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k of Medicine.—Grunt Rend. rd. (Mat, cornet.
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44 milford Borouch,
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carer Wlleorie Store; Ludg,lngs at Searle
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c. Y. tender their profestdonal ~ , t•rices to all who appFr
i.te the • 4 1:eforun,1 Practice of Phvalcr" eareihrand .
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etvlea of platewOrk. Teeth extracted without
,4:a and all ',rock warranted.
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Latliropii' new building, over
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that-they bare entered Into n' partnership for the
Pr acticotpf MEDICINEA Surgery,
prtprired to attend to ill 6tlla tulle line of their
• ()Ince—the oue formerly occupied by Dr. J. C.
in I )12 ND AFF. my In..
DR. N. Y. LEET,
•rs[ar r.nd 4; , rgeon, Friendtrille.ta. Oita opjxvite
the .hulwon Howe.
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gs.res p,rticular attention to the treatment
C 1 of ibsea.e...of the Banand Era; and ir con! dent that
and...experience in that branch ofprae
• .ce enala him to effect a cure in the most difficult
For treatincrdiseas of there organs no fee - trill
^n,...rged unlc,, the patient is benefited be the treat.
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s o un - I W.O :TII d VAD A KIK,
•C UFACT unEns AND 1 / 1 7..ALL'ES Tin Italian and
31, American Marble for Monttments, Headstones,
- I, , .Tablee. Mantles. Sinks and Centre.Tables. Alan
_e 4 • in Marbleized Slate for Mantles. Contra-Tables, &c.
••••bop a few doors east c.f He's Hotel on Turnpike
• • t at (M. O. Pa. Octv.
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rsTICE OF TllE.PE.ka.—Great Bend, PA. 011 Se e,
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SA - UTTER,
'II.IsIIION. 3 .I3LB,TAILOR.—?.dontrost. Pi. Shop
t..,er 1. N. Bullard's Grocery. on Mairet.treet.
,tnkful for paWfavors. he solicits s continuant,
hi znAtfir to do an work .atlafactorily. Cot
done on short notiee. and warranted to et. .;
July •
I'. LINTS;
ISLE T.Al.l.oll..—Mcatioso, Pa.. Skop
Mock. over store of head, Watroks
. All work warranted, s. to tlt :tri 11111,1.
hhort notice, hi be,t.f.tyk.. Jon 'GO
h ill GROVES,
S ITTONATILLTATLOII,:tIiontrose; Pa. Shop
near the 'Baptist Meeting house. nn Teenpike
cree.. All orders filled promptly. hit:Pa-rate ot)le„.
:a dug tlooe on short notice, and warranted trillt. •
L. B. ISBELL, '
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rs:F:PAIItS C'lptha, Watches. and .tcwelry at the
, I.ur:c4l notice. and oa rm.:enable terms. All
,-a-anted. Shop in CUalnllcr. and Jesgtip's
;!:, re. Mwstnof.E, Fa. • 0c2.5 tf
w. S: CO., •
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C. 0. FOIMIT1.)1,
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.11. - Fe co T p rTtE fwer t:4: , o 3 f .k r . ; ., C:o7 to S re cf
. .CjO k F i t u V a :Sc ,,f rit w nze i
:n awl repairing dune n'eaily. Se= y
ABEL TT:RI:ELL,
..1.1:11 in Dr:l"s,, :Medicines. Tire •-• ••n illa=s. Varni,h.
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Fancy Goode, JeneitT
nr , .frir nll the r.lost PATENT
'IN r. --Mont roFfi.
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PROF. cliAilLE •
.nd 17th DrefPrr.. :Slnutrose.. Pa. Stop In
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rr Min; m ' ost
:he north front of the FIIANKAIN HOUSE. 'Mont-
Pa. Op.n on Sundays from 6a. m. until p. m.
Jut:. "•
PORTR -
ITS, PORTRAITS !
.ITZIi.INGEM ENT'S TIIE
I-3 it IC K ..B L . 0.0 K
aillE undersigned hatinal taken the llocuie formerly
t.ecupled bylV. B. DE_lt.'sti, !snow prepared to fundbh
2: u 111.11* tlebire with 6 good and truthful Portrait,
. Oral poatedin the production of the various kinds
• r Ptetures of tbv!diy, I flatter myself that my,woik isnot
r.:1.1 be any in this section of the country.;
A munr, iher!arioub kinds taken at my Booths arc the
AMpRb:TyPE, PHOTOGRAPH,
.11 L 7:Vb TY P - .11 -- El I:Z.OG ..1P IL
rirt.r"-i down to the smallest sized miniature
tir..z. Transferred Andirotypes-t-the finest thing out, for
,thling by Post to an part of the World witlient extra
•Picturejare bold. .Vl7,proctif, antlexpressive
-a*.t itioce taint. lew shadowf Often sold about the
reentry. Pictures taken in all kinds of weutLer.' equally
except those bf young children: No picture need be
....ken unit's.. perfect satisfaction is given.
In dreh,ing,cor a picture. avoid light tolors . ,—such as
purple. scarlet, pink, etc. ...Meat others lake well; as
red. stair, brown, orauze. yellow. etc. ,
. i - -"r" Remember that the place to get your "picture" is
•n tI, Brick Block, over Read. Watrous & Fatter's store.
J. S. lIAZLE'TOti.
Moutro.c; Pa., IgoiS. 26th, auk:
LADIES , ONE PRICE
1m.A.10T1:7 1 2" wrcrxt. Efri"CMEL.I3
Toms 718 ARCH st. betweeit 7th
RP an d EU. Philadelphia. (late of 81631arket it.) 4D
portor, Manufacturer of and Vezder In aklads of •
• P' /311.11.4:37. - I°o 7
Having removed t •
my New Store,. 7i
st. Philadelphia, ant
, c;,lue pox engaged entire)
In the Manatacthrc and t 4
4 Fancy Fars. which, In
rmrdance With the 'one Prit.-
Itinciple," I balemarked
at the lowest, possible pricer
,ons latent with areasonah"
:oat. twould bolicit a vi
::•mi those in n'ant of £m
:or either. Ladina' or ChM
•ort't wear, ti an inspectir
my folections of ,the
.atiatlcili as I am.
ItMtg..ty to picric 113'0V,
I:rtelltial •
at a distal
,mt tr. call permmalir: 111--.031:111 , 111 1 / 1 3.3 ley
to.z.,:ther with the prior, and inatructlanaor'send-
Ing. and onward the order to mr addresi—mailey a(!com
p.olvtutY—to imure a *atistaslary compliance witti.theii
,,.hed. 1860. Stu.
NEW STOWS! NEW SIMS!
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- S. $3 TY rt. 3EL X°V IX" • •-
•11.1sjuKt received a large stock of new EtCrill. for
11 .Cooking. Parlor, OM ee and ahoy purposes, for wood
ct Coal, with Stove Pipe, Zlue„d.c.
Woi.lrtMent is a elect and - dralreble, SSA Will be lookt
on the ino,it favorable terms for : Cash, or to Prompt Bis
Moat" Bityfrr.• • •
New Milford, Oct. Zth. 18 w.
Mill Property
wwc:ovs.
/1111 E undersigned *dere for- eels his Mtn Property in
New Milford. two milea east fmmt the borough. It
corAird..., or a (MIST MILL. and SAW MILL, with a new.
Stono Dam nearly cotnpletett,-10 fekrfAttlek at boitc=..
1 U( feet wide at top. and 19 feet high. This hilt veu
trable. iocatiOn. both its to tmelnese• and ;power: Per
fettqwr informa!ioe Inqpir, of ARMittatp./ 111,1 0 -
New Xilford. IttlN.{l Itn • .
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VOL-181 ,
A TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE:
Two niahrens ; in youthful bloom and
beauty, sat earnestly talking. Their
thought was reaching away into the fu
ture; their, theme was marriage. •
"I like him well enough;"said one of
them ; ." but----"
She paused, the objectiOn unspoken
".W}iatis the impediment, Alice r
income is too small."
"Mliat is it ?"
j "Eight hundred dollars :,,a year." •
"You Might live - on that."
9 Live!
.13ahl What kind 'of living?"
"Not in-prince:ly style, I will-admit." ,
'"Not scarcely ht. plebeian, Fanny.--,
Eight hundred dollars! Why, father pays
six hundred dollars rent; and Pin sure
our style ofliving is plain enough! Eight
hundred!' 'Oh, no. I like Harry" better
1 than any young man I have met., I could
love hinioo doubt. But he cant support
a wife in any decent kind of style."
"Did . your father :and • mother begin
'their married Mb on a larger income than
Harry. Pleasants now-.receives? Mine
did trot, as I have often heard them re
f late."
", Father and mother! Oh, according
to their story, Job's famous
.turkey was
scarcely' poorer than they were in the
beginning. Mother did all her own
work, even to washing and ironing, I be
lieve. . Father's .income was not over
three or four hundred dollars:a year."
"And they were happy together,' I an\'
sure." ,
EMBII
-- "No doubt. In fact, rye -heard moth
er say, that the .first bard strukgling years
-of their life were among the happiest She
has known. But that doesn't signify for
me. , that is no reason' why her daugli
ter should elect to qo. into the kitchen,
.and spend her years in'. washing, ironing
and cooking. If a man isn't able to sup
port .a wife genteelly and in the style to
which she has been accustomed, let •him
marry some Irish cook, - sewing girl, or
washerwoman, who will manage the houic
holiFwith the needed economy. ' Young
men who can't earn mor(vthan kBOO or
4:1,000 a year, should not look into our
circle-for wires.' •
"I don't like to hear you." talk in this
way,•Aliee," said her companiOn',. ' "We
are not sup6rior beings, but only the
equals of men."
"Did I -say that - we,_,wilre superior'?"
"One might, inferfrom yOur langimge
that you thoughtAo."
"I don't ace how the inference can;
fairly be drawn."
Our circle for wfves, you said just
noo:"
•
" What do you mean by it ?"
"A circle of intelligence, refinement,
taste and cultivatiOn," replied Alice.
" You don't say .weilth."
"No. My father, though living in
good style; ts,not - iich. I have beard him
say, more than once, that we were ' up. to
.our income." • ,
,
"Then we haV'e only '
our own sweet
selves with which-to endow our husbands: ,
No houses or lands ;'no stocks from which
to draw an income; nothing substantial
on which to claim the right of being sup
ported in costly idleness . We must be
l" rich, indeed, as to personal attractions."
" We aye educateeaccomplished,,and-:-
and—"
Alice was a little bewildered in thouiht,
and did not finish tbe sentence.
.Not-better educated, or accomplished,
as girlS, 'than are most of the young men
who, as clerks, earn only from s7ob to
*l,o° is year. In this regard we are sim,
ply their equals. But, it strikes me, that,
m another view of the case, we Cannot
claiM even an equality.. They arc out'
superiors."
" Not by any means," replied Alice.
. "'We shall see.
..Here is Harry Pleas
ants, for instance:. What is his income?
I think you mentioned the sum just now."
"Eight hundred dollars a year." •
• ii a Tlia.t. is
~the interest on—how inuch ?=
let me see—about :12,600. To be .equal;
as a patch for Harry i - then, soti'should
[be worthsl2,ooo." • •
"Hopi you talk,," Fanny I"
i "To the- Point, don't I? If we are not
1 superior to the rtting men who visit us—
superior simply in virtue of our sex--,then
our only claim to liebandsomely support
ed. in • idle self-indulgence, must lie in the
fact that. we en - don- our husbands with
sufficient: worldly goods do Warrant the
condition.",
`"Yon are : indenidus," .
is
' "No, matter-of-fact. What have you
to say,against triy position,. Alice ? Are'
we better than young - men of equal .int el
ligence and education ?" ,
"No; I cannot say that we are."
"If we marry, we must look among
these for husbands. ,Rich men, as,a gen
eral thing, : select their wives from rich
men's (laughter* Our chances in that
'direction are not very , encouraging. Your
ti father has no dowry for his child, nor has
mine. Their families are large and ea
pensive, and little or nothing of the years
income is left at: • the • year's close. The,
best they can.do for ns is to give: its homes;
.1 and I feel that it is not niuch to our cred
iithat we are content to,lean itpOn ourfa
i there, already stooping under the burden
I. of years, care and. toil, Instead of support
ing"ourselres. The th s onglit has troubled
me of late." , -
~A sober hue came over the, face of Al
ice, as she sat looking into the face of her
friend. She diik, not reply, and Fanny
went on: . - •
wrong "There, is •in this.: On . what
ground of reason are we to be exempt
from, the common lot of useful Work? We
• expeet.tO become wives and mothers.' • Is
this our preparation ? . Can sou bake i a
loaf of sweet, ,light bread?" - . : -
"No" . . .
ICor caul. > Or roast a sirloin r
• •
"Or brikil a - steak? • Just think of
'Alice. can . manage arlittle ~uselskss
embroidery, or fumy knitting; can
and play, and dance and clatter, but sa to
the real and substantial things of life, we
are ignorant and helpless.. ,And with all,
this, forsooth, we cannot think of, letting
ourselsieri.deinit to the lecel,rtud vmdition
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Join. Ourselves to no Party that Does not Carry the Flag and Keep Step - to- the Music of the Whole Union:
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MONTROSE, P.A4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1861:
. -
olvirtuous, - intelligent young men, Who,
in daily, useful work,.aresarning *fair in
dependence! We are so superior that we
must have husbandi able to support us
in luxuriant idleness, or•we will havenone!
We are -willing to 'pass the man•tO whom
lOve would unite, us* in, the tenderest
bonds, because. his income- is small, and
marry for position :one from whom the
• soul turns with instinctive aversion. Can
we wonder that so many are unhappy ?"
• "But eight hundred. dollars, - Fanny !
How is it possible for a married couple to
litre in any.,tlecent style, in, this city, on
eight - hundred, dollars a' year."
"They may live in Very conifprtable
style if the wife is willing to perfOthi her
part." .
"What 'do you mean by her "part, Fan
ny?". .
"We will take it for granted that she
is no bettetthari her husband. That hav
ing brought him no fortune beyond her
own dear self, sale cannot claim superior
privileges."
" Well ?"..-; • ;
"He has t 4 work through all the day."
" Well ?" 1 .
_ "Under what equitable rule is she ex
empt r'
• "None. She must do her ruin, of
course, if there is anything 1.0 tto• with.
She must keep his house; iflib can afford
a house. BUt if he have only eight hun
dred dollars a year! Why, rent, alone
would consume half, or more than half of
that. There Would be no housekeeping in
the case. They must board." • !
"An'd the wife sit in •idleness all the
day long?" •
She would have nothing to do:"
'" Could she not teach ?'or; by aid of a
sewing niachine,.earii a few dollars every
Week? or engage in some other useful
work that *would yield an income; and so
do her part ?"
"Yes, she might do something of the
kind ; but if marriage is to make f‘wiirkies".
of us, it were better to remain single."
"And live in unwomanly dependance
'on our parents and 'relatives. No, Alice; •
there is a false sentiment prevniling on
this subject; and as I think and "see
it more dearly: Our parents have been
weak in their love for us; and . society,. ss
constituted, basviven us wrong estimates
Of things,, We,should bare been require
ed to - do useful work in the "household
from he beginning; and should have been
*left that idleness and self-indulgence
were discreditable. Our brothers ' are
put to trades and, professions, and.made
to•comprehend, from the, beginning; that
industry is honorable, and 'that the way
.of useful work, is the way by whieh the
world's brightest places arc to be reached.
But we are raised daintily and' uselessly,
and so fitted: . for our duties as wives and
mothers. Our, pride and self-estedu are
fostered; and we conic to think of our
selves as future queens, who , are to .be
ministered to in all things, instead of be
ing ministrants, in loving self-forgetthl
ness, 'to others. No wonder an anti
marriage sentiment is beginning tO pre
vail among young men of . moderate in
comes, it; all our, large cities. The fault
is in - us,'Alice. The sin lies at our door.
We demand too much in the - co-partner=
ship. We are riot willing to do our share
of work. Our husbands must bear all the
harthens." . .
. Alice siglied'heuvily. Her friend con
tinued: - , •
"I have read somewhere that the de
light of heaven is the delight of being
usefttl. And it'seems` to Me, as I dwell
upon the thought, • tbk the nearest ap—
proach to heavenly delight here, must be
that state into which :a wife comes:' when
she stands by her Mishand's Side, and out
Of love for him, removes one burden and
another from his shoulders, and so lightens
his work; - tliat smiles take the place of
weariness and. the .sliadowingi aoftßre:
It he be,-rich; she can hardly have l ,so gr.ez
s privilege; but if they are alike oor,
amtknow how to moderate their asires
their. home may become an image of Par: 1 .
adi s e. Eight htitidiectdollars! Alice, if
you are really fitted to become _Harry's
wife,- you might'livc with him, doing your
part, happier-than any queen."
"That trust take in • work ,• - and
earn money,.if we board: or—but.house-`I
keeping'is out of the question."
"•No; it should never be out of the
question in Marriage, I think." •
" But the. house rent alone. would take
half of our income:"
" That does not follow." . •
"It does"-for any house I Would consent
to live in. •
"So pride' is stronger than love. Bet
pride has its wages as well as love, and
the one is hitter while the other is sweet.
It is this pride of appearance, this living
for the eye of other people who do not
care a•Tenny for us, that is marrying the
fair fabric of our social life. Fine.houses,
fine fnrriiture, fine.dresses, parties, Shows
and costly luxulieif,of all kinds are con
sutning domestic happiness and kurthen
ink, faters and' huShands in all grades of
society, witkembarrassments and wretch
edness. Allice, -we Must be wiser in our
generation." " .
• "That is, coop ourselves up in two or
three mean - little rooms, with our eight
hundreds year husbands ' and do our own
cooking and house work. Is thatit, - my
pretty one?"
".For shame, Alice! You do not dsk
serve ag_pod man. You are not worthy
to wed Harry' Pleasants, and I trust you
will pass him by should he be weak enough
to offer you his hand. He tan% afford to
marry a girl of your expeetations; he
must content himself with one who, like
•hirriself, regards life as real, life as earnest,
and the way of use. and duty the way to
true honor. and the highest happiness.'
"Suppose you take him, Fanny, said
sAliee, , halt' sportively, half petulantly..
She was a weak, proud, vain girl.
"If he should offer himself, perhaps
"0; then, if he kneels feet. will
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refer him to you ; . ea one ; likely to Make
him a good: ookii_iid ehambermaid.” ' •
"Do, yikti vumio..:-I'-itlivays 'liked
Bury; and °"I don't think it would take
1 - iiitieh effort on,my part to love him. He
is a greatWbettgr off in the world than
. I am, Imvingsn'lncome of $BOO a year,
while I have nothing: On that stim, I
. .
am sure ;. we Would - live in comfort, taste
and:happiness. I would net- keep-a-ser
vant to wait •on me-so long as 'Leonid do
the work- of our littlaliouschoid. Why
should I keep 'a. _servant anymore than
he ? I would find mental reereation'and
bodily heidth in the light tasks our modest
home would require. Need. we- care as
to what the world would say? And what
would the world say?"
" That your husband 'had -no business
to marry if.he Couldn't support his wife."
"Not lay any tnenns, Allice. The world
would say: 'There's a sensible couple for
you,.and a wife worth having. • We'll en
dorse them for
more,
:aria prosperity.'
And ;what .is Alice, Others would
be encouraged to act the same Wise part;
and thus be made happy through our cr.-
I'll take Harry if he offers him
self, and show ' you a model home and a
model wife; so . pass him over- to me,
should he lay his fortune at your feet."
Death of Cleopatra.
mom Annores " ITALY."
Octavius, now undisputed master of the
.world, was dreaming of the splendid tri
umph which awaited him in Rome ; and
the pt'esence of Cleopatra, the renowned
queen of Egypt; to lend- in train of
the captn•es, would be one of the cost
conspicuous ornaments of the triumph.—
' Conscious ,of the *gradation which
awaited her, - she watches for an opportu
nity to - commit suicide. Octavius with
almost equal interest guarded his captive,
that she might not thus escape him. Her
fetters were truly those, of .silk and gold,
for she was treated. with tke most pro
found deference; f% urroundea with all - her
accustomed luxuries, and all her -wants
were abundantly supplied.
Octavius indulged himself with a tri
umphal 'entrance into Alexandria, .en
-deavoring by humanity and condescension
to secure the favor •of the . people. Yet
cruelly, it would seem, he .caused • the „el
dest on of Antony, and also Clesario,
Cleopatra's son by Julius Gmsar, to be
put to death. , Fearing nothing itom any
of the .otber children of Cleopatra, he
- treated them all .as princes, provided them
with teachers, that they might receive-an .
education suitable to their-rank: .
At length Octavius visited Cleopatra in
1-person. She _received bins artistiinilly
languishing upon a conch, draped in
! gauze -like robes which seareely - conceal4
her voluptuona • beauty; fur though the
freshness of youth had departed, she was
still a woman of rare loveliness. 'No one
know better than Cleopatra how to rung
! nify her charms, by tones of softness, and
I that artlessness of manner which is the
highest achievement of art. .:Her beauti
ful eyes were filled with tears; her cheeks
j flushed with emotion, and rising from her
I couch she fainting, proStrase at
', \ the feet of Octavius. The young- con
!querer lifted •the -exquisitely moulded,
drooping form and placed her on the couch
by. his sule,sispporting her against his own
biiSont. ' A queen whose renown filled the
I world, . beautirul, gracefid, pliant, had
throwu lierself into his arms. How could
he treat her cruelly? Had • Cleopatra
I been nineteen instead- of thirty-nine, the
decision might have been different, • and,
by-facile divorce, the way Might have,
been made' easy for Cleopatra . to. share
the throne of universal empire with Octa.
sins. But
,as,•thc circumstances were, an:.
bition- proved more powerful than lore.
Cleopatra exhauste.d,all her magazines
of art— tears,- smiles, reproaches, blandish
ments,- flattery, supplications, to win Oc
tayius, but in vain. •
,He treated her 'With
politeness, but his heart remained obdu
rate. The queen took from her boson
Some . letters full .Of tendernesS, from Julius
Cesar and with a tremblin! -, voice and
falling tears, read them to &laving.;
"But of what avail to me now,''' she
said, "is all this : kindness? Why did I
not die with him ? And yet in bcfrivius
I see another Julius. You are his perfect
image.
.He seems to have returned from
the spirit land in you." '
, . All was in vain. • After' a long inter
view Octavius left, and Cleopatra • reflect
ed in despair that for and,
first time her
charms had failed her. She had surren
dered herself to Octavius and he had cold - - I
lv laid her aside.: What more could she
do Nothing. There now retrained for
her but to die, or to be carried to Rome
to grace the triumph of her conqueror.=
There was a young Roman in the camp
by the name of Dolabella. He was Much
affected with the queen's grief, and' she,
with woman's tact, had .thrown him' all
the meshes of her:wiies. Dolabella knew
and informed her of all that was transpir
ing. One dayhe brought to. her couch
the tidings that in three days she and her
children were to 'be sent to Rome.
The crisis had-now come, and, with
singular calmness and fortitude', Cleopatra
prepared.to die. After taking a bath, she
attired herself in her most sumptuous robes
and sat down with her friends to .3 truly,
regal 'feast. Apparently. banishing all
care, the festive hours passed rapidly
away. At the close of the 'least
. she dis
missed all her attendants bat two., , She.
then - wrote a note to Octavins, informing
him of herintention to die, and requested
that her body might be ,buried in the
tomb with that of Antony. She had
contrived to have brought .to
.lier, ,iu
basket offlowers,. an asp, a reptile the
coneEntrated venom .of whose bite causes
inevitable death, and: yet With but little,.
pain, Slie dispatobed 'the, letter to
Qctavins; 'and immediatey • ph;ced the
reptile upon .her arm... The 'poisenous ,
fangs' pierced her flesh, stupor and insen
sibility soon ensued, and she sank back
upon her couch, and . died. ,
Oct inimediately 'upon receiving
I the letter from Cleopatra,dispatehed mos 7:
sengers hoping to"..preventthe fatal deed.,
But they,arrived toe late. Upon entering,
the chamber they found Cleopatra already;
dead, still .arrayed in.:her royal robes.---,'
Hertwo waiting WOniteti Were at ,her eider
One r of theinesrtigers uttered words `
of
Opiimakbitt the maid Ofhonor
u Iris well Aerie; Birchen deith becomes
a gloHotia7quien; deseended-froiry a! race
of illustrious ancestors" • •
1 • i'ar-Passing alraywinter... •
TEE STORY OF PURITANISM. .
I WE have just finiShod.the pernsal 'of a"
'very interesting !history. of. Puritanism,
! very appropriate to the present time, and
bearing directly on the fierce controversy
which has sprung , from the,propagand-'
i ism Of the Puritan sect of New England;
,forming a combination .With 'desperate
-
tvoliticians who caught up the pious Cry
against the "'slave power": as a means
I of bringing Oni mto
.oflicc at the 'risk of
!breaking tip the. government
.by_ revolu-
Ilion.- The chiefivalue of the- historical
I sketch consists in its truth and impar;
tialitv, haring bat little in. common-common-with
. the Fourth of July. orations and 'pilgrim
!celebrations,- at which, even such mett-as
' Daniel Webster have been so long in 'the
habit, of glorifying Nii
ew 'England iia its
- puritans'at thneXpense of the rest of the
I people of the cOnfederacy;and ;;lowing
lover the indubitable ablefiatsa of history,
--ivliich tell . a very 'diflbrent tale: Our his-.
torian goes back for. the origin -of :Cite Pii
litans to the time! of Edward the; Sixth,
lof England„-who broug,ht with hint some
German fanatics! to • that country:. But .
The might have gore back nineteen centu•
!ries, to the time whenthe first of the sect,,
the Pharisees, N.Ve_re rebuked b ,
v the '
I founder of Christianity, who observed ,
!.them praying apart by themselves, and
.1 "thanking al they were :not 'like oth- !
:er meti.' "Stand by thyself . , 'II am
holier than thon,t is still their motto, as
I the very name puritan - imports. The one 1
idea that penettites and zerVades them
Ils ' that they have! a right to regulate the
whole political, moral andreligiottS•World,
and that God hasiappeinted theM : as . su
pervisors .over the ! conduct of their-fellow
-men, to control even their domestic affairs.
Hence the revolittionary resistance now
being organized at the South. ,1
1 The root of theleVil underlying the anti-
1 sla.V Cryagit ation gin *the. North is; to' be
found in an intritident assumption of a
superior intelligence and a higher purity,
1 fostered by self-complacent divines; in the ]
pulpit, and 'flattgring orators at rnititual
,'• admiration anniversar`ies,where Plymouthh
! Rock, the blarneyistone of New England;
is set up as an idol for public worship.
It is impossible for a genuine .descendents
I of the Pilgrims ofithe Mayflower to divest
I himself of the notion that he is cine.of a
I superior race, and that lie is. born' to rule ,
over, all other races by force of fraud, not-
1 withstanding thelassertion of the 'Decla- ,
! ration of Independence that" all neat are
iceated equal: It is this innate
to
i ..
that proMpts the New Englander to deny
I the Southern States their rightS .in this
cpnfedracy as coequal partners, and to in
aistsupon tbrcing his ideas of negro s'erVi- I
Ltede down the- throats of ail men, North!
and South, at, the point of the bayonet.
This has led tOthb present disastrous con
-1 dition of the Uniln, - and-what else it may
lead to time will soon develop,. •
The sincerity - cir the Puritan politicians
i touching the slavery question is op' a , par
with their sincerity touching religious per
secution in days! of old. If we believe
I their harrowing tale, their ancestors fled
1 to America from !persecution in England
by the established Church. and Govern
-1 ment, and these enemies. of persecution
'for - conscience sake brought into the New
I. World the principles of civil and religions
I liberty on which I the federal' and: State
governments are constructed. So far from
I the truth 'is this claim that history 'shows
the fiercest of religious per'seauters - in
.1
England and Scotland were the Puritans
—so intolerant uhereothey of other men's
!..
I political and religious opinions and; social
habits that theyl took up arms•against
I them, and involyed
.the country in the
horrors, of civil War, as they-are noW la,-
I boring hard to chi at this side of the At- .
1 /art tic. Miley were afterwards persecuted,
! it was. because when they had thci power
they were perslentors themselves. - A
party of them !seceded to Helland,
which they left in disgust after 'a sojourn
I of eleven years; Vecause the people there
were not sufficiently pious for them;lwon]d
! not adopt their dobtrinelor,their practices,
land 'were far too Pumerous to be presecu
led. Again they; seceded against, the
! will of the good natured Dutch, atid after
! returning to England to take with}; them
some more of their party; proceeded to
America in the MilyflOwer in 1020: iThey
had intended. to 'settle in the rich lands 'of
Virginia or New! York, but •ProVidence
lor the cunning . Dutch captain, who did
rnot want- to bring them in contact with
'his fellow -countrymen, who had already
established settletnentssouthward,.anded.
them on the Rdek of Plymouth, when
1 3
i they took tiossession Of the most arren •
spot on the
,whole c,ontinent, and 'Which,
I but s for them, would hale remained unin
i habited liy-.whitelmen till this dayil- Had
Ithey settled in . l4irginia 'they womb have
1
been SlaVeholderh: to - . 66 present! hour; ,
nor would they have had the same chance
I' of propagating their fanatical opinions
through the country, for it is the poverty'
of New England which compels its'inhalm-
I . •
! tants to migrate Vest and 'South. I They
! formed themselves into a politieo-religious
larislocracy, in which :only" "the .e , en.ver . -
ted" had votes, dud established a goVern
ruent in which church: and State, Were
1 united—Wliich• was the: ground' o, their
I complaint"- against tle EngliSh . govern=
went. They persecuted all who differed
with them -and drove out even thelr - own
brethren beeauselthey claimed toleration
for'other sects—or instance,' Roger Wit ,
Itu
hias,' *ll6 fie to. Rhode Island; and -
c i
another clergyman (Hlackstotte)whnsaid,
"I fled from - .Elighand' 6'00 . 0006 . ty..
1
m
I
rauny ofy Lard Hish*, bfit,:tVa.S.glatl.
! enough to get Wok to escape. the. tyranny,
1 Of'My lord., brethren." They .dunOnneed,
toleration' a-a ")larlot ", an 4 " the: first
'born of all aboletnatioeiP,a4d their GeV. ;
Oeor . (Winthrop) _"determined to eater'
minate all opirnoriS of which' he did not
' approVe.". Quakers,- Baptists,
•Presbyte
'
bans, Eriseoimllans,, and,Catholies were
'all pereseented,WWlnere ei:le . se severity;
• and innocent 13101,44' Wenien.4 the :beet, I
• charnetet:Wevli'p* . te . deatlf as witches by;
' hikintoletable:finaticardestiOtieW
Red
theLicliaS''Of... Vie ,Ptiritaps • pieVagetker - i
had: *ey e :. jiii'doeiinated'.ln 2 nntabei:e, • ill
would:' have 'fared the; land ;.. lint, aktlik
: 14uhiticiii 'of N'evi"Tliglatitl,-;.at at',
of the' adoption - " 0- . ,the"
.0140040 :. viae,
' only one-fourth 4f#11,4e.' eoknies, and as
. • - ; -- • , e
even that' fourth contained Many other
elements hesides'Pnritanism ' it 'toy bo
easily inferred how little the fanatical sect
had - to do with the formation of,the gov
ernment under .which we While the
Puritans of Massachusetts.. peisecuted
evervbody,.. the Baptists of Rhode Island,
the hitch Reformed of New York, the
Quakers of TennsylVania, the Catholics of
Maryland, and the Episcopalians of Yin.
(rim, gave toleration to other sects, and
''str °Med. asylums to the persectited Of the
Old World and the .New. HoW the Pu
ritans dealt with the Indians, in coaider
ation for whose future' conversion and
kindly treatment they obtained from the
English Government a charter of the_lMid
on which they settled, their own historians
have told the world.
As long as slavery was profitable they
not,'-only enslaved both- the Indians and
and the negroes, making them "taxable
prbperty," but 'carried on a brisk traffic
their flesh,. selling them: in the' best
markets to, the highest bidders.. From
them the severest of the: . "slave codes"
of the Southern States have been borrow
ed. It was at their instance that the abo
lifion of the slave trade was 'pbstponed
front-the time the constitution was adop
ted till 1808, in order'that they might 're
tain the traffic as long as possible. They
sold their owii slaVea to the Sonth and it
was their ships that afterwards:supi)lied
the Southern labonniarket with importa
tions of negroes from Africa. The slave
trade is now abolished, their -vocation is
gone, and they are seized-with a holy hor
-ror even of domestic slavery, whicktueans
that they want monopoly of the spoils of
office and of the public lands; as 'they
formerly claimed an exclusive patent from
'Heaven for religous persecution—a divine
right to . do wrong. Of secession, treason
and rebellion .they also Claim a mon - opoly.
In the second war with England, 1812-15,
they refuSed to allow their 'militia to be
used against the enemy, and gave him all
the aid mid comfort they could. They
claimed they ivere sovereign -States and
-had a rizlit: so to act. • It was by the
-troops ofthe South that thelonOr of the
countrry was, redeemed.. ' When Louisiana
was about to be admitted, IlaSsachesetts,
by her legislature, declared -she would
secede; and When Texas was about being.
admitted, Puritan Massachusetts again
voted .herself out ofthe Union prospec
tively, but never carried out the act. ,She
is now. very loyal to the. Union, very ar
dent' in her- desire to. coerce seceding
States,- and very forward in sending her
militia to. the Southto . inaugurate a civil
war under 'the pretext of the
laws, while of Southern secession and
revolution she is herself the chief source
and Origin. •
."Providentially Directed."
DevOntly Inclined persons frequezitly
imagine that the suggestious ofthdir own
human nature are the ; intimations And df
xectionS of God.
- -They- love to be guided by Him, and
they love to think that their 'pleasant de
sires and purposes are inspired by; Him;
thtis they easily deceive, themselves: An
amusing instance of this took place at a
certain conference. Among the attendantt
was a very beantiful, intelligent looking
young lady, who drew-the admiring gaze
of many eyes, particularly eyes masculine,
always on the look out for pretty feminine
faces. buringgje: intermission; at noon,
a spruce young,: minister stepped - tip to
the presiding elr, and said, with an air
of Secrecy
. "Did you observe the young lady who
sat by the firstpillanon &left ?"'
" tes," said the elder, A . :hat:oilier?"
"Why," said - the young man; , "I feel
impressed that the` - Lord desires me to
'take that. lady:for . I think that
she will make a good:COmpanien and help.
mate in the work of the' ministry:"
. 1
The good elder had nothing totbjeet.
But in a few moments another youth
ful candidate for the-minis:cilia efforts - and
honors, and for the pante of husband, came
Confidently to make known to the eldera
like impression regard to the same
young. lady.
• " Youltad better wait awhile. It is
not beSt to, be hasty in *determining the
source of such impressions, "• said the pru
dent elder..
And he had well said, for hardly were
the steps of the second youth 'Cold at his
side, ere a. third approached with the
same story, and while the .worthy confi
dent marvelled, a fourth drew near with
the question— - •
" Did yon 'notice, the fine, noble. looking
woman sitting near your left:'' . ,
"Yes," cried the Swelling elder.
"Well, sir," went on the fourth victim
of that onetinsuSpicious girl, "it iS strong
lY -born in my mind, that it is the Will of
-the. Lord that I should-Make proposals of
marriage to that lady, lie has impressed
me that shc s is to he my wife." •
The elder could hold bi no longer,' •
"Impossible Ii Impossible I" •be ex
claimed in an excited tone; "The Lord
never roil(' hare intendi4 dal' four men
-shonld marry that onewoman!" •
HE SENATOR AND THE Ditomios.—The
senior Mr. Guy, ofthe-National Hotel at
Washington, bears quite a likeness to
Gen. Cup, and npcnithis the correspond
ent of-theN6r York Timea- tells- the. fol.
lowing story
. _.
4 stranger, who .supposed he. knew my •J....-- - - g..---
ices are 100 per cent. higherat
host very well, put pp at the National the l - P
was -lShanghi. Imuiens,e quantities of cloth,.
other night, and,-for the. first. night,
bath. red and blue, are to be found in .ev
sent to the upper floor tip. sleep. Coming
-cry shop. This cloth is sold at 255. alarcl ,
down'stairs the next morning,- a little
the price being fixed by the Russila gait.
cross, he met Gen. Cass, who bad a fine i
suit of rooms there,: in the NA- stepped, eKiiment. Coating by land all the : way
N.ovgored, such e pried can .
arta him, and in language , more forcible ;1 frit'm lc iihlo
Over pay, but the goverinuent iscareleas
:And rapid than eliigant said: '.'n be d---di :
if I'll stand it! f You've put me at .the tops as; to profit, for this cloth forma the prin.
Of the bowie.. 1. Mast ; have a roci lower , , ,
hdWever, to feel
cipal object of barter for 0a or elk. . •
`satisfied that the opening of Ilan-tail] to
(kiln." , • ....- r - r!
!-!!!- ' , . : . ,_. . .!
!I have seen enough,
Gen.,Cass, interposing nervously : ! , sir,,
foreign - commerce wit encourage an - enciri.
you are. mistaken lathe - person. you' are •
•
addressing. , . - - taia.General Gas of illiciii. tabus trade in all the main branches
gait:" ~ ~_ . ..,-... ..; : -
.-, : Eltglish :mannfitctures: The - crowd -at
oar heels 'laugh as - we ' enter a pawa-bro- --)
Stranger,.cOnfiutedly - 1 '`" Beg yo u r, p ar-'` lt• is .full .or depositors—old
.doni(limeral Case, .thought, it IFee.My old,l per's shop.'
clothes. being-the
friend , Guj.' : -. :Begr: a thousand' paratius,'
filitc.:.•ll,llamistake,,all a. mistake, I aistire - .l4 o dge. ' 'Welisked the head man to see.-
youi Sir. ... . •• • • I the establishment: He would be delight. -•
,4 134 .-G enera ro uro p e d, ou t, of tio u ild: ogv i ed,'lntt it is against the rule. '. He deeply.'
regrets' that be. must refuse ourrnajeSttes..-
but !man .returned; its luck 'Would havei
. ... . .
JOB PRINTING of ALL HINDS;
1 ,
L10:(7.. 4.T THE 'OFFICE OP THE
It/ 261 - 0 C:i -ALT f
NEATLY AND pßoitrnx;
•
Amp-AT "LIVE AND LET LIVE" PHIC2iL
Office -
tuu been auppileii with a new and ebolloa irazietY
of t , etc., and we aranow prepared to priot pamphlotd
,•ete. k etc.., In ilia boot atyle, on - abort notice.
- ThludbiliSi Pokers, •Prograinmos, and cithai kinds of work In tido tine, :done according to order,
liasinesg, Wedding, and Ball:CA.lms
Titlipta. oft. piinadtb usstaNcand deqatth.
•
; • ustioes' and Constaliles' Blanks, Notes
Dada, and sa; other Malik% at hard, or plated to ceder,
tariob , voile ant lianks. to be paid for oo dellyory. .
1. NO. 8.
stean . ger met him full in• the•face
but ni another position. - ; This time
he 'was surd he had -mine host, for the
:Senator from... Michigan ho knew had just
:gopo out. So the stringer. stepped-bold.
1y - p; slapped the zeneral heartily arid fa
• • miliarly on the shoulder, and eSclaimod
By heavens., .Gay, •got, a rich sell .
to relate: I met old Cabs up stairs, just
- now, thought it was you, and began cuss
ipf= him about my room. '
Gen. •Casi,, with emphasis—" Well,
young man; you've met old Can agc.in!"
The stranger sniped, and has not been
heard of sin eq. _ _
SCENES IN A CHINESt CITY.
speciat'correspondent of ,tlie Lon ,
I don. Times in China gives the following
:account of what he saw in a Chines° city ::,
;Let us walk down ".street of EverTisting •
Prosperity," the Regent street, of the'
north suburb. At its entrance is a crowd
I of Chinadien, which, constantly renewed
froin . (laws( to- 'sunset, stands, gaping
threngh the gateway at the headquarter?
horses picketed - in a large codrtyard.,
Forcing our wav through these unsavory
celestials, we find ourselves in a small
square occupied, by the "eel pie" and
baked-potat.oe" men of:the place.; Your
working Man dines in the street, and this
Sevare is a favorable olliTscoyisiqurante
•Li, yonr right, deals in meatpied. He
a small charcoal fire below his oven,
,and in a twicehis piite is cOnipounded mid
'cooked betbre the-public. Ho; by his side,
,Supplied tit:getable diet, turnips, onions,.
,pumpkinS, yams; cut into. sulall slides and
[ served in the water wherein they are
, Here is a•-man with sweet-stuff,
-pastry and " tuck." There another with
fink, grapes,' peaches, lotus fruit, i water
melons, apples and pears; - All tastes are
supplied. But eVen in dieing ineradi
cable love of the Chin:lntim 'evinced.
Every one of these dealers has a boi like
dice-bo4 in which twenty - small sticks.
, are placeil.\, Two of these sticks are.prizes
:the remainder blanks. Each, portion of
food is "supposed-to be worth ten cash; .
-and on staking one cash every coiner may
try his luck; -Fro'm morning to night is
the rattle- of these to:be beard da the .
sq - dare as the dealer's invite their custom-
era. From morning to night may the
,Ohinaman be seen yielding to the Imita
tion. Here is an old fellow, a "barged:"
on-the river. He hasbut two cash, which
he stakes and loses one after another. Ylis
„face is rueful; and his belly empty, so we
give him, ten cash,-with which he may in-:.
sure the - meal he' covets.: lie
.. takes this
'cash, but instead of buying his food, be
reeommenced to gamble for it., One cash
after another is drawn from him; and when
he losesliis last he walks dinnerless. The. ,
fish-monger is perambulating about. His
fish ; in a shallow round wooden bow - 1;Jio
- gaiping in three or four- inches of water..
Were are eels, brown and silver; large, fat;
.muddy chaps; soles and speckled fish like . .
a trout, and of mach the_ same flavor. .At. -
an open cook shop Chinese - artistes are
a' 'pre?...
patin the dinnerof the day.. The favor
ite dish is a stew composed of. chopped •
Pork, onions, seaweed, - shririips and eggs..
We taste—but its. flavor-is by no means
„agreeable_ to the', western palate., And
noW,in a quiet, secluded book, is a good.'
!humored, laughing. crowd,- 'enjoying the
'!• - feats - of a juggler.. He' takes two r eices. of
'sharp wire,. a couple - of feet long, - inserts
them in his nostrils and paSses there thence
doirn his throat. There Is no deception,- .
forj he opens his -mouth wide ; and we see
: the wires down his gullet.. Then he takes
two leaden bullets, one she size of an or- .
dinary musket ball, the - - other weighing
twelve ounces. He swallows the little one
first. 'With inany contortions he-brings
them up again, and the small bullet is. the
first one.to re-appear. ye draws the wires -
,baCk through his nose and spits blood. A
:shower of cash rewards his feat.._ Then
he sWallows a sword, crams pointed , sticks
into hisearS and eyes,and performs a vari
ety of tricks too ntimerous to be detailed.
We 'entered a perfumer's shell, full of
kniek-knacks and necessaries for my lady
toilet. 'Pearl' powder is made up in neat
little packages, and with rouge and paints
:o( . iptrious hues. Lotions for the com
pletion, perfumes, dyes for the and. •
.Itee, in_ a corner, "thine incomparable -
oil; - Macassar.": ' •
• A barber- is plying--his trade. 'Ho
-shaves the head, combs and plaits the
tail, and extracts wax 'from the cars. The .
.latter -Operation - is evidently a favorite
:With the Celestials. Alas ! -"false tails "-.
are conimon here, its they. are said to be.
in England. The:shoeis full. of them at
dollar the half deism. A distinguished
,officer of irregulars bought a few to make
; a plume for his helmet. A." curio" stall.
!coutains very ordinary chins-at , very ex
oykAatit prices., Among its
- .prizes - aro a
!coininon English bottle ; price half a dollar,
and an English earthenware plate,-with
"Swiss scenes" painted thereon, for which
doUble that amount is demanded. Here,
also, are snisll box'Z.., labelled "Saperior _
eongreye matches; witbotit smell . or 7sul
plinr." • They would costa- half penny at
honk:- their price - at Tein-tsin'is 2/ pence.
We come to a linen - draper's, and 'find
Manchester and American: goods—linen; .
- cotton and calico. Here is blue stuff for
the common tunics and' trousers. - la
beled " Manchester, John PeUder it.
BY its side are calico* marked " &minder,
and printed. cottons front the Manehes
te> . looms' in -'eat alitindance. Thos,