f, : r«r fit ofi wSKK 'BKm ini ' n [,>> hlß^ i:.:H| .K iti !t; l > ||H^K fI»W m. 47. " kEIIICAJV iVOLtJKi’EEIi '.JtOWII»jO; Sr V B.BRATTON.''■-•■.BRATTON.' '■-•■ : ■ ” te iTm s. ' ' .. ~ »■:/ ?|PT4ON.—Ono Dollar and t Fifty- Conte, paid ?.°®» Two Dollars if paid within the .yearj vDollara'dndFifty ..While the night-bird sings., Evil, in thp.stormy winter/' : ' Paints thp sunimor bloom; * Good; .with Vuramqr’jin its bosom,. ( Smilos at waiter's gloom. ■■ «iEv.il, started by its thunder,' - ■ .Prom thb future flics; ;; - | ,^G(»od,enchanted through its..vista,., , halcyo n l.skies- . - '.‘Evil, in'tho bight of sorrow, ' ": . Only doubts anid fears ; i : ' i- Good,- unshaken,' feels Jair angel : Wipe away Us tears.. I JBVil buy of cheating pleasure f Puin.wltliout release; . , Good, by. inward .conquest noble, Wms immorteii poaco, /’’> *, =Evil meets with eyeballs flashing, * . ' f' ’ Slamlor'sivonomortioye ; . .i,■ • < ■ Good, with; blazipg coals ofdcindnoss, r , JDHstera.cycry l;p. Ivil, grasping guilty treasure, ', ‘ ; Shames,a.goldon crowd-; •• opd, whpn Mammon tries Us virtue, jß.urnmgj looka him/dbwn. r > il. toarlose, looks at sorrow’s'. •.. T intor.l>luatQ(l. spring ; \ with robin’s pongs of summer, ? kcs. her ring., ihrJa in beauty \ celestial tfhi6os ' - ‘ ••< I, peerless queen of splendor, rnimpes;iu her face. , * youth is, onriy cripplmi, Ua. deatlf-km li rung ; J , J ! X'.Oood ia’'llk«j jv Wooming-sistorf ■’= * , r \'r r . i /5 ‘ r 'Evil, with 'Of grcatnesi, 1 ? , for amamo;. i: -: 1 i? i- : aot-ioty r -/ ( • , ;Einds tlii),sLtt'low, fanio. •., .; Evil,, oppression thunders, • -tfttgHt or wrong, gives in j • Qo6d» in atop - with-heavenly music, Nothing foar6 but'sin, . ■ •..» Evil sees in vast creation cottage door with his baby Sister Karino.-S Idor sister, .Thoroso, was busy clearing away oning meal, and his brother Hubert was in >usly carving curious Wooden spoons,and .and forks to soil- to travelers whom Ids, fa-' Ight guide over the mountain's; for ydumust hat those four children lived in a little Swiss or cottage, ut the foot of some famous’ihoun and when little' Franz lifted his eyes, ho did o : (i'row of nice brick,houses, three stories ut instcad-of these, high mountains stretched and bW heads up to the very sky. The mo-i those little Htviss children had died more tar ago, and as they were very poor, sister whpjwas only twelve years old—haa hoen ousokoeper.eVor since; ■ ’ , , /?“ that «» father had gone to tnrthe „ O , v « t ho.mountains, and would ear a HtUo Acre a&^hem^’rT’ Franz, quite tired. £ ,"?* It was .t lThoredds and fe’ '^ 8 ,p,on the glittering,monntoin d tops ? ‘ i remember, Bister,”' said'he ire?” 0 Enslish ; b °y’ s nightj 1 did ho say?’? ’ i .wo’were, looking at tho sunset, and it was mutiful as it is to-night, for it seemed as if iOuntaintops were on 'fire, and yon could tho atrangest things.',.At last I thought it like some of tho grand, far-away cities, or 10 trovolUra so often talk;. 1 . So I wont np to 1 I gentleman, and said; ; * ■ , i'ifclook liko London/ sip?" • '■ J :not think >ho hoard mo/for dip just kept his hdippntho mountains, andholdokcd na if ipwthing yo,y wonderful a igrpat wot off. “ uW !**««. to •‘fckjjt. .That it was, ho out hia honda bo slpwly/nnd saiisoftiy: p your heads, 0; jr» gates, .'oroi'lifh them jToriaatiagl doors,-and -the, King of Glory )mo .in, ihqso iyqro tho very words, for ij them afterwards from my litUeJ bddk/’ • • Fran? bteathlesily, "fchat Jd thenf i D'd you see any door, or gate, indjdid any kingjopipo;in . i r. - and then he looked dowif so. kipdly, and '(J* not .say. anything at i» ?i«»M again t, ,* 8 ityour,king, Bir?’ • ' i It the king df England ?’, I asked; i and bo smiled a little more, king of Prance f 'b i-„i * .h.' 1 n’W-'lSTo.’: i i;nl '■ .T - ‘"AhJ’tho kingofSwodon, then?’ - , “ ‘No, little Thcreso,’ said ho.’itiVthb King 'of Olory.' r . i ' /.■■■!■: '■/ . [ ■ , iffdAnd whore is.Glory,.air,t I.asked. far awayi - behind the mountains, andis/it very, near- England?’ : .-I ■hi w "■‘“‘Noi’ sdid bd/sihUin‘^'ihor# : a:nd :i ia asked 1 Thercse. a, Sr - 1 1 was not as bad as some boys." , curmudgeon !" cricd.-Bobeft." "Not so nad- Us some, boysp indeedl Wofekthose all ’the thahks ydu-gpt ~ “Well/’ said Tiler CSC, soothingly, "ho-is a, poor, lonely, man, and has no childroh-to love him, and , 8 “. iI? ; 'i l tt “,Wofy glad Franz helped ■ ,y°“ th'ink 'I- 'oniho any.'noai-or to-'Glory? | whispered-Franz with-great earnestness. : "I hope you did,! 1 replied Thdrosoi 1 “but Bobort I must not;,bo-loft, behind... Wo mnst.ask! the Great King to.guidoi UB,lnild tp-moj-row.wo Will,all go on 1 together.” ... , , ,- r , ... up. nowi are' they-not, .sister? said little. Franz, as the headt/fili rosy light | paled in the West, old mountain tops stood bcold aUd Solemn against the Clear sky; ' • • , ! ;, ; “ fetus go-in," added Robert. ■ ." The night wind •is,oold-from the ravines,,apd l , m,Blcepy anil tired;” And I/- said little Franz, rubbing. ‘ his misty blue eyes. liwriiio, was already .sicepirig irith her 1 fat hand under her ‘rosy cheek; and ina short time the cot tpgo door was bolted, and ’all those’little children, snug in their beds, were on ; their way to dreamland. -'d'horcs.o,, had “ot slept very long, when sho-folt a sudden shock, ns if something had struck ,the little chatol/and mado 5 iftrom'blo allcovbr.' ! ‘ T- ' • ' ;:: f. What is, that K'injurmnrod little •Franzßreami ly..' . , ■ , ; 1 ; : ''ls it morning, already sighed 1 poor tired die. berk ■ ' f ■; ; . Thereto didriotknow What it;cquld bo/and while. trying to; .think,{her. heavy ,oyo *. ■,5 M r ooped, and she wassoon fastaslcop. times 1 she woke and wondor • ii l - 1 -,'™” n ° fc aJmost^morning, but it was dark as midnight, and ebo' would try, to compose herself agom;.. I*at rat last she became *0 broad awake, that,she, rliisod.up, in bod, and tried to look around ;tho .room., must bo a very dark,nlght.V sho thought to herself// “for almost,always ;tho.stars give a-littlo light I wonder how T happened to wakq so early,” ' v - JUat : fchon-little Praha Sp6ko Sn ; rtivery\weary voice;; “Dear Xhereaoiwhen will it be‘morning.*' It : H thb-vorylongest,pighltXcvopkhow, , 'i;-.... , i;i , hoon^gwako oalla dDzentjtnes,and nowimeah to got up.” ' stores till , . ®9 and’Praz, each told a'long story; and just as 1 they finished, Karine, wa king up; cried loudly for*hqr breakfast ,• ;J* • "J- don t wonder that she is hungry/'said Franz, for I am half starred and cold too ” r r -W Si . g^ little ■Wfc... they could not find any,.for their fa fhor keptaU-suci things .In ft little buiibdnrd in the walk.and had taken tho key, frith him., 1 . j Sp Thcrcse searohed.till she found some milk for Karmp, and some black broad,' which' she save to •her:brothers.- ;,, as they, poiUd, no longer, sleep, they all drqssed as wollas.thcy could in the dark ■ * <‘l will go but,” skid Robert/ "and sod if T can discover any signs of. morning. ~ So ho took down the heavy bar,' when, to his sur prise, tho’door flew open, and ho fomid hiinablf:up on«A? buriedid somecold substance, i Oh, Therese, Franz,” cried Robert, .f' help , me." ' ~ “ «»" it bo !”-czolaimed all throe, as .they helped him upon hia feot, • ;,;f 1j; ■•••• - > < * - “Wliy, this is snow/’oriodlittlq Prana putting a’ handful to hia mouth. .. ... . * b “ How can that bel?" oioiaimoii Thorose "jt was ; so.pleasaot a few hours ago." , • , , ; i>r a fow momonts there was a profound oiloiioo; , then Bobort gayoa quick, sharp cry, "Oh, Thoreso' Could it be an avalanoho ?" ’ ' ■ v f - no/’ said Thorcso, in,-a trembling voice, u that cannot.be, or the roof would have fallen in and wo all have boon crushed to death." : ’ said Robert, “ I hayq heard father say that small ones sometimes,.fall so lightly that sleopinir families have never boon disturbed. But then I remember a noise in the night. ? * ; > , “Aud i,”/mid.sberoso. " And I," echoed'frightened.little FranzJ ; “What oan.wo do?.askod Thorosb, as.firmly as she could. . J ‘ 5 “ Will not father, dig us out 1” sobbed Franz;: I'm afraid ho cannot find us." “X"! 1 '” 8 " tl "I will try anil dig through ■ to tho light;” and finding an old shovel, he hurried to the door, and began to work manfully. But jt was all in tho dark, and tho show foil ovor him till ho was hnlf dond with cold and fatigue. Several times -he tried again, .but as soon as ho.dug a little away, the snow was,, sure to fall down arid fill it all lip, so.-at 1 last bo' came in,' saying : despairingly ■ “ WolLThoroso, if father does not find us, wo must lie down hero in tho dark." , , “If I could' only soo you, sister, said Franz in a choking voice, “I should not mind it so. much." ■ " Lot us hold paoh other’s hands, proposed Tho roso,: and they all huddled together by littio Korino. At first they wore quite cheerful, and said often —“Oh; father will certainly find us." Buttholong hours; draggod.on, and all was stilijas the grave. Poor Karino oriod very hard, for shn could jiot un derstand why it was so dark, arid sho'oouliAot soo smilo of hrir littio sister mother; ,'i .■ But you would bo very tirod if I should toll you all these ohUdrou.said,and did .through' this Jong n !ghtf they, prayed to fcho -King of Hpa- 1 von-for help—how kind and gontlo they tried'to bo, denied ttiomsolvea ;ibod, that/little ■ i ‘Jyfebt not.be hungry. But at lost there,was nothing left jbeat. Kaririowas too tired and'weak i* * o O* any.more; and bttlyohdein ’a while made a littlo gneving moan* - Robert had not sppkon for a iong'Ume,;nbfc;sinod he.'had said wil(Uy-A“ 0, The-. ; re ff ; - rf^ 030 ' W?°k Cannot dio I” and threw him self, sobbing, upon his bod. ’ But little Frauz, who was becoming /very ill,, said Some ;,vory 'strange things, .sp itbqt. Thereto could not help weening when ho whispered sadly— * 1 ■ r - 6 * “AU dark, no sun, no moon, no stars. ■, Sistor,- when wt/jUho King of Glory oomo in ?” ■ Suddenly a sound - broke ‘ tt 6 : stillnCss-i-a' sound upon tho roof. .'-Whatas that?’,'i dried Robert. etartiftg:eagdrly to his feftt ~ T.TT', 1 rP- P u W w r? “B d tJionin. TOy' of bright, beautiful sunsluno, came daghing’throuirh a hole in the wall, and a voice exclaimed •" ■ “Littlo.Franz Heffmnstor, .pro .ypu ■.there?”— Franz could not speakj but,Robert,gavo.a Wild shout and hurrah. 'yes, • t%kL r . mrith; boro we all are !“■ end‘in a fewmomouts'tile rodm was filled with kind neighbors, who 1 bord tlio littie famished phUdrpn ont into tho light and air, where thoir .father, who had dropped down /from fatigue, was. awaiting them great ahxiotyi r . I.connol toll you pfaU ti)o tojto and fimhraoas that wore shower- BRt.it .would.'have .'dona your heart gpoi}, to poo orqsa old neighbor, Ulrioh 1 in}5 and foodfug himlisl tonddriy, I jVfJ#^“?. b , con ,^L 3 moth tr. And 0 Hiow boauti ful tho world looked.to thdta'kll;-! ■■■• -.- ‘ , r “My dear children;?'. said [the ;fathbb,.'\ is ! ho «t^™^t^ L^^ aykdand Executed Tsße fa““5 AH 9 few well au thenticated instnnocsaro, recorded of criminals .who a*? if ff s? w s*‘ 0 i 09 S sc, P“? ne * a *’ tcr having ‘ ®" d .* t ™? hands of the hangman.,, Onb'of the “" B ( , t i m T 0r! ;? tl ?S.» f those cases occurred’in Paris in W 7«. In (hat year aybung girlmf yery propossos- Bing appearance, from one of the interior provihVes of rrancof-waa placed iat/Pans; in the' service!of a Md depraved ihy all theyioosiqf that depraved and r" . I , I ? 6trop ? h8 ; by her charms, hoint tomptc4 her nun, but tow-iUnaucoosaful.* Incensed at his defeat ho determined bn' revenge, anil, in trn , iv raD K- 0 , 0 5 1 . 11 ? 11 , ‘ secretly' placed in hor hunk articles belonging- to himself/and'marked J'J%;s name. Ho then denounced her’to.a mag istrate, Vho caused her td bomreated, and the miss ing articles being found in her possession,- she Was tq drial.- .In her defense she could’only ns sort her ignorance of tho manner in which the pro- L" >: . Ctt S\° ,nt< ? her trunk, and. protest 1 hor.'inno oonce. She was found guilty, and the Sentence of death was pronounced upon hor. The hangmari’s office was i ineffectually, performed, it bbing. the. first attempt of tho executioner’s' son. , The body was ?} a whom it Ho ilumbdiately conveyod'it home/add was pro- SSrmlh 1 '!? 0 i, 0t 7!'°“ i ii}- perceived a’'slight -V“ bo r h f hearl; ; ®y : ‘ho prompt use of proper remedies, ho restored the suspended; anima, tiop., dn.dliomeantime ho 'had sent for a trust worthy priest, and when tho unfortunate girl opened her eyes she supposed herself in another, world, and addressing the priest (who wasa mail rdf marked and majestic countenance) exclaimed : •' Eternal Father! you know my innocence, have pity on Xi,, ! 1 ' 1 slmplioity/belieying sho beheld her Maker, sho eontmued to sue for mercy; and it .was f ™, 01 ’? 1 " ■ b f. fo , r ? sho rcalizcd sho was still i n the land of tho living The surgeon- and priest being fully convinced.bf hor innocence, she retired to a village far distant from the scene of her. unjust punishment,iwhoro she afterward married and lived happdy to the close pf a long life. The, community subsequently, became acquainted with her stbrv and the author of her misdry’ beoame an object' of reproach and contempt. ~. -p- • NearwivKiubd, by . a Mosquito.— How strong in some cases, and in others' how J fee- man s hold upon life I some have died of the prick of a;piu; others have heori ' dis emboweled; or .transpierced .with’ bullets through the brarn or lungs,' and yet lived: and a case :bas just occurred in which a man wpll nigh lost his life from tho.bito of a mos qmto. A gentleman, jvhb residqs'ai the Bel mont Hotel in thid city,' was awhkpfel'hn Sunday morning, August lOth./at Suf l o clock, W a peculiar-sphsation.. r tuAOTfe't he "Me Weeding,' bdroh arising and lighting his lamp, he found,' to his sur pnse, justr:be!ow_ his' left/eye, oh tlio bhdek bone, a stream of blood spurting' out, about the size of h large knitting needle.' Id vam he endeavored to staunch the wound; Wit for two hours it continued to run as when fltat ho discovered it. During the .third. hour P {he -blood ceased to flow with'its wonted f6rc6, nn‘d afeady endeavors .the: blebd-' int dessoKih'^'ih'force" kA S y tl “* e *0 gentleman was’so os'haiis'ted that it was, with the greatest difficulty he was l blß . h . l!d - Upon consulting seyergl eminent physicians,, they attributed S to Wt»-p£.a mosquito, and Say if the flow of blood, had continued much longer he must have died from the loss of blood.—A 7 ! T Uf,.- Illustrated. f.i-iy- .Irving’s Early Attachment.—Air jjry ani m his , eulogy upon Washington Irving, relates the following incident in his life,,and' which had so marked an influence .upon his character:- It was during this interval (1800 to 1819) mat an event took place which had a marked influence on .Irving’s future life, affected the character of; his writings, and now that the death of both parties allows it to. be spoken of J without reserve, gives a peculiar interest to'i his personal history, r Ho became attached to! I a young lady,whom.he,was to have;married.! She died .unwedded, in the flower of'her ago ; I there was a sorrowful leave-taking between i her and her lover, as the grave was about to ' sepa,rate them bn the eve of what should have been her bridal ;, and Irving, ever after, to the ; close of his life, , tenderly cherished her, monir .. bne of the biographical notices pub lishcd immediately after Irving’s death, an old, well-worn copy of the Bible is spoken of, which ilying on.,the table in his! reach of his bedside, bearing' her namo on the title page in a delicate female hand—a' relic which'wb may presume to have been his constant companion; . Those who are fond of searching in the, biographies of emi-! nent men fpr the circpinslances which deter- 1 ™ I P . ,°f thbif genius, -find, in this sad event;’and ; the cloud it threw over the hopeful and cheerful period of early manhood, an oxplanation.ofthe transition from.the un bounded playfulness of the ■ History of Now York,'to thp serious, tender, and meditative vein of ,the Sketch Book. . , ■ 1 • I' .'!»■ ~, : it 1 -t ri^^®4^ s *7“The. power of money is on , 0 overestimated; The greatest things which .have been done 1 for'the world have hot . beep 'accomplished by rich men, or by sub . soription by. men generally of small pecuniary means.. . Christianity was propaga ted over half the world by men of the poorest; class; and the greatest 1 thinkers, discoverers, inventors and artists, have been of moderate wealth, .many of them, little above itho condi- I tion of manual laborers in point, of worldly circumstances. And it will always bo so.—! Kiohes are oftonOr oh - impediment' than a, stimulus ,tp aptiop ; and;in many eases they ISS? a Misfortune as a blessing.; ~? e youth who inherits wealth, is apt'to have “*o ® ,at j ol tbOjpasy for himj and he soon grows liSated with hooauao/ho lias nothing .left to idesme,,-. Haying no special object to struggle time-tp hang heavily on his hands ; he I ’remains‘morally arid spiritually asleep ; and his positiott in society is often no ■higher .than,'that of; a polypus-over which the tide .floats., , : .■ , * ,! , ; . A Shrewd W ..orkman. —Ajou. jyman woa-i yor, took to his master a piece of cloth he had, just finished, i Upon examination, two, holes but a, half ,pn inch apart yrore found,(for which a. fin# of two shillings was demanded. "J “ Dp 1 you chared, the same for large' as for smallholds ?” ' ’ - s ■’> - ■ ..if . Y«a, a shilling for every hole, big and lifci Up.” v . v .“ , Whereupon the wdrkman immediately tore the two holes into one, exohvimihg, “ thdV’il save schilling anyhow.” , , r J ; His employer was pleased with' his wit that hd remitted'the whole fine at once ' : ; ■ Say,, Caaaar Aitgustus,' why am vodr legs hke.anbrgdn.' grinder’s?’’ « Ddri’fknow. Sugarloaf why 18 dey ! <■ ’Cause they car vry . a 1 monkey about the. streets/* ’A brick grazed the head of 1 Mr. SugaVloafHust as we disappeared around the corner. - r^win.i, .' 5 T V ~i ' smile?- DUC at Franz •^“Bl^^ss“ fa « filled thd ,Wk, oheok nn , hto r U r !° h ’ ttcn clasping his hsnds:looked up to the clear sky and - i ■ Glory " m 6 alWayfl *?#?•“• Theoy dear, King of (ourno; • /.J m rifiß . V;,':. V,' ; ;lbri itt his bed at the dead of the night by a loud'knobMngathia door;, Onopen ing it ho perceived standing before him a mon mufi fled npin an'uih'flbol6'i®gi(rith a large hit slouched -ovof hii-.faco. ydn;wantf ; taid the for haying.shnfflM]iia cards and laid them out, aftor'a pause, observed With a tono of deference “X porcoire l am in tha presence of ah Illustrious [ poraon.” |, 4 “Jou, ui. right,” said the stranger; "and I now toll mo what it hi T wish’.to; know." The for tunb-tollOr’ again ' cdhsujling 'his cards, Answered, [ ffyou wishlto kDow' whotfacro, Certain lady will have’ i a son, ana, “Bight again," said the stranger. After another Banco; the fortunoitellbr '[irdnoilnCcd thattho Indy,would have a,son., On which tho stranger replied, “if that prove trap, you shall have fifty pieces of gold—if false, a'good Cud geling.’’ A few„webks aftpri obout the same hour, and in'thb Jalrio mttfihe>; the stranger ro-appearod and? before", he' cCuld spodlo tlio fortune-teller ox ?!ft>,“«d,/‘You find.!'pw right,’/ “I do,” said, tho stranger; ‘’andl'hadboonio to fulfil niy promise." So shying hoJnfodtiooA’S parse of fifty louis,and do parted. . ... ' The stranger’s mode"qf proceeding seenis to have been,designed to' put theTortuno-tcllcr's skill to tho severest tost.' .The oiroupistaneoof.his coming alone, and an.hour,, makes improbable ho; had not bommumoatbd bia'in'tdhtion-to'any' one', 1 ■ while his carefulness hi,concealing Bia- person add; faeo, and hlsextrpraojcautipn. to ntfoyd up cliie to the discov ery of hlmsdlf orhfs'dbjedt'bß‘dodversatidhj wore ndmlrnhly-oarbulatedrVender,imposition impossi blp, The history, of,l|ip.opsp i.s this,- as told by Vol ney, the celebrated traveler in' the Knst. Voinov bailit Iroin tho fortUno-tcllor himself, who applied .to thjm jfpx; spmOf PyrtftP, .expressions; iOn being asked for what pucposolho; Vented them, ho confess ed his traded arid Voinoy,'finding him a rodinrkahly shrewd person,, inquired: of him the story of his life.' He said'that whoh/Ho tSWis young,'he had'a'great ! ttiin.lpr ; c ?;“t 0 ,.* (! P u E I >anco.to anythingjikb drudgery.- After pnzsiing himself 'trf'dlsbbvbKdo'moniodo-of life by j-the moans,; of,-which herdould.'uhitoi certain 'profit iWith-continuni amusement, he 'determined to sot up ns afertunoitoHCr. ■’He'eomtnbndodby taking lodg mg in amohsouro'qasrieieDf ithd jjarais,-and' prn’e lieing in a -small way ip, th.afehcighborhaed.rwhoro she blunders, of a hogmnpr would not be of much consequence. Attheid'melimc ho never failed to be in daily attendance, About the court, and, spared “5 m akb eimsolf fomiliar-ivith tho personal apponrahbe and priVa»''hist'sry of every person 1 6f tile least note there, -After- two yearn' of practice wong the small, and,ofstndy among the groat, ho thonght himself tjualM'odl'tp begin business on a grand scalp, andhaving byhribory of a sorvant pro- I .curod a.proper art in hie now. | aphora with groat Bjs.famo, and of course -his gaitis Ittcfeased rapidly4jbd it was when hoVas '■W hl , s . rtdvpnt’hl'o above related* blip. -pipking *bdsi( n Pohtriv e d! - to catch a' sufficient,glimpse of the 1 stranger's, countenance to discover tliat he wasiib lesa aperson than tho Duke . EgaUto, and-tho : father of,the latb Ringoflthh French* who was aci dually tho ph|ld, in/qufe'itidhfii.jjo took not the least ,“°M c o of the ; pretended' to ascertain tho/fact from tiie .cohtGtnplation of his parda,. ,* Baring pyotedino ithisvdiffloulty* his priio >l^«-?l I c^ n It was' 1 Butohcas wapnoar her con-; vlnvSV !j? b £ had ;hoard tlieDuko was Anxious B OPd;tUoJ tho-mannor of hia tribe, ”5 , U t ? v °3l e - 11 ,- O ? i 5.T. 0 ? 1 V the fortun'o-tolibr's ah ticlpati6n Ofhis intelligence. ■ -I ’ l -!* Hougii Desciliptip.n' of aMinxe^ota.—-An I attornßjr in rsh&vbgifoiii' (Mwuni;f6r ( coUeo(&n,'nft9ir. of in structions, replied as follows: . il‘ l ? fow > T.”™ perfectly astonished at you for. Beading a claim duthcro for'coHection in these f|s* e ®V, 3u „ m ight as well oast your' net into' tno lake of fire and ,brimstone,"'.expecting to oatoh a sunfish, or into the, celebrated Stygian P. < ?“..s?pickled trout,.as lb try to.cplleot money boro. Hero I I have a faint recolloc-i tion ot, having seeri it when I was a small boy. I behove it was'givem me-by my .uncle to buy candy with. (The candy fdi) remember,)_ t i OB - en 80 l°ng since I have seen any that I almost.forget . whether gold is/made of corn or, mpstuard, or silyer of.white onions or fish Males. Why, sir, wo, live without mon *7 h ‘f' rg behind the.times. It is a relic of ages jiast. ; We live by eating, e'fryWe do. llnot, man, the millennium is oonnng,; the year of jubilee has come, and all debts are paid, hero as much as they will be,, unless you take “projiiibo." ■'The word'mb [ ney is not in our tvocabulary; in; the' latest Webster (revised for this; meridian) it is mark-, ed . .obsolete >" formerly, a coin l representing! money, and used ns a medium of commerce. A teiy small pieces'cap be seeh in bur'Histb-i ricnl . Society’s'collection,‘where they'are ex-1 hibitod as curiosities, ,along with the skeleton' of tho./‘miwtodon" rNoah’aloJd boots, and. Adam s apple." 1 •• town,'of;Seekohk, Mass', • has a reputation of which -its’ sons and daugh ters may be proud: In the course of the, his torical address, the,4th of July, by P. L. .Newman, he said ,that the town has given birth'to seven towns, andfrag mentsof three or four others, and- the old mothertowni -instead ofalog-thatohed church and thirty, families, has, in .fact,-now tliirty oiglit churches and thirty, thousand inhiibi-' tants. He then referred to the eminent men who wore born and hud livedthero. William' Blapkstonp,'the first whire inhabitant of Bos ton, here lived add died.' ‘Roger Williams built Ins dabin 'hero. Hero was ihed the first hloodih IGng Philip’s waW first mayor, .!?! i ,^W centuries,ago, was bprpand .?,!?? "Wpst ,was a native-born son of Seekoht, and in'the resolution large cohtributions'of 'men. inonoy and spirit wore' Ireelyipaidf toithd. common; cause. Hb /also plmmed for S.ookonk thohonpr of bavingpro dpced it? limits (by the Em^Samdel Newman;' its ( fdrihddr)'the‘first rarßibiiciil' Concordance ever published in'the world. ■ ‘ Yea, in'the road to Vincennes.” ' l“Humph !”.said,B.; “and are wo to fight at twenty paces ?" “Yes” • " ' ' ' “I would just as soon have it at fifteen, or even ton.” ■ ■ . “ Well, I wanted to put you up at fifteen, but A,’s second would not agree to it, so. I yielded the point.”. “Ah! you yielded that point; lam fully determined, however, that they shall not have another point yielded.” ...,‘‘:Well, no, .that can hardly ho even asked fpr, seeing that is arranged, and it only remains now'to waif for the morn-' fng.”"'-, ■■ ; '■, ■, i , “ Oh, hut there may be a point to dispute yet, and I will certainly maintain my rights.” ;• “Noone attache them;.” .. “I am the offended party.” , . ‘.‘ Undoubtedly.” “ And therefore havo the choice of weapons. Well, I will choose small swords;” ■ .“ Smajl swords 1 • Why, did: you not just now consent to fight at twenty, paces 1” . , “ Yes, I am not the man hi retire from an agreement l which ■ a frierid has made in my name. I ropcat that fifteen hr even'ten paces would have suited mo just as well. But you have, said twpty, and let it, bo twenty.” , ~ * ' “Very good. But how about the pistols? have you any ?” i i‘Pistols 1 What for.? lam not going to fight With pistols I” ; : ■ ‘‘Some misunderstanding between : us. I fear, pid you not just, now tell mo that you Would'fight at twenty,paces.?”; ... ■ « Yes—faccopf the twenty paces, but not fthopistdlsr'l am hot that gentleman’s slave. ■ sword is my weapon, and only the sword. I nearly blew his Wog , f wU i face him, sword in hand; at twenty pa ■ The Hqp; that, oes, just as soon ias. he likes” , the growers■ Of .QtsegniSdn.nty,- Wl' Y„.willdhis As B. persisted in maintaining his rights/ year receive about I Xh°P,9;, «io duel of qourso, took place. Igy The grand half given tolhe Prince Of O” Patience and perseverance conquers all Wales In Montreal cost $40,000!. > things. " Among those'who rendered, valuable assist tance alonff-the beach of the lake in recover-! ihg thO hodiOS of'the loßt passengers' of'tlio BadyiKlgin, wosia noble 1 Newfoundland dog,' Who,, utterly the shape ~ PMasw?? ..from : bystahde.ra, snapping' d n d snarling whed'they offered them. 1 '’ | i®’’ A/Missouri edifop arinounofsHhdt the 1 publifiatioppf fyis ipapep ,sU,,be suspended fop six weeks, m order thaji he may visit St. Lou-i is with a load of bear-skins, hoop-polos, shih- i gfos; bafk, pickled cat-fish; &e., Which he hW takoa for,subsof;iptipim..! ! .. i I-' A 1? ExAmxie fo Duelists.—Alphonso Jtarr, among the. wittiest of Parisian gossips,’ tolls a capital tald of a man who would neither, decline a duel nor fight. Messieurs A- and B„ having, quarreled about some of those , mere nothings'about which ih Paris, as'elsewhere, gentlemen so often risk their lives, 1 -HB.' challenged A;, but most devoutly trusted that A. would not fight. Nothing of ,the kind, A. was quite willing, and all the. necessary arrangements wore made! ; ’ ' ' “ Well, 11.,” said his 'second, “ we have had some trohblo to arrange about distance ; but at length,it is settled for twenty paces, both fire together, and the meeting is for to-mor row morning, at nine o’clock/' '“Ah!” . A Recr/nl Shepherd. I Mormoniam is still in practical 'operation amongst us. On Friday last, a tall, raw-bon- I cd saint, with a .complexion very strongly re- I sombling that of boiled tripe, arrived here With a couple hf wives: but deeming his flock* too small to proceed Salt iiakeward with, held forth’ as follows to an ad minng audience, at a house over the canal, with a view to the perfection, of the material necessary to thd completeness of his domestic telicifrjr,,. His text was: ' i skeerce and weemen is plenty J* ” Etomron and sisteri*—particularly the sis* tern . I want to say a few, words to you about for my own sake, but for ypurn ; for men is skeerce and weemen is plen ty- * *.» '• , Mormoniam is built on that high bid prin- I ciple which sez that it* dint good for man to, be alone, and a mighty sight worse for a Wo- J man.- :,therefore, if a man feels good with'a I i™°company, a good deal of it ought to make I nim feol an awful sight better. - The first of Mormonism is, that weeihen .aro,a good thing; and the second prmciple isj that you cannot have too much .of a gooa thing, .Weemenis tenderer than man, and is necessary to smooth down the rough ness of his character; and as man has a good manyfrough pints in his hot to give one woman too much' to:do, but sot e ? c J_\ one work smoothing- some pertikilor .. on t think Pm ovor anxshus fop you* to jine us, for I am not. , Pm hot speaking < for my.gopd, ; but for yourn :\for men is skcerce aiid teeemen is plenty: : .'.v -,I .-Bed ;tnat weemen is: tenderer than man; but, you need'ntfeelstuck up about it, for so she ought.to be; she.was ninde so a purpose, ■put how was she made .so ?■ .Why, she was created out of the side bone of d‘ man, and' the side bono.of a'mah is like the side boneibf a turkey—the tonderest part of him. There fore,as a woman has three side bones and a; | man. only one; of course she is three times as fender,as a man ;is-. and. is- in duty bound -to repay that tenderness of which she has robb-' ed.; him.t ? And. she rob him of'this i wd<| bone ? ,•,. Why,. exactly .as ■ she robs his pocket now-d-days of his. loose change^—takes J advantage ofhim while'he is asleep.,:; ■/. But as weemen is more tender than a man/ so :is_man . more j.fofgivener than ■ weenlen; therefore I. wont say anything more about the side bone, or the small change/hut invite yon alhtoijine my train, for I’m a. big- shepherd' out our way, and fare sumptuously every day on purple and.line linen. ' i l ,, - j ■ Avhon 1 first landed on the shores of. the Great Salt X.iike, X wasn't rich in iveomen, I hadn’t 1 hut one poor old.ype; but men is skeerce and weemen is plenty, and, like a keer fiil-shepherd, I begari to increase my'flocfc. * Weemen-;heard' of vis, and, our :lovin’ ways,! and jthoy kept 'pourin’ ini-: They come from’’ the.oast, and they, cotno from the west ; ■ they Conio' from the north, ahd they- come, from the, south,; they come from, Europe, and tlicy cnnio from Aishoy; and a few of them,from Afrikev from being the.- miserable owner of one ® -S hpcpme , the. joyful ishepherd' ; of a* I mighty flock; with a right smartspHhklmn'ofl'j lambs; friskier and fatter (hah anybody else ’ ■and I’ve still got room for more. As ! said before; I am not speaking,pertic-l ler .for;,-my benefit,; hut yournWor men ii skea-ce and. weemen plenty. : Stdil Pd a little 1 rather you’d go along with me than not, nor-, tickler ,you fat one with the cnliker sun fion not; , Don’t: ihesitafe,. but take' the chance while you can get it, and I’ll make you the' i bell yoe ;of the flock, PH lead you throughi green postures and high grasses; show you* where you. may caper in the sunshine, and layl down in pleasant places; and, as you are in ai .pretty good -oohdition already, in the course of time you will be the fattest of the flock. Jine* myjine in; jme in my train; jine in now,; Tot men is slceerce and weemen is plenty. I The appeal was, irresistible. At the last account “ the fat woman with the oaliker sun bonnet,” had;! jihed in,” and two or three others were on the fence, with a decided lea- ; ning towards the “Keerful Shepherd.", • Cincinnati Enquirer. •f . :*i i**J Talleyrand and Arnold, . ; There was a day when, Talleymlid arrived 1 im Havre on foot from Paris,; It was tho dar kest hour of tho Revolution. . Pursucd by tho blood-hounds of tho Beigh of stripped of every wreck of property, Talleyrand secur ed a passage to America in'a ship about to; I sail. . He was a beggar and a wanderer to a I strange iland, to earn his daily bread by labor. I “Is there any American stopping at your! house, "he asked tho landlord of the hotel.— " I am bound to cross the water,'ind would hke.a letter to a person of influence in Amer ica.” ... The landlord hesitated a moment and then replied: ■ ■ “ There is a gentleman lip stairs, butwhoth ,er he' came from America or Englandis morel than I can telL” ; ... , . pointed'the way, and Talleyrand—who, in his life, was bishop, prince and ascended the stairs; a miserable suppliant stood,before the door, knocked.and' was admitted, ■ ' • , In a far corner of the dimly lighted room,. sat a man of some .fiftyycars,-his arms folded and'his head bowed upon his breast. Prom a window directly opposite, a flood of light pour ed upon hi B f ore h e ad. . His eyes looked from beneath the down-cast, brows, and upon Tal leyrand’s face, with a peculiar-and searching expression. His face was striking in outline,; -the mouth and-ohin indicative of an iron-will. His form, vigorous oven with the snows of fif ty was clad in a dark, but rich and distin guished Costume. . ‘ i ' Talleyrand advanced—stated that he was'a .fugitive—and the impression .that the;gentle-1 man before. Him was an, American solicited his kind feelings and .' Ho poured forth his history in. eloquent’ French and broken English. ■ ; . “I am.a wanderer and ,an exile. lam forced to fly tu the IVow World without friond!j or shelter. You are an American ? Give mo then, ! beseech you,’a letter of yours; so that I may be able to earn-my bread. ■I am wil-q , Jins to toil in : a manner—a'lifo of labor would! be a paradise to;a career of luxury in Franco. You will gjive mb a letter to your friends? A gentleman like you ■ doubtless has many friends.” ! . r ■■■;!■• i The strange gentleman arose. - With a look that Talleyrand never forgot, ho retreated to wards the door of the next chamber, his eyes still looking from, bjneatli liis darkened brow.!] “I am the only mad of 'tho nbw 1 world who can raise his hand to God and sayrXhavel not a friqnd—not one—in all America.” ■ Talleyrand never {brgot tho overwhelming, sadnbes of look which'accompanied ‘these 1 words. ' T:r;-i- “ Who; are you?” he cried, as tho strange man retreated to the next roqip, “•yournamo?” ~ “, m Y name,” ho replied, with.,a smile tlmt had more of mockery than joy .in the convul- 1 sive expression, “ my' name is Benedict Ar-’ ■noldi” ■ Y.qb,gbno,;! Talleyrand- sank into the chaw, gasping tho words; . . . I'!, ;, ! ; “Arnold; the; traitor!”,: '1 -; Thus he wahdbred '.over'thb enftb; ; nhbthbf Gain;, ..with ‘thb'ibanderef’s imarfci upon Ms* brow. ‘ - ■ Seefies on a'fSlavo Sfiip Th 'a newspaper report'of the taking 'of a | slayer by thb ’United' Statessfeiimer Crusader, 'Wo* fin'd* the following graphic description; 1 • ‘’Fora little while"there wiia dead silence on board both ships, though' the increasing ] * strong ammomcal African odor placed, beyond i all doubt the fact,that the barkhad und«her : hatches a cargo of negroes ; and noy m bo- S ln . to hear a sort of suppressed nWaning Which' soon swelled into tlie unmistakable murmur of human voices. As our boat reached the side of the bark, and-the officers ' in e,la . r SO sprang bn the deck; with a'tremen uoiiff shout, the hatches wore forced open from below, and out burst hundredsdrself-liberat od slaves, As thoy.caught sight of the stars and stripes floating so near—which no doubt seemed to. those poor wretches like h bright rainbow of promise—they become almost per-, feotly frantic with joy and delight. “They climbed,up all along the rail, they hungvMi, the shrouds, they clustered like Swarming bees in the rigging, while there rose from Sea to sky the wildest acclamations of delight. ‘ They danced * and leaped, and waved their arms in the air, and yelled in a discordant: but pathetic concert; There was one thing, however, oven more touching than all this outcry of barbaric rejoicing. My at tention was attracted to a group consisting-of somewhat more than a hundred women, with drawn apart frotn the noisy and shouting men. Their behavior was in strong contrast with that of the others, and was characteristic of their sex. Entirely nude, but innocently unabashed, they sat of knelt in tearful and silentthankfulness. Several of them hold in fants in their arms, and through their tears like sunshine from behind a cloud, beamed ari expression of the deepest gratitude and thank fulness. , The men looked as though they had jupt-been raised from, the,deepest despair to the most exultant state of gladness. ' The scene of .Confusion on board the bark, when the' negroes found themselves released from the accustomed restraint, baffles all de sonption! They had, of course, all been kept on a very small allowance of food and wnterduring the passage., The first use they made of their liberty was, to, satisfy their, hunger and thirst, which they did by, breaking info the bread barrels and- water'casks, and then ~ funning about eating, drinking, dancing , and .soream mg all ht once. It- mattered hut little to] them what' sort of'vessels they drank' from'; j bucks, boxes and troughs,'were all brought/ iuto requisition.: I even saw several, fellows I happy and delighted, with a piece of bread in I one hand and a wooden spittoon half‘fuUof /1 muddy water in the’other. “ As soon as : their appetites wore satisfied, the; African fondnoes for finery began to show itself, and all t|)o, loose, ajrtiolo? in, the ship , were employed ns personal, ornaments. Some fastened belaying picks to’ their wrists, and I some strutted proudly about with copper la dles hung around thoirnoeks. By-this, time, .howfover, a detachment pf,.marines arrived from the Crusader, and‘ order waj at once n stored, and inf 'organization established.' '• The negroes were clothed with pieces- of canvass; anddho captain, supercargo, and, crew, sent on board the Crusader ns prisoners.” ; IK7*Thb : Philadelphia; Dodger• thinks the wheat harvest in going to brine the country a hundred millions of dollars extra, and wants fo'know what will ho done with 1 tho money; OS/*’ A Bell miiri writes fronj Bourbon; Illi nois, that .l)ie Douglas,enthusiasm swamps all fj B ®: l.Hejtodiots.that Douglas will carry Il linois by I§,ooo. A now conntorieit five dollar note on! tho Farmer’s Bank of Schuylkill county has' made its appearance. 1 Jin idreniort with Do^s. „ Jho; following,. extract Trotai ,'Dr. .'H&Vel'a Arctic BoatJounioy,’’willbaTea4,wittiin terest at the. present time, when : the .write*'* proposed Polar Expedition.is. ono of the topic* of.tho day: ..... : ; ... ■. . 7 ‘rJ, , “ The doge wore.' fastened; by, ttoto'long traces* each .team.'being tipdtoosenarato stake. They were, howling pitennuty r-*Ttn s >/■ ti'fzjjit