II II rz -0' lial I, ' _ - . • iARLES READ lc. H. H. FRAZI • ?befs , . :'or the Repab titan. ' • . ' V Th e I r ' • Christmatalower: . .' DV E. F, 'MUDD; Y. D. .' 11 ; i \ ----- - 4 legend eist's in many parts of the eoun!sy, i n P et i t aiirarda par i tieularly, that there is a certain flow , e;' tat 'vringl4 up and ',loam's on Christmas Eve, at n ..,, : „ b, --' b u t disappears before sunrise the following '1" r m ollin. iL • ehmrist as flower, golden dower, • - 1 , [Then, bast sp t rung -up In no hour, • o;broagh th 4 hard and finien earth, roipc to Pro i ve a Saviours birt h 1 . .. . , 1 khristmas flower, golden flower,' ' , 1119u dolt oU:ti a`uuutie power; .. ot like cont i mon flowers bound, flv deep snort and - frozen ground. . , rin:istmas flower, flair and bright, trbOu wilt never see the light, or before te morning sun \ iprooks the 4 art, thy work is done. - J 'hristmas.tilkiwer I tell us why tho4i so rood dolt fade a nd die? - ,; r • I • Airy flower!! why not,ismy , Ill'is uslierdin the day! 4 . hristmas flower, I will tnto thee Inv warmest laYs; Onlilen flower! thee I'll sing, When my muse her orrings brings - . • PI THE MAIDEN OF C. NOT BY POI ; I 1 I,i Was some:two Or three months ago, • 1 ; In this Know Nothing town of C., .' That a - maiden I. saw whom you may know— ...fint you never will know Iron., me, nil this maiden she lived - some fifteen miles - 1 Flout this beautiful town of C. jr., love, and the was in lave, • (At least she was said to be) !hal t s - I'le loved with a double and twisted lore • 1 1 .Afellow FOnie'miles from C., - ' - *ith a lace that I and the-,boys in town , l' Stipposed Was intended for toe'. • • , A l lr,(lithis is toe reasomlmme-we •in this dull old townAcii • . That this fellow came into this villamiciaiing I!The znaidet so worshipped by me. ; Camh wcoiug and Winning . hir away'frout town, Blind worst of all, from Tu shut h her hp in his new log-house - • I:Somq fifteen tulles from C. • hors, who bad somehow got wind of the • o thing, Iwent poking their fun'at tne— ' . I", , si that was the reason (as all meri knew 'lii' the heartless lilla ) ge of C.) Tliat one night when the stage came through the ; town, J' t3rle myself..... , ierove in C. 'Cohoabia (Term.) Mirror. • 1 4 1e.§ 40 -sketeilets. • WroinTheAiba ny Erentn*'; Joarnal 41.4iLugez 121 TirE POST MICE,- Mrllolbrook. the will-kn Own Post Office speci4 haspublished a book from whielij.we make the following extracts: '.• rtiEnt-NG Tilt CLERGY-AN - INGENIOUS TRICK. ,- . A iserson of good standing in community, Who lai - & claim not only - tqq a moral, but a re-• ligionii:haracter ; was visiting in a large town on th„Hudson river, about midway between New red: and Albany. This person owed . n.elergi'man, living in New Haven, Connecti cut,. ipi. sum of one hundred dollars; and one d'ey he called at the house .of another ciergs:, , man olltis acquaintance in, the town • first mentioned, and requested to be allowed • , the privilege of writing a letter to his clerical crediting, in which the ,sum due that gentle , than ira, to be inclosed. Writing materials were urnished . , and he prepared the letter in the stciS of his obliging friend, and-in his. presete. . Afti l ,l,r he tad 'finished _writing it, he said to tie citgyinan;• ' NoW, as the mails are not alwar-, Safe, I wish to be able to prove-that I have dually sent the-money. !shall there fore} c iisider it a great filVor if you will Ac coliipaa'y ine to the bank, where 1 wish to obtain., ,hundrecl.dollar,note for some small trash I; t f have; and bear witness that 1 in eloSe tmoney and deposit the letter in- the post 0` `Pc: The everend gentleman :- . -‘ • , li i readily - aeceeded •to the r'OqueSt, ' and'Went with him to the bank, where A bill ofthe required denomina fion'waa, obtained, and •placed in the. letter, which Vras then sealed - with a wafer, the cler ,, e. rman ;:ill the .While looking on. , • They; then-went, to. the past office, (which . was u'irectly opposite the bank,) and after calling 'the-attention of hik.eompazilon to the letter anA'itl'address,the Writer thereof drop ped it , t - ttttlfie . letter-box, and 'the two per • sons w•• nt their Ways: - ' '. •- - - The otter arrived, at. New Haven by due course' tx ' mail; and it .AO'happened that the • 4 01 E9•tijan to whom it was addressed was at the cue: waiting • for the.' assorting of the mails. "t:IIe saw a letter thrown into his'bOx, and ea i,lf:d fur it es.ooonas the delivery win • !ilow was opened. - - ' ' Vpuslbreaking the' seal, and: reading the letter, . found himself requested to,' Please •,, find ou thundre&dollars &C., with which re quest e: would elieerfully•cOmplied with,htit • for "On(ilight eircuinstanee, 'namely the ab.. sence fl h 9.,t_e bank ,note! • . ' ThiOlict was apparently accounted for by a tiosts#ipt, written in a heavy, rude hand, different: from the - .body .of the letter, and - re.idin4 as follows: - ' .` P. " . I 'have cake', the liberty to borrow this money, 'but I send ,the 'letter, jig that you needn't blame t e man who irmte rifled document was immediately ito the postmaster, and, in his opinion, as that of the clergyman, a daring bsd been committed.. The latter ian was advise 4 by the 2ostmaiter to. , at . once to 'New -York, and confer ThL shown as well robber' geutlef pave o especial agent, anik-at the sanze•ti CM ._, . to lay the facts before that rostmister Gen. eral. 'Pe did so, andit leas notinotuk , before ,tile.ago l t, had - c omineaced the investigation of the .upposed robbery. • _ _" In raldition to the po stscript - appended, the . letter bore other indieftions - of having been -tampered with, which at first sight would , beelll aihnost conclusive on this point. = Upon: the',enelope; were two wafers, differing in (viol,ne partly overlapping the other,--as it, i they • d been put on bj , different persons at b litieretit Limo,. 't -1 . - ' • . . . . • 1 . . . ii .;:i . .-:"'::'_'...: ::::: . • ....- . , ...-.. - .2-., , . ' -i i '-- . . ~•..• • . .. , -. 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Notwithstanding these ",appearances, there wereircumstanses strongly Conflicting with the supposition: that the 14tter e had been ix& btxl." • The postscript :was an unnatural affair, for no one guilty of opening a letter for - .the phrkose pf appropriating its contents, WOuld stop to write an explanatory 'postscript, es pecially as such a.eourse would only increase the chances oftis own sieteetion v • and , in the . - .+ present inStartee, there had been no delay of the letter to allow such an addition. - .. ,Bfr. a visit to', the"office where the letter was : mailed, .the - agenfkascertained that it malt havO left ' " immediately .. after being de posited,l•and the advanced age and the excel-' lenticharaeter.of the postmaster, who made up the Mail on that 'occasion, entirely cut off _suspicion hi that quarter.. ‘.. - • An interview was then held with the eler gynlan ni Who Witnessed the mai ling of the-let ter, 6nd from him were obtained- the facts already stated. • i Gincerning . the, writing' of the document, and' its deposit, inf the letter box ;in a perfect Mate, after the money had been inclosed, - he Was ready .and willing to make oath, and had he been called- upon he wou d have done.so in all sincerity and hon est):, I . • • . . ,1 - I a reply to , :an inquir, -whether he-used I:, more than one 4 *ortiof fetter paper, he inform ' ed • the that he had had but tine sort in his stud , for several iiionths, and at my request, imm . , iately brought in several sheets for it A nparison of .this with:the • sheet: upon . I d which the rife