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MASSER is the local agent for the above Insurance Coin nan v. in Northumber land county, and ia at all times ready to elloct Insurances against fire on real or personal pro perty, or renewing policies lor the same. Sunbury, Aril 26, 1851. If. - HAND BILLS neatly iniiited en new type H- promptly lecuUd at this alike. Ako blanks, of all kinds on superior paper. . . -Sunbury, Fb. 11, 1653, SELECT POETRY. "WIBSTER. BY ANNE C LYNCH. "When I and all thane tint hear me rlmll have gone to our hiat home, and when the inonld may have pithen-d on our memories ns it will on onr tomha-" M'KMtxR'e SlFICH IS THK PEKAIf, JOIT, 1S50. The mould opon Ihy memory ! No, Not while one note is rnn Of those divino, itnmorlal sonps Milton nnd Slinkespere snug; Not till the night of year enshrouds The Aiiglo-SaxfJii longue. No lot Ihe dooil of Time roll on, And men and empires die ; Genius cnlhioned on lotly heiglilf, Can its dread fourse defy, Ami here on earth csui claim the gift Of immorltility : Can ave from that Lethean liile, That svre s so dmk ulong, A peoples name a people's fame To future t into piolnnz, As Tr iy o'ill live. anil only livtt, In llonn r'i deuihless sung. What llionh to buiieil Nineveh 1'lif traveller may i Oirie, ' And roll away t tie sto.ie that hides That loiiL'-furgutten lomb; llo questions its mute pasl in vain lis oracles aio dumb. What llinuph he Mand w here Balbee slood, Gigantic in its pride, No voiee comes o it that silent wasle Lone, desolate, and wide; They had no bard, no orator, No slaleotnan and they died. They lived their lilile. span of life, They lived mid died in vain They sank inloriously beneath Oblivion's silent reign, As sank beneaih the Dead Sea wave The Cities of tho Plain. But for lliose famed, immortal lauds Greece ami impeiial Home, Where Genius left ils shining mark, And found its thosen home; All eloquent with mind limy speak, Wuud, wave, and crumble dome. The honeyed words ol Plalo still Final on the echoing air, The llininler of Demosthenes Ejean waters bear ; And the pilgiim to the Forum hears The voice of Tully there. Aiul thus thy memory shall live, Ami llms ihy fame, resound, m id hir-oll luiuro nges roll Thuir solemn evelo roiuid. And mako ibis wide, this fair New World, An ancient, classic ground. Then with our Country's plot ious name Thine own shall be entwined, Within the Senate's pillared hall Tlnno imaou shall lis sunned, And on i ho Nalion'n Law shall gleam Light from thy giant mind. Our ptoudest monuments no more May rise to meet the sky, The stately Capitol o'erthrow, Low in ihe dust may lie; But mind, snblimo above tho wreck, lminoital ', cannot die ! 7i Select alc. THE BLIHD LOVER, A correspondent of the "Courier des Etats Unis," gives in that paper a series of papers, which he heads the Secrets ol Charity. The "To-day," a Boston literaiy journal, translates from one of these the following pleasing story : There are in Paris two charitable per sons, rich, young and happy, who give es pecially to blind beggars, out ot pity to those mendicants, and not on account of their dogs. I have seen them a hundred times pause before these poor people, smile sadly at their misfortune, and assist them with full hand. The poor blind people soou come to knosv them ; they learn the way which leads to their home ; they are never repulsed hy the porter of this noble house ; they are always certain to reach the charitv of that dwellins, with closed 1 have no light to mention me names of these two kind hearts of whom I write; only, as I must give them some name, I shall baptize them at will in a story which reveals the secret of their best charities the charities of a tender recol- ction. "What I am about lo tell you is not a fiction," 6aid to me, one day, Frederick d'- Amay, a college Iriend ol mine a inend who does not hate me. "What I am about to (ell you is not a romance ; it is a histo ry my history, that ol my wile. ininK that, since our separation on the benches of the Law School, I have been blind, en tirely blind. Try to listen and follow me ; I will carry you lo Switzerland, and I ogin : "It was in that beautiful country about Balel of summer evening! I had been running all day ; I was exhausted. My eyes had seen and admired to many natu ral beauties, mat tney were aazzieu wmi them. 1 stumbled about in dizziness which seemed like a painful intoxication. 1 knocked at the door of an excellent inn. I lay down, and immediately tell asleep in a eood bed. I dreamed, and my dreams were charming. Aiy inenu, i oiuy uenevu now in the beautiful dreams which we have when awake. ' ' "I awoke that day at the loud sound of a village song. I imagined, immediately, ha th.i aim was un. Alas ! no, my friend the sun was still asleep, and the nioht heran to seem to me very dark, very terrible. I heard suddenly, the song, of Kir. warl.linor in the fields : and 1 said to w. - a muoplf. u ith a kind o' anxiety. "Lo tne birds sing during the night?" I threw myself into the parlor, and by chance; nd. feelimr mv way. gliding along the wall, my hands at last reached the panes ol wiudow. I hastened io open u. seemed tv breathe the odorous air which came from the flowers in the garden, un doubtedly to greet my waking, and I said, with a fiingular 'feeling of terror "The grass, the flowers, and the shrubs do not give out their perlumes in the niht." I proceeded to touch with a trembling hand the side of the window, and it fell hot to my touch. I said, again "We do not feel the heat of the sun in the night-time." "Holloa!" I shouted, "What o'clock is itl" The village-belfry condescended to answer me : the clock struck twelve. "At the same moment the servant of the inn knocked at my chamber-door. "Will the gentleman breakfast ?" said he: "it is noun." "At these words I staggered like a drunken man. I saw nothing no person before me : night always night. I hid my face in b-th my hand., I murmured some confused words, my eyes had no more sight, nothing but tears. I fell with my face on the floor : 1 was blind ! . "When I recovered my senses, I found myself in a carriage which wan rolling at the swift speed of past horses; a hand, soil and small enough to be that of a woman, was gently laid on mine. I had a travel ing companion whom I did not know yet; and I asked, without seeing her : "Where am 1?" On Ihe road lo Germany." "To what charitable friend have 1 the honor of speaking madaii?" - "The Countess Uose de ." How comes it, madam, that you have taken pity on my misfortune?" "JikI because you are unfortunate." "What goodness, madam, for a simple traveler, a stranger !" "I know you well enough to recognize you at our first meeting. I have seen you often, very often, dining the last winter at Paris, in the saloons of our embassy ; and they called you Frederick d'Arnoy. Tf I may believe the official indications of your passport, you desired to travel in Austria, di.l you not Well; sir, I, too, am going to Vienna, my native country, to my fami ly. This suits wonderfully, and we are traveling together." "Alas! madam, what can I see in tra veling?" "Will you allow me (o see for you, Mr. Frederic '' "I thought 1 was still dreaming in the chamber of the inn, th,.t the illusions of a vision were a'lotit me. Was it a reality 1 It seen-.eJ to me that I kitted, with tears the hand of this woman, young, pretty, rich, undoubtedly ; and who found nothing better to do with such treasures than to lend her time to an unfortunate traveler, give her strength to a poor invalid, her beautiful ryes to a miserable blind man. "We travelled by easy stages. The Countess Rose was a rare and wonderful Antigne. It was not enough for her, my friend, to take care of nip, to serve me, to lead me : she tried to comfort me, lo cheer and amuse me, at a great cost of imagina tion, of kindness, of wit. "Almost all the friends we meet with in this world bring us their own ennuis, with out wishing to take ours. It was not thus for me, with my admirable travelling coin- She n'.ight have found it fedious panion. to keep tip so long a tete-a-tete with a blind man ; but nothing weary or sail eer escaped from her heart or mouth. X di vined every moment, hy a sort of second s;ght, that Rose was smiling upon me; and truly 1 saw her smile in her words. She found means to give sight to my extinct pvi4 lii iriv u'nrtliltis p v ps. ncche look- eJ from heaven to earth, and lavished upon mind th.; wonders of the magnificent spectacle which the described lo n.e, as we nroceeiled ' . ... . - . "As we ru i.roicneil the end ot our lour- m.o IhanL'u I t I in I limn crnni W nl B . . ... . . n. n -.1 i. niu...l 1 ft.t'.-il I r. call I T t civImI V . c .. ..... ....i ... ir ..nri in r.,i. a ni irn. 1... ''. ' - lie, which you ph-ase,- "Madam. nines invalids are the real spoiled children that must never he pun ished, allow me to address with impunity a duestiou lo vou which almost resembles folly." I An nnl I.i.Iivp En." ri'nUnil Rn-iP. "I continued my impendence so far ns fn snelr fur lh. lifiml nf tile Cnnnless. which I finished bv lindinz in my own. "Madam, I know that you are wise : are vn no. u i .tr everv dav! to amuse me ? I j j - j - j . know also that you are rich : you scatter your gold and silver in the dust ot the tiign road. I know that you are noble ; you honor one of the highest names in aristo cratic Germany. 1 know that you are tmr., a v 1 11 1 iti&l'rOlt frillf fl P V'lll llltl Ifl . 11 U .,11 , av. i. ..i., v. . .will . - - me, is it not sublime? 1 know, unaiiy, that some time since, you wore the mourn ing habits of an elegy that we call widow hood. You have been so kind as to speak to me, in a subdued tone, of the death ol your know cause are dersland or to cuess it, madam ?" "Yes, I understand, I guess ; and 1 ad vise you to wait for the confessions of a woman, when her age shall be settled." "And her beauty ?" "That is settled by looking." "But if one is blind ?" "He tries to see her without looking." "I will try madam." terious liht, placed itsell boldly on the forehead of the Countess. The forehead of r. ..... oo . o .n.Mh. a. th marhlt, "My indiscreet hand, guided ny a mys. of a statue ; and'l imagined that it had a white and1 admirable transparency. The r r. ... ir. 1 r..,i nair 01 ose was 1101 iar uu , suij,iu. as I touched it, that it was black, because it seemed silky. The ha clearly that Gaining b her curls that rose husband-but what llo 1 not y el J" ' ; c, f ihp'r.i.,. readily removed, for what 1 wish much to know, be- "..:.. .:,. ., ... i' . v,;-h i. t : i ;...i: . .., less Brow vounucr. i t i 1 mil curious uuu muuvrcci, u. o e u.i V..I ...I.Kpt which u in trance, nave you ueigueu 10 un- 1 if . 1 . i mnrea in me uuiiuni ui hit -, ... , mum , uw. ., In m th rlr. ill . loll?, atld I Ot Seein2 OCT, or raiuer 1 icaivu amu . i::.: ril,l.uI!,riinal I -l.;..h nVita ned for him. the aPPCliailOII Ol '" iu m.i no uoia av w j 1 r , 1 . a Lcian ti a ui via via us w j - -- 1 w w.-y , ..t . . . ir of Rose showed me very at the same time to 100a at ner. December, whether closed "the silver lonod Murray " .ga.u .uu, mat ne wu produce a my Antigone was a brunette. ' reder.c.,' asaea tne u . ., q. w,l0 w,i. pertor.u one Hundred mi.e. old ness, 1 passed my nauu over reineiuue, rv... 1 . ..,,:,,,, ,: B,i ninraiion The best lino ot oiisiiibm 101 a muuiwi uoui.. uu icai never uit vcuu Countess remained for me to discover ; her delicious manner of chatting and laughing could not belong to one more than twenty fne years old. "At Vienna, I was installed in the hos pitable house of the Countess. The ser vants - pressed around me ; my friends of the French embassy visited me every morning ; the voices of singers and the sound of instruments inundated me every evening with floods of Italian mu3:c. Rose appeared to me, a poor blind man, more young and more pretty than ever. Nothing was wanting to my happiness but one ray of sun ; less than that, one bit of light. '"One day, after dinner, the Countess conducted me mysteriously into my cham ber, and I was placed in an immense chair, which served me as a couch for repose. In a short time, two persons, one of whom walked like Hose, and the other more slowly, like an old man, approached my chair without speaking a word. They were commiss'Tating my misfortune ; and this rilent pity troubled me. "Who is there asked I, with a voice trembling with emotion mingled with auger. "I felt upon my brow a hand with which I was marvellously well acquain ted ; and, I added, smiling, to the Coun tess "No, my friend ; I come to see you with the most celebrated physician of Germany. lie is before you ; he is look ing at you ; he thinks he can and he will cure you." "Rose, it is not your hand which is now touching my forehead." "Do not talk, Frederick ; and keep perfectly .till under the hands of the doc tor." "The physician lifted my eyelids ; and almost at the same moments, two dreadful punctures, two wounds from a dagger, sharpened to needle's point, extorted from me a cry of anguish. A handkerchief for a bandage was thrown over my eyes. The handkerchief belonged to Rose, per haps ; and there was nothing more to be said till the next day. "The nest day, at evening, the Countess lighted a single watching lamp in my room. She came lo place herself before me, Ihe doctor was not far off, undoubted ly. and There were many others about me ; yet I heard nothing in this crowd so attentive, so uneasy, and the silence of which had something alarming, iinally, the bandage fell from my eyes, and you can faintly imagine my joy, my happiness my delirium. Ihe blind man was born again to lile and light. I saw men and women, young girls, the servants of the house, who smiled at the miracle of such a resurrection. It seemed to me that 1 should know the Countess, without ever having seen her. And I said to myself looking in turn at the ladies who had the sroodness to srr.ile upon m. 'Where is Rose ? where does she hide herself? Oh ! God, restore to me the eternity of night, that I may see Rose one moment ; that I may contemplate, that 1 may admire, that I mav recall her beauty." "A voice whose sound made me tremble deigned to reply to my thoughts, 'Frederick,' said the Countess to me, "alter God who has protected you, here is your saviour ; thank God in the first place and theu thank Dr. Muhldorll." "Why fhould 1 thank the doctor ? He had cured me, but the . countess alone has saved me. My first look belonged to Rose and I had hastened to give it to her as if to say, 'To my deliverer my grateful eyes.' "On, my Iriend '. what a surprise, wnai shame, what gnei : i nis uose, so preuy, xv-iae, -w ei.-ociw.ru, wai o wuiuuu i v uj r..i...i I .1,1... I I... v""'w,ru "j V . T 1.. l....IA lU VUll, X milium iuiui"i I i .... . r I k,,Un I feet : 1 resumed mv precious 1 irsuilltru hit I'ltwuuo imiu.iu- soon : i oecume umiu asani uy uib uiucu l J lU.. .1 1 . ...,t f r.n.wl n.i.in in ml Ol Ult) UUtlUI , a UU A IUUUU BpUIH ... J heart, with the image of the lovely per- son I had imagined, the illusions ol my dream. L. ....... ...... i lit.. Mn,n tirtup Ih.U -xciy c.cuiui:, ui hit wu., .... j accustomed me in restoring to me my m.rht. In hear Ihe liolit ol the Watching- lamp. A lamp afterward took the place j of this dim light, and 1 waited patiently e - ... . the time when this lamp too should he re- P'act'" W lllB '" . , . . . . . "A rtrange thing, singular vision, which could only be an accident of love and light. Every evening, in lookidg cloeiy at her, I thought I discovered in the age ot my pro- tectress a grace which w'as not too old, a smilewhich had a certain charm, glances which did not lack coquetry, a mysterious treasury, that love had lorgotten to resume in flvinz away witn her youui. un : eve ry day brought more brilliant than that of the previous one ; and, at tne same nine, bv a miracle wnicn aiarmeu my rro&ou, y . . . r I one mafic stroke, ono touch on this new picture, on this face which is undergoing a metamorphosis, and the wonder will be complete. The Countess ot Wty disannear. and the Rose ol hardly twenty- Fivp will r-annear to remain lorever. '...' . r . 'Une tine morninz tne sun niuiuinan-u . it. Til . h.I.i.I . . l- ...;ik . ...j ami rtinrmiuar lllo .pclttt-io Willi a i.iw nrndhrv. This dav. lor me nrsi time, had received lrom my doctor the delicious privilege of contemplating the splendors of the celestial light. I had just returned in ll. saloon ot the Countess after a long and magnificent walk. I approached Rose who was alone, and perhaps .expecting t trumblpil ml seated mvseli near 1 - ...-. - hear ; I cast down my eyes down for fear I L,.. J...A tha mini. lna acmi( fir IT. V D.IH&- I were so, you desired greatly to see the face of your Antigone. Is it not true, every one adores Ihe impossible?' 'I remember it madam ; and I am asham ed of my curiosity, of my audacity.' I have forgiven you. It was not easy for a blind man to see well the face of a woman. You remember in what way you sought to find it out, to discover to see it.' I remember it, madam. 'You said to me with a singular fatuity, 'I know you, I have looked at you, I have seen you." I spoke the truth, madam.' You repeated to me every moment, "Madam, you have beautiful black hair, great blue eyes, a mouth always smiling, lips very fresh, every thing most lovely. Madam, your beauty is admirable.' " 'I admired you, madam! Alas, my dear Frederick! what are you going to do with your complaisant admira tion. The blind man proposes, and the clear sighted man disposes. Look at me.' I looked at the Countess. 'Rose, Rose, cried I, prostrating myself at her feet, 'there is a God protects the blind. I know you now, 1 look at you and see you again. Yes, yes, you have the beautiful black hair, the great blue eyes, the ever fresh lips, a mouth ever smiling, every thing most lovely ; and I have found again all which appeared admirable to me, 1 understood all, madam; yon have done for my sick heart what the doctor has don lor my weak eyes. The doctor protected my eyes fiom the strong rays ol light ; you have spared my love the radiant glory of your Deauty. "And now you know," concluded my friend, "the wonderful story of my mis f rtune, of my marriage, of my happiness. You know the secret of the charitable deference, which surprises many persons ; you know the mystery of some smiling charities, which Rose and t drop into the hands of the poor blind. We give with the charity of memory, our eyes turned towards the light of heaven." From the Muaicul WorM.J inn. CLAPl-s SOLILOO.UY. Another girl. What tan Mrs. Clapp be thinking of? it is peifrclly ridiculous! There's four of them now, and that is four more lhan is necessary. I don't believe in gids lovers and laces, ringletsaiid romances, j'iwehy and jump-ropes, silks and satins! what's lo be done ? There's a whole chest full of my old clothes that I've been saving to make rny boys' jackets. I wish Mrs. Clapp ever would think as I do. Another girl .' Who's to keep the name in the family, I'd like to know 1 1 shall bo extinct ! And now she wants me to put up a note in church for "blessings received 1" Well, I suppose my girls will (urn to boys, one of these days. (It's hard to be facetious n hen a man's to be crossed and thwarted in this way once a year.) Mrs, Clapp has a very oostinate streak in her disposition in this respect. It's waste powder to reason with her: it seems to go into one ear and oul of the other. If she gets going on one particular track, you may just fold your arms and let her take her time to get off it. She knows I prefer boys, thai woman does, just as well as she knows her name is Hetty. Well, there's limit lo human patience. I shall tell her, very decidedly, as foon as her gruel probation is over, that a stop must be put lo this. It's no use for a man to pretend to be master in his own house, when he isn't! Fanny Fern. Beautiful Thought. 1 here is but one breath of air and beat of the heart between this world mid the next. And in Ihe brief interval of a painful and awful suspense, -- ... i I a r a nniiiarluu Ami lla nil nntl'prflll. And tbft ' V uv.ini.rr, - - " ,---.- ! fast faint pulsation here is but Ihe prelude of endless life here after, we feel 1.1 the midst of the stunning calamity about to befal us, I . . . . . .l lna. carm nas ll0 compensating eoou io mo everely of our log, Bul there is no grief I . . . . uMiiiniii soma nnineeni provision 10 soiten its liitenseiiess. When the eood ami ine lovely die, the memory of their good deeds, like tho moonbeams o.i the stormy sea, lights up our darkened hearts, and lends to the eur rounding gloom a beauty so sad, so sweet, that we would nat, if we could, dispel the daikness lhat environs us. No Mone Putty Tho anxious inquiries conceruino the price oi mis aiucia are auoui to be silenced. Some Down-East operator has cot a way of salting glass without putty. The window sash is made entirely of wood, the out-side perninnonl. Tho inside is from ed in such a manner that the parts can be the purpose of iiiseiting placed botween slips of hen the parts of the gash are replaced, causes ihe glass to be per feciiy firm. The moveable parts or ilia sasti are 6,.cured to their place by a knob screw, hich makes a preuy finish I . .1 . t-.:-.: Kossuth. 111 a recent letter to 1110 .lauuu 1 m ivciunu i.cubuv ......... - I-II-I..C . I ..n..A ... li'.inlnft.t aaia Iim n 1 vi 1,110 wiih m. . - i K,d nmiiir. nml ui In Inrt mesani .tnie of Euronean iJeroocracy, 11 1 oesi not I (0 ajk Bij0Ul : Nothing short of an extra ordinary emergency, promising some prao tical result, shall ever induce him, he says, to deviate from tha chosen rule, never to speak any more in England publicly Tuk Canal Commissioners have given so- tioe that Ihe water win De drawn on tne 1 1 100 iut iua - I .. .. ... . t I l . ,..K ...i.:..u v.... THE PERU. OF MATniMOKIAL LIFE. V turned aside from our path for a space, to v'sit nn object of some curiosity, which is one of tho "lions" of lbs Eastern shore, This is nn ancient-vault, belonging to a mem, ber of ihe "Ctisiis" family, a branch of the same stock with which Washington inler- martied. It lies upon a fine old farmstead, looking out upon the bay, and occupies the centre of a large field, the only prominent object, sheltered by some old trees. This vault is of white marble, elaboralely carved in London, but now in a state of delapidation, The curious feature abont it consists in its inscription, which runs thus: 'Under this marble tomb lies the body of the Hon. John Custis, of ihe city of Williams burg and Parish of Burton ; formerly of Hun gar's Parish, on the eastern shore of Virgi nia, and county of Northampton, aged 7 1 years, and yet lived but seven years, which was the space of time he kept a Dachelor's Home at Arlington, on ihe eastern shore of Viiginia. This inscription, we are told by another, on the opposite side, was put on the tomb by his own positive orders. Tho gist or it, our lady readers will bo pleased to conceive, consists in the lines we have italicised ; the force of which will bo better understood from Ihe addilonal fact, which does not ap paer, that this bachelor, who lived in his bachelor condition, was actually marrieu three times. His experience, if wo are able t0 believe his epitaph, was e-eatly adverse t0 th0 idea of happiness in the married state; ..et now strange that he should have venlur- cJ ,hree tjmes it j The natural con. elusion is that Hon. John Custis was a singu lar, just, and conscious mhn, who, unwilling to do the sex any wrong by a premature judgment, gave them a fair trial, at the ex pense of his own happiness, and pronounced I judgment only after his repealed experi ments. Tradition has preserved anecdotes of the sort of experience which he enjoyed in the marriage stale, one of which I will relate. appear5 ,nil, 10 as driving oul in his an- cjeilt coach with one of his wives and to do him justice we must assure the reader he had but one at a time nnd in tho neigbor- hood of the very spot to which we ourself ate tending Cape Charles. A matrimonial discussion ensued between the pair, which warmjd as they proceeded. The lord grew angry, and the lady was vociforons. "It was tho diamond," said one "and I insist," quolh tho other, "that il was the club." "You will drive me mad !" cried John Custis. 1 1 should call that admirable driving!" re torted his wife. "By !" he exclaimed, "if you say an. other word, I will drive into Ihe sea !" They were even upon I ho beach. "Another word!" screamed the lady "Drive where you please !" she added. 'Into the sea 1 can go as deep as you dare, any day !" He became furious, took her at hei word and drove the horses and charriot into the ocean. They began lo swim. He held in, looked into her face, and she laughed in his. "Why do yon slop," he euquited, exult- ingly, not a wbit alarmed. "You are a devil" he exclaimed, turning the horses about, and making for the shore with all expedition. "Pooh! pooh!" laughed his tormentor. ' Learn from this fact lhat thero is no place where yon dare to go, where I dare not ac company you.', "Even lo 1" "The only exception," she answered with la chuckle; "ihere, my dear, I leave you." She bad conquered. He never drove at Cape Charles again, but rnnnRd with ihe recollection of ihe seven Is ... ... .i whe or fa at At innton. Torres- 0jfnc(! Charleston Evening News. I ' front the UosUia Tronacript. Mr. Webster's Death. 'Twos morning, and the booming minute enn Told of the fearful work that Death had itnne. And to a Nation roused from slumber, broke The alul tidings ot Ins lalal suoKo ; r.. ..Ure nr iKn and announcement fell. LCausill!, each heart wiih softened giief lo swell, Each eye the timer tear unchecked to f.he.1 For him now uumbcied with the mighty fload For him, the SUle&man, Orator, and Sage, Pri.l.. of onr country. Silo'- of ""r ago ; who. words of wisdom, with resislless Have graced our brightest, cheered our nriu'Hl. gloomiest nour , Whose councils wise on history's page will atttinil And sneak his praise in this and every land ; Whoae deeds 110 marble needs to give to . lame, When marble moulders, bright will be bis name ! Recorded now with WssumuTo-; will na la II ho namPJ OI If kUITtl. lUWOIUia. " iuo - 1 --, I . Lord Msnsfirld. when quite young used to reeilu the oration of Demosthenes, an hie native mountains i ha also practised bofoie Mr. Pope, the poet, fur the bouelit of bis critioisius. The consequence was, his melodious voice and graceful diolioti, mado d..en un iinnression. a the beauties of his sivle, and iho excclleuce ol 111a matter, - 1 '.. ... .. l.OKOEVITV. Dr. Filch in his excellent work on con sumplion, groups together qnile a number of remarkable cases of longevity. Thomas Parr was born in 1483. and died in 1635, aged 152 years. He died not from the dis ease or decay of a single organ, but from too great fullness of blood, causes by more than) usual indulgence in eating and drinking. Ha had led an active country lite, enjoying country air and exercise; but was invited to London, where luxurious eating and drinking1 soon finished him. Ilia body was examined by the celebrated Dr. Harvey, discoverer of the circulation of the blood, who has left an account of the examination. Parr enjoyed good health foi a century and a-half. Thiity. five years after the death of Parr, Henry Jenkins, of Vorkshiie, England, dieJ, aged 160. He was born in 1501, and died in 1670. His ago ia fully authenticated, and is tho greatest among tho moderns. John Effing ham, of Cornwall, England, died aged 147 years. James Lawrence, a Scotchman, lived 140 years. About the year 1790, Joseph Siiniiigton died at Bergen, Norway, nged 160 years. In 1772, a man nnmed Drnkenburg died in Denmark, in tho 147th year of hi8 age. In 1825, Pope Leo. XII. granted lo a poor man living near Lake Tbrasimene, in Italy, a pension on acconnt of his great age; he was then iza years old. lie died ngeu uu years. In 1830, a man died at St. Peters- burch. need 180 vears. I knew a man ir (he island of Cuba, who was 120 years old; he was able to ride on horseback 60 miles in a day, and return home the next. We will. now come to our own country. In 1820, a man named Henry Francisco died a White hall, in the Slate of New York, aged 134 years. He beat the drum at tho coronation 0f Queen Anne, and was then 16 years of age ; he did not die ol old ago, Dut oi ague and fever. 1 forgot to mention the name of Dr. Mead, who was consulting physician t Queen Elizabeth, and died at the age of 148 years. John Hightowcr, residing in Maren-. go county, Alabama, died January, 1845, nged 126. William Pridgen, of Maryland died October, 1845, aged 123 years. The- Rev. Mr. Harvey, a Baptist cleigyman, resi- ,jng at Frankfoit, in the Slate of New York, is now in the active and useful discharge of his clerical duties, nt the age of 111 years. This very year he presided at a convention; of the Baptist clergy, and is perhaps the old est clergyman in the world who is able to. discharge his clarical duties. A Mr. Blackwell, residing near Greenvill, North Carolina, was living a short time since, ' at Ihe age of 136 years. A collored man named Syphix, in fine vigorous health, was living last year in Cumberland county, Vir ginia, at tho age of 117 years. The Mon treal Times, October, 1846, translates the fol lowing from tho Revue Canadienne : "An old man died at Wexford, Upper Canada, & short time since, named Daniel Atkin, but rejoiced in the soubriquet of Black Dan. At the time of his decease he was 120 years of age ; and during his life had contracted sev en marriages, by whom he had an incredible. number of children, grand-childien and; gieat grnnd-children, in all about 570 37j of whom are boys, and 200 girls." Mr. John Van Hoozer, of Jefferson county, Tennessee, died at his residence, about the 1st August, 1850 aged 122 years. A great many men I are now living in this country (the United, States) who are over 100 years of age. Seven Fools. t. The Envious Man who sends away his mutton, because the) person next lo him is eating venison. 2. Tha Jealous flan who spreads Oil bed wiih stinging nettles, and then sleep in it. 3. The Proud Man who gets wet through sooner than ride in the carriage of an infe rior. 4. The Litigious Man who goes to law in the hope of ruining bis opponent, and gets ruined himself. 5. The Extravagant Man who buys a herring and takes a cab to carry it home. 6. The Angry Man who leains the opm- cleide besnuse ho is annoyed by the playing; of bis neighbors piano. 7. The Ostentatious Man who illuminate the outside of his house most brilliantly, aud sits inside in the dark. i"iicA. Anecdote or Col. Ckocket. Ouce upon. a time, during a ueoaio miv. - I 1. .. IT C II... ...a of Kopresentalive, ou a Dill lor increasing ihe number or hospitals, one 01 tue wesiern members arose and observed : "Mr. Speaker My opinion is, that tha ginerulity of mankind in gtnerof, are dis posed to lake the disadvantage ot me gin- erality -of mankind in gt'neral." Sii, down, sit down," whispered the Col, who sat near him, "you are coming out at lbs burne hole you went in at." THE LITTLE HINUCHIliO Ttll.HO, Hwcet l uifrhiug child, the collage door ftuuul. free and wrxaua eow, Uat oh ! iu aunahine gilds uo more The gludiwas of thy brow ! Thy merry step hath passed away ! Thy laughine; apmt ia hushed for aye t Thy mother hy tha treaide sits. And listuus lor thy call And alowly, slowly, as ah kails, , li-r iiaiut loara dawu fall j Hot L1TTLK liLNnsklNj Tuia ia ( Ml., And uadiaturbed she may work en. Mr. Ceouob Spicer, of New Yurk, ha 1 100(1 horsti in nine) a ceo in j
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