BSE DJLLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : Satnrban Ittontittn, XHarrlj 13, 183 G. |)oetrjT. WHEN STARS ARE IN THE SKIES. BY K. L. 13CLWKR. When -tar* r.re in the quiet skies Then must 1 l'iue for thee ; Betid on ilie then thy tender eyes, A - -tars look on the sea. F r ihoujthU, like waves that glide by night. Are -tiile-t when they shine. Aline earthly love lies iitmhed in light Beneath the heaven of thine, There i- an hour when angels keep Familiar watch o'er men, When coarser son Is are wrapped in sleep - Sweet spirit, meet me then ! Titer' i- an hour when holy dreams Through similiter fairest glide,"j Ami in that mystic hour it seems Thou sh juldst be by my side. The thoughts of thee too sacred arc For daylight's common l earn ; 1 can but know THEE as MY star, Mv angel and my dream ! When -tars are iu the quiet skies. Then most 1 pine for thee ; B. ud m nie then thy tender eyes, A- -tars look mi tlie sea. $) 11 itit s I. The Paper read by Francis P. Blair, at the Pittsburg Convention. There i- a great body of thinking men in the southern States— many I know in Maryland, : considerable number, my neighbors in Mont gonterv county, who deplore the repeal of the l ..mprotnisi s in relation to Slavery, which all ;., 1 had terminated the distractions, growing nt of this disturbing subject forever. It is * rue thi'se people have not hitherto manifested v public demonstrations their solicitude. The o.i iion of good faith in the breach of these .parts of peace between the sections, and fatal consequences likely to follow, were ot at first obvious to the mass of the South ;..-..pie, because by the art of the politicians who conducted the passage of this measure I'hrmijrli secret caucus, where all the personal ir -ts of the leaders in Congress and their i;.in- making up the majority in both liuiisps necessary to effect it, were previously r-tnged—the repeal was made to appear, as voluntary tender of the North to the South, i-rc had been no consultation by the inem r-of Congress, in any quarter with their .ait', tent.-, either by is.-ues made before the •ople. during the canvass or afterwards, or y address, petition, and votes in public nieet i._- or liy resolutions. Among us extraordinary changes, affecting rg.- interests, and reaching the feelings, the i i i i-. the religious and political principles >' n, as well as the political power of the Tales had hitherto always been preceded or . ' A h'd by every mode of forming and elieit „• the public opinion, which is the vital raove ■-tit in a Republican Government. But in late overthrow of all the adjustments of most anxious question which Congress has .) to deal with, from its first to the present • -ion, not a whisper of the uc-igu was per il to reach the public ear until its success • ai d by lli!' private arrangements of the i.uis in Congress, in conjunction with tire ifiri. The measure when publicly pre 'i w ;-at f';r-t veiled iu (lie Committee's as being but a reference to the Su < art of a question involving the con "i'.ouuiity of the compromises—then as a i-ion that the compromise of 1820 was j ' o'-'ded by the compromise of 1850, but ■ interpretation of the Bill, covertly con " i tic repeal of the compromise of i ><2o — "f I s -o—and also the compact with TeX iy v:h:cli all the Territory reserved by ' ■ them as free from Slavery iu the tcr - condition, was opened up to its ad ■ " >iU. fits Bill of intrigue, passed in conclave, by •'io'-iig politicians, to subserve personal W.LS well understood by themselves "ht\r partizans to be a bonus for the W'ic iii the election of President, but . '" hen-. 1 info Congress as the voluntary - of the North to the South to the priu qnility. It was thus divested in the '''Synth, of being a breach of faith r Ir came as a free gift to them < hicf Magistrate and other leading E I'ieseutatives of their Northern bre- I ' • inre not aware of the treachery of '• ! rc-riitatives to their constituents, nor . anticipate the excitement which lias A ''"in the wrong, aggravated by the be }' which it was attended, nor the dan ''■ ';i-'equeiiees likely to follow. Multi •'iie-t patriots in the Slavcholding ho love the Union, would willingly >e compromises, the work of the great a ir own region. They are sensible I 'L'i effects of its dissolution upon the . prosperity of the confederacy, and of • destruction of the security in hold the Slave Institution—of the i. -eencs of civil war and Slave insur- A, iich might arise out of the collisions he two section# on the one side wear :i>pect of a war of conquest, for the Shivery,— on the other u war of '' preserve the rights of the emigrants "gone from their bosom. But these -O the few chiefs who iiuiuuge it ; ' " bole Smith is at this moment in THE BRADFORD REPORTER. the hands of politicians who have contrived the movement, to strip the North of its interests, as provided for in the several compromises ; and the best men of the Slaveholding States, who are sensible of the iniquity cannot venture to declare their sentiments, lest they incur the imputation of deserting their owu section in a contest in which defeat would be humiliation, and for which the lenders who have produced it, would subject them to the charge ot failing to stand by the cause of their peculiar Institu tion. The persons who have sent me to this Con vention, are the first of the slave holding re gion who have come forward to vindicate the cause of our common country against this sec tional influence. They are a body of business men of Baltimore who feci that their city espe cially and the State of Maryland have a* great stake depending on the preservation of the 1 Union and the peace of the country. If the bonds which unite the two portions of the Un ion, distinguished by free and slave institutions should be severed, the natmc of the different interests growing out of the species of property iu which it consists on one side, must involve continual conflicts for its recovery, when living to the other for freedom, and the animosity thus engendered cannot fail to bring 011 tlio.se protracted and bloody wars of ambition and conquest which have characterized nations of contiguous Territory in every age, and which have produced the most relentless hostilities between those of kindred blood. The wars be tween England, Scotland and Ireland—the wars between France and England—of France and the northern nations of the continent— wars which make up the history of Europe, would have their parallel here. Maryland would become the Belgium of this side of the Atlantic—the Potomac the Rhine. The shores of all our great Rivers dividing the hostile States would frown with fortresses and centu ries of bloodshed ensue, unless the peculiar cause originating the strife, which make an ear ly end of it, by the intestine war of colors has tening its own extinction. Those I represent, ablioring the thought of civil war pressed on the mind of every man bv the sectional feud, which although now show ing its violence only upon a remote frontier, is nevertheless at work in every spirited heart on the continent, have desired me to submit to this Convention, convoked to take the initiative in the nomination of a Chief Magistrate to up hold the cause of the Free States in the con troversy, a proposition marked by justice and moderation, to restore good feeling, and con cord, and certainly there never was a contest where the plain honest idea that directed lack sou's administration was of such easy applica tion in settling a diflieuly. Let the North ask nocking but what is clearly right, and submit to nothing that is wrong , ami it cannot fail to bring the quarrel to an honorable termination. The di-pute about the Territarics was adjusted so satisfactorily to the whole country that all par ties, however widely differing on other subjects, m ide it a point to give iu adhesion to the set tlement in every subsequent election—all the candidates for the Presidency before and in the last canvass in obedience to the several no minating conventions, stood upon it as a plat form. Tile present Chief Magistrate did more. By the very terms of his Inaugural address, closed hy a sJitnn oath, he may he siid to have sworn his allegiance to the compromises of the Slave question, declaring they should not be disturbed if he could prevent it during his term of service, lie renewed the vow in the mes sage to the first congress he met ; and before its close became the active instrument in abol ishing every compromise made ou the subject since the foundation of the Government. It was done with the suddenness of the explosion of a mine of powder. The system plain ed by Jefferson and his compatriots to prevent the extension of Slavery and its dangerous tenden cy to disruption of the Cnion—the safeguard superadded under Monroe's administration— Lowndes, I'inekuey, Calhoun, Crawford—all the great men of the South aiding ; and Clay especially distinguishing himself, after two years of struggle, in its effectuation—the late dispo sition of the controversy about the Mexican acquisitions accomplished by tlie same great man, supported by Webster, Cass, and by Ben ton also on the main point- the exclusion of Slavery by the prohibition of the Mexican laws, in a word, ail the real statesmen of the coun try, compromises on the subject made by, and pronounced by them as binding in honor as the comprom ses of the constitution, blown up by tlie accession of President Pierce and Mr. Douglas, to the scheme of Mr. Atchi son and a few Nullificrs who prepared the Now the simple remedy for this ruin is to rebuild the work overthrown, and nothing is easier, if resolved ujwm by the North, and per sisted in without regard to party names or party cries—or individual designs or predilec tions. There is not an honest patriot in the North of any party who does not condemn this act of bad faith. Many it is true, warped by schemes of selfish ambition and looking to their advancement through Southern influence, say the mischief done, cannot be repaired. The compromises cannot be restored because the Senate and the President hold n veto to for bid it. There was immeasurably a stronger veto against the expunging Resolution—the ball which Renton solitary and alone put in motion. But public opinion triumphed then over the strongest wills and the ablest men of the country. It cannot be withstood by the puppets now on the scene. In the meantime, the strong representation of the North in the House can hold everything in abeyance until the Nation's voice shall pronounce its irresista ble decision. That the South will acquiesce in it, what ever the violent men, who seek a dissolution of the Union, to make Charleston the New-York of the South, none can doubt. How can it assume the attitude of nullification, and war IIJXUI the compromises and compacts of its own seeking—matured by its own greatest States men, under which they have enjoyed peace and safety for two-thirds of a century, and the sub version of which makes the tenure, not only of PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TO WAND A, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." the domestic Institution, but of all they hold dearest in public or private life, depeud on the chances of civil WBI\ Whenever this issue comes, the North will find an auxiliary in the same Union party in the South, that sustained Jack son, and my constituents will have the proud pre-eminence of having first given in their ad hesion to this the really patriotic party of their section. The repeal of the repealing clause of the Kan sas-Xebr a ska act, would be the finale of all the existing commotions and of the eager ambition which originated them. If this single line is inscribed on our Flag we shall conquer under it. It will be the Union Flag. The repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska clause, overthrowing the rights of the Free States, is j a vital, pressing exigency. It is the issue made i by the acts of the administration, and is the ! only one producing the existing excitement.— i It should be moved at once in the House of Representatives, as a practical mode of redress ' ing the wrongs and rebuking the aggressors, and to give notice that the majority of the people of the Union mean to vindicate their rights and the cause of Free Institutions, in the most direct manner ; and also, that Slave holders may have warning in advance, not to hazard the property they value so highly, in a Territory from which by solemn covenant Sla very was interdicted, and which the sovereign power of the country has resolved to reinstate. This warning is necessary to preclude the plea of vested rights ; as having effect in favor of ! such as go into Kanas or other Free territory with Slaves : a pitta which was urged succcss fully in Missouri. It is necessary too to estop owners of slaves fi'om claiming indemnity for slaves, freed by the act of Congress, recogniz ing such Territory 011 coming into the Union us Free. Even if Kansas were admitted at the present session of Congress as a Free State, the Repeal ought to be urged to prevent the repe tition of the Kansas outrages, in New Mexico, I tah, and all the Territory of the United States, the Nebraska act having (iu violation of the prohibitory laws or treaty) opened them all up to similar invasions. For these reasons, ! and many more that might be urged, touching 1 the policy of the measure, 1 hold that every J issue should merge in that of Repeal. There is one view more which duty to my* Southern constituents prompts me to present i for consideration. In the South both the old I parties, Whig and Democratic, have blended j their strength, to secure the conquest of the ' free territories for the Slave Institution. Mr. Caruthers, a staunch Whig of Missouri, when asked where were the Whig party, answered j that its soul had transmigrated into the De- j inoeratic body in the South, and while pro- \ noiiiicing the proudest culoginm on Henry I Clay, whose principles he still held as his po- j litical faith, admitted that the measure on which the slave holding section had planted its standard had identified in its support the Whigs ; and Democrats of the slave holding states, ; however differing on other questions. The j South Americans, although all connection with ( them was reprobated by the Democratic Cau cus of the House, and by the official organ of, the Administration at Washington, were con-! strained to support Mr. Aiken, the Adminis tration candidate for Speaker at the close of the contest. This proves that all political or ganizations hostile as they are 011 all subordi nate questions upon the sectional policy of ex tending Slavery to Territory hithcito free, arc one and indivisible. The success achieved by I the Southern politicians by inducing all the \ Northern aspirants for the Presidency to run ! a race for the favor of the South, iu showing who would go farthest and fastest to make j surrender of the rights of their constituents to j the slavcholding section, leaves 110 public man I in the South any other alternative than to re- j linquish his position, or insist on that great conquest for the slavcholding interest, to which j it was contrived to give the appearance of be- j ing u voluntary boon tendered by the North to \ the South. It is this strategy which renders it I impossible at this time for those among the ! people who favor the compromises, to rallv in j the South to maintain what they are sensible 1 honor and good faith recognizes us binding, ; because made by its own statesmen, then in j command of the Government, and sanctioned ! by their own consent. In the South, thcrecan never be a party to assist iu redressing this j wrong until the North dispels by its unanimity j the illusion, that its people arc willing to ae- j quiescc in it. The hopes depending on party leaders, con trolling everywhere the old organization of the Democratic party in the free States, and thein fiueiice and patronage of the administration have done much to stifle the voice of the mas ses in the free States. If they will in the ap proaching Presidential election unite all parties, indignant at the violation of the rights of the North, to assert them, as all have united in the South to deny them, the injustice will soon be remedied. When the North is true to it self, there arc multitudes in the other section who will perceive the iniquity it has snflfered, but who would never see it, if tamely acquiesc ed in. There are thousands in the South who arc sensible of the danger to themselves in the breach of the compacts about slavery—whoes nmte truly the consequences of a rupture of good feeling between the sections, and who ra ther than bring matters to the arbitrament, to which they seem to be hastening, would will ingly see the broken compacts restored—Jmt if from want of concert of action, the North, how ever injured and excited can make no effectu al resistance, it may prepare for a repetition of indignities and wrongs to which those who of fer them will set no limit when there is no bond to submission. This Republican Convention is a nucleus which it may be hoped will gather around it the masses of the North who arc re solved to redress the wrong perpetrated bv the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act. " Re publican party " was the early designation of that which subsequently took the soubriquet of Democrat at first given in derision. Mr. Jefferson in his lirst inaugural, calling the par ties by names under which they then were ar rayed against each other, said—" we are all Republicans, we are all federalists." Ho meant, doubtless, that there were certain great prin- eiplcs iu which both agreed, embraced iu their designations, however much they disagreed about matters of policy and modes of adminis tering the Government. The Federalists gave their support to the Republicuu form of government. The Repub licans were devoted to the federal compact—- both agreed in opposition to royalty, and in opposition to a severance of the federation,and leaving the States to drift as petty nations, detached from each other. May not those who have organized with a view to correct what they consider mere error iu the legisla tion and administration of Government, under whatever party name or watchword they rally, unite with those who do not agree with them about the measures or mode of reform on points which involve nothing vital,-to redeem the go vernment from an infraction of tlie fundamen tal laws, on which they believe its peace and prosperity certainly depend, and possibly its unity as a nation. Cannot all parties in the North unite in such a crisis, to preserve what they in common feel to lie paramount to all other questions in controversy which have here tofore divided them, and cannot all rally under a Republican standard to defend the cause of free institutions and the Union against the aggression of interested and ambitious men, who make slavery a means of combining a sec tional force to accomplish their designsaguiust them, and especially when if this moment be lost the cause must be lost ! The great object of defeating this attempt, by putting all questions of difference in abey ance for the time, does not imply a surrender of other party principles, or of the organiza tions to be employed to give effect to them hereafter. But such is the reluctance of men who have battled for a cause under a banner to which they hare given their oflections—so loyal are the hearts of good men, even to the badges they have worn and which they honor, that they will not desert them for others, al though they feel the necessity of uniting with those whom they have once opposed, iu sup port of still dearer and more important inter ests. I tliink this noble feeling should becon sulted by this Convention in the arrangements it may make to produce concert among all par ties who place the preservation of the free ter ritories from Slavery (and as a result, the pre servation of the Union) above all other sub jects of controversy, and it is hoped that mea sures will be adopted to induce all the friends of this cause, who arc unwilling to take part in nominating candidates for the first and sec ond officers of the Government in the Repub lican Convention, to send delegates to separate conventions under their own party designations, to meet at the same time and place to confer upon the subject of the nominations, and in conclusion, if found necessary and practicable, to unite in a Mass Meeting of the Representa tives of all parties, drawn together to confer iu regard to the menus of extricating the country from the threatening and most alarming posture iu which it is now placed—surrendering for the OCCUMOU all questions of minor differences of policy and reform and personal predilections, for men of this or that party, and giving, as did the patriots of the Revolution the whole heart to the cause and nothing but the cause, and thus by joint counsels'ensure a glorious triumph for the conservative principles of our Government—the public will. The candidate of such a mass meeting would stand above the conflicts of partizan politics, and like the ele vated chiefs who led in the establishment of our independence, would value no man but as a contributor to the success of the great cause of the country. FRANCIS P. BLAIR. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. —Ah ! what so re freshing, so soothing, so satisfying, as the pla cid joys of home ? See the traveler—does duty call him for a season to leave his belov ed circle ? The image of his earthly happi ness continues vivid in his remembrance ; it quickens him to diligence ; it makes him hail the hour which sees his purpose accomplished and his face turned towards home ; it com munes with him as he journeys, and he hears the promise which causes him to hope, "thou shall know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace, and thou shalt visit thy tabernacle and not sin." Of the joyful reunion of a divided family—the pleasures of a ronewe 1 interview and conversation after davs of absence? Heboid the man of science ; he drops the laborious and painful research, closes the vol ume, smooths his wrinkled brow, leaves his study, and unbending himself, stoops to the capacities, yields'o the wishes, and mingles with the diversion of his children. Take the man of trade ; what reconciles him to the toil of business ? What enables him to endure the fastidiousness and impertinence of customers ? What rewards him for so ma ny hours of tedious confinement ? Bv and by in the season of intercourse, he will behold the desire of his eyes, and the children of his love, for whom lie resigns his case ; and in their welfare and smiles he will find recompense. Yonder comes the labonr; lie has borne the burden and the boat of the day, the de scending sun has released him of his toil, and he is hastening home to enjoy his repose.— Hsilf-way down the lane by the side of which stands his cottage his children run to meet him. Due he carries and one he leads. The companion of his humble life is ready to fur nish liiin with his plain repast. See his toil worn countenance assume an air of cheerful ncss. His hardships are forgotten—fatigue vanishes—he eats and is satisfied. The even ing fair, lie waiks with uncovered head around his garden—enters' again and retires to rest; and " the rest of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much." Inhabitant of 1 lie lowly dwelling ! who can be indifferent to thy comfort ! Peace to thy house !—717/- lia m Jmj. Widow Drizzle's husband lately died if cholera. In the midst of his most acute bodi ly pain, after the hand of death had touched him, and while writhing in agony, his gentle wife said to liiin—" Well, Mr. Grizzle, yon needn't kiek round so and wear all the sheets out '/ v'-v nrr J Deptli of the Niagara River. " The depth of the Niagara river, umler the "Suspension Bridge, is estimated by the eugi " neers to be 700 foot. This, we believe, is " deeper than any other rapidly miming stream "in the world. Such are the dimensions of u story which lias been going " the rouuds of the prass," with grudully increasing proportions, for months. It seems a pity to deprive the public organ of wonder of food so congenial to its appetite, yet we think it best to say what we can to stop the deepening of this great chasm, lest it should endanger the unity of our planet, and separate New York and Canada by and by into two different hemispheres. We do not believe there is any great depth of water under the Suspension Bridge, proba bly not over twenty-live or thirty feet. The sudden change from smooth to rough water is irreconcilable with the idea of a uniform deep river, which would produce a nearlv equable descent from the Falls to the Wliir!|w*ol. Such a sudden break from a nearly level current to a foaming rapid, with a conspicuous declivity iu its surface, could no more exist iu a river hundreds of feet deep, than a belt of surf could form across the Gulf Stream. The whole appearance of the place indicates that the comparatively quiet water above is held back by an obstacle near the bridge, over which the stream breaks and rolls iu a huge rapid or " rift." It is like the flow of any ri ver over a bar, or over a deeply submerged dam ; and in this ease, the dam is formed by rocky ledges crossing the river at this point, which have prevented its waters from wearing its channel as deeply here as above. And so says the best authority on the subject, Profes sor Hall, in his report on the western geologi cal district of the State, page 338 : " At one place about a mile below the Falls and where the channel is narrowest, the stream glides with comparative stillness, while below, where the channel is broader, it is driven with great velocity. * * These appearances have their causes in the geological structure of the place. Below the whirlpool there are no hard strata in the bed of the river, consequent ly the channel is deeper and more tranquil than where such rocks exist. At the whirlpool and above tint* place, the hard sandstone layer is at or near the level of the river, and conse quently the channel is not worn so deep.— Again, after this hard mass has dipped below the surface, the bed of the river is excavated iu softer rocks, hence the narrow channel and smooth water a mile below the Falls. Near the Falls, the higher beds of sandstone and the limestone of the Clinton group, approaches the level of the river, and thus causes a wider shal low channel and more tumultuous water." This is certainly a perfectly simple explana tion of these features of the river, supported bv facts plainly visible to the eye of any practical observer. Ihe hard sandstone which forms the rifts about the whirlpool and bridge dips deeper and deeper until, when nearly at the Falls, it is perhaps 75 or 100 feet below the surface of the river, of which it probably forms the floor. This part of the river, characterized by its boil ing and eddying yet nearly level flow, may therefore be 70, so or 90 feet deep. Immedi ately below the Falls the Clinton limestones and subjacent sandstone, 30 or 40 feet thick, and very hard and massive, form a still strong er floor, to receive the pouring torrent, which runs off swiftly and roughly. \\ c know it is said that line and plummet show a far greater depth for this part of the river, but tliey are very unreliable in rapid wi tor ; the lead i* carried away more or less, and the line swept out into long loops and bows. Moreover we may allow for the universal pro pensity to exaggeration and mysticism which makes all deep lakes, rivers and sens bottom less. We have sounded ponds so reported, and have found but live or ten fathoms, and we be lieve the Niagara, above the whirlpool, could its current be stilled, would not require a much longer line to find its bottqin.— Tribune. A NKW ZKALAXD " LADY."—A young gen tleman who left Preston, in England, above four years ago, thus writes home front Waean ni, in New Zealand, to a fiicnd :—"Needle women are much wanted in a double capacity; in the first and most important as wives, in the second as dressmakers, Ac. All young men should marry before emigrating. .Many who come out here form matrimonial connections with the natives. My partner is a native, and thought faultless in form her complexion is not more fair than black—in plain language, she is a woman of color, the exact shade approach ing much nearer to polished brown paper, or mahogoiiv. than anything else 1 can recollect. She cannot speak English, and is ir.ncli addict ed to what you would call smoking, but what she elegantly terms kni /nprka —Auglice, food to'iaeeo. lfer hair hangs in negligent grace fulness, and is of a beautiful and brilliant black. Her eyes arc brown, her person tall and erect, and her carriage faultless and dignified as that of any European. From one ear is suspended a shark's to<>th, and the other is embellished with a bit of colored worsted. Her feet were never tortured by shoes, nor concealed by sterl ings ; they are as free as when nature formed them. She can swim to perfection, can man age a canoe in a sea that would appal a Lou don waterman, and is snelt an adept in catch ing fish that Izaak Walton would have shrunk in opposition to her. I have been induced to imike these remarks, as they will applv to the whole native race. European women are so scarce that English and Maori connections arc little noticed. The practice is common ; and the dark complexion, naked feet, and kni lupe kn have become familiar to us as possible." THK QIEEX OK TKKKOKS. —An old Scotch man, who had been awfully henpecked all his life, was visited on his death-bed by a clergy man. The old man appeared very indifferent, and the parson tried to rouse him by talking of the King of Terrors. " Hout, tout, mon," exclaimed the Scotch man, " I've been living sax and forty years with the Queen of them, and the King canna be uii"k!c wour." VOL. XVI. NO. 40. Early Days of Silas Wright. A friend, who was an old acquaintance of the late llou. Silas Wright, related to us an anecdote of that distinguished man a hick he j re< c'ved frqin his own ' li,*?, ml as we hu\o ! never seen it in print, although it may have been, we give it to our readers : , Mr. Wright left home at an early age to '• seek his fortune," having, byway of earth]r I possessioi s, u fine horse, saddle and bridle, 1 pair of niddle-bngs, a small stock of clothing, and live hundred dollars is money, which was in bills ai.d was deposited in his* saddle-bags. Ife took a western course, and in traveling one day he overtook a man with a wagon and fur niture and an old span of horses, apparently cuiigrat'ng. There was nothing particularly attractive at first view in the person or equi page, but upon a closer inspection, Mr. Wright j discovered the daughter of the emigrant, awo>t I beautiful young lady, evidently refilled und in- I telligent. They journeyed onward toward Ge ! nevu, chatting cosily together, when suddenly i the old geutleinan recollected that he wished i to get his money changed at the Geneva Bank, and to enable him to reach that place before the close of bank hours, he proposed that young Wright should take his seat beside the "boun tiful daughter and allow him to mount Wright's horse and hasten forward. Ardent and half smitten by the charms of the young lady, Silas gladly accepted the proposition, and leaping from his horse allowed the old man to mount and make off with all his earthly possession, money included, without a thought. Rapidly the hours of Thalaba went by, while these two young and gifted beings pursued their course, quite leisurely, it maybe surmis ed, toward their journey's destination. tin arriving at Geneva. Mr. Wright drove uj) to the principal tavern, left the lady, but then for the lirst time, a shade of anxiety cross ed liis mind for the safety of his fine horse and his money. He went to all the other public houses, but could hoar of no such man as he described ; he boat up to the quarters of the ea-diier of the bank, and learned, to his addi tional concern, that such a man had called at the bank and endeavored to get some inonev changed, which he declined doing, as the notes he piesented were counterfeit ! Our future statesman then came to the conclusion that he had made a crooked start in life. About fifty dollars worth of old furniture, a dilapidated wagon and a span of worn out horses, for a new wardrobe, fine horse, und five hundred dollars! Aye ! but then there was the pretty daugh t r—but her lie could not keep as personal property without her own consent, and with out money he hardly wanted a wife He was at his wit's end, and had jnst concluded to make the best of a bad bargain, when the old man made his appearance with horse and mo ney all safe. It turned out that the money which the cashier had thought to l>o counter feit was not so, and the mistake had given the old man the trouble to go some distance to find an acquaintance who might vouch for his respcetabil.tv in case of trouble, and this oc casioned his mysterious absence. In the sequel, the beautiful daughter became afterward the wife of the future statesman.— Detri i' Adv. (Yisinrs RUSSIAN CUSTOM.—ON white Mon day and the following Sunday, there is a great j romenude in the Summer (jardt.ns, namely ;he exhibition of brides. The Russian trades men on tlic.se days expose their marriageable daughters in order to marry them ; or as they term it. to give them away. Under the lime trees of the principal Altec are two long rows of gaily dressed girls, packed close together, like the pipes of an organ. Behind each stands the mat h maker, and the third row the mo ther and other female relatives. Through this double row the spectators and wife-seeking Russians slowly walk. The latter noticesanv faces that please them, and the match-mak r belonging to it. The exhibition lasts till a late hour. A WORD IN TIM A.—" IN the- Conference, when Cider IV was Presiding Klder, there wfcre three brothers, all preachers, and not geua rally considered very bright. One had been examined, and had gone out for the confer ence to pass upon him. Elder IV, as presid ing officer, rose to give his opinion. " Breth ren,''said lie, "these S—s, all of them, are well meaning men—they're good men—avo, they're good Christians ; but there's no mis take about it, they're all of them got a very* s >ft place in their heads somewhere." Turn ing his head a little, he met the indignant eves of the two other brothers fastened full upon him. Without changing a muscle, he raised one hand to emphasize his words, and with a curious expression of countenance, stealing on, he continued : " And to tell the truth about it, who ha'n't—who ha'u't ?" RAILWAY WlT. —Among tlic jokes which i have been got off during the detentions occa f sioncd by the d.-cp snow, is the following, j clipped from a Vermont paper " Madam," said a conductor, a day or two since, "your boy can't pass at half fare— lie's too large.' "He may be too large now," re plied the woman, who had jraid for a half ticket, " but he was small enough when we started." Tiic above dialogue was overheard on or.c of the trains of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad. The joke may be appreciated when it is known that the train had been delayed all j night at a by station. To DIKKCT a wanderer in the right way, is ( to light another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its light by what the other ! gain". Those who are sensible of the true en joyments of life, and have tlie sources of them in their own breasts, will know the value of being cheaply pleased. i j SYDNEY SMITH, always at home on a joke against his own cloth, ttscd to lameut that ma ny clergymen thought sin was to be taken front man as Kvc was taken from Adatn by throw- I in him int" n profound -lumber.