name not those dear'objects to me now,” said Chqrlos, “it will unman me; toll them my Ihst prayer—my last thought was for them—Lid thorn pray for me when lam gone,” Then turning with, a bright smile towards his adversary, bp inqu'irpdof Frqnk if thp bopr ivas nigh? r ’ . Previous to taking their ground, Edwards onco more appealed to Morton—once more out dcavored to melt tho hard heart of tjiat ror vengeful man, “book at him, Morton, look at him ; have you tho heart to be the death of that hoaiitir ful, that dauntless hoy ?” • ”1 daro not look at him,” owed Mopton; “he is too like his mother; if 1 see her imago reflected in her child, it will make a coward of me; urge mo no more, tho dip is cast for via both.” In a few minutes, the seconds on either side made the requisite arrangements, the oppo nents took tfieir respective places; Charles with a firm step, hut flushed cheek. Morton, pale, tottering, with his eyes averted from the object of his vengeance. Thpword was given—they advanced, and as each rifle touched the breast of his antagonist, they simultaneously 'fired. Charles—tho no ble, whole-souled Chaples, foil dead instantly, tho ball had pierced his heart. , Morton uttered one shriek—one fearful yell, and then expired. The friends of these unfortunate beings who had been hurried out of existence, jointly expressed their regret at the result of this en counter, and as they departed, bearing with them the remains of mistaken vcngeanOO, de termined never again to join in any affray of honor. Edwards had, comparatively speaking, an easy task to perform. Morton directed in his will that his body should bo placed in tho bu rial ■ ground Of his ancestors, in Dinwiddle county, as he had no near relatives; none, ■grieved at his (untimely doatb particularly as his wealth consisting'of a cotton plantation apd slaves; ho requested should lio equally divided between tho two beings ho had most injured, namely, tho mother, and affianced bride of his victim. On poor Frank, tho nffoctioiiqtp, tho tender hearted Frank, devolved a duty as distressing to.h-im, as it was to those to whom it.was'his lot to disclose the adventure of that fatal day. When tho dead body of her darling son was borne to the dwelling of his widowed parent, her heart hlad with anguish. No one but Dr. Edwards and herself could surmise why Morton boro such a deadly ani mosity to her amiable and much respected son. Deeper, far deeper, was the wound Mrs. Singleton endured from tho pertain conviction that Charles had fallen a victim to tlie malice Morton felt towards her. , As tho grave clos ed over his remains, she felt as if tho whole world was centred in,the coffin that held the ashes of her only child. We will now turn to Adele—the tender, ti- mid Adelo. She had looked forward to tho approaching vacation with delight. Charles would come homo with her brother Frank.— Their plantations joined ;' she would see her loved Charles every day until ho should go to the city to commence tho study of law. Oh, how fondly, how anxiously did that young girl wish for that vacation. AVhen the hows reached her that lie was dead—shot—we may almost say murdered— : she fell as lifeless as tho body of him slie mourned. Days, weeks, months passed—that beautiful, that innocent being Was a raving maniac, with brain fever; and when reason once more dawned on horse long benighted soul, it was only to renew her sorrows'; she seemed as if awakening from a long slumber, One by one she inquired every circumstance of Charlo’s death. Daily, hourly did she yipw tho little uuniaturo—his last, his dying gift, As she kissed tho senseless ivory, she would gently whisper, “I. shall soon bo w*^ l J'°H dear, dear Charles,” Truly did she surmise her stay on earth was hut for a short duration. As tho fever left her fragile frame, she sank into a deep decline, from which no art of medicine could save her. She fadod daily, and as tbe annh versary of Charles death drew nigh, her phy sicians requested no allusion whatever might he made to jfenew her grief, as any might proyo' fatal; ’ ■ , About noon on tho 18th—the unfortunate, the fatql 18th of September—Adelo requested to ho assisted to tho Window to enjoy the fresh air; The day was serene and' beautiful.— The foliage was just beginning to'change in the neighboring forest, and poor Adelo notic ed to Mrs. Singleton,- who was 'tfritohing' be side her;; , “The leave's are falling again; I shall soop fall too; This is the anniversary of ortr dear Charlo’s murder; have you forgotten it?" Then taking her miniature from her bosom, she kissed it over and over again, and, turn ing to her weeping mother, said: ’ “Promise to lay me in the same grave with Charles, will you ?" Sobs wore the only answer she received.— She then continued: , ■“ It is near ugiy soon, J come, dear Charles —I come,” She bent her head over his image, ns though to press it to her lips; but, alas, that goutjo spirit had fled forever. Adolo was dead J According-to her dying request, she was laid in tho grave beside him whom she had loved so fondly through life. Not a, dry eye followed that sweet girl to tho tomb; and ma ny, very many wore tho execrations that wore uttered by tho assembled slaves on tho bad white man who murdered their young master and mistress. ■ The wealth boquathed by Morton to Mrs. Singleton and Adolo was scornfully, rejected by both. Dr. Edwards, as tho most intimate friend of Mr. Morton, was requested to seek out tho lawful heirs, and restore thoir proper ty, which ho most honorably did, Ero another year had waned, tho heart-bro ken mother was laid in tho grave of her mur dered son. Thus throe amiable beings wore hurried out of existence; the victims of a bad man’s revenge. “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BET, BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 3 ; People living at a distance from the Nation al hletropplis, and reading the report of Con- proceedings in the papers, do not know precisely how to account for the peculiar dcliyoranoes most in fashion in our legislative halls. Their conception of a Congressman is about as far from the reality as a landswan’s idea of a whale, and their notion of Congres sional dignity and decorum—-formed upon ab stract principles—would experience a rude shock if they wore suddenly transported to the Capitol. They would see m the House of Ro prpspnhjtivos, for example, a knot of members just outside of tho charmed and charming cir* ole, (supposed to include within its boundaries the ■“ fjrst map” of the country,) smoking, and enjoying otlum sine digifitate in the freest and j easiest manner possible. They would see an other honorable gentleman, stretched at full length on one of the lounges within the hall, tryiifg to catch some short repose, after the de bauch of tho previous night. If the yeas and nays are called, a friend shakes him ilp ftt the proper moment, and ho sits upright and drow sily re’oords his vote. Jf nothing very exciting is transpiring, they will he sure ttf have' a sa tisfactory view of a very largo variety .of boots struck up, American fashion, far above that Eortion of tho' person supposed to contain the union brain. If they are' piifficfflitrly fortu nate’, they may lumpen to see one honorable' Representative refreshing himself with alter nate bites of Bologna sausage and cracker, and another keeping, his throat moist during tho delivery of his speech by modest sips of egg nog" gracefully imbibed. . Tho Ijiouso being composed of representa tives of essentially democratic principle's, one would hardly oxpoot to firid many specimens of the “air nobio!’ therein, and ono would be'i very apt to meet with disappointment if he' did. With some worthy exceptions, tho gen eral oppearanco of tho members is not indica tive- either of high brooding or of gigantic im tolloct. But whatever may bo their outward deportment, tho language constantly employed in the House, in the presence of ladies in tho galleries; and spread before the world in the reports of proceedings, is such as would be un becoming if uttered-in tho lowest grogory in the land. Tho “ retort courteous” lias boon banishod, and members stigmatise each other j as liars, thieves and perjurors. Is thoro’no remedy for this state of affairs, Or is no remedy noeded ? It is tho deliberate choice of twenty-five millions of Anglo-Saxons that they should ho thus misrepresented? Is there some fatal malaria about tho House ot Representatives that degrades the members of From the. jYctc Oi‘hant cl Trnc Jbelta, TIIE LITTLE CHURCH AT.-TUB SOUND. • ; . k. ni'■ BY, MISS C v WINGATE. It seems but a little while Sipeo' Christmas garlands hung fresh and greehupoq the walls of our city churches, and yot.tho solemn sop* son of Lent, which shipped; off even their crisp and faded remnants, ik itself half gone; And.now, while wo inhale. thp; u Bpicy breath of spring,” Which has.stolen/Wnon us almost unawares, and crush with tread tho milk-white blossoms which, fall from the orange trees, my thoughts revert to another church that knows no decorations save those which spring bestows—ho otljef garlands than those which summer, wifli lavish fingers, hangs about it. No brilliant coloring, from stained glass windows, falls upon its altar, or its nistes, .hut golden sumlvcams stream in through the foliage which surrounds it, till tho bare floor and cushionless benches are mottled over.with ever-changing radiance. • And scarce has the gorgeous gilding;of'day grown pale, ere the softer, moonlight repeats, in silvery meshes, the mystic figures. ; ' One little glimpse,yoii can catch as you.ap proach a turn in tho road which leads -to it, of something white/you know not what. , It may he hut the early hay-blossom—for the qir is rich with its sweet,perfume; or the gleam of some placid lake, just seen, then lost again—for woodland deceptions are familiar to you'who hayo seen how tho stqrtlijig opt? lines of seine giant figure m< away, qa-yeip near tho gnarled and leafless tree which ofigir nated them, or some monster of thp foY-pst, tin : familiar alike to yonp experience and your imagination, is merged i rite the st(inte4 hush thgt grew apart from its fellows, tpbia tim° you ydU not yep hire to pronounce upon the little speok of white that flecks the landscape before you, hut never again can it flash across your eye wltliopfc fjpiekeping your pulse,' bringing with it a sense of security m tho wilderness, of companionship in tho solitude, of hope and-of peace—for it'jb. one wee corner of our little chprch, " Like, ft.snow-whito doyo it nestles In among tho, trees,; • AYhoso .every loaf iit sjpring-timo rustles In tho passing breeze ;, . Rustic benches are around it, Carved with many a,name; Ilero our fathers sat and, rested, - Hero wo do tho same. •' Here wo hoar thb occan In tho distance roar, v Sco its upwards, *. High above-iho' • Soo tho sunlight on thpitrcamlcf, Glittering like a i ,gto?y # |.‘ old oakis tendto mcct it, '’Moss-dad they and hoaVy- Here a little bridge hofii spanned it— Frail and weak it soemeth; Often hero,l love to-stand, when MoonVtgh.tVer it glearaoth, . Listening .to chirp, otkntydids ' ’ Xunt sing on' the youngilms/ n *'• Aiid picture.distant rcalws. . Musing upon tho dead ■who lio • Asleep within those graves, . ' Or tlroami.ig o'er those wavelets free, About old ocean’s caves; ■\Vondoring what lovers hero have sat. In sight of church and ocean, Plighting fond vows, or silently Entranced in deep ciqotion Rut most I love this spot, when autumn Storms have swept tho grove;- "When brown pine tassels strew the forest— Then I love, to rovo; . When hioofy nuts come dropping near me With sudden startling sound, And squirrels dart among the branches With light and graceful hound; Or, when the largo and heavy rain drops Have dimpled all tno ground, Or, when the dry and broken twigs Lio scattered all around; ■ u Ero the wind has ceased to flutter 'Mougst the leafless trees, Playing mad, wild pranks about mo With the fallen leaves,— t . Tossing h'rtir, and dress, and apron, All about with oaso,-r ’Till X draw.my mantle close, And run before the breeze 1 Wow, jn fancy gply ci*h X Wander in tho grove, See the church, the bridge,-tho streamlet,- Every spot I love. a- « ?hat its image has not fadptj, Lot this picture prove, CONGRESSIONAL REFINEMENT. 1860, Hto the level of-r-eaoh other ? Or do none hut underbred men receive the suffrages of our peo ple 7 There was never a deliberate assembly of Camanchcs or Pawnees that did not put to shame our National Legislature—=at least in assuming an air of dignity. • If such thingsiore the natural outgrowth of opr institutions, they are rotten to their core. T.herp was no need for Lord Macaulay to pre, diet the downfall of our Republic, because his was a prophecy after the event. We are veri ly fallen, if the majority of opr Representatives are the types of their constituents; and pli opr tflk abo.pt tho glorious destiny of our hoppy land is more .bluster, as contemptible as it is false. The corruption and,venality that.have boon charged upon American politicians are had enough, and wo have good cause to mode-, rate our transports, in view of such charges, whenever they are substantiated; hut oven dis , honesty, is compatible with outward decency and with some regard for the amenities, of-life. Can there not he found in a body of two hup-, .dfed and fifty men, enough gentlemen,to give tone to the body ? , Cannot one gentleman bo found to . preside when tho House goes into Committee, who will have the requisite sense of propriety, and the requisite moral courage to rebuke behavior that disgraces a nation ? We have no desire to exaggerate the evils of which we speak, and no disposition to riiagni fy, trifling faults. But these are no light mat iters, to ho disposed of with a joko, and to bo forgotten as soon as laughed- at. No Ameri can could listen to the stviotpros uponsonr Na tional hoar-garden, that are common enough in foreign lands, without feeling his cheek burn, grid his hosora swell with impotent ire. We to]pr(vlo this ipsojept conduct because wo afE tqo iiidolent to administer tho corrective ; and the niost fatal symptom about tho disease is tho indifference everywhere manifested, is not true that thesp arp rpprespntqtive men; it is not trpe thpt their total disregard of deco, rum and good hrqpding -would ho endured for one brief monient in any gpntlem.an’s parlor, And if it over becomes true that public ppiur ion ip America not only endures, hut endorses such wilful and persistent, violation of every principle of refinement, wo would prefer a life under the constitutional monarchies of Eagr lanfl or Prussia to the freest and host institu tions that Heaven has over granted to hpma, nity. How long are. we to blush, and to slink away from the-question, wheq our ohijdron ask Pa to cjpflno Congressional rofinoPieut, ■ Sailmore American,. The arrival of tho Japanose dignipiries in one of our owni national, vessels,, at a United States port, presents a new phase in the histo ry of that isolated and secluded people. The doctrine of hon-intevconrso has long boon a fundamental principle in Japanese polities, and it has been faithfully Carried out. The honor of teaching these semi-barbarians a morq liberal policy, and whatever profit may ho de rived from a pioro intimate intercourse: with them, belong to us, if; we improve .the oppor tunity now offered.' Our, grcafconmnficial ri val has already managed to get himself into an unfriendly attitude, and by upright deal ing and a proper regal’d for tho prejudices and habits of these strangers, we may, not on ly secure a large market.for our commodities, hut what is far better, exert a salutary influ ence upon many millions of our race hitherto beyond onr reach. If wo can do anything to ameliorate the social condition and improve the morals of this people, tho first stop is to show ourselves worthy of their confidence and regard. • The accounts of tho.controversy between the authorities of Japan and some English residents or visitors have boon very vague and unsatisfactory. Enough was told to show some very sham practice on tho part of the more civilized Islanders, and a genius for specula tion that would bo hard to ipateh in JJew Eng land. 'fho Vftliia of cold coins in Japan, as established by Jaw, is very far bo}oty their ac tual worth in comparison with coins of a ba ser metal, The English traders soon discov ered the different relative yalues, q.nd tI)oy es tablished a “system of Exchanges',’ by which enormous profits wore made at the expense of tho Japanese. The latter was acute enough to suspect all was not right, before all the gold ini the Empire had disappeared, and they put an abrupt end to those transactions* and cau celld all contracts in which tho payment of gold coin was a condition, Thorp was a pro test entered, of course, in regular British form, and some IqrgP tjilk of compelling the Japan ese to respect their ,‘ f treaty stipulations.”— The subsequent investigation, however, reveal ed only one fact; namely; that these English “ speculations” were more correctly spelt with out the initial letter. & » It is unnecessary to bespeak for these visi tors a distinguished reception. We have rea son to believe that the United States occupies a high placoo in the estimation of the Japan ese, and this official visit is the first stop in oil intercourse that will probably become intimate and mutually profitable within a few years. As they will no doubt extend their journey ings in all directions throughout the country, visiting all points of interest, it is but reason able to presume that a similar privilege will Hereafter be granted to Americans in their own islands. It- is rather early in the day to pre dict a future for an Empire of which so little is known, 'f hero been fabulous accounts of gold and sily.er mines of. extraordinary rich ness existing ip some unknown portion of the Empire, and it is possible that the mineral resource of the islands will be developed to the ptipost if Yankee ingenuity is allowed to dis play itself. No country in the world has made greater advances in agriculture, and the im portation of improved machinery and farming implements, and of a bettor breed of farming stock, would bo an early result of freer inter course. If these embassadors take homo with them a favorable impression of our country and people wo may do njord towards advan cing their prosperity arid elevating them in the scale of nation's than wo .at present iipijg ino. Even supposing that Englishmen enjoy the same freedom of access, the jealousy and distrust they haye ipaiipged to awaken in Jed do will be a constant bfirrie'r in their way,- cind our countrymen will bo benefited by this in stance of British impolicy and impropriety. Hero ip a brief, b.ut pointed " assay on man At ton, a child; at twenty,""Wild; At thirty, tonic, if over; At forty, wise, at fifty, rich; At sixty, good, or never. Hero is an essay on woman: At ton, a had; at twenty, in bloom ; At thirty, married, if over; At forty, mother; ot fifty, nunt; At sixty—the probability is that the old lady is something .worse for the wear. flSy* There is a young woman living in Al stoad, H. H., who weighs.over 7001b5., audit takes over 20 yards of calico for a dross. CS?” A : despatch from Norfolk*. Ya., says' that tho great dismal swam'p is on fire, and ra ging with great fury. -j JAPANESE yiSlTflp. A Fanny Case, • A man named Pierce Kitchen wfts recpntly tried in the Quarter Sessions of tho city, for on assault and battery on his wife. Mrs. Kitch en was brought -to the stand—couldn’t swear that her husband hftd ever struck her, but swore that ho indulged in whisky, and failed to support his family. Mr. -Kitchen plead his own caws— saying the lawyers werehuinhugs. “ Mrs. Kitchen, gentlemen of the jury,” said Mr. Kitchen, “is a meriihor of a church.— Mrs. Kitchen forsakes her kitchen, and spends half her time in the lecture-room. While my breeches are running tq seed, gnd the children going about with illkept noses and dilapidated extremities,' Mi's. Kitchen is indulging in con; fab with ft lot of old igdies about the shocking nudity of the South Sea islanders. While wils ling to provide for her, gentlemen of the jury, I ain’t willing to feed all tho brethren of the church, nor to give Bohca parties to twenty ale twice a week, neither.. If I’ve got tight e strength of such provocation, gentlemen of tho jury, it ain’t a hit more than the best of you would have done if placed in my circum stances ; and if you was mo, and. I was you— knowing tho ease as I do—r-I’d render a ver dict of acquittal, and sevved the woman right.” The jury rendered a vercliet of “ Not Guilty” —thinking evidently that Mrs. Kitchen should give more attention tq her own kitchen and her little kitchens. llow to Enjoy Tpollm(il}e. To- enjoy this delectable pain to its fullest extent, you-should have it in. all its glory for about a week. Let the pain pcrinohate and insinuate into every portion of the body, ra cing, jumping and springing around generally like rats in a corn crib; let it ache until you can’t toll whpthpr tjiq ppm is in your mouth, oh the ton of yoqr hpad, or in your prqvat, but rathprtliinl{ it-ia qro)ind thorp; Ipt it pcho un til yog fpel }ike R would h° a .groat polipf to hold up your head by tho cars qnfl shpkp opt every mollir, incisor, grinder, and aohor in it; let it ache until yon are doubtful whether you stand in the position that nature assigned yon, or with your heels in the air; let it ache un til yon sqriously believe that every hone, nerve and muscle of your body is full of teeth, and thftt every tooth is aching on its own hook, and then, when you have enough pain to fit out an hospital—when you feel like kicking yorijeejf do-ifq stairs—when you are excee dingly anxious to fall down somewhere and break your neck-—then, wo repeat, yon will begin to realize the toothache. - From thc-N. Y. Post of Tuesday Evening, . [Jobbery of the Adams Company’s Boston Bi- press. 4lf Iron Serfs taken from the .car. s— Sixteen , thousand ftollars Lost—The Thieves Es cape with their Booty. ; Last night, shortly after the Now York and Boston train left Now Haven, the agent in charge of the express safes and packages of tho-Adams Company loft the room where he was stationed, and visited the mail room ad joining against the understood' rules of the Company. During his absence an iron safe, weighing about one hundred and sixty pounds, and containing sixteen thousand dollars, was thrown from the oar by some parties at pre sent unknown. It is presumed that the theft was accom plished by persons who have been passing tip’ and down the road for some months watching for_ the opportunity to abstract the valuables, j This opportunity .would not have occurred had the agent remained at his post. I’ho express room is built in the fore part of the baggag® car, and has three doors, one upon each side and one leading out upon the forward platform. A pdssago-way connects with the baggage-room in the rear of the oar, and between the two is the mail room. The parties, who were undoubtedly on the watch, might have approached the safe front cither the front or", rear platform, but it is almost a certainty that it wgs tlirown either from the front or side door, The agent did not discover his loss until the train Ijacj reached Forty-second street, in this city. lie is, however, silrd, that hd noticed the safe at Now Haven. ■ The following is a list of the property con tained in the safe, as far as is known, furnish ed us by Mr. John Hoey: Ton $5OO bills of the Atlantic B,ank of Boston. §3OO in bills, newly issued, from the Lang don Bank of Dover, Now Hampshire. . A number of notes of various amounts. Throe coupons, of §2.0 each,-.of the Bank of | Commerce, New York. ’ , Notes belonging to Rathbond Brothers; and some smaller amounts in money. It is the opinign of the officers of the Com pany that the safe was buried immediately ; I at any rate, thp, thieves will find hard work to got rid of the notes, if they should dare to bring them forth. ■ . The Company have this morning paid the amounts called for in the various receipts, so that their customers do not lose oven by delay. The Safe was recovered on Thursday, in a pile of old railroad ties. The robbers cut a square piece out of the bottom of the safe;— They cut open the money bags, taking only the contents. The §3,000 of new bills on the Laugdon Bank will not prove available, pay ment being stopped The Danger of Masquerading—A Jcd'ge Mistaken for an Escaped Convict.— Tho Cleveland (Ohio) Plaiiuiealer sa.ya that recent ly a loading, oitizom having heed intited to a parlor masquerade resolved to go, and to make his disguise impenetrable sent to Columbus for a convict’s fujd'gaijn. It arrived in duo time, and a)jout nine’ o’clock on the evening of the masquerade the. Judge put it on,'cov ered himself with a light cloak and sallied forth, a violent ivin,(J prevailed and one of the j gusts took the Judge’s cloak oft’ and sent it I whirling into tho air. lie sprang to recover / it; ftnd at tho same time a watchman sprang 1 fof hiiri." Tho JddgC got his cloak, however, before tho watchman got him, and started on a fast run, hotly pursued by tho watchman. , The Judge saw it alb The watchman mis took hiu)' fora regular escaped emmet If caught it would bo unpleasant. Iho natch man saw it all too. Here was a chance to (distinguish himself, and perhaps to make (something by it. The race became exciting. Fortunately for tho Judge it happened on a back street. The race continued. The watch man was reinforced by another watchman, and both pursued the Judge at a furious pace. Tho Judge finally yielded, and made tho watchmen, after considerable trouble, under stand who ho was and what lib was about.— Ho was then suffered to proceed on his way. Ho told his wife, who said she would never say anything about it, and tlutt is how it got out. . B®*Mr/ Bombo'rgor, 7(1 years of agoj- resi ding in Baltimore, committed suicide the oth-’ or day by cutting Ids throat with a razor.— lie had boon for some time ill with a disease of the lungs, anti preferred to die at once ra ther than linger. lie was a soldier of 1812. db.k tmb dßnik WZh An Irish lady, in her will, ordered her body to bo burned after .her death, asshowas afraid of being buried alivoi . ■ • PZP The man tried to stop the bark, of a dog in the waters of eternal youth, isnow endeavoring to invoke the muse of a cat. OTT* Mary asked Charles, “Wlidt aniniaj dropped fropi the clopds ?" “The rain, dear?'* was the whispered reply; . ' ET" Ifo doubt a lady may be' expected td make a great noise iii the wdrld when, hefc dress is payored with bugles; ' tC/ 3 Every man - pan, and should do sotrie thing for the public, if it bo only to kick a piece of orange peel into the road from the payoment, . - ' . ■ c K7”'lf you wish to cure a scolding wife! never fail to laugh at her with all your might l until she kiss her. : Sure. cure. PCPT What is' the difference between an enp peior and a beggar ? The one issues ihami featocs; the other manifests toes without hiip shoes. CT'-Why is it impossible for'.a watch that; indicates the smaller division of tithe oyer tq, he new ? Ijecniise it must always he second hand one. ' OC7“ An old lady, being asked to subscribe to a newspaper, declined on the ground that' when she wanted nows she manufactured it. ' 0“ “ Give! me a kiss, dddr girl;" “ 1 can’t,”-' she replied; “ 1 don’t mind lending you one;’■ hut I must have it returned to-morrow.” OCT” There is a man in Carlisle so witty that his w\fe manufactures all the butter that thS family uses fi'oiri thd cream of hiS jokes. ' . ! TJ“ Trusting to Ipek is .trusting to time, and time is the most iinroliahle of {til things witH' its fruits. KIT* Oft what seems si trifle! a mote nothing by itself, in some nice situations; tiirns thl scale of fatcj and rules the most important aetipns: CT’ Of eloquence, Pascal says“ The a : greeable .and the real lire requisite; but this Agreeable must itsfelf bo found in the truth,” |£7“ jf misfortunp comes info yoilr housfe; bo patient and smile, pleasantly,■ and it will stalk out again; for It can’t btar cheerful edra-- pany. . ■ ‘ TC7” We arc sure to he losers when wo guar- , rel with ourselves; it is a civil war, and m all such contentiops triumphs arc defeats. HIT" Wo oftdri see young spendthrifts ally ing themselves to females who,arc hot sb only because they have nothing to osp'p'Ud; O*A man whose caption is dscesslve, sel dom feels the satisfaction that comes from n sense of security; : O” One good dccd canriot compensate for a life of crime; a single ounce of gum is not enough to embalm a whole catacomb of niutm mips. - 1 , • . XT’ The confidential friendship of two bad and "cunning iritfu ip generally an injury to 1 others, and no benefit to tji.emsolves. “I shall be indebted to your for life,” as the man said to his creditors when he’ iitA away to Australia; " ‘ ■ E7’ Why nrejokCs like nuts ?—Be'cau'se the drier they are the better they crack; O” When you receive a kindness, remem ber it; when you bestow one, forge/; it, . Fame is like ijh opl—-rather, hard to catch 1 and a good deal hardbr to hold; K 7" A Mr. Lyon declined fighting a dud, and was called a nog for it; ‘‘Ah, you may - ; call me" dog, hat a live dog is better than a dead Lyon.” B'7’ Don’t judge of moral character by the face. The frog is rriorfc' ihnoceut than many : an animal that has a, much handsomer physi ognomy; [CT" Slanders, issuing from red-and beauti ful lips, are like foul spiders crawling from the blushing heart of a rose. K 7" Tho, young lady with ‘.‘ speaking eycsl’. has become quite hberse ;ip consequence of using them too much! DC?" To quell the pride" even 1 of the greatest, we should reflect how much more' wo owo to others than to oufsclvbs.- tCT” It is certainly a parados that wo aro’ naturally desirous of long life, and yet unwill-. lug to bo old; ■ D Zf" Never rifcgloct yo Hi fireplaces; Much of the cheerfulness of life depends upon them; What makes a fire so pleasant is, that it is a live thing in a dead room, IC7” Philosophers' thtipselvos; like the stoic gentleman of Marmontel, after praising sim plicity of living, often sink to sheep' 04 heavy suppers and bods of down; fas' It is ft ge’ne'rftt remftrk that all classes' of persons are ever ready to give th'eir'-opin ions; Wo think the lawyers must bo except 1 ed ; they sell theirs; Ho who has niadb .time his friend will have little to fear from his enemies; but ho’ ; that has made it his enemy, will have little# hope from his' friends; 0 s Good faith is the richest exchequer of ' governments, for the more it is drawn upon the firmer it is, and its resources Increase with ’ its payments; The highest and most characteristic I odory of all earthly beauty is to make us as pire to a heavenly one; and a woman is great . in proportion fo the ideal she suggests; . O" You may outlaw’ the friend of truth,- ■ I but truth remains; you may humble the poet; > the artist, and the Christijui, but you oannqi . debase poetry, or art, or Christianity. ’ 1 are best situated to’ bo happV; who nno neither too high nor.too low—high enough xi>'see models of good manners, and. ; obscure enough to be left in the sweetest of ■ solitudes; ConkuniAi..—-“Husband, 1 dqnt know where that boy got his bad temper; I am sure not from mo." “No, my dear, for I don’t find that you have lost any. tCT* There are hardly any persons so forlorrt and dostitue, as not to have it in their power, to do some good. There is much kindness which is not expensive. E 7" A fortune won inf a day is lost fn a day a' fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it a Ip'roporty of endurance; JET” A gentleman praising the’eo'ne'ro'aity of his friend, observed: “Ho spends his' money like water.” “ Then of course ho liquld-ates ins debts,” rejoined a wag. 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