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Ac., pxqcjutcd with' raxjy andatthe shortest notiob. , • OHR; FACERS. bomba aro tboir castles—thpir, hearthstone a throne —‘ iy rule with no aooptro tho klngdomtho own ; j Btnlka ; *nnd theylnea, and tho fruit-bearing trees/ 1 - ' aubjcctathatbond not to tyrants the knee; . bbiid with the weight of tiioorohurd and field, irloyal add faithful; a harvest to yield; planning and plotting among them is known— traitor the sovereign would strike from bis throne. ■, 1 i' stands Amidst Im-ocroa of-, grass, vrUoat and maizd,' ‘ ’’' , '' io Criusopr "th.e monarch of all ho surveys.” s han'Ka iaro tho oarth banks .that stand on. bi^ :/' r . Id 'safo from tho. panics nlarni j iftoofe is tho 'cattle; —not/aacyinbroed ; shares aro-thp p!ow-«Aare« that score for. the gcqd—/'•. ■ v ; quoted oh/Changd in the broker’s array 5 shares on which Nature will dividends pay; Ir banks are notthoso that the widows condemn— jflicors pilfer depositee from . ; ; ;. nail the potatoes thatJu them aro foaud, none are 'so small ns vro'find out ofground. farmer with appolitb over Can cat - . . bread bn bis table, *i as gbbdas the wheat j” loving moat dearly liisi wife, he may utter, bread iiiid my wife J I'll not have any but her!' juice of tlie apple the .wife then may fill •lass in which lingers no .tremors qr ill f ik o may respond that, whatovor'betido her,' happy she'll bo with her husband bo aide her / many a> hcarthrwhcw tlie embers aro glow; my a heart with ite joys overflowing j dia andtUoUcarta from the world's rude 'ms,’ fo in tho homes' that aro reared bn our farms. iiimsiLiniEu, •AfoiiD'd ’.this lovely valley- rise!- purple hills of Pat;adsHe. , , OKsottly 'on.yoJX banks of, haze *V V :** : Becalmed along the azure eky,. ... - "■■ ■. ,• The argosies of cloudland lie, ... Whose shores, with many a shining rift, . ;. Frir ofVtbbir pcarl-whito uplift. Through all the long mid>uramor-day. . The inendonr sides;are sweet with hay. I sbck the coolest shcltorod soalt, 1 ■Just whore the field, and forest incefc,r— • v j Whore grow the, pine trees tall, and bland, The ancient oqlca austere and grand, And fringy roots'and pebbles,fret ' The ripples of tli? rivulet* ; ■■- ■ I watch the meweraris they go Through the tall grass; a white-alcoved row; With-even stroke their, scythes they swing, In tone. their merry whetstones ring? ilohiml the nimbloTyqungaters run AiiiL toss the thick awarths in the sun TBo cattle graze, while warm arid still, ■ , glopgathobroadlpaatures,: basks.thohill,, —-- Arid bright Whim Summer breezes break,' The green wheat crinkles like a lalio. The Butterfly and bumble-bee Como to the pleasant woods with nio ; Quickly before me runs the 'quail, '.The chickens* skulk behind the rail, High up the lone wood-pigeon sits, Apd tho woodpecker pocks and flits, Sweet woodland: music sinks and swells, The brooklet rings its tinkling bolls, The swarming insects drone and hum. The partridge beats his throbbing drum. The squirrel leaps among the boughs, . And chatters in his. leafy house. .TJio oriole flashes by j and, look! Into the mirror bftho brook, Whore the vain blue bird trims his ooat, Two tiny feathers faljaud float. As silently,, ps tenderly, , ’ , The down of peace descends on mb, Oh, tbis is poacb t l havo no need. : < Of friend tq talk,-of hooks:to road; A dear companion 1 hero, abides j , Close to my thrUUng heart Hq bides j iTho holy silence in his Voice; , ?I ... I lie and listen, and rejoice, r * -[AtfanttVA/ontWy, Mmtllmmsi. A TOUCHING STORY. .following parrativo purporta.to have a fatjwsi; to his son, ns a warn rivSa'from his own bitter experience of i of grieving and resisting' a 1 mother’s id counsel., -. . ... ,t agony oil. my mother’s she saw that alUhsi aaS and suf-. failed to move mo 1 She roso to go homo ■followed at a distance; She spoke no to mo'till,she reaohed hor own jdobr;, t is, school time now,’’ said she. .“Go, in, and once more, lot me bosoooh you to .upon wnut I have said." shan’t go to school;” said, I. looked astonished at my boldness hat ■.firmly: ■; •, ; , inly you will.go, Alfred,. I command - ill'not,” : saidT,in ri'tbrie'of defiance, •no (if two you must do, Alfred—either .sohoolthis.mqrping, ,or I will look' you •ur !rpom,_apd,:keep yqu there, till you ise implicit obedience to my wishes in ituro.” ' 1 days-y on, do .it, you don’t, got mo. up llfired, 1 ’ 6hbosd now,’ ,i said' tty mother, lidiher hand upon myidnn;:. ’She trem iplpnjly, .and .you fopeß jpe I , w}il,,k}ck yjm," said I, trible rage. .God knows'J knpw not Said. • ' '-V 1 ' , ill you go; Alfred7"' ’ ! i,” I Replied, Rut quaifodheneath her en follow mo," said she, os sh'o grasped 1 a firmly. ;: s t arid my foot and kicked her—my saint- Uer 1 How My head reels as the tor memory rushes oyer niel I kicked my ;—a feeble woman—my mother I She od hack a few stops, and leaned against 11. She didnot look at me, but, I saw irt heat against her breast. “Oh ! Heavenly, Father,” said she, “forgive him—he knows not-what ho does?” The gardener just then passed the door, and seeing my mother pole and almost unable to support herself, ho' stopped! She beckoned him in. ,' . , , , , . . “ Take this boy up stairs, and look him in his robni,” said she, and turned from mo. Looking hack os she was entering her room, she gave such a look of ngOny mingled with the most intense love!—it was the last unut terable pang from a heart that was broken. • In a'momont I found myself a prisoner in my room. I thought, ford moment, !.would fling myself from the window and dash' my brains out, but I was afraid to do 1 it. I was not penitent. At'times myheart, was sub dued ; but my stubborn pride rose in ah in stant, and bade me hot yield:' The pale face of my mother haunted mo. I flung myself on the bed and fell asleep. Just at twilight I, heard a footstep approach the door. It was my sister. ■ ; • “ What may ! tell my mother for you f” she asked, ' ' ■'/“ , “Nothing," I replied. ] “Oh, Alfred 1 for my sake, for all opr sakes, say that you are sorry. She longs to forgive’ yon.” . ■ I would not answer. I heard her footsteps slowly retreating, and again I, threw ‘myself upon the bed, to pries another wretched and fearful night.’ . Another footstep slower and feebler than my sister’s disturbed me; A voice called me byname. It was my mother’s, “ Alfred, my son, 'shall I conic ?” she asked 1 . I cannot tell what influence, operating at that moment made me speak adverse to my f«sllings.' The gentle voice of my mother 'ihrUlpdyUirongh me, and melted tho ico of my widdmte heart, and I longed to throw myself on her neck, hut I did not. But my words gave the lie to my heart when I said I Was not sorry. I heard her Withdraw. I heard her groan. 1 longed to call her hack, but I did not. '■ . I was awakened fronv My uneasy slumber by hearing my name called loudly, and niy Sister, stood at my' bed side. , . ! _’ 1 . “ Get up, Alfred. Oh, don’t waitapiinutel Mother is dying!” , ' ; r thought I was yet dreaming, but I got up mechanically and followed niy sister. On the bed, pale arid cold'os marble, lay niy mother. She had thrown herself on the bed to rest; arising to go again to . mo, she was seized again with a palpitation of the heart;'and borne senseless to herroom. 1 My sister threw her arms around me,' arid wept in silence.- Suddenly wo saw ii light motion of mother’s hand-—-hov eyes unclosed. She looked at me and moved'her lips. I could not understand her words. “ Mother, mother! say only that you forgive me.” She could not say it with her lips, hut her hand pressed mine. ' She smiled upou.mo, and lift mg her thin white hands,, she clasped my hands within them, and cast her eyes upward. She moved hoi - lips in prayer - , and thus she died. I voommed 'still kneeling beside that dead form, till my gentle sister removed mo. The joy of-yoptlpha(h,goh.e .fi)i;ov;or,l -, d.>y •£■ Boys whq.spurn amothei - ’s.control, who are ashamed to own that they are wrong, >vho tldnk it .manly, to resist her authority, or yield to. her influence, beware | Bay; not up for yourselves bittoi’imomorios-fpr. futurosyears.; ROM AFFECTIONS. The heart has memories that can never die. Thorough rubs of tho word—the cold, unfeel ing, selfish world, cannot obliterate them. No difference bow, we may he: tossed. about life’s turbid and tempestuous stream, these memo ries,still live with us, and often times 'steal in upon pur sadder moments, producing tho most E leasing emotions. , They 'are,memories' of ome-r-early : homo 1, Dear, hallowed spot 1 what magic in tho sound 1 ' And as our mind wanders far baek pvor :the„miaty-priat,-how many, tender reminiscousos of that oarly home come, crowding,,upondual . Tliefo is tho old dree under which, tho light hearted sehool-doy swung in; many a, summer, day,-; yourider the river in which ho learned to : swim ; there the home in which he knew a parent’s love; and prqteotion. dWhy, oven in the -school house, with its dark, old. walls, which, in youthful days impressed him with such awe, associated as they wore, with thoughts ,of fer ule and tasks, comes back to h bring pleasant' remembrances of the “far long ago.” There ho learned to feel some of his best emotions ;i and there, perchance, ho first met the being who, by hoc love and' tenderness-in after life, 1 has made a home for. himself happier oven than that which his childhood knew. Oh 1 these are memories which linger around the heart, over and anon dispensing', joy end’ sunshine athwart our checkered path way—memories which the cares of . the world can. never obliterate. Often in the ; busy -whirl of life, they present themselves, and we involuntarily sigh for, our hoyhoodls-days,, when “ life seemed of summer dreams.” ' But th oy cbme not; ■ they arc ours no', longer.; up-, on tho “ wings of the morning”, they.nave fled from .ua. forever. Dear home of pur child hood 1 since we left thy sfiered preoinots how many disappointments and sorrows have crowded upon us, and how many more will overtake us during our, pilgrimage through life wo cannot toll, for tho future is a sealed, scroll, and we know pot what is folded there —whether joy or. agony, sunshine or sorrow! “Is That Also Thine ?”—A beautiful re ply is recorded of a Balacalian peasant, whoso master was 'displaying to him the,grandeur of his estates.Barms, houses and forests wore, pointed out in succession; on every hand; -ns the property of the rich'proprietor, who sum med :up finally) ■by • saying: “In short, all you can seo in ovory direction,* belongs to mo.''- Tho poor man looked thOughtful.for a moment, then pointing lip to heaven, solemn ly replied,; “And-is that also thine : And is not 'this a question which' May well ’ be addressed te oveiyterie who-is' rejoiclng-in ’the multitude of his richeswho,'as bo looks around him, sees the mercies that have been ?ourcd into his lap ;’may ho not bo oske'diyi s Heaven also thmo ? - And if such ri ques tion may be asked of the rich, may in not be asked of all, whether rich or poor? And may, we in nil sincerity ask tho -reader* to -weigh' well the words— rla Heaven also thine. .; i. BATHEa Expressive.— That eccentric Dow, JR;,.incite of ’hisAisoourses; in, which ho;de soribes the contrast between semblance and reality,Jthus hits off a hall scone: ' “A woman'may hot be'an angel though she' glides through, the-mazes of the'dance like a spirit olpt'-.cd with a r rainbow and-studded with stars,; . The young man may behold his admired object on the morrow in the true light of reality; emptying a wash tub in the : -gutter, frook pinned' rip : behind—her cheeks pale for. tho want of paint-rhor hgir mussed and fuzzy, (except what lies in the bureau,)—-and her whole'contour wearing the appearance of an angel jammed through a brush fence into a world of wretchedness-.and woo," A BIX OB' ROMANCE A. SURVIVOR OP; THE ’STEAMSHIP ARCTIC, . ! The New Orleans Courier has the following story; A gentleman of the Second District of this city was oh boardof the ill-fated steamer Arctic, when shcjwas lost on the27th pf Sep tember, 1854. The , sad news reached here that.he was among tho missing, and cast a gloom in his household, for ho had a family— a young and pretty wife and a child; He was well-to-clo in the.world, and; loft property suf ficient for their maintenance. The young widow mourned her lost husband, sincerely,, doubtless, but sorrow, is not everlasting, and as the long years rolled-past, the mourning weeds disappeared; the roses on'her. cheeks! bloomed again, and smiles played'on herrosy : lips; She was young and pretty, and suitors; were not wanting. She married again! Sev eral years of quiet-bliss have passed since thel day sho took a new companion in life, and; now, suddenly the electric : spark of ithejfelQj; graph, flying with the speed struck the edifice of her happiness— its base, so as to make it totter and crafMH| A dispatch from New York, receiyed dayfbep fore yesterday, announced the. arrjjy(®f the i long lost first husband. ; Clinging' %-,some piece of the wreck, he lipd floated to distant; shores, who,re for six long years he lived with! the hope;of meeting, oboe more the. beloved ones he had left at liome, but unable to find a homeward bound Vessel! Wo hope to obtain some particulars concerning his Crusoe life,, and of the many liardships uo must have suf- ; ferod—all.'of which dwindle into more noth ingness at tho thonght of the disappointment that awaits; him on his arrival home. The feelings of the twice wedded wife mify.bebet? tor imagined than described. ' 1 [From {he W O; Bee, Aug. Wi .] Wo understarid on reliable authority that the eui'vivor of the Arctic disastex - , of whom we spoke on Tuesday, will bo in this;city this evening. The person is Mr. Fleuyy, w.ho was well known as Raving kept, the grooory at tho corner of Orlerins rind Robertson streets,Wliei'b his wife now resides. She married. Mr. Fleu ry’s chief clerk, Mr. Weber,, and had three childreii by him. flor. two (Children by. Mr. Floury—a daughtov of seventeen and a' son of fifteen—are now living with her. * Bast Saturday she received thofirst intima tion of the startling news of. horhusband’s re turn, after an uibaonco of five years and a half, in a letter ffoin him, dated at Now York. A lady friondy-to.whom. sho showed-,the tetter, reports the substance of it,, to bo that Floury, •vvith’fivo other survivors bf the Arctic,'wore pteked- up. froin the fragments of- the wreck by a whaler, which, kept on hori long viiyage.—i- This ship was subsequently, sunk, and fifteen of. those aboard saved' themselves, upon the island from which they Wore trikeri by anoth er whaler, which was. just commencing her cruise, and which,only returned to Ncw York a week or two ago. ... > . A llnndsoitio Corapliment to ML ;Donglns. : ,' In a lato speech rit, Louisville, tlie Hon, 3phn. J, Crittenden,,thfi patriotic apd cnijncnt tfpposition Senator,’'from following high complimont to Mr, Hcrriglas,: ,j “I know Mr. Donglas very well, ladies and gentibraen. ” Frqni Mr. Pqifglas, personally, I should apprehend no danger.’ 1 I haveliiever been a Democrat, as liyou all know.- [Ap plause.] ' A frank, fair and honest opponent of the Domoeratic -party,—l—have ever been found acting upon Whig; principles from; the first to tho last. ; [lncronsod applause.] But I have known Mr. Douglas in the public oils, rind have acted with liiin.'. Although gorii erally opposed and especially upon party'ques tions,-We have at times acted together, and particularly upon one momentous occasion, .whop ,we acted together in opposition.to that irifambus Lecompton Constitution., [Deafen- j ing applause.] ■ Mr.-Douglaswna there making ; i£ gf rat 'sacrifice ■to his. sense of duty. ; [ Ap- 1 ; plausq;] - He was sacrificing his connection,- •; ,on-. that occasion, with many old political (friends; ho was breaking up the relations of a j long political.life;.he was sacrificing ns flater- f •irig prospects for tho highest office of tho Gov-, i ornriiorit as ariy riiau ia .tho couritry had. I; r folly beliovo ho did whnt he conceived to; he f jhis.vduty;. and, in, defiance of all opposition,, . itbp rack of tho President, offended friends, and; j open'foes, he. noted like a man. .[Tremendous, cheering;] lie might have been mistaken in what he did, hut that-little diminished the va lue of.tho not,. - He thought he was right, and , lie knew he was iriaking a sacrifice, and he was 1 capable of iriaking it when ho believed tho in terests of,his country demanded it. [Cheers.] , T can have no quarrel with him; he is a Un ion man. 1 [Ghcors.l ' And a Union man I can always trust, when I believe him to he sincere aridunreafnest, as I believe Douglas to bo.”— [Continued applause,] . . i : ‘ Tlif) Noble Earl aml Unncsl Parmer. , A former once called on tho late Earl Fitz , william tor represent that his crop of wheat * had been seriously in a field adjoining a cer „ -tain wood,whoro his lordshipteUqunds had.dur , ing tho winter,-frequently mot'to hunt. Ho stated that the, young wlicat hod boon so out up autj.jdestroyed that in some parts ho could riot hope for any produce; “Well, my .friend,” said his lordship, “I am aware that wo did ’ oonCiderablo injury, rind if „ybu can"produce an estimate of.tho-loss ybu have sustained I will repay you.”, The farmer replied that, anticipating his lordship’s consideration and '. -kindness, ho had requested a friend to assist L him 1 in estiriiatirig ’ the damage,' rind they thought, as the crop seemed quite destroyed, : £5O will not more than repay him. Tho Bari . immediately gave him the money. As tho , harVestj -however, approached, the wheat grew, and' in those parts of the. field which wore most trampled the - wheat was strongest arid'most luxuriant. , ; ' This farmer wont again to his lordship, arid, being iutrodaoed, aaid: “I am eoriio, niy. lord, the .field of wheat,adjoining suqh .ri, wood.*’ "Hisdoydsbip immediately re bolloofod v the'; 'circmristanoc,s. my friend,''did I’net allow you sufficient to roiriu riovafe you for your loss 1” “ Yes, my' lord, I find that I havq,sustained, no loss ah all, for wliere tho' hounds had most cut up the land, ho crop 'is' most - promising; rind' I _ have, -hereforo, brought ;tho £5O hack aguin.”-y -‘Ah j” exclaimed the yenorab|o Earl,}“ this s, what I like; this is as it should be botp'een irian'and mrin'.’’ 'He then entered into con-, vererition with the farmer; risking’ some ques tions. ribDuf .his family; how many children he. had, Ac. | His,lordship;(hen went.into,anothr; er,room, and returning, presented the. farmer with a check for £lOO, saying i “ Take, bare of thisj-aridwhen your I ' eldest : soh is of age, present it to him, and tell him the oocasioii that.-produced it.” ; We know riot which ;to admire the'more, tho heribvolorice or tho wis dom • displayed by this illustrious ’ man; for while doing a noble act of generosity, he; was handing down- a, lesson; of integrity to tho next generation. KT” Looking at tho faults of others, wb oveiv look our own. CARLISI.B, f A., TITCRSBAY, AUGCSX 30, IS6O. ‘ t. , ' Oratory,-or'the. act of speaking;-fs of-conrso : an art; rind like alFbther-nrts.masthepHlUfa ,ted with the greatest briio; to ehsrira success.' If wo,were to solqct two] young mom of form arid’ find mrisorilat'.develoHhioiii, bno r of whom lind' learned to ; daricC mid thc other had not; and if wo.wbre.'to'rcquireihotlpto danco : a hornpipe or cut'a 'wQuld: wonder that the. puipil-. qfi Trepßichore wquld. bear off tiie palm. /Tha theatre’liaa produced the riiost cohspiouFus'effqlrt -of fiidfe-oratory.;; and we knoiv that ithe-vgreat maatera of tho buskin makq a smallpiwtion oftho fqw plays tho study of theii whole,Tjves., fThpir dress is studiously arranged for 1 effect’"theirfono and action are sedulously ridjusted to evofy Word ; evety; jdsture has beeAypracticOd heforo. the rairrw, and sterebtypedymithe m'OmOipr, this wdn every rbpetitiou of 1 the play. I ''Dcinoalkencs, cram- shouting the surf ; tlie oldfi'rPitt, hurl- -thundora 'befora-Tlie looklng- the TqfesX'bdydßd'':thp: men.or,' as ■Wd f hriVe ‘ heaird' vt|ib’'sriw : himj striding-from treAfo]||Mlp : :iua pwAyard; rind anon (flinging hisi-irifmgjyildly qpward,’ as 1 if, inthe prospned bf rivhbafj'ho lyas iriiprcbatlng the vongenrice of fieayeri ripori the cnemiGspf his country; these|&'d‘'sitoilnr incidents; at test the.dciiiherate .preparation ofAim-masters of oratory. in;t.he;height-of,their,;fame.i , With siinilnr pains, sinular resrilts will fol-. low; arid 1 nlthough- few'dan attain the skill, of a Garrick, of a'lCcirible, or of a Talma, 1 of De iriosthones, of Chatham,-or-of Henry, the:ef feqt of suoli elaborate trairiibg rriust. manifest ly improve; the gesture and voicp.«f n speaker.- I'lid ancient orators '"followed the; example of the players ;. «gid; ''l)emohtileiie& both,of whom > had great natural dofbets to overcome, were the most nsiduousdovotees of the mere art of'oriafojry.^‘'lndeed,'Cicero prac ticed declmriatidnsdtt Gfeek that homigot cefve the cbrrdctioijs of-.a-Greek rliotrioian.— The history qf dt lustripus of riiodeVii speakers pt tho bar,, of AVebstei- arid of Clay, shows that those great speakers 1 had no proclivity to rdady speech’; and'one of them oQuld.nob he prevriilcdiupbn to recite the speech; oft qnptbor ,committed to memory, but. loft tho. stage-.to hci'ato hinisdl/ in private for his 1 '%ard., ' lie, Uidiefore, who aspiros tb perfect , grace in" uttdrriri’ce' rind-’ ac tion, aliorild edri . his; lesapn - early arid. con it late;, . And og mannor;is t -the: better half of the battle.of speech in strjctly popuirir assemblies, tho art-of rspoakirig but 1 to he cultivated ip all our 'sobiodik 'iuiSriqbUSjsbfi' strictest crire,- rind studied,' rid it unquektenribly -is by rill tlie groat sp'oakors on groat iihofaloly through life.’" • , - , ! Bargains. ; There—l’ve blistered ihe.'sols3,sf ,myfeeii besides ,wgating ■, a>, IvoloLiight. thiodgV- **? esß 1 now : gaiters; •: Somebo.dydiaa etdlpn iny para sol,, top,, pr. else I have.lajdvjti-dpwn/somm where' arid forgotten it. djf .appre ciatedaU two! for dtj would, ghat’s t}je use of being .eoono^ioalfin!this, WQrld? ,1s that you jn ,thp.}iitl)>, to-day. j'Jiwenty, yards of merino for 50 dents. .holo in. : thp mid dle, ofevory fold. -1-got,lt-cheap,you poo, be cause it's damaged. "What do I want 1 with nlprino this’ hot summer weather? We 11,.! suppose winter’s, coming-pome, day, isu’t. i.t? and it will, ho the very thing then.i You wish I wbuldn’t sp'end'myti.mO'running about af ter things that are ■'cheap, when there is: so much for me to do. at home ? Now, if I didn’t know how; unreasonable you arc,/llazcl, I [should take .offence at that very unkirid speech ■of yours. ’ However,’ I’ve got something Hero : that Will-please -even-you; /Didn’t' you say : something about wanting: a mew/straw hat fast .night?, , Ilere’s ; the very thing—and only ; in dollar. What’s the matter with flio, brim, jdid ydu'’ask ? ' Now, Hazel,'don’t give it such in.'twist —it’s only raveled out a little,•;or 1 ineVer should havo got lit at .that price. ' You ■won’t wear such a scarecrow ?’ Of,course not; ■That’s right—break, your,’poor :wife’s-heart when silo .tries so hard to' economise-: you.— lYou’d a great deaf rather td mend your coat ? Hazel!' you don ! t mean to tell me you’ve worn through that- coat already?*/ That;beautiful cloth*that Tgot so cheap? You guess it was one of mycheap bargains?', Hazel,T’ve al most a mind to declare that I will never try to save money for'you agaih. ■ AYoil, Bridget, what's the nows in the Tdtohen ? The baby lias crawled against the bars of the range and burnod -hiniself? Mercy upon* us, Bridget, bow. can you ho so careless? . The cat has, knocked the,tray down, with alt the-bost chi nk upon it, and some beggar he-s contrived to get in" hud steal two of the silver-spoons. Mr. Hazel’s nom Marseilles vest scorched to a cin der in the preserves moulded, so that you had .to, throw,- them„ away—the pies and cake forgotten in the' refriger ator out of order—there,’ Bridget, don’f-tell mo" anything more, unless - you want to have ma go crazy atonce.': ; AV!hat are ypp i for, Jdazol ? / don’t seo anything,to laugh at. You would'havd liked to know how much I have saved iix my bargains to-day. AYoll, let mo sop!—twenty yardsof mormo—wet muslin —hat. . Seven; dollars- at, least—and X hope you appropiato nil the trouble ;X have taken.. It’s what I call'a' pretty good ' day’s work— don’t you ? Oh, ceftairily you do—only since the damage in the kitohed can’t be* less than forty dollars, and forty is,greater than sovbn by just, thirty-three, you think I would find it more .'economical, in thp long run, to stayat homo and mind uiy own business ? 'Oh, Ha zel; Hazel 1 That’s just the view a man takes of things—as though / was to' blame for all these’’ accidents; ’ Well,:! suppose'it is the duty of us poor;women- to, suffer and be silent. But say, it,. is, sharper than any sor-r Eont’s tooth ever saw, to have a thankless Offhand U-JWri,\ George WasJiingloti Willis, . Hints on PoAntino Trees.— -Oh procuring a lot of trees.hf you .have to Carry them a dis tance," ( wrap the vrpofcsf securely ,-swith ;• moist straw, or other : material,, to;,parent: drying, and,' immediately, pn home, “heel them in”—cover the roots with'mellow earth,' where they can! remain some days, or- till rea dy; for planting—thaivtake out but- few at:a time, so ils not to expose the roots tp drying.- To prepare the free for planting,' out off , any ‘decayed or broken parts bfrdpts; then reduoe the top, to correspond With the loss of roots; cutting -off; surplus, branches, and ’ reduoifife those nt tfye fyead or theif; length, .leaving only three or,’ four butippn oaoh last year’s shoot.-' In’ setting, Ipt one person hold the tree in its position, while ’an otherifllla in yith mellow? earth,- pressing it firmly oiuong the roots with thahond, toting care to leave, no cavities underneath an when tho'roots are all covered, pressing whole firmly with the /not, observing that the pnmerdepm is for the roots to bo about an J ■inch deeper, when planted, than ih the nur sery.—- Ohio Cultivator* , i w ! '/ The Setcssily ol labor. ' " ■ The Itotidn is’ false that genius can secure itsaihiswithout labor. All the great minds whohave left their marks upon the history of .the world’s progress, have paid for their suc cess and notoriety by the prico of. unremitting toil and labor, ' • ’ Napoleon. Bonaparte worked hard and in cessantly, and has been known to exhaust the. energies of several secretaries at one time.- , Charles XII of Sweden, frequently tired out all his officers. ' ■ The Duke of Wellington was the hardest, .working man in the. Peninsula; his energies never flagged. ■ , . , . ■ Milton, fromhis youth, applied himself with ‘ such indefatigable application to the study of letters thatit occasioned weakness of sight and ultimate blindness. . ■? . ■ The labor of. Sir Walter Scott, ia evidont in the number of. his literary productions, and it is - apparent to every reader that the immense masses of general information , which abound throughout his multitudinous works could on ly have been acquired by dint of many years’ bard study. 1 Byron was in the’ hSlit of reading even at his meals. Luther made it a rule to translate a verso of the Bible. every .day. This soon brought him to the completion of his labors, and it was a niatter of astonishment,to Europe, that in the multiplicity of his other labors, besides'travel ing, ho could find the . tiind to prepare such d surprising work. , , , i - Newton and Locke pursued-their studies with lireloss efforts, and Pope ‘sdught retire ment', so that he-might pursue his’ literary op erations without -interruption and. distraction. Industry,is essential to;all; by forming the habit bf doing something useful every day,; a man increases ,his'own amount of. happiness and enlarges that dfothor' about him. ■■• Many, q one, by judicious use of tho'odd mo ments, fhdsoiittlo vacancies in every day life which occur to all, have rendered themselves famous among thdir felloes. , Nature is preserved in its proper working condition'by constant exertion, and man, to keep a healthful condition of mind and body, must .exert his mental and physical faculties; the Cdnstant'eraployment of thd'first will give the strength of character,'so that it is capable ofthinkingon, any subject at any time, ondby active, bodily exer.tiph.he preserves his health, fortune.and worldly position, , "The, Marquis ofSpinola 01166 asked. Sir Ho race Vete " of what his brother died ?” ... He died,'sir; ofliaving nothing to do.” !• “ Alas 1 sir, ’’ said Spinpla, " that is enough to kill any general of us all.” ;I can pass by tho tomb of, a man with sonto what of, calm indifference ; but when I survey ; tlie grave of a female, a. sigh involflniirily, es- • capes me! ''With tho holy name of womab I associate’overy soft, tender, and delicate affect ion, I. think of her as the young and bashful ■idrgin.wltheyfeSßparklingandcheeksqnmsonr ed with each impassioned loelib'j of the heart; as,the chaste and virtuous matron tired of the tha •griw’iß-fo’ which' She, prusj; -jsgoh idescontL-rrOh, tfierb/iS thing.in, contemplating the:, .character of Hyor, mdn t.hat raises the .sbuTfaf iabovo the level of Society; • .She ’ is' formed' to' adorn' and humaii iSef ifldnkihd; to > soothe . his'caresj-and r 'str6w ; his path, with, flowers.; ,- In the hour,of distress,' she is , the rook on which he leans for support;, and Vlien fate .calls him.from oxistanc? her. tears bedew his'grave. Can yoti look upon : her tomb without emotion?' Man has always i justice done his memory, woman never.! The ! pages of history lie open to ono,; but tho meek and; unobtrusive excellencies of tho other - sleep with her unnoticed in the grave. In 1 btir mny have;shorie the genius of a poet with ' the ;vivt\ios ; of, a saint. , She, too, may h, e • passed along the sterile, path of existence, and feU foi' otbcra.as Idiow feel-for hen— — ~ . Lime.—There, are few minerals more wide ly distributed throughout nature than lime, it is in almost every l portion pf the earth’s ’crust,.from the primitive granite to the surface soil of tho presont,time; in the waters-of the, jsea ;in the ashes'of the plant jin the shell of jthe molluse, and the .bones of tho vertebrate; :in the sparkling waterC of the rippling brook; in the polished-marble :of tho sculptor; in gor geous palace of tho'king; in the,red brick building of- the manufacturer, there lime is used' in the operations 'of the builder, the manufacturer, tlie chemist, and in ; almost every dopartmontiof life; bur walls and ceil ing are plastered With lime; tho stones .are cemented together, with lime ; tho glass in our' windows infixed), to. .the; cashes with lime; lime is used in the; purification of coal gas,, and in dyeing; dur!cloths are 1 bleached with bhloriue,,held in',store by lime; leather cannot be made - without- the use of lime; in the extraction of many, of tho organic acids, as is the Citric, tiirtare, and malic, lime is indispen sable; iii agriculture, as a manure; and in the reclamation of certain.kinds of-waste 1 lands,. limo is used as a valuable, agent for correct ing certain positively bad ■ properties. of the soil The MysTE.uy pF ■ it.— Two darkies had bought a quantity of pieklod pork in partner ship ; hu t Sambo having no place to put his portion in; consented tp : intrust' tha whole amount to Julias’' keeping.; The next morn ing they met when Sam said.“good morn ing Julias, anything strange or, mysterious happed- down' your way;lately?" “ Yes, Sam : , most strange thing happen to my house ycsterlastnight. Mystery to me." “Ah, : Julius, wha’ , waa.idat?" “‘Well, Sam, tolls you how. Dis.morning I went down into the cbllarforto getVpiboe'df pifark for dis yer darkey’s breakfast, and I ’ put my hand down into’brine; and folt arouhd, but no pork dare all gone, couldn’t tell whpt bewont ..with it; sol turned up der harl, hud Sambo, true as prcaohin.’do rats eat a hole Velar through de bottom of do harl, and they dragged the pork all outl”: :■ Qo : where you' wili,.,among, the rich and the poor, tho 'man'ordoiripefqncb, of the man .who earns his bread by the daily] sweat of his brow, and you hoarmurmuring and the voice of; complaint. The other, day’ we stood by ii cooper, who was playing a mer ry tune with his adze around a cask. “Ah!" said ho,'.“ mine is a-liard lot—forever trotting round like a dog, driving away at a hoop.”— ■“ Ileigho I" sighed our neighbor, the black smith, ip one of the hot days, ns he wiped the drops of pr&piration from, his brow, while his red; hot ipon glowed upon the anvil;. “ this is life, with a vengeance, melting and frying one’s self over the firq," “Oh, that I .were a' carpenter I" ejaculated -a shoemaker, as ho bent over his lap stohe; “ hero l am, day af ter day, working my. soul away in making soles for others, cooped up in this little seven by nine room.” “ I dni sick of this outdoor work, exclaims the Carpenter, “ broiling and sweating under the sun, or exposed to the in clemency of the weather—if I was only a tai lor." . “This is tpo bad," perpetually cries the taildr, “to bo compelled to,sit perched up here, plying my needle—would that mine was a more active life." ■ “ Last day of grace —the banks won’t discount—roustomers won’t pay—what’ shall I do I" grumbles the merch ant’; “I had rather be a dray-horse—a dog —anything I”. “ Happy fellows 1” groans the. lawybk - ,'as ho . scratches his head, over sonic porploxing case, or pours over some dry re cord, “ happy follows! I had rather hammer stone than cudgel my brain op this tedious, vexatious question." ; And through all, the ramifications of society, all are complaining bf their condition—finding fault, with their particular calling. “If I were only this or that, or tbo othor, I should he content," is the universal cry—anything - but what I am. • So wags the world, so it has wagged, and so will wag. f - ; Kindness" among Ked Indians.— rAn edu- i catod American told me a circumstance, pro ■ ying, in a most affecting manner, how capable tho_ Indiana are of liberal charity, evcn in 1 their own poverty,. .About twenty years back, 1 ho said lie was travelling in the savage North of Wisconsin. He and his'two comrades had 1 expended all their previsions.' It was winter, ■ and deep snow covered forest and plain, soj I that they .foumd difficulty in advancing, and > could hot possibly, kill. any, game.' They j 1 marched on foh throe days without sustenance, L and were in a state of doopdistress. At ■ length,' to their delight, they discovered an 1 Indian lodge, entered, it, and bogged some food. Unfortunately, the Indians had. npth ' ing to Offer, and replied to their “P” 1 " plaints with,others evemworse. We, they said, “have,been fasting nearly so many weeks as you have days. The deep snow has pre vented us killing any thing. Our two sops I have gone out to-day, butthby will return, os usual, with empty hands. Other Indians, 1 however, lira twenty miles to the'North,'and i t is posaiblo thoy arc better provided for than we are,” i : The'American‘arid his comrades, tortured by hunger, set out at- once' ori snow-shoca to try their,luck with their noignbors, but they hadi scarcely gone four or five miles when they heard a jell behind them, and saw an Indian; hurrying aftor them on, snow-shoes. , , ‘ “HiI 1 hallo! job men; stop ! Coine hack!”' “ lyhattS’the matter i “ Our lads have returned:- They have shot W deer, atjd brought it" home. Wo, have now ,n supply, and I Kayo hastened to tell yo’n of The travellors'turnod back, and were stuff ed with, food, though the door was small and the family largo.—JToW’s Wanderings Sound hake Superior, ;an]) ' 1!©” Ex-President Pijlmpro intends tostump the State of Nejv ifork for Bell pndJEyerptt., IC7" We don't often try Windke mod fear us unless we fear them..’ ET” The currents id ourgardens dro’opsjly stemmed; thodurrant df life isri’t; " ' '* O'” A Judge ’ignorant/qf.gnimina.r, ia. ycjry apt to pronounce incorre6t eenfc!»ew‘ i - i! - T >'’' lE?* The point upon which many wom'ea4i seem most sensitive is the embbnpimu. DCr’llo makes a pod# use of the oardshf life whp_plays the,game ofephtafre;'* j-t^T 0E?“A Bacholor’sfacois.often the worse for wear—a married One’s for -wear-apd- tear, , (CT® Some men can never hold their own ia conversation except by holding, tongues. ■ •; -‘f- to Ooil. ;\vo are indebted an, first for lifo.itsoif, and tbon.for making 'it worth having,,V‘ . r,' i■ V ' ITT” Women ,who, sue for broach ofpromiso may fair to'gel money,, but they generally re-' ceive heavy damages, * . ' , ; BZT’The majority of woniep afp little, touch* ed by friendship, ;fdr R is insipid whop.' they have pride-tasted of love.' ~ , The human heart, like a well, if utter ly closed in from the outer." world; is sure, to generate an atmosphere of death; ' (CT 1 * New .and 'splendid mansions, aw oftph tenanted by meaner, reptile's than those which infest them in their'rum. and'decay,' I; " ■ O’.lf you. ape not satisfied with, the: necpsi sarios of.life, mb whether youi'can satisfy yourself with repining after luxuries,,. :> O’ A rod is siiid to be.all. tho .hotter for a good, soaking. Some clubs we;know of are believed to soak a great deal too much. O’ Two hoys recently fell into a sewer in. Rochester, N, Y„ and before efficient aidoonld> bo readored tliom, both wore, drowned. O’ The great see the world at one end hyi flattery, the little at the'other end.byneglect;" the meanness which both discover is, the samp-; A friend of ours who left* the editorial .fraternity a year ago is now. engaged- in- ing pigs. So ho has again taken the pon.in: hand. -■ -h. :'f ic O' ” I would have you to know, pip, that, my namp is Frances; and hot Frank.”. “ %B»j yes, Miss, hut you.kuow I have tha.fi:anldn'g .privilege.” - ' '" ; V .’ .-,;f O* A lady living in. Willimantip, > .Cohn.; > while picking currants in her garden; ondt morning, o, short tiine since, fell’to tho earth and died instantly. : i ■■ O’” Como, go to bed, Eddie, yottseo.ii,sjip., sun-down,, and the. little' chickens nit,go','toj roost.at that time.” kutithai i AVsKorfc time’sindo; a couple of men,got into.a.quarfolata pic-hio in Glhom-T nati, when’one drew a knife and,stabbed'.'thoi other, inflicting a fatal'wouhdi- o{t i>s .'-.f -;' O’lt if a • :thd world dut and the SabbSlnih; 'Tittie'lias walled it round, with a couple,, how. pure and calm, wo raay'havo it between! 1 i • 1C? 5- Thostorytbnthnabeongoingtborounds 1 of tlio papers,'that h child had been eaten alive' by bears, is; how prbnouhoed to be a barefillshW hood. c. • V , . •I'-f.iVp • ! K7"A countEymah,whosawforihefirsttimo' a hopped skirt hanging at Ojshppj dpopponllod.- : to7asV‘‘ wliaf kVn3 of’a bird they kept in, that .cage." ” ' !C7“ An Irishman being asked in .CoHrfc frg his certificate of marriage, showed n big state’’ on his head, about the shape of hshovel,'which, •was,satisfactory. , I O* Tom and Joe were talking ovcb thpii?'- travels, when. Tom asked hiatelmm, “Were you croc in Greece?" "No,” replied.'Jpe.ti but I once fell into a thundering big tub of soap." ’' • : ■’ " J 1 ' , OC?” At a down-East revival an old lady prayed fervently for the “ young lambaoftiio Hook,". Another old lady asked; ".Wouldn’t it b,o ns well to include the old ewba?”,,, A tit*, tor pervaded the meeting,’. CT"! “ I know I am a perfect bear jn my nbrs,” said a fine young farmer’ Irthis sWbet, heart, “ No, indeed yon are hot, John f you! have never hugged mo yet, : You ai;o mpro sheep than bear, .‘ : ! i KT"' A couplo of men in Danbury, taking bach a glass of brandy recently) njijtbd corrosive sublimate, instead of sugar, With the liquor, audit is supposed that they will both die from the effects of tbo poisom ■ , , 7 ,, , O’ A number of ladies .were tiding in U; carriage, drawi) by a spirited horse; near Eemjj broko, recently, and the animal taking fright,, ran away, nna twp of the ladies woro'thrpwh from;the vehicle and killed. ». \.f -• ; ID" A horse in Newark, N. JV that had been bitten by a rabid dog; recently developed syrap*'-' toms of hydrophobia, and severely bJt ilfl oWui'.. or on the arm, as he was attempting to soothe and caress it, and finally had to-be killed, t 7» Doctor, looking Ipomed and, spoaking slow," Well, mariner, what tooth do jou want * extractedls it a niblaror an iricisorf .r-,. Jack, short and sharp; "It Je m the. uppejf.s , tier on tlia larboard , side.. Boar a hand, JW ■ swab, for it.is nipp|ng ii}o like a lobster. ] , - ' [£/=•“Patrick,;’ s,ai(} ft pedestrian, "w^ich” is the road to BuriihgtonT' i' , “Who tould yoiiiny name was Patrick ?“ “ ' "Why, I guessed it." ;• yi V>bits " yiidn,. be jabbrs,. guess. toßur lington,” retorted the offended‘Uihornia,n'. O’ During, the tornado in Ohio the, ojShcj week, a gentleman whowae out for fead rt sorrel horse blown'from between httf legal— } The animal wah-fonhd after the .tßrnadhsubr o si ■ i imrU: .SO. 12. TTTZiT