'OLltse Pau, fropritters. Stitt Frnm the Shekinah. A Swint 'of Sleep. • BY THOMAS L. HARRIS Er' Mr. Harris while stopping temporarily in " St. Louis, was one evening - watching by the sick-bed of his wife, when after a neastin of rest /issue**, the patient slept, Mr- Harris, while - be. 'ling suddenly entranced by a.spirit, wrote with. ' gnat any conscious effort the following very beau tiful lines: • - Her sufferings end; she sleeps, shy sleeps; Along.the floor the moonlight creeps ; That sillier sea that laves the shoe% • Of outer slumber evermore; That silent sea that ebbs and flows - Round the Cim islands of repose ; • And wags from out ethereal di•eps, • `Their tranquil rest. She sleeps, she sleeps.. • • Her pals beats calm and low. She sleeps: • From ten / - soul the - Aiream-light creeps That'ailier lot thut laves the shore 1 . Of inner WIC-ing evermnte; • That silent sea that .ebbs and flows - • Round the veiled Edens . of Repose, And wafts from pure, immortal de,;ps. Their visioned for Ms. She sleeps,:slie sleeps Her faee grows beautiful. She sleeps. From angel worlds the love-liiht creepy; That silver sea that laces the shore Of inner life for evermore; That silent sea that ebbs and flows Round hearts that in God's love repose, And wafts from Heaven's untroubled deeps, Their endless joy. She sleeps, she sleeps. LET 17/E IN. When the summer evening's shadows, Veiled the varth's calm bosom o'er, 'Came* young child' faint and weary, Tapping at a cottage door: • Et Wandering thro' the winding wood paths, My worn feet too long have been. Let me in, oh! gentle mother, Years passed on-zhis eager Spirit Gladly watched the dying hours, . "I will be a•child no longer, Finding bliss m birds and flowers ; I will seek the builds of . pleasure, I will join their merry din ; Let me in to joy and gladnesi; 'Let me in'" Years'sped .on--:.yet vainly yearning, Murinuring still the restless heart; "I am tired,of heartless folly, Let the glitterinz cheat depart; I have found in worldly pieasure • • Naught to happiness akin, Let mein to Loves warm presence,. Let me in.' ". • YOAM flew on—a youth no longer, Still he owned a rca.tless• heart, "I am tired of love's soft durance; . Sweet-voieed.byrtn, we must part; I will pin 10-I.antel chaplet, - - And a world's applause will win Let me in to fame and glory, 'Let me in.'" Years Sod on—the restless spirit Never found the bliss it sought; Answered hopes and granted blessings, Only new nspirings briMglit "I am tired of earth's vain glory, '1 am tired of grief and sin, Lot me in to rest eternal, Let me in.'" Thus the unquiet, yearning Spirit, • Taunted by a vague unrest, Ewan and calls at every gateway;, In a vain and frUitit;ss quest ; Ever striving some new blessing, Some new happiness to win— At some portal ever saying : • • Let the in.'" . isccilantous. :EXCEBI3I I 7ELY LITERARY.--lIOW a young la dy.endeavored to adaist her style' of conver sation to the character of her guests,. is nar , rated. in 'an Ohio_ paper. Tom, Cora in and Torn Ewing, heing , on - a political tour thro' the state, stopped it the house' of a promi /neat politician at" night, but, fotind no one At home hut.a young- neice; Who pm.ide,l at the 'supper table. 'She bad never seen great men and supposed them. elephantine altogether, and, that they talked great language. `Mr. Ewing, will you : take condiments in youitea; r. inquiiedihe young lady. Yes, -Miss, if you please,' replied the pion dam-soap-bailer. Corwin:4k -eye twinkled: Here was fun for him. Gratified at they apparent success of her first trial 4talki - ng with big men, the young lady addi:essed Mr. CorWin in the same imatmer: . . ' you lake condiments in your ten sir?' 'Pepper and salt,-bat no:mustard,' was . the prompt reply, of the facetious Tum. - Of course nature must rest, and Ewing and ^the fair entertainer roared in spite of them `Corwin essayed to mend the matter, and 'was voluble in anecdote, and wit, and compliment: But the wound s ires immedica ble. To this day. the 3zoung 'lady declares that Torn Corwin is a conrse, vulgar disagree- Ile man. sar TheArtarbasr .cfronata.-4-Wincbester, who akended in a balloon from Norfolk, Ohio, on the 2d inst., had not been - heard of op to the 17th i nt ,that place. - The Cliailand (Ohio) Itensid says : ' May be he. landed in Canada, so far from railroads and telegraph ar topremetit'tiditigsyet reaching Lis home.' ife"telitio if '. . . . , , • ~ •.. - , , ---' „ , • ' . . ~, 1 .i I • .- ,: ~.' 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Ah.Angely,lant ruined—utterly ruin ed P.:exclaiined ißobert Wilson to his young and devoted wire. ' Reined ! why, Robert, what can have hap pened 4 I thought you were doing so well in your busineio,' returned the wife, with.the deepest anxiety depicted upon her fair fea tures. • I And. so I am, my love; but in ari'nnlue . ky monient, I embarked in a speculation froved tin6rtunate, and every -dollar I Tows% is gone,,' Why havo von not told tno of this before Rohett 1' ' I wished not to pain you, lore: .I.= ' I fear; you have been imprudent; nay - I. Iwill not reprOa(di you:' ' I hare hoped that untilnow I should be able to redeem myself. By risking a few hun .lldre<l dolhirs More, I - feel (confident that I ould tptrieve i my losses, and come out bright again; bUt alasi I hare not another" dollar in the world. . /ilia', the young husband lool'ed' anxiously at his- -, - ' What kind o l: f speculation was it, Rob ert ?' itsked Iris +:ife, as a sliilit. misgiving ro.seil her confiding heart.. - - 4 o;it was a strictly business transaction, 4,- • rather complicatH in its detail's, and 'I don't - think you Won].) understand it if I (ixplained it,' said Robert. -' • . . . ' I am not so + x +3oll of comprehension, that I eantiot-nnderstadd an ordinary.business trans- , action' ' 'No, my den I know you would under , stand it Nitter Ilan ladies' generally would, but-tit is viryi ititrienfe—yery.' wlll.not insist, Robert, 'upon knowing anYthing you desire to conceal, said Mrs. Wilson; with a gentle reproach in her tone, methinks a' wife Ought to know the oc casion bf her husband's sorrow.'. . ' Forgi v e me: Augely,' replied the husband imptinting A tender iss upon her lips ; - •for give me *.i I will tall you_ all.' ' . .' Nay,' lOr I ,:ask s it not ; I am satisfied 'now. And is th I .re no , hope ?' 1 'lf I 6d:t i w, 'o liundrd dollar:N . l feel' ' i' - , per fectly confident that I shquld, redeem myself.' , - ' Is thei.eibq risk Robert I' . '1 will bd candid, AU, , ,,Tely ; there is some risk.' : • gei you the money,. Robert.' ! Nlyown true wife!' This 'conversation occurred it I the: house of a yoting New York' shopkeep4r. : Ile bad 'been married:to a sour g, gentle4learted girl only a year before, during which period -they had. lited in , 4nititerrupted happiness. I The voiiiig fife had no suspicion that - the clouds of idver•;•ity were lowering over their joyous home . itutil her husband had corninu nictited the.fact. FOr some weeks, however, she had noticed that ' ilobekt was more than usually &nil:- Once or tivii.e a week he had +eotedlliiinself from her side • in the evening, alleging ;that he had business demanding his • . • attentiori. • • Angeline Wilson,jat the of her mar . - tinge, was the posse.lOr of i a small sum of: npey, bequeathedo her by- her fatlier. It had been sett:i.td upon heir so that her hug= bind could. - not control if, and . could •not spend no portion ofit. without. her sanction. The. young, lhopk. eperis; business had pros pered beyond !his m ist. sitiguine ex[a:Ctations so itliat his devoted '•i 'e, who would have wil lingipplaced her- lit 'le fortune in his' : hands, saw n o oeension to ithdraw it from her un cle,in Whose hands it was riot only deemed to be safely tuvested , but was producitr a handsoine interest, . . Robert Wilsou } was a whole-Sobled ,young man, siiiltotit a setfi-lt thought in }his compo married Angeli it*" for herself alone. and (had }hardly bestoWed } a thought' upon } her por tion. } • • . ,But, the i• bad sm.itlation' had Worried him exceedingly. All the ready money he could, command had her eibaubted, and iii his ex- . tremity,.t t he thought • bad occurred to him that his wife could supply his warts. The idea of . m , iting her for relief, was, to a man of his' high-struivz temperament„iso ti•- Otgriatit, that le i only had the courage to hint at the service site might render CHAPTER IL With the'money in his poeket;which Ang efy had , procured for him, Robert Wilson hastened .dos — n Rrimdway. At the, corner of Park Pace he pau4l, :. and cast a fa rail Ve gl4neround, him, evidently Much agitated. lie thought 4.ltis loving wifeat home:- . He had keeived her, and -this. conscience smote bitty:- She w 4, all love and gentleness, and sincaity, and ',confidence, and he bad i basely deceived her. - . ftould . he not return, k,ltrow himself at. her feet. and be . g' her l'orgiveness ! Such a l eourse , was certainly the west . 'graternl .to his erring, poniteni sold ; hut he hnd made a' bad RIKV.:- ulßtion.ll an, while tmere l was hope of retriev ing himself, he demon of .imuntoon within i t pr 'l pied. hun to sinagsin. - ' . rung down Park Pleee, , he entered one i T of i hose' garublini hells, which .ire the curse of4nlighteue4 AMerica, Aiimin ~ he poulked, -on the , steps i of .tbe :toNtiofieeot establish- me 1 1 --ta t", to silenee: the phrskiding of his ' ' coo= t a • opi t nee.. The•6‘,4 util i ol, loi!iog:exiiret9tion of ,hisq tfe. 7 laoguish!pg away .t ', ed'Ku - 1p ols,. of 'idiot/I . lw. ' hi: - . slieStf traiNNAjlik blif• — l l - ' ~1 • A WEEKLY JOURNAL-DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LTIMATUII7), AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, 11,M) MOBALITY. I . But the iitial consolation. the oft-repeated t ; resolution of the erring soul : ' Only - this . time ! and then I will tlirever abandon the • way- of . the transgressor,' came to urge him on I : By the gas-light:in the street, he observed -i Ia dark form, closely muffled. in the ample Ifolds of a Spanish -cloak, 'approaching the spot where he stood. ' The stranger paused .1 by his side-, "glanCed intently at him, and ithen 'entered the saloon. lie followed ' him ; the -ball flashed with brilliant lights, and tie gay and fashionable of the metropolis thronged the scene. Men I smiled as though the phice.was not the gate lof hell it.elf. The 'b I d and respectableof the 1 bar and forum, and the exchange , were there .1 • countenancing, by their presence and exam ple, the iniquity practised within . thos . gild ed walls; - -. Robert .Wilson shuddered as •he entered the scene, in Willett the respectable men of the community hesitated not to mingle. • Poor, titnole, I). oung man ! his soul had _ not yet come to believe than wealth, station and the honors of the World can sanctify sin Mid 'hultaw iniquity. In an unguarded - hour he had been lure 1 into a 4 den•of thiems,' by a. man of good standing in society—the importer from whom he purchased 'many of his goods, and Who Held his notes in paythent of them. • - i Ile - bad hazarded li l feW dollars, though his - conscience smote him all the time. lie .eon; he was in the hands of those who were expe rienced in the - management of un.uspecting i dupes.' i lle went away with his pockets well lined with the fruits Of his unhallowed gains. Inflated by ambition and Viciousness to be.- I come suddenly rich, he went again and again he won.l. The Jevil itirea hith on. With a firm res olution to abandon these visits when he Should I have added the gains of one more, tight to his previous accumulation, he went • a third tithe. If he succeeded on this occasion as he had ,on the two preyions nights, be should be I able. to pay the - only note he owed. The / pri.is lick (if freeing himself entirely from debt; : • suddenly, and without labor; tempted him / to engag,e once more in the exciting game. But the 'gamblers bad permitted him to I run. the whole length of his rope., On the third,night he lost—lost all he had before {won t All his fine fancies were thus smashed to the gronnd.- But the hope of freeing,himself 1 from debt, bad taken strong hold of his iro aginstion, and be could so easily resign it. I Again - he went, trusting to the chances of the game would again favor him—again mid again be went, till all his Available Means / were sacrificed. • The ggi Oilers. adroitly per -1 witted: him to-win a few dollars occasionally, iand thus his hopes were -ept buoyant. 1 All was gone, but the passions 'for gam- Ibring had :gained intensely as his worldly i goods luid melted away. 1 • Uneasily he strolled among, the gambling tables, now pausing to'glance an instant at the game, and then Itu rry ing • net vously ' on. - i again. . _ I - He had two hundred dollars in ,his pocket ;""and—humiliating reflections—it 61 been I given by his wife. He must be careful of it ; 1 he could .Lope for no more. As be paced the gaily thronged hall - Ire discovered the dark-Joking stranger,who had confronted him at the entrance of the saloon, I alone, at one of thi marble tables. . Thieve of the dark looking stranger rested sharply upon him. The glancehe knew not why, riveted him to the spot, and Le stood tremulously gazing at the stranger. . - • The complexion of the tnysterious - person agl e was decidedly white. His heard,cov efred...entirely the sides and lower part of his face, even to the coition - 1 1 of the mouth. It was very long and curled gracefu:ly 'down ,cier the chin. Over his bead he wore a cap, from beneath which, long, blick,tlossy curls / ffpated down .......br L;. .......t. ,oilar, In stature 1 Ith was below the medium size. I . , CHAPTER HI. `Play !'• said the stranger, in a low, gpttn • ral voice, not unmingled with softness. Robert Wilson involuntarily 'seated 'himself 4posite the dark being.,. • With his gloved band the !stranger pliced a!fifty dollar bill on. the table: 'llighest wins,' said he laconically, as lie p i iished the dice-box over to Rollert.. 1 Thitcwas certainly an irregular gitine, and antiriegular, method .of proceeding—but it was simple, land in this respect was prefera ble to him, jso he placed a corresponding amount by the side of it. • flo',ert shook the dice and cast them upon the table. Twelve,' said the stranger, as be shoo: up the box and made his throw. • . :` Eighteen,' continued lie, isVreeping y.takes • from the table. - The next throw Robert .won. • The stake waq doubled ; he won again: • .hiaddened by excitement'he placed all.the . rooney he .lead on the' table : •. /The .dark-visaged stranger, without moving a muhple of liii.brow, cover edit. At one fell• swoop 'Robert: wns ,penniless • Itisixig from the table, in ft patOX,yftra of diisppoiutineut, he wsfizibout -to rush frcm the Beebe, f Stay r aaylihe.straager. thaveAiot a dollar,' replipd Robert, bit. l A rvi3r trate b . ' *0: ,peytiid Robert 'it u . v33' Aentrose, nsquefranna fAuntl, Venn'a, ZilursZtall Primiter 11, 18,55. • Your lurk will changeagain.' The young - man hesittol. Sure to. - cipitv.;.contintleti the. stranger. With 841esperate.effort, RObert drew - the watch from his pocket. .-- ‘Serefity-five dollars,' said he tremuluus 7 Iy. . . .The stranger :placed . the. amount on the The dice desc * ended—Robert won ! For several successive throws he won, but staking all, again he was once tnore penal ! less. The watch was put . down again—it iras lust.! Aobertwas.in despair. . 4 You have a wife riaid .the strangei. 41 have—God forgi ve ape r rep'ied the ru ite(l'huSband, in a burst of bitterness. • Of course, you love her not,or you would not be here,' continued the stranger careless ly. Ido love her—as I love my own -soul I' exclaimed Robert, perplexed by.the, singular turn the conversation had taken. [ The character of.the professional gaipbler ivas too well known to him, not- to inspect. that the dark stranger had some oljeet in iew in these inquiries.. These feartess tales of gamblers who have snaked tnghey against the honor.Of a wife, flashed across his mind, and he shuddered to think.hotwnear,he stood to the fatal precipice, whielCmiL;lit luirl him in - hi s smadness. into deeper dishonor. ' You wourd have .her know what you hae done r said the stranger calmly. ±I.Not for the world. • ' Then play again ; yourehance•is good.' I hare not :t shilling:. I will lend you.' .' `On what security r asked Robert, tretn- bling for the answer. -• Mortgage me your stock of goods.' . You know me, then r No; you are a shop-Veiiper.' , ' mill: . The stranger threw him three bunked dol lars. - In ten minutes it was all lost. Mortgage,' .said the dark being. `Can we make it here said Robert, over whelmed with anguish. '\o•; I will go to house.' Inapossili!e ! not for the world,' `But I will I' said the stranger sternly 'By Heaven, yOu shall not r 'Hist ! you shall be. exposed.' Robert was obliged to consent, and borne dowd by the terrible agony that prayed up on him, lie conducted his mysterious com panion to his once happy- home. The clock struck eleven as they entered: Your wife is not at home,' said the strangor. Robert was surprised to find that Aug , ly was not, in. her accustomed seat by the fire. Full of painful misgiving% why, he -knew not, he hastened to her : apartment to see if she lottl retired; there was no trace of her-to he d .zebv e red • ' iZett4nitres, to the siltin'g, romn, he found the stra*re gatnhler seated br the fire, in tently Poring over the pages of a book -he had taken from the centre-table. Lefriyou, t should say ; women are so tame,' rtiplied the Stranger, sternly.. 1 I Left! me .e no exclaimed 'token, casting himself ,into a chair, and venting deep groans, I . the'angtush of his soul. `Thel39w to ' continued the stra.er, • 1 will write' it in my room; replied the ytaing man, leaving the apartment., • Wiping away the tears that coursed in - great drops down his haggard .cheeks, he pieketiont a ,blank mortgage froM his papers, and proceeded to lid it out. The task cOm pleted; he turned to the sitting-room. As be opened the door, he started back with astOuishment at belitilding Angelo seat ed by the grate, reading the lust, number of Harper'. Why,.Rolwr,t. 1 did not know yOU .had gi,t, !Mine: said she, rising rind vaeing a ehair before the fire Where his slippers lay; ready for him to put his feet into. . The dirk stranger was not-there. What was the matter with you, Robert, how strangely you appear,' coutiaued his wife. iDo -IT and Robert staged and . looked round him in .wild amazement. ' Where Was the stranger did not know you were here, Angeley,' stammered be. 1 . , been 'I have out awhile, thi. evening; but I came in just as the clock struck eleven.' v , 'So did' I,' answered he, more c0ufm4..,1 , than before. ' Where' is Mi.-----, ~the gen tleman-who came home with me,?'' .- `l. have not seen : any . gent lefirtn.' I carve in at eleven witli—r--" What ; time is it tam.. .Walt z. The _watch— hi, wife's watch—it_was gone! Your. irate '1 have-k; it is half-past eleven,' said. An-. gely,,mliing the Watch &Om her poeket. .-""What 3s the matter with yuu, gubert-l— you are crazy _.I should say. ' That watch'--Robert paused. • • Well,' iaitt Angely, beginning to wear a mysterious, mischievous link,' bow goes , • your speculation I' Badly, my dear, replied Robert, with a look of wonder. ' ' 'What paper have comic year baipl r • . 4... Nothing—mat is--1 .w ill put i t, tu any Secretary," and be left the room tta , get the ogly'document out of the Irak. He Was not abNent more titan fiste tointiteS, but elien be returned 4, dark 6111kihk 4.4 ale gage" Utt ad it 4141 W Robert b%an to think be wasdealing Kith the devil. . . ' The tflortgage, said the stranger, in, his loW,dee'p tope , • . • ''Rho are you, sir, man or devil—who are you I' exclaimed the bewildered - young man; rushing, toward the dark form, • But before he'could reach' s- it:the fortishook off the cloak-,whiskers and Wig,ind his WIVE Stoo4l before him ! Misspell was dissolved. lie understood it all. Are you cured, Robert; said she, smiling mischievously. 'And then • using. the' deep tones of the stranger,. she continued : You . liave a wife ; of course, you love her not, or you - went,' not be • here. Ah, Robert, that alone Raved you; -you confessed; , your love even in'your gatnbling hell. In 'making haste to . be rich, you-have been led . astray. But I forgive You, Robert,' and the gentle-hearted wife twined her arms around his neil, sndr kissed his cheek. - Alwnys forgiving' is the spirit of rufley I do not deserve your forgiveness, Afigley' TOE; BLACKSMITH. BY CHAS. G. LELAND. , I dreamed I stood by a roaring fire, Near the Blacksmith •rimy anti grim; And watched the blaze rise higher and" higher, As lOU up each brawny i lirnb.- Bang, bang, the hammer rang, And drove out many a spark ; They seemed the devil's own fire-flies, • As they darted throuili the dark. The smith struck high—the smith strnek low As over his work he bent; • And if every blow had been on a foe; A battle had soon been spent. ; • cling, the steel Both ring, In flaming crimson dressed; I Of all the callinp that I -snow, I love• the blacksmith's best King Siegfried of old was a blacksmith bold, And well on the iron could pound: With his very first blow, he drove, I'm told, Thu anvil into the g,round, - • Round. ronnp into the ground, And beat his hammer tit; • No man alive but a blacksmith stout Could strike you a blow like that. I • And Siegfried lx , came a monarch of might, And s`ri you'rnayl clearly see, If a pun would rise in power and height, - A; blacksmith h., well may be. .1 Smack, smack, with many a crack, As 11.• hammers the spade and plough.; For sodid - Tuha.t7ano of old, And he must do s i now. Jonathan and John. Under this caption, the 'Boston Post ticli cute the blister and bravado of the Britisl Ministry and Press,. in their efforts to 'fright en the Yankees. Speaking of the efforts be ing made by the English Government, to re cruit men in foreign countries to fill up their army in the Russian war, the - Post Sys: "C;)tisin John's efforts to • maintain his ground are worthy of all praise, surely ; but as he assumes airs, Jonathan must ask him in !elation to his business of getting men to fi , rht,if he will not, for his own erediyike an observation and draw an inference. " It so happened that, a year or two ago. Jonathan needed this same article MEY to en- able him to maintain his cause in a"foreign land.• He wanted to conquer Meiicointo: a peace. He s made a call for fifty thousand. Did he have to go from -home to get them I Did he send ' recruiting agents' into. Den mark and all over Germany, to sneak- into pe , ty duchies, and besides violating kw, there eng,irge cut throats ; the offsconring of Mankind, vile mercenaries, to come under his banner, and help him defend his cause ?-:-- Say ; did - Jonathan think of prowling about John's purlieus, - like a thief_ in the night,. .snatching away,,from here and. there, from mines and,factories, and farms, wretches in a state of semi-barbaristn I Why,the very Rug-. g....,ti0n.....141 Lava mos. stirroa Jountlkan'a _bile, than would now the whole SeLetsio'pol force on his soil arouse his fear ! r. No ; - Jonas than quietly raised the stars and stripes in different plaCes on his farm, and' not merely fifty thouoa' nil, . but". FIVE - HUNDRED. THOUSAND FREEMEN voluntarily Bath=; eked round this glorions and unsullied. &in= ner, and:what mist troubled Jonithau c was,. to kn'o r w hoir.to pick .Out of so many gallant men the few he really neeck44 - . . , Now 'Cousin John Bull, you had, better stop being grutf,n4 surly,-and „impertinent; and 'arrogant; &c., "towards .Jonathan, and ' put this fact dOwni . ingnr note book.: It's some thing Worth considering, Johni! Roll it un- . der yotir . tongue, John.. Stop grumbling long enough" to think up to full, meaning and significance, Jelin.' There is a good deal, to 11e, inferred froth - this triosestriking revela tion of national power which: this . age' has seen, John.. You•might }make forty such ex hibitions-of yourskilfas you have last ,year in the Crimea—we-,say' nothing " about : the French feats --a nd loo credit before the world each time; ,whilethefa t et ? that HALT, A 1if1.1.7, lON 01 : artantErzactly, such men,.Johnota : paid their rspectir to : ,tou at Bunker Eiii4nd Saratoga,'aud Yo4ttiiwn, and New : Orleans --volunteered to get out, of their, ,cQuatry to fight, teHs how Young Americawould J9ok_ with ants iu her hands! ,Think of afiatiotr of 130VERPO)Pi.: :with.:Arti*ins their. hands,. - O • But this ii not 411 . 7 -oot half' , -, ll, bittl°! : .1411 do very well. to think 04 John. ,T9F 61 ", il .rending a few - of your ships . oyer_ : _here,.. are .7 4 )-uti: Ne4 l 4 o PAt*Pz,f§rra;l 6 .,t ~' ,!,.!,:,..4 01 0 *tVtitikl littil 40044: it 1414 .. AltS not fenced in at all I And . you'inight 'put five or.fifty thousand Of your "foreign legion" • on it in many plaml----sarirt order to piotect Irelanct! Now, there is a new problem. ! in . 4 , - political arithme tic which you may think a. It, would not hurt you a bit to.'Work Wont. if half a million of freemen volunteered, ,in 1849, to leave their pursuits, and gn l ionh to defend the rights of their country in a-for eign land, how many, John, would flock around the stars and stripes,Trom every walk in life, to chastise an invader of their native soil ? How long would it be before these thousands of invaders would, thaw away '— Again, we say, thinkup,tolhe eminent grav ity of this question; to the half a million of men fast we, have named, and , let Jonathan alone. The best:thing Lord Palmerston cab. 4o is I to Order his fleet right back :again.. /ere it 1/(4ok:s sauj. The tirades ,of the London Times rind of its echoes are really of no ac court. • They .are mere .gasconade. Who ! cares for them ? T r omuch consequence - has always been attached to such. things. This government gun business is another affair. But Jonathan's course is onward tolhis mani fest destiny; and John should strive for gtace to acknOwledge, that no country-in the world_ has derived so much profit from Jonathan's "progreSs as has Great Britain.; , -and no coun try will continue to derive one-half the bene fit from the sure marsh to : greatness theie United States.: John, don't grumble with yourbread andj butter. A Ittotnoutic Story. The following is a Curious bit of :romance from the Paris correspondent. The 'natio of the young princess referred to is' not ase er-. tained, - IMt the monarch- alluded, to is the . King ofSardinia: ; • Gloomy enough are our prospects, you will say, and amid it all We have . s Ph de consolation in the misfortune of our neigh hors. C ,urts have their treacluirous friends as well as causes, and one of these treacher ous friends has betrayed the secret of the de lay in the journey of a crowned head whose intention was .to . have paid us' an auturn:Mal visit in order to enjoy . the pleasures o j i the chase in the Imperial fOreSts with the. impe rial hosts. Thus delay, falsely attributed to ill health by the innocent, is sseribed by re port to domestic perplexity .occasioned by the vagaries - of a member of his family •to whom he isktlunh attached, and 'for whose condimt he considers himself in some, degree responsible. The young lady . in question, perhaps the only one in Europe bold enough to,claim tier independence ? has given her relations much 'disquietude by, het' decision to remain unmarried, to travel where shelists and with 'whom she lists, taking the care of her own reputation upon herself, and. tak ing for no inottetion or patronage from Any member of the other sex beloagiug to, her Iler affection for the=ast Sovereign of the country was unbonnded, and the first symptom of friskines which manifested 'itself in the young lady's behaviour was upon the occasion of his Majesty's death in a foieign She immediately repaired to the spot where he had died, purchased the hotel 4here the sad event . had taken place, had the entire edifice pulled down, built a magnifi cent chapel on the spot, in the midst of Which the death-bed of the king, exactly in he same state 'to which it was at the last momentof Via dissolution, rises in gay and gaudr l colors, with its trumpery hangings awl tawdry fringes, striking the stranger who beholds it for the first , time with astonish-. meat, to behold such an object in such I;lace. Last year the young lady repared in grand ceremony to the chapel; and there up: on the bed, deposited, first the royal robe she is entitled to_by her birth to wear ,on all state occasions; lien the broad.riband , with the jeWelled star"she more upon her breast.; And finally kneeling 'down by the bedside, 'While the tears "streamed in a torrent"down ' her cheeks, she lifted the crown frem her brow and placed it on the pillar, publicly declaring'her vow to live and- die. maid, And never to omit, on every anniversary of. The death of her royal relatire, paying a vis it to the chapel in order to "offer up a fervent mass for the repose of his soul. The bystanderi; were moved to tears by the "scene, when presently the young laly arose from her knees, and standing erect be fore th e multitude assembled iw the chapel,' and deliberately drew from her pocket a pair of scissors, loossening her magnificent treises tram the bands of velvet which confined . theln she cut them off to the very root,' arid laid them beside the crown she had just lie f de-" posited upon the pillow which had A; las( breath of the king. To describe the isston-, ishineut produced bY the event would im , possible—n mixture of the ,sublime a re „ dicUloUslu thescene.prevented : any rther demtonstrationOrsentithent theparit the Th t e prinCesil i sma ll ' n 4, and - ,elie tripped” down` the, chiperto Step- foto her; 4ifriage divetited bf this '164 acar whicti she bad eitered; herlilur crop and 4e.s flashing right and left with . ,a singular eiresai`en: of, satisfaction 'at-.. the trick she had he rb Oayint - Wei impossible not to enjoy the mystification to.itn very ' tom Ever since ' that day she had-adopted tali attire` and travels as the 'Prima,- aying'beifprotnised'visit:tosit:tolhodaad aroma hundredi of tapirs are burning :nigh( and dad: readily be believed. that; Votunte *olllllllr 40:- and hate equally strong. She has taken Queen CliriAina en pripye, and that her relatives shall 'not 4 visit France' without her so long as that talented ladyrezitaint.7at Malinaison. There is one daughter mutat.' , ried yet, ware princass;Ch muts as diadlf au corps: If I 'ant not-there to protect . -.ny relative lie will fall A Prey to that youting intripanle; therefore I desert iint not ;' he is. the sacred legacy of my branied.a 'sovereign and master, and I will defend at any risk and peril.' It is_ said thattha king is so alarmed at_the threat, of aid and protection, that.. he 'dates- not 'move ! forward until his fair relative can be brought to tea- The Boy Who: Conquered." - 'Some few years ago, a lad' _who was left without father or mother, of goOd-nattital abilities, went to New _York alone, anil friend- - fess, to get resituatien in a stomas eriand:boy-' hr otherwise,-itill he could command a higher position ; but this boy had go t . it bad 'com pany, and had got in the habit of calling for his'" bitters" occasion:illy, because be tbougl4 t it looked 'manly; Ile smoked cheap cigars. He had a pretty good education, and: on looking over the pnpers, he noticed that a merchant in Pearl street‘wanted a lad of age, and he called there, and wadi his hula . into the office, my lad," said, tha merchant. "fit- attend to Son Rion." When-he had waited upon - hia 'customer, le took a seat near the lad, and he espied a cigar in his-- hat. 'This was enough. ”lify boy," said he," "II want a sinart, hones% faith ful lad.; but I see You:smoke cigara and in my experienc'e of my yeais, I have ever found _ . . ..., cigar-smoknig in lads to he cora:meted _with ,various other evil habiti, .and, if. I am 'bet mistaken, your Meath is as evidence that you are notiat, exception. You can leave=; Jon Will not suitMe ,- . , .. - _ J o hn-for this Was' his_nailie-4eid ,doiwn 'his head, sad left the store; and is he walked . along the street, a stranger ;and friendless; the council of his poor mother came forcibly to his mind, - who, upondier-deathbed, called_ him to her side, rind placing' her emaciated hand upon his head; said, "Johnny, my dear boy, I'M going to leave you'. You well , knOw whakdisgrace and misery your father briought . . on us hero/ ' his death,'and . I._ want you to promise me before I die that you .wilt never taste' ono d pof the -fteellr,eil - poison that I killed your tiler. Promise me this : pb d. a good boy, Johnny, and li.illir.ii ,diet in The scalding tears trickled downlotnny's cheeks,;and he.'proinised ever to remember the_dying words of his mother, and never to. drink any spirit - pus liquors; but he soon fot -got his promise, and . when he recieved the rebuke from the merchatit„ he remembered what his mother said, and what h e had prom ised her, and .he cried aloud, and - people ga;ed at him a.t he pissed' - along, and - boys railed at him. ,Ile went to his lodgings, and, throwing 'himself upon the'bed, - gave renew his feelings in sobs that were heard all ' over the house. ' ~ ': . . ..,. But John had moral, courage, He \ had energy and determiniOn, and ere as hour had passed, be - made up.his mind never to .testa another drop of liquor, nor 'scookeimiether- ci gar as long he lived. He went straight back to the merchant: , _,Said " Sir, you' yery , prop erly sent me away - this morning- for habit& that I have been guilty of; buts, air I havineitt er father nor mother, and though I have 'Ocea-. • aim:tally done what I ought' not to do, and not "followed the good advice of my poor inotiter on her !Llath bed, nor done as I promisedlier I would do, yet I have now , ia"ade = a Edema vow 'never to drink another drop of liquor, nor smoke-/another cigar; and if yoi, sir, will only .try me, it is all raslr." • ' The merchant was struck with the decision ond.energy 'of the bOy, and, at; once empleyea - him. .At,' thiii•expiration of five yiarit, this fild. "as a partner in the balsam, and is !uitr. worth ten thou - sand &Atari. Mr haiffSitil• fully kept hie . gedge; to which he' owes , hia elevation. 1- Boys, think of this circumstance, esi you enter npoi the , duties of life, , and -remember upon what points of character your ,destiny for good or for evil depends,—N'ertheri Fdr nser. _ Or The " locsr of the Beffalo who is ovidently e! , plaio_Spoken courses As follows of the revived fashioe of Hoops - HOOPS daSre-r:Weiliiio - AoOpr : Orle der, certain ciroutestancefor !instati* , :czt barreli, boghseads puncheons;: - Vostlika:t? _ seetheni in a perpendicular pesitioe,. ioI .ving rai)idly ae enfreitented'atteetVlkith little girl 6 abu s ing tion with short aticlos—Vre horizontally_ enciteling3he person lady, i on A till day ttbel give a iligratilinsi grace to her step, and ;majesty to her finaq . _but ,wado object to seeing thenfvouttll stiv34,- _lady on a win • dy ',We' . give a dagnemotfile,littiti* accouiereit;. inoderi i tie breeze.. :AA the 44.111141VP's - the( pert of the dresi beteiatrwhelAlbeltber i , dirideck float the Itt*Meliktei die foci front, , 2 • 7 7 .7 y in, 160 tita Oda endiasiesA. coma. totlithir4.4ol.lg thq bystwiiiis lb. he, • pseeeion t4lo_* I#l.-*eollifittiegji teTlicii y. iudtWit To w - ,ceiefereeee • -• At.. the Maio) , lint. 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