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Country Merchant and Milliners to lliair ex tensiva aaeortment of fashionable SrRiJto in Bvxttta Bos iTa Ao Hits of the newest alylea. Also, large and general assortment of French and American Artificial Flowera, RiWon. Crown Linings, Oil Silk, Wire, Quillings, Bucirmn, Ac, which they offer at prices that defy coinjietitlon. N. b. -"-!' Ifl Leaf Hats by the caee or dozen.' W. M. ALE. MA I'LL, 4r.sai. .. . I, ' ; Bunael aJidHat Manufacturers, , 30 North 2d street.- Philadelphia June 3, 1843 TEA 8, from the New York Canton and Fekin Tea Company. For aala by r ). W. rilUNtr. p&lwf,. t, 1141 SELECT POETRY. Prom the Home J urnnl. THE DIVOIUfcD WIFE. BT LKLI.A MORTIMER, My heart will wantler back To ihy loi pathway ihruuyh I he cokl, cold wo, Id, And long to liiul the track . By which from ilit proud elation it was hurled. My thoughts about Iho past Will twine themselves 9 drops of dew at eren On thirsty How era are cast. When, bending low they yield their breath to heaven. My yearning soul will drotip Beneath the chill, harsh gaze of curious eyes, And Hope's tired wing will stoop Unto the dust, leaving her starry skies Amid whose radiant light Her brow has e'er been lifted up, serene, And proudly calm and bright Though in the distf-oe darkest clouds were seen. The flowers about my path That have not withered in their loveliness, . A Will now go down to death, And llii'ir pale lips the damp earth coldly press ; And tones that sent a thrill Of ectitey into my heart now mute, . - Will bn remembered SHU, Like the last intinnur of a trembling lute. Oh, it is hartl to take My drear and lonely way far from thy side, 1 he golden chum to break That hound my fate to thine a happy bride: Host thon remember now Tha shadowy elms close by lhat lowly cot, Where io thy love's deep vow I listened tremblingly and doubted not? Thou dost remember. Years Have p.tased away bince then, and , eyes of io-., Be;levea! with anxious tears, My blooming youth that fondly watched above, Arc closed in death. Tha breast Whose painful lhtobbin''s were for nie alone Is hushed in peaceful rest Tho freed soul to its heavenly home hath gone. Now I am left to look ' My laM upon thy'lovetl and cherished face; Oh, can I ever brook The world's cold sneer, or from my soul erase The biioht and glorious past? Kind death! mv breuking heart invokes thy gloom Around it softly cast . The rayless shadow of llie voiceless tomb. Select (Talc. : Li. : MARY CLAVERY'S STORY. BY MBS. S. C. HALL. The language ol the Irish peasantry is invariably strong and metaphorical ; and when they would describe their distress, or paint their happiness, it becomes highly poetical. I will illustrate this remark by the story of Mary Clavery, in her own words, as she told it to some very dear friends of mine, who resided at Ilannow rarsonage, and who united, in a singularly happy manner, the kindly feelings and ac tive exertions that make a clergyman's family "the blessing of the poor." One tranquil evening in autumn, a pale, delicate young woman rested her hand on the gate that opened to the green sloping lawn that fronted the Parsonage-house, un certain whether or not she dared raise the latch,' as she eazed wistfully on the group ol children who were playing on the green. Although in the Veriest garb ol misery, she' had nothing of the common beggar in her appearance; and the two little ones that clung to her tattered cloak were better covered than their mother. She carried on her back a young sickly-looking infant, and its weak cries arrested the attention of the good pastor's youngest daughter, who bade hef enter, in that kindly tone which speaks of hope and comfort to the breaking heart. How much is in a kindly voice ! When the woman had nartaken of food and rest, and remained a few days at the par sonage, she told her tale. "Mav God reward ve for ye have fed the huwrrv. and ve have clothed the naked, and ye have spoken of hope to her who thought ol it no more ; and ye have looked like heaven's own angels to one who had forgot the sight of smiles. . May God's fresh blessing be about ye may ye never want! but a poor woman's prayer is noth ing; only I am confident the Almighty will grant ye a long life, and a happy death, for your kindness to one who was lone and desolate, in a could world. - It little matters where one like me was born, only I came ol dacent, honest people, and it could not be said, that any one belonging to me or mine, ever wronged man or mor tal tha bovs were brave and j'ist the rrirla W ell looking and virtuous: seven of us under one roof, but there was full and plinty of every thinz more especially love, which sweetens all. Well, I married; and I may say, a more sober, industrious boy, never broke the world's bread nor r.iy Thomas my Thomas ! I ask your pardon, ladieg ; but my b"-' wells when I think that may be he's gone to the God who gave him lo me first for a blessing, then lor k u heart thrial." Thi. nnne woman wepts and the father nfihefkmilv ah was addressing, adopted the figurative language which the Irish so well understand, observed "Th gardener prunes the vine even to bieeaing, ana sui ters the bramble to errw it own way." ' "That's true thanV 'yt, Sir, for that sweet word orcomfort." she replied smiling faintlv i "it's haprrv to think of God't care the only care that's over the poor though it seems ungrateful to say that to those who are so extraordinary ktud to -Well ; we had a clane cabin a milk white, cow a trifle of poultry two or three jms, indeed wry comioj ,o iu vwm ing to our station, and thankful we were for it. Why not! time passed as happy as heart could wish, and one babe came, and another, but the eldest now was the third then, for it pleased God to take the two first in the leaver ; and bad, sure enough, was the trouble, for my husband took it, and there he lay, off and on, for as 'good as lour months; and ' then the rint pot behind hand, and we were loreed to Tell the cow one would think the baste? had knowledge lor when she was going off to the fuir (and by the same token it was . my brolher'in-law'e- sister's son that drove her,) she turned back and mowed ay, as natural as a child that was quitting the mother. Well ; we never could rise the price of a cow agin, and that was a sore loss to us, for God sent two young ones the net lime, and be twixt the both I could never get a minute to do the bit o' spinning or knitting lhat the landlord's wife expected as a yeHy com pliment. She was hot born a lady, and they're the worst lo the poor. , Riusheroorn gentry ! that spring tip, and biiy land, hand over head, from the rale sort, that ore left in the long run, Without cross or coin Io bless themselves with all owing to their generosity.) , Well ;. to make up for that, I. was lorced to give Up some of my best hens, as duty fowl lollie lady, on account that she praised their handsome toppings. That wasn't all; the pigs got the mea sels, and we might have sould them to ad vantage; but my husband says, says he 'Mary, we have had disease and death in our own house, and don't let us bo the manes of selling unwholesome mate upon no account ; because it brings ill health, and we to answer for it, when nothin' will , be to the fore, but the honest deeds and the j rogueish ones, straight against each other, conversing at the door, as to the best me and no one lo jud-re them but the Almighty i thod of procuring the industrious woman the one who knows the rights of all ; I continued employment1, and Iletta, Meri- that was true for him. Well; we might ! anne, and i.llen (the clergyman's daugh have got up again, for my poor Thomas ' ters,) busily engaged in arranging new nog worked like any negro to the full ; but just ' gins and plates, and all manner of cottage after we had sowed our little field of wheat, t furniture to their own sweet taste; then (it was almost at the corner of the land-j lord's park, and we depended on it for next j gale day,) nothing would sarve the land- lord but he must take it out of our hands, ' sent, as her offering, a fine fat little pig widout any notice, to plant trees upon. I J Mrs. Corish presented a motherly, well went to mv lady, and to soften her like, educated goose, capable of bringing up a took what was left of my poor fowl the ' cock and all as a present; she accepted , them very genteelly, to be sure, and promi-: sed we should have another field, and com- pensation money. Wei!, we waited, but no sign of it ; at last my husband made ' bould to go to the landlord himself, and I tould him all that hail passed between the r ladv and me. "Don't bother me, man,' , was the answer he. made ; compensation , indeed! what compensation am .1 to have for being out of my rent so long the tune ye were sick, and ye without a lase? And I am certain mv wife never promised any thing of the sort to the woman. 'I ask ' it already, and even the gentlemen have ye'r pardon, Sir,' replied Thomas, civil of: found it out. The clergyman, without ac course; 'but she did, for my Mary tould quainting Mrs. Clavery, had written to his me.' I " 'She tould ye a lye, then,' said the ; land lord and my husband fired up. 'Sir,' ; said he, 'if ye were my equal you dar'n't , say the likes o' that of my. Mary fori though she's not of gentle blood, she's no j liar!' Then the km J lord called my bus- . band an iinnudent blaTuard. and Thomas! m. iiKinr Ihil ha huintr a ironf Ifmin. . misrht call him what he pleased"; but that none should say thai ol his wife that she did not desarve; however, the upshot of the thing was, that we got warning to quit all of asuddent; but there was no help for it, as the neighbors said, true for them that Thomas was by no means as strong a man as before the leaver, and the stewart found out some stranger who offered money down on the nail for the land, lor we had it in prune order. Every one cried shame on the landlord, but sure there's no justice for j the poor! 'twas a sorrowful parting for some how a body gefs fond of the bits of i trees even that grow under their own eye I and 1 was near my laying-in and the j troubles came at once and allve could get to shelter . us was a damp hole of a j place. My husband got plinty of work, and though it wasn't in natur not to lament bygone comforts, yet sure the love was, to the good, firm ay, firmer than ever, and ' no blight was on our name, nor isn't to this day ; thank Cod for it, for nobody breathy mi a n ing can say, j nomas, or ftiary Slavery, ye owe me the value ol a 'thraneen.' . "ine inutile 01 air, aim me ircmu-, aiiu ti 1 1 ' r .L- l-.-i. ..J- ,. - . , I I 1 -t t ex Ihmif rtt fit mas mila rr n vorl wpav l ";,'-"" " " J " J -j ..... iri m.. i..n... ..,: k;o auu v c rum 11117 iriiuiT 11.111 11 1110 ut I, . k.nn f..--h-.J..I:.,,Ju, ohi ; 1 . J Li.i:.. u La w a.i ileal l-ntuiuitig lu Bi'C It irre,iii auu neekinc. wasting; and wasting, and to want the drop of wine, or the morsal of mate, that mio-ht keen it In he a blessincr to its narenta'l'rev hairs: it was then itist after 1 j 1 j my child's death, that to drive the sorrow from his heart, Thomas took a little to the drop, and yet he Was'nt like other men that grow cross and fractious; he was al ways gentle to me and the young ones, but n the end it mined us, as it does all who have any call to it for he was as fine a voung man, though I bay it, as ye could see in a day'd walk standing six feet two in hi stocking vamps, and admired, for Ins beauty ; and we wont to, the next town to sell my little spinning, that I had done to keep the dacent stitch on the childer; and, as was fated I suppose, who should be there, but the devil in the sflape or a recruiting targent nd when the drink's in, the wit's out and he listed listed And the part- ins oh i but I thought the life would lave me twre I followed him to the place ol embarkment, and there they druv me from him and I stood on the sea shoreand saw him on the deck of that black ship, his arm ;rosed over bis breast Ukf ope mel ancholy mad ) and it wa long before I be lieved h was really goue gone gone ; ad that there was no voice to cheer me for these did liolhinz but cry for food. It was wicked, but 1 wished fa die, fof my heart felt breaking the little left m was on gone-I was among strangers -I could not bear to go to my own people or place, because I was more like a shame, and my spirit was too high to be looked down on. have travelled from parish to parish, do ing a bit of work of any kind when I could get it, and trusting to good Christians to gie something to the desolate children, when all else lailed." . , "You have never heard from your hus band!". ' "Oh ! Sir, he sends his letters to Water ford to the care of one I know; but I can not often hear, the distance is so great." : "Did he not forward you money ?" "Three pounds but we owed thirty shillings of it, betwixt rent for the last hole we lived in and two or three other matters. I was overjoyed to be able to send the, money, lor the debts laid heavy on my heart; and lo be sure the children wauled many a little thing, and the remainder soon Wen.." . .. . . . :. :; 'The "good pastor and his fire-side" were deeply interested in Maty Clavery's simple talej and oil further inquiry its truth was ftdly established, atij'it was also found that he-r husband was in the regiment then at Jamaica, commanded by the clergyman's brother, a gallant and distinguished olllcer. The story circulated very quickly 'in a neighborhood where, every little circum stance is an event, and, to the credit of the united good feeling of my favorite Baunow, he it known, that on the very same Sabbath morning, in the Protestant church and Catholic chapel, a collection was made for the benefit of the' distressed family, and another week sjw Mary and her children in quiet possession of a small two-roomed cabin ; the parish minister and parish priest farmer Corish gave Mrs. Clavery a sack of potatoes Master lien engaged (o "teach" the children for nothing Mrs. Cassidy numerous family respectably. Good Mr. Billy, as considerate and worthy an old bachelor as ever lived (how angry lam with good men for becoming oW bachelors,) sent her a setting hen and seven eggs; in short, the little cottage and garden were stocked so quickly, and yet so well, and the poor woman was so grateful that she could harJly believe the reality of what had occurred. Her kind friends at the Parsonage, however, saw that something more was wanting to make their protest perfectly happy. What lhat was need I tell ? my lady readers have surely guessed brother, mentioning all the particulars, and begging Thomas's discharge ; the last post had brought him a letter, saying that his re- quest was granted, JVeed 1 pursue my .story farther 1 - . the frogs. rTi... r .n : ' - - - I I IIB 10110WH12 IS oil rxiraci from Bow We should ri!''s Plil1 of .,he Myar.' like to see the original, as we suspect an er ror in the first six line of the translation. It is not one, however, which would tilled the sense. ' "Hrekeke, " ' I ' Ilrekcke. brekeke! - Koua, taooo I Brekeke, koux brekeke, loo'oo ! Brekeke, brekeke, brekeke, Brekeke, brekeke, brekeke brekeke; KimoTi hoax too-ooj too.00 1 Brekeke, tyo-ou! Brekeke, brekeke! 'Tie the dawn of dcliglit to the sons of the pond From its green bed they l,wk to the bright moon beyond. Brekeke, lirekeke, , Koax, uioKMi ; tl, koax, koux toooo; too-00! The Thunderer maile tie the favorites of heaven '.nuth the greeti vaulted wave how wa thrive aiul liava thriven S All h'Jil.ir and praise to his wisdom be given. Brekeke, brekeke, brekeke; Kiatx, Voox too-00, toa-00 i1' A Written Lanuuauc in Wsr Africa. q,1(I of ll)e Sierie LeoM A,rnnl, f ,le Church 9 Mission gociel of LonUon lluj R.. Mr, ..... . ,it,..-ri !,. . ,. . ,, , ,- :,, v,., ..-..v - b- . 111,1119 1UU1UUI Ul n an sv.t) ass sw . V.l-..,.,.,u.. Mr Vollu m. 1 hat Ibu a I.. . 1-1. . Ill , , j (,-'" ! j plUDel consiel Ol aoout ou nuuu.mi icuena, eaeh renresentina a syllable. Thenewibar. j v. ' u . alu ,u '""D -" j othui known Wr., Koeite lias taken a pa saifB 01) board a Tfsse.1 Boius to the nearest ! noitil from which the Vy nation can be reach . - , , ed, Wltu. me resolution to investae tuny una interesting discovery. - . . . . , . . - . . r.. II ... i. ' I thought it was Californey that was try ing to gel in," said Mrs. Partington,' as she read the last ballotingsfor Cleik in the House of Bepresenlatives, "but it's Mr. Forney. Bui I 'sposc it's anonymous lo the same thing; they've only dropped Iho proviso." To Keep a Horsd from Straying. --The Icelanders have a moat curious custom : and a most cflectual one, of preventing horses from straying, which is peculiar to lhat coun try. Two gentlemen, for instance, are riding together without attendants, and wishing to alight for the purpose of visiting some object at a distance from the roadj ihey tie the head of one horse to the tail of ihe other, and ' the bead of lhi lo the tail cflbe former.1 In thr state, it is utterly Impossible that they "can move on, either backwards or forwards one Dtillina one way and Ihe blher another, and therefore, If JispeseJ to mote at all, il ' will only be in a circle, ana even inen mere must t- an agreement 'to' tars thelf head He same war. AUVH B T VOl.fO LADIES. The edilress of the Literary Gnzette, Mrs. Ljdia Jane Pearson, in an article addressed to young ladies, upon the subject of murriage discourses as follows: "Do not, as you value lile and its comfoitj marry a man who is naturally cruel. If he will wantonly torture a poor dumb dog, a cut or even a snake, fly from him its you would from cholera. We would sooner see our daughter dying of cholera, than married to a cruel-heniled man. If his nnture delights in torture, he will not pttre his wife, or his help leys children. When we see a man practis ing cruelty on any poor helpless creature, or beating a fact ion horse unmercifully, we write over against his name devil, and shun him accordingly "We once knew a man, ay, a gentleman, w ho during the ride for pleasure became so demonically enraged at his horse, which re fused to go, that he sprang from bis carriago drew bis knife, and cut out an eye of the poof brute. The lady w ho accompanied him fainted j 'suffered a long' nervous illness, and will never yecover from' the- horror the) out- rage gave her. And we knew-tht! young la-1 dy who knowing Ibis of him, tas fool-hardy enough to become his wife.. And we know . how he tortured her. How ho outiaged all. her feelings; how he delighted to destroy whatever she' prized, or took pleaatire in. How in his fits of passion he! broke up her furniture, seized her by the shoulder and shook her till she could not crawl to bed; how he beat her; how he kept her poor babe black and blue with blows and pinces until her parents took her home, and sheltered, her from his ciuelty. ' "If you have a suitor whom you feel in clined to favor, look narrowly into the tem per and disposition of the man. Love may soften it for a while, or it may induce him to lest rain, or disguise it, but, be assured, the natural temper will remain, and the. time will come, when your presence will be no restraint upon him. We have heard , wives complain, "I was so deceived in my hunband men nte so deceitful," Ac. But we believe in nine cases out of ten, these women de ceived themselves. Thej suffered the ro mance of their own foolish heart, to adorn their lover with all the excellencies which (heir fancy attributed to a perfect mnnly char- aoler, and to diaw a veil over all his vices and defects, which, if it did not conceal them, greatly softened or disgniW their fea. tu res. , ''Men are not perfect women are not per fect. In all cases, there must exist i ne6es- sity to bear and forbear, but it doesnol there fore follow that you should marry a bad men knowing him to be a bad man. If you do so you deserve chastisement; but a life-long misery is a terrible punishment. A bad man's wife must either live in a couiii-tal torment of fear, apprehension, and the bitter disappointment of her ft uil less efforts to please; or she must become callous, cold, insensible lo pain, and Consequently to pleasure. Will you take upon yourselves cither of these ter rible alternatives ! We hope not.'' THE OAVGIITER OF THE InESIDET. A correspondent of the Newaik Daily Ad vertiser iu the course of an account of a le vee hold by President Taylor) gives the fol lowing warm description of Mis. Bliss, who act as hostess on these court occasions He "Passing from the old Geneial, we were pre' sealed to his daughter, the accomplished Mrs. Hliss. She was . standing in (he middle-of the same room her back resting againsflhe centre table surrounded by a hosl of admit ing friends of both sexes, bhe received us with a nolile courtesy and Ihe blandest smiles, ilur pari during the whole evening was perform' ed with great dignity of manner and with an ease and grace lhat would well become any nnucess ot an r.astern Court. Her lace is remarkable for its complacent beauty; ohd her figure is rather slight, and faultless. No one would ever take her to be the daughter of her illustrious sire, judging from the total absence and ' want of family resemblance While the old General's face is very strongly marked wilh ihe characteristics of his char acter, with a heavy natural frown, and a rigid exhibition pf all lUoae wll known traits of firmness, determination, conmge and benevo lence, bur's is the sueel and beqiguaiit smile of iho rain bow itself pure, placid, and modest, indicating a natural rreitiepieul of intellect aud moral excellence, sublimo in it own genlle and lender beauty, j. .... .., , , Whilst, iu lignre, (be velttrun of the wars sborl'liiubcd, long in the body, tersej rigid, compact, and powerful ; with a fiatno of iron or adamant, Iter's is the delicate structure of the fawn, with its grace and gentleness, and appears as flexible as the gazelle. Her father's eye is large, lustrous, full of expression, and black a nighl her's is sufficiently large, mild in expression, melting with kindness and sympathy, and reflecting back 1 The glorious lull of Heaven's ethereal blue '." Iii one personal feature alone she mirrors forth her sire In a double row of teeth, strong, white, and beautifully regular. They are a predominant featore in the President, and so they are with bis lovely daughter. , In dress he is a simple and iuiostenlatious as her republican father. She was neatly at tired iu a plain' pink ruffs of light muslin, with4he''hort-arrh'8leeVet' and" nevk edgvd with" narrow point-lace". Not an ornament, or jewel of any description was to b seen about bar person, and In this respect' 'proved' the truthfuWae br that1 well knowfV maxim,' "toaOf),'' Voeq 'unadorned, 'adorned 'the moil." THE HAMMER. Ths following appropriate panogyricon this primitive instrument, which was the first in vention in mechanics, and perhaps also the first in war, is taken from Ihe Scientific A mcriean The hammer is the universal emblem of mechanics. With it are alike forged the sword of contention and the ploughshare of peaceful agriculture the press of Ihe free and the shackles of the slave. The eloquence of iho forum has moved the armies of Greece and Rome to a thousand battle-fields, but Ihe eloquence of the hammer hat covered those fields wilh victory or defeat. The inspiiation of song has kindled high hopes & noble aspira tions in the bosoms of brave knightnand gen tle drmes, but the inspiration of Iho hammer has strewn the field with tattered helm ami shieldj tlecided not only the fate of chivalric combat, but the fate of thrones, crowns and kingdoms. " The forging of a thunderbolt was ascribed by the Greeks as the highest act cf Jove's omnipotence, and their mythology beautifully ascribes to one of their gods the task of presiding at Iho labors of the forge. In ancient warfare, the hammer was a pow erful weapon, independent of the blade which it formed. Many a stout skull was broken through the cap and helmet by a blow of Vulcan's weapon. The armiesof the Cres cent would have subdued Europe totho sway of Mahomet, out on the plains of France llioir progress was arrested, ami the brave at.d simple warrior who saved Christendom from the sway of the Mnsclman was Martcl "the hammer." The hammer, the saviout and bulwark of Christendom. The hammer is the wealth of nations. By it are forged the ponderous engine nnd tiny needle. It is an instrument of iho savage and the civilized. Its merry clinks point out the abode of indus try. It is a domestic deity, presiding over Ihe grandeur of the most weallhy and ambi tious, as well as the most humble and im poverished. Not a stick is shaped, not a bouse is raised, a ship floats, a carriage rolls, a wheel spins, an engine moves, a press squeaks, a viol sings, a spado delves, or a flag waves without the hammer. Without the hammer, civilization would bo unknown, and the human species only as defenceless brutes; but in skilful hand, directed by wisdom, it is an instrument of power, of greatness, and true glory. v, :: - - , ; . LETT EH S. . The arrival of the post is an occasion of interest to everybody, lhat is, to everybody for whom the interest of life itself is not al together gone. Those little quadrangular mysteries, so unsiiggestive, unmeaning, unconscious-looking what may not the break ing of their seals disclose to us 1 What om nipotence of woe may be shut within the folds of a sinrrle sheet of paper! It were well if we thought more of the tremendous signi (ieanee of written words. They are irrevoca ble unchangeable eternal j no after-peui- lence can erase, no reluming tenderness sof ten, no prayer remove them. Onco written Ihey are written forever upon the heatt of him who reads them. Speak harshly to friend, and it may easily be forgiven and soon forgotten ; the next tone betrays relent ing, the merest gesture pleads for reeoncilia lion ; but let the cold, or bitter, or careless words be written, and Ihey remain foreter in their full carelessness, bitterness, or cold ness; ruthless are they, for though you weep as voii read, they change not, aud your ut- rnont shrinking avails not lo make them strike one wound the less, or one whit the Ios deep ly. Ono little page has' power fo change s whole life. Moreover, the spirit which tules ihera is more powerful for evil than for good at least, in matters of feeling. Kind words and gentle thoughts lose half l heir force and all their charm w hen they lack the voice to impress, and the look Id sweeten them ; but the written repulse has tenfold power to freeze the written reproach has all the bit terness of unmistakable reality. No power of self-deception clan withstand them no as sumed callousness shield you against them. Still more awful is it to . writo cue sentence which may tempt to wrong, or throw even a moment's dillicully juto the path of virtue; if there be a iu in the forgiveness of wkich it must be ltard for a dyiug penitent to be lieve, Ihongh years of repentance lay between him and its commission, t is this to have put a weapon Into Satan's hand, which may last as long as time itself. To the tinner, perchance, it was but the deed of a moment is as a pebble cast into the waters, the circle of whose vibration shall finally embrace the whole time-ocean. Mrs.- Ellis. " ' - A WARM STRAIN. Let him kbsiuo, let him kiss me, , , With the kisses of his mouth, ' For his bursting lip is glow ing " . Wilh the glories of ihe South! Oh! the rosy wine is luscious, In his chalices of gold ; . Bui his lots Id me is sweeter, Yea, a thousand, thousand fold 1 .. ' And Ihe very air lhat dances 'Neath the numbers of his name, . Smites my soul ilh dreamy ruusicj. And my heaving heart with flame, For I love him, yea, I love him 1 So lhat e'en bis name shall be, Like ihe bieeise Jht hunts the odor From some blossom-crowded tree - To our iieaven'hallowed temples, .-To the virgius, aud, to we. , . ' :, ,-, - Dublin Antion.. A Saubath school teaoher asked hiseVMi, Httpd everywaera fresntilV' ' f'Yes," was ihe gotier 0nr, except one utile lad Sitld ."Jo." , Tto teach- asked, , "Wbfre, Is not God jjvreseut !" Ha is not 'in all. (he) thoughts of Ihe wicked,'" was Ibe child's reoly. TOO Rl SY TO BE MARRIED. .' ! ' A New York correspondent of the Sun tells the following funny story : On Friday last, a young and pretty Dutch. girl entered the Marine Court and requested ono of the officials in attendance lo inform her "if dat vas vcre dey married de people 1"' Being told that it was, she looked smilingly upon the officer, and holding up her head as; if impressed with the responsibility of her position, addressed him with, "Vill you marry me, den?" "Marry you?" said the officer,' "oh, I can't do thai, I have a wife already." "I don't vant to be married to you, but 1 vant ' you to marry me," replied ehe. "Oh! ah, lhat is a different case; But who do you want to bo married tot" "To Fritz, but he vas so busy ho couldn't come, ' and said 1 might get it done." When informed that his marrying hy proxy would not answer, iho poor girl left, and the next day returned ' with Frit, who had managed to quit his work to get married, and the happy pair Were made one by hi? honor, the Mayor. '' v THE MITE'S l'RAVER At an annual exhibition of the Deaf Mutes in Ihe Indiana Institution, the fact was sta, ted, that Indiana was tho first Stale in the.. Union to provide for the gratuitous education - of her deaf mutes. Since the establishment of thai institution, several other States have followed the noble examplo. The following. rrayer was recently delivered, by sigus, by Mis Orchard, ono of tho pupils iu tho Indiana Institution : .. . THE MUTE'S PRAYER. G d litem lire Plate whose ifenerons arm sastaiu With willing otl'erintrs from her spreading plains Our litrpless band, which else in dirkest uighl Hurl ever roamed, unMest of science lilrt ; Had never learned thy aucred Word to love, Nor hoped to re.'t within Ihy courts abwe. With g iklen harvest let her fields be crowned, While pence and plenty spread their joys around. Hod of all nntioni! irrant her sons may live ' For tier and Thee alone ; aud wilt Thou give, When eartli no more its annual circuit rolls, And Angel's timid the knell of ruin tolls, A peaceful end. with pnrting splendors erovrned, Plow let her arch of empire crumble to the ground. Ql f.ir Girls. A paper published at Ak ron, Ohio, states that some time since a par ty of gentlemen and their ladies, from that village, visitoda place of refreshment in Mid. dleburgr, whore they passed a short lime J afler they had departed, a boy about the : house, who had occasion to enter the room several times during their stay, remarked that "they were iho queerest Uttls he ever see:d, cause when there were chairs enough in the room for them to sit on, thetarnal crit ters would sit on the boys' laps." 1 ' Love Geocbaphy. "Bob, where is the state of matrimony V 'It is one of the United States. It is bound ed by hugging and kissing on one side, and , cradles and babies on the other. Its chief products nre population, broomsticks and staying out o' nights. It was discovered by Adam and Eve while trying to find a north west passage out of Paradise. The climate is rather sultry, till you pass the tropics of house-keeping, when squally weather com monly sets in with sufficient power to keep -nil hands as cool as cuctjjjibers. For the prin cipal roads leading to this interesting stale consult the first pair of blue eyes you run ngainstf" Usk of a Mocstache. The editor of the Midical Timet, in referring to moustaches of mcdioal students, assures a correspondent that "moustaches have their uses; and among, iho most important, they are considered to point out the idlest, the vainest, (he most self-conceited, if not, probably, ihe most dis solute in the class. They are beacons to warn others." A friend, lately matricd, but fairly out of the sweet month, came to Mr. Snooks, with a sorrowful countenance and said, "Shooks, I'm the most unfoitunate wretch living. The fact is, I have married a fool." "Ah," exclaimed Snooks, with a look of coiiiinisseration, "but never mind il, my dear fellow, thai calamity does not excite my ' e compassion so much as a previous one oi your'av' r 'Why, v.hat was that'' "That yon vt'ero bom one." "An," said a mischievous wag to a lady acquaintance, of an aristocratic caste, "I per ceive you have beeu learning a trade." , , '.earning a Iradi,", replied the lady, in. dignantly, "you aro very much mistaken'. "Oh, I thought by the looks of your cheeks, you had turned painter." Tile lady waxed wrathy, and the wag frimoSi'J. - " . . i Party Colors in Prussia. The reaction' ists in Berlin wear black and white cockadast The Democrats wear black, red and gold. Il is forbidden to wear simply Ihe red color of the Republicans. A correspondent of ihe Boston Traveller says, an Irishman who wore a pair of red glass studs was stopped by a po; lice man and ask to move them. 'Wby?r he) Inquired."' "Becabse ibey are rej.'' "But is not black also one of the democratic co. lorsl" he further inquired. "Certainly," said the otlioer. "Then why -tlon'i you take ofT your bat, for ih.at is black V . ,'' Matrimonial MsAiu.-TwPulkaamek one F",;ritioiu . , t.ti, .... ; ' Three Flirtations make one Squeeia of, Ihe Hand. ui , , , . . .. !t, J . four Squeezes make one Kite. ... .: f 'YPV'H!tf make ene Mooi:(iht Meeting, Two Moonlight Meeting make eoe )VJ. ding. Two Wedding make Four Tool 1 a - aV
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