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Advertisements no marked with the number. of insertions desired, i 11 be continued till forbid and char oordin o these terms. & WARD: SELECT POETRY. ;a all RE. pri ea— ash- , us, • Fun- NEAR THE LAKE W HERE DROOPED THE IV I L LOW. Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago, Where the rock thrown bank the billow, Brighter than snow— Dwelt a maid, holoceci and cherished, By high nod low But with autumn's leaf she perished, Long time ago! use, , d to the, Rock, and tree, rind flowing water, Long tint() ligo— and hoe, rind bio,siiintaught tier, LOVC . AOi to know, While to my fend words she listened, Murmuring low, Tenderly her dove eyes glistened, Long time ago. too Pat Mingled were our hearts forever— Long time ago, C/113 I now forget her? Never! No, lust one ! no ! To those her grave tlio: , e tears are given, Ever to now— She's the sta^ I tnissed from heaven, Long time ago. The carriage - ittoprted at the door, and in a few minutes, Margaret hale enteral the apartment where her husband sat, wholly absorbed in poring over day -booßs ledgers. '"fhose tiresome accounts still," :he ex claimed. " Will you never find ,ime for anything else but business, Ralph ? Have you no taste for anything beyond figures?" "Margaret !" but the. Sailiiess in the tone was unheeded, as she eontinued— bad such a charming evening nt Mrs. C's, Capt. UM related many interest ing incidents of hix residence in Egypt,. and Mr. Warren, the famous young poet, read "Maud" and some of the most beau tiful passages in "Aurora Leigh," I must rend to you some of Ronthey's Oreat Thoughts on duty." She went hastily to her chamber for the volume. When she returnol her quiet entrance was unheard by her husband, whose pen was rapidly moving along the almost interminable columns of figures.— Witlran impression of impatience, almost of scorn, resting on her face, she hastily g '6Olll - 41 4 111 a ~Uy TM ON turned away. "And this is the end of all my dreams of marriage," said she on reaching her room. "Ile has a taste for drudgery. Ilis pur suits and tastes are all common-place, am! I need, to find those who will appreciate, with me, Ale,„books I.love, and the beauti ful in art, for which he haS neither eye nor ear. Why did he not, marry a woman who had neither heart nor mind to be con tinually unsatisfied 1" In the room she had left, Ralph Halo sat hour after hour, till his brain was wea ry and his eyelids drooped. Then laying aside his books, he remained a long time in deep thought, "God bless my Margaret," he prayed, "and giVe Inc stvenght to bear all things. Give me power to make her happy." Putting far away all thoughts of her husband's teal nobleness oteharacter, jeal ousy preserving the memory of every slight difference in their tastes and pursuits.— Margaret cherished the spirit of 'discon tent, till it embittered every hour of her life, and sent suffering she never dreamed of, to the heart of her husband, who would gladly have sacrificed every earthly good for her happiness. A sudden and severe ill came to her, while Ralph was in a distant city. One day during, her slow recovery, the aged minister who had babtized her in infan cy, was slanting by her side. -'Margaret," he said, after steadily watching her troubled face, "you are very unhappy, I have seen it a long time.— . 1 should not recognize •in you my once ,cheerful and happy .child. May I not knovi what great sorrow has come to you?" Then with sobs and tears she told him "fall her unhappiness. After a short silence, the old man spoke ; again ; and there was sadness, almost sisternness in his voice. "Years ago-Mar .wet a wealthy New York merchant be eanae involved in a speculation, -whose fail-' lug suddenly took from him, the accumu !kited wealth of •his years -of commercial • :ntetprise. There wore a few years of . e . ary , Vain strugglings to regain what he iost, then deep,despondency, a ling -` qing disease and death. His wife and our children were left pennyless. The dest child, a boy of sixteen, had finished ', •, preparatory_atudies, and was about to , ter college. By this stroke, he found at his :prospects. for the future weie ouded ; but with a noble self-forgetful ess he turned cherfully into the way fate marked out. for him, and walked reso tely into it. ,BAohtaifleda.eituationivith a merchant, . . , ... • , ~t • : - - -7. : ..,-„, - '• ' ' - -- " + • ... . --,..-- ......... 7 . -- 7 ......-. . "-- •• ' . , . . .. . . + • l''.1:11" '' • .: . '. • . ~ : 4 • , , . , • . • ./ . . . fri : . ~., , , . . • . . . , . . . . . . I i: t . p 1...-..- . r . . f r . + „ . . . ~x,... ~. . BY OBORGE P. 110R1113 from the 2V01101,11 I . ‘ U. The Wife's Mistake who had knoWn his father, where his faith fulness and untiring devotion to his du ties, *on the confidence of nil who knew • 1- 1 V hat American is there who does not hinst• During the first years of her widow hood, the mother had taught. a private feel a sacred interest in that sweet place, on the shores of the quiet Potomac, once school for young ladies; and it was the boy'S highest ambit.ign to relieve her ennobled by Washington's presence, .ond of now hallowed by his ashes? It is the this necessity, and giVe her the rest her Mecca of the republic- -a spot where her feeble health required. I cannot tell youpilgrim e -sons come, with reverential hon atll his privations, his - Willing sacrifice of age to stand beneath the noble old trees every recreation, his continued self-denial, that he might lighten the burden of those • wheSe shadow one fell on the broad and godlike brow of Washington himself'! so dear to him. Our first visit to the Mount Vernon, two Year after year success crowned hise f forts. ' In the village where his mother yeas ego, was in the golden flush of ,, au tun n. I well remember the crimson and had passed the years of her childhood and t russet robes of the quiet woods that fring- he first years of her married life, he par- the water side, and the rude, narrow chased a pleasant residence for her, and bridge, built far out in the 'river, over then, a lucrative business being opened to At the hien timethe o w t e l s , i t s a l t o,. l s .i v e a a l n i t i e er ei t .: ( l , . ei d en t which we were compelled to pass before we could reach the shore. And then, the revealed to him the fact that the widow). 'steep ascent up through a scarcely trod pat la whose outlines were scarcely dis and invalid daughter of one whose fortune den cernahle throngh the bright drifts .of was, by his father's advice, risked in that The dying sailor professed to remember unfortunate speculation which had se , brown and orange leave:sew h it'll II ut t ere d her well ; said that she was the' Ittst wild!' in e ' - ':_!.lown through the warm, blue air—the changed his own life, agile. living perished, and that lie never forgot her Creme poverty, To him the are indebted I ' russet ferns, the purple asters. the gale(- look of despair as she took the lust stop • • cn - roils • , whose fiery torches hung like for the pleasant home that now shelters from the fatal plank. On reading this I lines of flame along the natural terraces, ~ , them, and for the delicate thoughtful min- account I regarded it es a fiction ; but on l and the sweet wild mint, WhOSO fl'11g1.1111(2t1 ""ay, Mi,44er, who ' s boss here?" ration to their daily comfort. conversing to day with an officer of them s' from that Ots The psoprietor has . just stepped out, vy, lie assures me of its probable truth, - 11 Cow, when the commercial world is I eVen nMV se e) " insellefabla sir.' (lauded, and disasolrs croaal thick end t " l ' er da Y at M • nnlit Vern": end states that on one of Ids passages home -Well• he this • • • • • But this time it was a bright. winter k 1 • . 41. reta iling shop?" fast upon him, ;Is tipon others, his anxious .some years ago, his vessel brought two pi ' neon, when our littli• parts• steed once 11l I! teeing man hardly cone thoughts turn to the neither and s uffer- ; answe re d - rates in - ir.ms, who were subsequently ex ilic. enemy's thoughts, .. ing sister. in the little village home whose iner.• en the tannoth shere--ene at• those , - • simply : , tN f •1- ' • , • clay`' e hen the (-slender tell us it is Febru- I syes, sir; aIN toacslde and retail store." geareda _ ei el . Ice recent offences, and combsrt depends upon him, to tie• oilier • lien to -- . "times you under , '11( 111 1.11.011111t 0 C011triltill• lonely tilt - voile, to which his t lion ell t fulness rY. diet they had been no-mbers of the same , •'d ient :Ise end warm brew that s 'led- or ""h v( - '' re 'lied the clerk, tetra - •• • : - imparts its enly- light, and to his oe n.„,., -„ , , "," I' ' ' ;•l' 1 , - c , P, 111 crew end falai ‘in td • ' themurder . ' , • r e a e in of • uiv nseit'. '','lte sunny slope.; nue s t eel , up a .lontill • fat ilk lady .) CUStOiner. " What home, and the youeg \VII, Who , 0 1, : u1 1 ,1. ' • Mrs. Allstssn fnol her companions. can 141,, f;; ;I • (eu so ness is dearer to him then file. For this l"' "ks ":`":" a del"te ti "g e " f v e lvet gree"' Whet chiefly caused- , my eeepticism on . :Ind maitre seemed as if far the "V , ell es the Culp weather is coming on, Margaret, Ralph Ilale' }_ice; Ili , day , : to in- li ght i . , , • . the subject was the fact that - Mr. Parton, mei of the conling,pring-tim,! I tholl , ht I moueht as well come sue ;dye cessant toil, and willinely sacs iliees sociel Igive the recent biographer of Burr, leaves the . . I Probably ne arivao• residence in the wool a iota" pleasuses he is eminently fitted te enjev. , ,• • fate of the daughter enveloped in myste •l don't understand , .ntted State; elm beast a fines view than ' you, stranger," re- , 1 have. been ill these three lione s. Withd closes the record of' her noble arid , Theast Vernon From the house pros- plied the c•erk who 1 ea• to• - • 0 ' an , . ', e au think that a love that is almost reverence, his inntle , ' ' • - abeautiful life with her b' 1 ' ten ar sation on t is visible Or illi. 1;1•01111, (aright river, the iciloW Was in the wising box. er and sister speak his munceind with Foll ' 1 1( . 4 ,', • , sails board the brig. which he declares has nev heart thank God for his life— that iit .,, ~0 ; wee quiet sO gliding slowly over its it "Zactly so ; well, l'll tell you." , „ er since been heard from ' and mihe on euiles of , °Exphtin what you imam, my friend, - filled with the beauty 01 self - m. I "" n I Y I anse'l ern at a loss DOW to understand if the, n i fi•oin the water sate( the clerk as lie sow him produce a The widow end deughter whose hearts he I ": r -a e' shares, , rising 1 • confession alluded to by my naval friend I side, and forming one of the finest natural bundle from under Ids coat. has made glad, tell ef numberless acts of,i ' well, squire, as I said before, the s e , , was made public, as it undoubtedly was, temifis imaginable , . '''' e ins ewe kindness, of his delicate :and unceasina , p' ' i l i ' l l t ic house• s - . 7 1f.• 1 •on a bit orstameth, weather's canting on, end I that' I might ' ' ' how Mr. Parton could have failed,• among wate•iffulness, and daily they ask Gou' ls s , le I s , It •• • : " t ' a "` -. 1 • -. , , as _ we l_e_t ie i• •i• • , his extensive and industrious researehes, ' lit , n ta ye lawn ;it tiny opening intlifptioe.eist.- . •, , - IXIII ior it.: I:some-twig- a t. It odv ., ;oleer e tk _ e _ fart ~.„ . blessing on hint whose rife is a blet;sine to 1 • sYtratever-oepiasion fs 1 t h e , ar ande.uhd - naves, Whose Interlacing bewstil Collier Winter, tell ye. I did, but," others.may be entertained of the father, the me branches are so plainly outfitted il.'lin , :t. -fat veneer 1 hope you wil l . • In his own lieme, the Wire WhO; e love 1 . • • • ~• c • ren t it, ministry 1 the blue heavens ; and its old-fashioned tytmt, so I ; may serve you," interrupted the • should bless Line whosered as one of the loveliest and Most excel portico, a sort of teintinuation of the (a y e s, clerk.seeing there were h number of Clli- 1 Sllol.lld comfort end strengthen him, I , ' l eaf of •Ameriean women, and the Tt_Wela slippOrtytt tO,' l . 1111.1..!:,*(.t. liietllllz,Cf.lo pillar,. I•'lllet .9 vyatting to . be served, 1., t wlio, in turns coldly end unfeelluely from Lim, i , tion at her untimely fate can only serve prefers the hrtopin, , , ,, of ~il_ seems almol!,t !11.,, , a inemmy of the pest Vogt, hadrich ;littlest forgotten their errands in , to inv,.. , t that menses with a mom, : L; helender It is Here, as the a,ttemlants the , eenversotion between the clerk ens to 1.11,1 own gat ification, laseate e the ' century, and matt .1 1 • • lc to s int erest, ; tell us, that the ernecheir, of N 1 aslensto , n ;Ind los drill ,istemer. - • o'' 1 14. ' + i 1 1 1• • 4 1 1. I ' 14m-,lng dutiesi -4., 4. 4111111 A 11, ...mg °Ceso•lnle •-• • • • always was I,l'l 11.1 t ./ •-1. I N , ( 1., 1(11 . 1111111er eVCI - 1111.j.:3 :it I,V!IS ,-- ...... ..., :noire, , CLIt11.111) , I - e 1 Ri.w. lisewstow Noean, fin Eeises ,, pelifin Lours, leavine him little leisure time ler : over the sunken , tone 11 ,, ,es f orm i ng i t ., 111) i;:t1S1110S1-.1 111 a s. lltlrl'y, and just as euiels ; „h e se n a in, is called the -Sfssuish Spur- the claims of : sOciei V, Or for the high heel heetual endure whi , , 1 few attion who , c pee:anent flat he wits , want to pace for teats:d i ms:ter Still 1.-t you re-tail there :: \' v eu,,: Ile •i, ; I n Eri,•ol,l;;in, hut set ]e, , Lou!.; . : ,„,a „ o . 1„, , ,, is ee a s; ,,, ( a ss „; N , l ,_ .1111'tS . Let 'em emne ,, ,slown to :dealt tile ; a s _ ii 1 1 f a . 1 • sses fo. •.%„..) eeseee ... a- em ot tem, , lives are not wimpy de ented to it." ,I • ii •1 en the eresse'stot est! et Peses 1,,, e I I knee— !:.e“ - .. I 'ion't wear •' - " 1.1. L t 1 ~.,..... .1 .1, 1, , , • ~ . k ,01,1-, iis ilCl' , Wl`l* lii iill'!' 1111 ()eel, dl }Hi ob-1 "Oh Ralph, I ifave ewer known ve:e I warn 11W11V IIV tlo, Feet, 01 11 e-Olin:stm Plce elsse nos - be hies med. leo os mo • ieet is a, deliver tla• ..i‘ e l , (h.; .1 -ea- ' I have so cruelly misjudged yeti," said the • • • • • ' • I A wide, sunny old hall opens from this ii ,t, ie., es av, cent he deecribed. The laud :.: :„ whieh 1,,, .foes -'-, .--)..-" - . "It'' "CrP)\"n•lng weeping wife. . 1 portico extending through from door to'bursts of laughter whichl II as.te"ed eery s 1 ••• •' l ' , "The old man centinued: "Some men I , ' - • '•• " ; caris:env:a. Ile speaks with fluency and heer—not a nttrrow modern entry, lint a to . couvince the, poor fellow lie bad COin- 1 ev.ei with elegance, makes no et tempt tit talk pOetrv, steno Write it in mord., and ; The true he. i genuine cad Virginia halt, which looks like nutted himself, and his lens; legs " - ( 11 e put. enereetteal preltehing, says that he !he: some write it in their lives., , three or four spacious rooms thrown into in milieu et the rate of . 2. 41). The last we .1 ,u, , one doetrilet to expound andenferCe, rOiSIIIWIdeIOpOCtS haVC.l,llng,tlie beauty of one s. and hung with quaint. old maps of saw of. w nutaore ' him he was standing neat• a lamp . an d d i savows t h e m e r e ses e a a„l c h„,.,,, a ,,,„ e d sele d almegation an of cease - less devotion , faresen countries, which still look down post : inquiring whether or not there as • t ; v. But sou ie. the feever of his to duty, which have been their inspirit- on visit with their discolored lines, a shirt re-tailing stoic somewhere ii the 1 • earnestness., that the ° largest edifice in tion, Ralph Hale lots lived. The woman though l ; ;1 ' — he who once gazed on them has town. I Glasgow was not eapable of con t.:;i:,in , the who, has won the deepest love of such a' gorse into an undiscovered country, of - --------- --- I multitudes who flocked to hear hint, fluor heart should reverently and gratefully witi,h rho world has c neither map nor . • ..• • 1 3, ,RAGR1PIPA —The "note and queryl • ; (- 1 -' the hiallestao the lowest; nor were tssigt cherish it, as the richest blessing of -her ; j chart. , Partment in newspapers—'specially the addressee on .Sabbath sufficient to Medi life." . ' .- The library, the parlor, the dinineroom literary hebdomadels—furnishes at• l• : "Ins . the demand upon his ministratienoe Ideli In the twilight of that day, Margaret I are all I. • of •- '1 ' ' ' '' : : A... : p otes interest, but more palate- . amount ot ignorance, imbecility, verdancy,: were enn io ete o ta reie gaeus the we ,o s e To e was ovaitina her husband's return. —A : utterly the former. • Once it must have impudence and nonsense. The Buti'elo t I iI ; ; .'res•ivossan ministers or th e Free Church mid the bitter self reproachings that dark- been a splendid room ; the remains of its • R e public; devotes half a - column, in bun- I and - United Presbyterian Chine(, and one ened the hour, gleamed a new. and holy 'departed grandeur may still be traced in :lesque, cif this sort of literature, and gives: of the established clergy, admitted him light. Her igh purposes were aroused : its faded frescoes., dim eibpaintings, and a lot of answers to imaginary questions, !to their pulpits ; and the ministers of all within her. In the future she would • massive chairs. It is said that One is the which are exceedingly amusing. The'fact • the churches received front the example make divinely real in her life, the beau- same furniture that adorned this library of not publishing the questions,. lint luau- lof this goed.man a lesson on the impel.- tiful ideas which had filled her heart with when W ashington sat by the hearth, or , steers, the reader to infer them front the an-, tance of earnest' preaching. Many inqui unsatisfied longings. She, too, would live perused the quaint pages of the weekly ste ers, greatly heightens the fun of the revs who had been awakened by the ad for others, and first of all for. hint whom . newspaper at the open window. Ills fa- • thin • a. Here aro some specimens of the dressesf.lir Nertl vi iced • nil e e • she had Si) misunderstood. I yorite arm-chair stands just within the Repsh/ic's replies to correspondents :' - °•': I ' ' L -. . 0n5 • .1.3-. !Cd with hun cloning the week. ilis vis i t,. A hurried step in the entrance-hall, !hall, and everyvisitor who enters the Enquirer. The 4th ofdoes ' July not oc- there is reason to believe, was productive then on the stairs,-and the next moment . house must, of course,take a. seat in it, to : cur oh the ‘lnd of February, nor is it, as of much spiritual good. This geotleman she was clasped in her husband's arms. I ~ I prove its id ent it y you suppose. commemorative of anything a f ew years ago was a terrible reprobate,—' "You have been very ill, (said a voice ; passing out at the beck doe • : : as enter thine that ever happened to the Rochester hiultering with emotion,) but thank God. e . , ' ,• , . door, the s ~ .* He had a shooting lodge in the Highlands race:miens, wow,: are 1101, so attractive at : (-sane I wheresho induleed in tel loose and pro you are safe! now, my Margaret." this season of the year, although, during I . Robertson. He was not hid in the slop lf • `-- 'gate practices. _After his conversion, he "Oh, yes, I am safe indeed, now " saidthey are kept• ' ' the summer, are in excellent `pail, he was under the bed. I devoted his labors as a christian man ex -Margaret's heart. order. But the bright 'edgings of' . Mother d 0 . box l . ; Reversean spank. elusively to those districts where he had In that hour. all was clear between them ' which surround every Hewer-bed, mei the Bride. Victoria pins can be had at S• ' • , formerly rendered•himself most notorious —With new resolves for the future, with evergreensbate a pleasant e Let, ,0. arnum s. cheerful evere • ff• 11 •• ' 1 and obnoxious by his, profligacy. In his ex deeper love for each other, and a prayer bathed,they. ' thed' I • - Statistics,. Seven times five are thirty- ' pressions of self reproach, which of course for strength, another page of life was Cur- shine ;am ned for them. • hand, though narrow and old-fashion- i Helen You can, keep them up with • , (ion, he has eepeatedly declared that he :Ye is afterwards, Margaret, tt proud . ed, are full Of blushing roses, cult : ethos lelastics. * : : ' had been guilty of all the sins in the deem and happy wife, wrote: "I cannot tell you • 1 p geraniums, am aze ms. . Medicus. Apply shoemaker's wax, and logueexcePt murder. Mr. North is no all he haw been to me—my guide when., I Hero are exposed for sale tiny bouquets, squeeze it. fanatic. I}e is it calm-minded man, thee was ignorant, my strength when I fat (ter- arranged with the rare taste that all nes Geographer. Rochester is pn the canal • roughly imbued with Christian principle, eel, my best earthly friend always. N hat groes that Beene intuitively to possess—ref-eastof Lockport. • ; and profoundly impresstssi . with a sense of do I not. owe you for revealing the mistaP - ' 'al . f• ; ' s's ics of ouna w och are eagerly Stumuckake Fifteen dross each of I , the duty laid upon lion 01 - ' making known which had almost wrecked the happiness 1 .Vernon• . sought up, at exorbitant prices, by all pat- laudanum and camphor, and rub it. I the great salvation. No preaching - since of both." riotic Yanke s. At every available van- Ambition. Very few men will descend the days of Whitfield, has produced such tage-ground is a o posted a gray-headed 'so far. To he spoken of for Alderman in- a powerful effect upon the popular mind old aggro. with die. of sticks, (we l l. volvas loss of reputation, friends and citi- as this remarkable man's ackh•esses ; and Which lie continually ejaculates— - zenship. You can imagine what a man their poWer lies not in their logical struc "Nice hickory sticks, massa—rale Mount must be to be electednis such. I ture, but s in their earnestness., Vernon wood! Buy one, sah, to 'member I I -s- . Gineral Washington by?" USE Pl.Vrr - OF a RAV Y.—Dr A WNXOa 10 a DEADLY BlNs.—Bdring an editor whne as' Of course every one buys oneof these me- • • late number of the iS'eaipea Man artre on writing. - merntoes, firmly believing in the old dar- - , -Diet." assumina the popition the "the Boring an editor while not writing. key's solemn asseveration that th - y - are Reading his exchanges without his per use ' of oil would ' decrease the victims of "cut close to de Gineral's tomb," although • • consumption nine tenths, and that this is 1 mission. we don't hesitate to say that if the Mount • the whole secret of the success of cod-liver Vernon woods had a een cut down three or elea.,e, oil," quotes the following summary of oh- Vernon woods times over, they wouldn't have yield- - .": 1 Asking his permission to read the ex . "original", - servations oft this subject, made by Dr. Hooking his scissors, when eel half the number of "genuine hickory Hooker : matter is wanted by the devil. , canes" dint, have been palmed off on un- matter • • •1. Of all the persons berween the ages Hookin , his a, pen when he has selections fifteen and suspecting strangers by these sable deceiv- of fifteen an twenty-two, more than one to furnish. . e. I - fifth eat no fat meat. ens . , Laying profane hands on the proof. B I • -2. Of persons at the age of forty-five, all But the solemn old tomb itself! It is . less than one in fifty, use fat like a shrine, in its venerable age and un- . -tabus Witte—The will of Governor' excepting pretending simplicity. You can only see Blanchard, of- Plymouth, proved in 1783, meate e , a structure of gray, mossy stone, with an- contains rho-following singular obtuse:— 3 . t" persons who, between the ages of „iron gate, which formsthe entrance 6f the •'l. desire my body to be kept so long as it fifteen and twenty-two, avoid fat meat, a family vault of the:Washingtons. A aim may nut be offensive, and that one of my few acquits) an appetite for it, and live to pie sarcophagus is just visible inside, and toes or fingers may be out off, to secure a a good old age, while the greater portion there were the pleasant shadows of the certaintrof my being dead. I further re- die of phthisis before thirty-five. I moving trees eanoustsfall, slumber the hal- quest my dear wife, that as oho has been 4. Of persons_ dying with phthishi, ,be dowed ashes of him who was the morning- troubled with. .one.old fool, she will not tween the ages of twelve and forty five, star of our republic. • - think of Marrying a second." , nine-tenths, atleast have never used fat What a OOUt Mat to the .burial places of •-1 meat: . • , kings and ooquerers .He 'Sleeps not. in BeercncLoits are not -so stupid as invol: Mostindiiiiluals - Who avoid fat meat, al the gloom of great catnedrala, or in the untary maidens would have us believe.— so use little butter or oily gravies, though.. light of consecrated tapers, among sculp- One of these inveterates behag:asked, the many compensate for this want, in part at tared effigies and. sable plumes, ~but-wrap- other day, why he did not- secure some least, by a free use of those.articles, and ped in the green arms of th 9 fragrant fond one's company. in-his voyage on the • also milk, eggs, and 'various sacharine sib- . earth, with the moving boughs 'and mur- ocean of life, replied, "I would, if Lwas• stances.. But they constitute an imper. nutrias river for a dirge. His grave is in 'sure an ocean would be Pacific: ' , 1 feet substitute for fat meat; without which V d , _ - °RIC:II , 7 OF TDE ODD FELLOWS. — Many per sons who are under the impression that the society of Odd,-Fellows is an origina tion of modern times will be somewhat surprised to learn that its origin dates as far back as the time of Nero, and was es tablished by the Roman soldiers in tiro year 55. At that time they were called "Fellow citizens," the present name being given them by Titus Caesar twenty-four years afterwards, and they were so called from singular character of their meetings, I and from their knowing each other 'by night or day by means of ;mystical signs and language. Bt the same time he gran-1 ted them a dispensation. engraved on a , plate of gold, bearing different emblems of morality. In the fifth century the order was established ip the Spanish ddrninronsy . and in. Portugal in the sixth coqiury. It did not reach France and Englard until the eleventh century. It was then estab lished in the latter country by John de Neville who, assisted by five knights from France formed a Grand lodge in London. This ancient fraternity has now its lodges in every quarter of the globe, and by its usefulness and benevolent character, com mands the respect and countenance-of all w ho are acquainted with its nature and purposes. sown is not well, says Henry Ward Beecher, far men to pray cream and live slim-milk. CI EA'RFIELD, PA I , WEDNESDAIr JUNE- 14, 1858. , A Visit to Mount Vernon "EXCELSIOR." the wide heart of the American nation, and his memory needs no lengthy inscrip tion or solemn ceremonies to keep it alive! Time red, level light of sunset is hegining to checker the floor of the old port fro as we descend thcslope °nee more. We have los! the idle glyety ith which we climb ed up a few hours ago, and we step lightly and speak softly, like the pilgrims coming from the shinlow hf some 01d temple at. Jerusalem. And as the swift little boat dears us away over the calm waters of the Potomac, we look back regretfully ht the high (devotion where the sunset is shining dpwn on the mossy roof of Mount Vernon, an7l:Wn tim tomb of Washington. 9EO ASII IIs:GTON WI'LLY!'? it'ashington City, Feb., 1858. .1 green looking customer observed a sign hanging over a grocery store, readi,ig thus--" Wholesale and Retail Shire.', Ile worked his way through the x.'rowd of ja dies and gentlemen until he got facing one of the clerks who was exhibiting some tine sugars to a young lady, when he broke out with. A HARD CUSTOMER The Daughter of Aaron Burr. [Corrnkponclence of the Pcmayleahb Inquirer.[ An item of news just now going the rounds, relates ilia: a sa,lor who recently died iu Texas confessed on his death bed ' that lie was onc„of a crew of mutineers who some forty years ago took possession of a brig on its passage, 'from th ar leston to New York, and caused all the officers and passengers to walk the plank. For forty years the wretched man had carried about with h ut the dreadful secret, and I died at bust in an agony Of despair. What. gives this story additioual interest is the fact that the vessel referred to is the one on which. Mrs. Theodocia Allston, the beloved daughter of Aaron liturr,took pas sage for New "York for the purpOse of meeting her parent in the darkest days of . his existence,and which never having been heard of, was supposed to have foundered at sea. liIES-VOl2 111. -=NO 21. NEW SE sooner or 10,ter, the hot/ is almost sure to show the affects of deficient cidorificatioit How ,John Phoenix Got in the Ladies' Car. John Phuinix thus tells an inc'ilent connected with a ride on the New V'ol•k - Central Railroad. He relates it in a letter to the Knickerbocker Magazine, and puts it on record to serve as ri caution to future innocent travelers. He says: - "I had obm et red at each change of the cars, and they were frequent, when the general scramble took place, ono car was defended from the assault by a stalwart Irishman, who, deaf to menaces, .unsoften- • ed by entreaty uncorrupted by bribes, maintained his post for the benefit of, the “leddies." "Leddies car, aye, you please— , forard ear for gentlemen without leddies.". Ned I say that this car was:the most corn fortablo of the train, and with that stern resolve which ever distinguished me in the discharge of my duty towards myself, determined to get into it, cost what it might So whim 'we changed cars at Uti ca, I rushed forth and seeing a nice young person,' with a pretty flee. bonnet and shawl, And a large portmanteau, urging her way through the crowd, I stepped up by her side, and with my native grace and gallantry offered my. arm and assistance, They were gratefully accepted, and proud of may success 1 urged my fair charge up to the platform of the ladies' car. My old enemy was holding the door. "I's your leddy, sir," said he. With an inwArd apology to 31r.. I.'lavuix for the great Hi+ justice done to her charms by the admis , sion, I replied 'y3,' Judge of my tonal' when this low employee of a monopoli zing and unaccommodmiting Railroa'd, ad dresfied yco upanion with the tone and nuMner of an old acquaintance, Sal, I guess you've done well, but I don't think his family will think much of the inatch.“. ELEPHANTS IN INDIA.-A C'alcutttt dor respondent of the New York Cummero;a! i • in giving an account of a visit to Barrack , pore, says: AV-essaw .the. recently arri v ed. elepha n from Burniali ; they looked:in good condo Lion. There were ninety of them at that stables and many were traveling about. through the different streets and roads. I had it litre upon one of the largest, wlei kneeled down to enable me to mount hint and sonic of them made us a salaam with their trunks when told to do so by their' keeper, or 'mahout' as the driver is callc4 I They ale intelligent animals. A story men told me of a number of elephants in one 0!' the Morussil districts. One of them lin , coi:•initted a fault, in refusing to carry :1 li Lt additional burden, when told by the l eal.i.a that he would get extra grog for it.` lie was tried by court martial in tlo• presence of twenty of •lii4 elephantiTe brethrcn . nnd convicted, and on the ke, pet's reading the .entente. all raised theif trunks in acknowledge nient of its justice Another was appointed to flog him, wide!: lie did by giving Urn fifty lashes with his trunk, and the culprit received the whole meekly, well knowing that he deserved it • They are very entitling as to weighih:t their food with their trunks when on 0 march, and if there is an ounce short they will discover it and insist on the regulnf allowance. NVlein traveling they ea Ir have' it gallon or grog per day, iust as sail , ors and soldiers have their glass. Thes•o animals were at Barruckpure recruiting Lit* , ter the voyage, and were soon to he sent up the country to d service in Englaiel.ti A l'uoa Sou..—An inquisitive Yanked was standing at a tavern door, in the low er part of Jersey, ‘vatelling a funeral pass by. At the head of it was a large manure cart, moving along very slowly, and mak ing no effort to turn out of the procession. The Yankee was astonished at this want of attention on the Part of tho driver o4' said cart, and turning to a Philadelphian who was standiug by, he remarked : "I guess the folks ain't very perlito lwout here; •to hum, where I lire, they al* ways turn out for a funeral." -4.„)11, that't part el the procession," re marked the Philadelphidn,gravely, "Du tell'! Yeou don't say so! lieow7" exclaimed the astonished Yankee. "Why you see, it is a very poor, sandy soil about hore, awl nothing comes up they plant, unless they manutre ; it well ; so, when they bury a fellow, they throw a whole, cart load in the grave to make him rise at the judgment day 1" The Yankee miuled, rA kind hearted once waited upon a physician tO r quest him to pro scribe for her husband's eyes which, wen: very sore "Let him wash them every morning with brandy." A few weeks after the doctor chanced t:' meet the %vire. "Well, has your husband followed my adv lee ?" "He has done everything in his power to do it, doctor, but 'he never could get the brandy higher than his mouth, poor . fellow." An outside passenger of a coach had his hat blown over a bridge, and carried away by the stream. A, "Is it not very singular, (said he to a gentleman beside him,) that my hat took that direction ?" "Not at all,(said the other,) it is natural for a beaver to take water."_ A gentleman eomplained- to old Bards ter that some malicious person had out og his horse's tail, which, ashe meant to bell bim, would be a great hindrance. "Then, (said Charles) you must sell lobu wholesale.' "Wholsale I (says the other;) how kir "Because you cannot retailhim !Marge love is ever accompardect fear and reference', ~~ 1 TERMS -1 $1 25 per Annum. - i s ''sk •---4
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