7- ----- -- '. . TJ - 1 -/ ~, . 4 1.) )\ ),)_, r c si . , , _ , o__ j it L _ ,hrl, i 1 11 i i' ti 1 1 I cv, cot iv \ 1 L.JQ:i cii-(' t)Ul'' * 11/ ('-(. Q- 1 ,, 1 ): , Lti -_ 4; 4' ,- t, , A, foil') Vaper---penottil to potion', Aviculture, fittraturt, Stitilft, Art, foreign, plastic an @nerd juttilignice, ESTABLISHED IN 1813. THE WAYNESBURG MESSENGER, PUBLISHED BY B. W. .JONES & JAMES S. JENNINGS, WAYNESBURG, GREENE CO., PA By -OFFICE NEARLY OPPOSITE THE PUBLIC SQUARE. _DI "al 3 a 12 C i bvnimairriou.—St 50 in advance; $1 75 at the ex piration of six months; 932 00 within the year; $250 after the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENT* inserted at $I 00 per square for three insertions, and 25 cents a square for each addition al insertion; (ten lines or less counted a square.) Mr A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. DIV - JOB PRINTING, of all kinds, executed in the best style, ana on reasonable terms, at the "Messenger" Job office. quesbutg ( fusitiess earbs. ATTORNEYS. A. A• PURMAN. J G. RITCHIE , , PURMAN RI T CHIE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Waynesburg, Pa. BT'All business in Greene, Washington, and Fay ette Counties, entrusted to them, will receive prompt attention. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. I. A. J. BECHANAN. WM. C. LINDSEY. BUCHANAN & LINDSEY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Waynesburg, Pa. Office on the South side of Main street, in the Old Bank Building. Jan. 1, 1862. XL. W. DOWNY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. 7 - Office in I edwith's Building, opposite the Court Nouse, Waynesburg, Pa. R. A. M'CONNELL, J. J. HUFFMAN. IVVCONNELL dic .11171VIVLAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Waynesburg' Pa. arOffice in the "Wright 11. < se," East Door. Collections, &c.. will receive prompt attention. liAlaynestourg, April 23, DAVID CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Sayers' SulWino, adjoining the Post ((Tice. dept.ll, 1861-Iy. C. A. BLACK. JOHN PHELAN. BLACK & PHELAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Al LAW Office in the Court House, Wayneaburg. Sept. 11,1861-Iy. PHYSICIANS ______ B. M. BLACHLEY, M. D. rztirsxamsr & SURGEON, Oillec—Biaohleygo Building, Main St., r e , ESPECTFUI LY announces to the citizens of Waynesburg and vicinity that be has returned froni Hospital Corps of the Army and resumed the prac tice of medicine at this place. Waynesburg, June 11, 1361.-l). DR. D. W. BRADEN, Physician and Surgeon. Office in the Old Bank Building, Main sireet. 'Sept 11, 1861—ty. DR. IL. G. CROSS OULD very respectfully tender his services as a W 11 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people of Waynesburg and vicinity. Ile hopes by a due appre (dation of human life and health, and strict attention to business, to merit a share of public patronage. Waynesburg. January S, DR. A. Z. EGOY SSPECTFULLY utters his services to the citizens JR, of Waynesburg and vicinity. as a Physician and dungeon. Office opposite the Republican office. lie lopes by a duo appreciation of the laws of human life and health, so native medication, anti strict attention to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. April 9, 1862. DRUGS. . _ M. A . HARVEY, Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and Vile, the Most celebrats4 Patent Medicines, and Pure Liquors for medicinal purposes. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. MERCHANTS WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealei in Foreign and Denies Or Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, dr.c., Main street. Sept. 11. IBM —ly. R. CLARK, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens ware and notions, in the Hamilton House, opposite the Court House. Main street. Sept. 11, 186I—Iy. MINOR & CO., Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gro eerie', Queeusware, Hardware and Notions, opposite the Green Donee, Main street. Sept. 11, CLOTHING N. CLARK, Dealer iu Men's and Boys' Clothing, Cloths, Casei merest, Satinets, Hata and Cape, &c., Main atrt et, op. posit° the Court muse. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS J. 1). COSGRAY, Boot and Shoe maker. Main street. iwarly opposite the "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of Boots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy, N. 11. McClellan ►toot arm Shoe maker, Machley's Corner. Main street. Boots and Shoes of every variety always on hand or 'made to order on short notice) dept. 11, 11361-Iy. GROOZIRIES & VARIETIES JOSEPH YATER, Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions, Medicines, Perfumeries. Liverpool Ware, kc., Glass of all sizes, and Gilt Moulding. and Looking Glass Plates. 117 - Casli paid for good eating Apples. Sept. 11, 1961-Iy. JOHN MUNNELL, Dealer in Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety Goods Generally, Wilson's Nuw Building, Main street. sopt IS6I-I.y. 11001C$, &c. LEWIS DAY, Dealer in School and Miscelleneous Books, Station ,try, Ink, Magazines and Papers. One door east or Porter's Store, Main Street. Sept. it, 1861 ly. SADDLES AND BABBIZIBI3 SAMUEL M'ALLISTER, fiddle, Harness and Trunk Maker. old Bazar Ing, Wam street. spo. 11, 1861-1- TOZ.LOOOpro, _ 'ELOO P 8 4 . 11 mini Wren and whines:de and mail &alma* Maddanan,Strin and ennff.Segar ouaa, rtfain, illebanesOld Building, Main an*. anon' tI, fs6l-IY. MEE grtrut tattq, WHEN the GREAT REBELLION'S OVER. Climbed the baby on her knee, With an airy, chjldish grace ; Prattled on her lovely face: "When will papa come to me ?" "Papa ?" soft the mother cried— " Papa! ah ! the naughty rover! Sweet, my pet he'll come to thee When the great rebellion's over!" "Mamma once had rosy cheeks Danced and sang a merry tune ; Now she rocks me 'neath the moon, Sits and sigl - a, but scarcely speaks," Sad the smiles the mother wore— " Sweet mamma has lost her lover, She will blush and sing no more Till the great rebellion's over I" •`Till the blush of peace shall come, Like a quiet fall of snow. And the merry troops shall go Marchinghback to hearts at borne" "Papa—home?" the baby lisped, Balmy-breatb'd as summer clover, "Yes, my darling, home at last, And the sad rebellion over!" Entered at the open door, While the mother soothed her child One who neither spoke or smiled, Standing on the sunny floor, Wistful eyes met mournful eyes, Hope took flight, like airy plover; Ah poor heart thoul't wait in vain Till the great rebellion's over !" Heart, poor heart ! too weak to save, Vain your tears—your longings vain— Summer winds and summer rain Beat already. on his grave ! From the flag upon his breast. (Truer breast it ne'er shall cover!) From its mouldering colors, wet With his blood, shall spring beget Lily, rose and violet, And a wreath of purple clover, With the flag upon his breast, They have hid away your lover— Weep not ! wail not ! let him rest, Having bravely stood the test, He shall rank among the blest. When the great rebellion's over. iordlantouo. OLD EAGLES AND THEIR NESTS, The Girard (Pa.) Union gives the following interesting account of a couple of old eagles, their troubles and their constancy. It says : "Six ty years ago, when the township was first founded, a pair of eagles, the • white-headed or bald species, had a nest in a tall tree on the farm of Mr. Kelly. They were not disturbed, and for twenty years they occupied the nest, annually rearing and send ing forth a brood of eagles, when a violent storm overturned the tree, and, of course, destroyed their habi tation. They then rebuilt their airy house on a lofty and inaccessible syc amore, on the farm of Richard Petti bone, adjoining Mr. Kelley's, and en joyed perfect happiness for forty years longer, raising to eaglehood two or three chicks yearly. A few weeks ago a high wind wrenched oft a limb containing the nest, and threw it to the ground with such en ergy that it was torn to atoms, and a very young and a very bald eagle killed. The nest was very large, be ing made of about ten bushels of sticks and leaves. This aged and persevering couple are now making the third on another sycamore, near the one lately destroyed. How old these birds are is not known, but that they are the same pair found there by the earliest settlers there is no doubt. They are so long familiar with the presence of men that they can be approached within a few feet; and their great age, constancy and friendliness have given them the re spect of the neighbors, who would turn out en masse and mob the un lucky sportsman who should, attempt to shoot or despoil the royal family." OUT OFF THE BACK LEGS OF YOUR CHAIRS. I will tell you a secret worth know ing. A thousand things nct worth half as much have been patented and elevated into a business. It is this. If you cut off the back legs of your chairs, so that the back part of the seat shall be two inches lower than the front part, it will greatly relieve the fatigue of sitting, and keep - your spine in much better shape. The principal fatigue in sitting comes from your sliding forward, and thus straining the ligaments and muscles in the small of the back. The expe dient I have advised will obviate this tendency, and, as I have suggest ed, add greatly to the comfort and healthfulness of the sitting posture. The front edge of a chair should not be more than fifteen inches high for the average man, nor more than fourteen fbr the average woman.— im average ebair is now seventeen inches high, for an, which no Anumat of slanting in the seat can make com finiatble.—Lemnis' Gyortnasiton. WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1862. I OUT-DOOR EXEROISE OF 'ENGLISH WOMEN. The women of England are blessed with one pre-eminent advantage as regards exercise out of doors, which to us must be always wanting, and that is the character of their cli mate. Say- as you will against the English climate, it could hardly be better for walking, and that is some thing all must admit There is noth ing comparatively of summer heat or winter cold. Eighty in the shade is reckoned a very warm day, in ordi nary seasons. You will remember such day a good while. The nights are few in which a blanket is not re quired for comfort. As to winter, England can hardly lay claim to any ! thit7 , to which we should accord the name. Snow is a rarity, and seldom remains on the ground 'for two days together. The ice in London parks is so thin at best, that the skaters are constantly breaking through and being taken out half dead. Garden ing operations are suspended only for a very short time, if at all. Cab bages are left in the garden through the winter, and taken as they are wanted. The crocus and anemone, ranunculus and polyanthus, are out in all their beauty in January, and peas arc up and potatoes planted by the middle of February. Mud is but little known, because there are ex cellent gravel sidewalks all over Eng- I land. What is there to prevent the women of England from walking, then, if they want to, 911 almost any day from New Year's to Christmas ? It is true they have gloomy clouds, and damp chilly winds, and rain in abundance, but these are hardly al lowed to stand in the way. Equipped from head to foot according to the weather, they sally- forth in most all weathers, and in almost all circum stances. The young wife never shuts herself up at home, or stays away from church as long as she is well enough to go abroad. A deeply interesting illustration of the good health of English women is the filet that deaths among young wives is very unfrequent. Such cases are far more numerous among our selves. We remember to have seen an English lady amazed and appalled in wandering over a New England cemetery and reading on the head stones the many inscriptions which tell this exceedingly sad and mourn ful tale: To her it seemed as if some fatal pestilence must have visited that particular locality. Yet it was the tale which all our places of burial tell, and to which no one among us takes heed. An Englishman who should have committed his third wife to the grave at forty years of age, would be regarded with feelings ap proaching to superstition, and anoth er woman would hesitate to assume the thrice vacant place. We knew one such case, and only one, in a per iod of fourteen years. An English woman i& pedestrian r almost from her birth, being taken out for an airing when she is scarcely a week old, passing several hours of every fine day out of doors during the first year of her existence, and walking thousands of miles before she has numbered her teens. Would it not be strange if she had not a full form and a rosy cheek, and a mer ry, laughing eye? An English girl who would not rejoice in a walk of four or five miles would be thought a poor thing. WANT Or COURAGE, Sidney Smith, in his work on moral philosophy, speaks in this wise Of what men lose for the want of a little brass, as it is termed : "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men, who have only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort, and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would, in all proba bility, have gone great lengths in the career of fame. The fact is, that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks and adjusting nice chances; it did all very well before the flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publica tion for a hundred and fifty years, and then live to see its success for six or seven centuries afterwards; but at present a man waits, and doubts, and consults his brother, and his uncle, and his first cousin, and his particular friends, till one fine day he finds that he is sixty-five years of age; that he has lost much time in consulting first cousins and particular friends; that he has no more time left to follow their advice. There is so little time for oversqueam ishness at present, the cpporcunity slips away_ The very period of life at which a man chooses to ven ture, if ever, is so confined, that it is no bad rule to preach up the neceeity, in such instances, of a little violence done to the feelings, and of efforts made in defiance of strict and sober calculation." BE PATIENT WITH THE LITTLE ONES. Be patient with the little ones.— Let neither their slow understand ing nor their occasional pertness of fend you. or provoke the sharp re proof. Remember the world is new to them, and they have no slight task to grasp with their unripened intellects the mass of facts and truth that crowd upon their attention.— You are grown to maturity and strength through years of experience, and it ill becomes you to fret at the little child that fails to keep pace with your thought. Teach him pa tiently, as God teaches you, "line up on line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little." Cheer him on in this conflict of mind : in af ter years his ripe, rich, thought shall rise up and call you blessed. Bide patiently the endless ques tionings of your children. Do not roughly crush the springing spirit of free inquiry with an impatient word or frown, nor attempt, on the con trary, a long and instructive reply to every slight and casual question.— Seek rather to deepen their curiosi ty. Convert, if possible, the careless question into a profound and earnest inquirv, and aim rather to direct and aid than to answer this inquiry.—. Let your reply send the little ques tioner forth, not so much proud of what he has learned as anxious to • know - more. Happy thou, if in giv ing thy child the molecule of truth he ask for, thou canst whet his curi osity with a glimpse of the mountain of truth lying beyond; so wilt thou send forth a philosopher, and not a silly pedant into the world. Bear patiently the childish humors of those little ones. They are but the untutored pleadinff h of the young spirit for care, and cultivation. Irri tated into strength, and hardened into habits, they will haunt the whole of life like fiends of despair, and make thy little ones curse the day they were born; but, corrected kindly and patiently, they become the elements of happiness and useful ness. Passions are but fires that may either scorch us with their un controlled fury. or may yield us a genial and needful warmth. Bless your little ones with a pa tient care of their childhood, and they will certainly censeerate the glory and grace of their manhood to your service. Son- in their hearts the seeds of a perrenial blessedness ; its ripened fruit will afford you a per petual joy.— The Friend of Youth. A HARD FIGHT BETWEEN A MAN A.ND A HORSE. The Norfolk Reformer relates the following singular oceurrenee as having taken place in the township of Walsingliam, Canada :---" Mr Abram Brandow had a very narrow escape one day last week from being killed by a horse. Ile want into a field to catch his horse, and as soon as he got near the animal, it pitched at him in a determined and savage manner, biting Brandow fearfully. Brandow is a strong, able man, and a good horseman, and he fought the horse as long as he could with the bridle, but finding that it did not heed that weapon, he threw his arms around the horse's neck, and his feet around its fore legs. "While in this position, he threw the horse down. This, of course, broke his hold, and the horse soon got up again and continued the fight with renewed severity. Finally, Brandow threw himself flat upon the ground, giving up all hope, the horse contin uing to bite him for some time after he lay perfectly still. Even after the animal had left and gone some distance it returned and bit Bran dow several times. Strange to say, the horse did not strike or attempt to stamp the Mall, but tried and did kneel on him, as if trying to crush him with his knees. Brandow had his clothes almost entirely torn off, and from one of bis arms the flesh." A. WORD TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS ABOUT ORDER. Little friends, put things right back in their proper places. Never leave things all about, helter-skelter, topsy-turvy—never. When you use any article—hoe, shovel, rake, pitch fork, axe, hammer, tongs, boots or shoes, books, slates, pencils, writing apparatus, pins, thimbles, pincush ions, needles, work-baskets, kitchen furniture, every article of house wifery or husbandry, no matter what it is—the very moment you have done using it, return it to its proper place. Be sure to have a special place for everything—a place for everything, and everything in its place. Order, order, perfect or der, is the watchword—heaven's first law. Row much precious tube is saved (aside from vexation) by ob serving order—systematic regular ity ! And little folks sbonkl begin early to preserve order in every thing—form habits of order. These loose, slip-shod slatternly habits are formed in childhood, and habits once formed cling for life. Young friends, begin early to keep things straight in their proper place; study neatness, order, economy, .so briety—,everything just, honest, pare, lovely, and of good report. YOUTH RENEWED. There lives in the town of Parson field, State of Maine, an aged Free will Baptist Minister, by the name of John Buzzell. Sixty years ago he was one of the most popular and sue cessful preachers in that part of the country. When it was announced that he would hold forth in any place, the whole population, from all the cross-roads, the hill-tops and the valleys, would flock to hear him.— He belongs to what may be called • the Old School of that denomination; and in his early days was accustom ed to wear his hair long and parted, ' with 'a black homespun coat as plain as the tailor could make it.— Ile preached in the peculiar tones which were used by his brethren of those times, and always exerted a wonderful influence upon the minds of his audience. We last heard him thirty years ago, his locks were white and flowing, and his eyes dim. by reason of age. He has always worked upon his farm, kept the charge of his peopie, in Parsonstield, and attended all the quarterly meet in,s held in his district. In politics he has ever been an unswerving member of the Democratic party ; in religion one of the most consistent of Christians. He is now ninety five years of age, enjoys good health, and preaches occasionally. Bat the mrst remarkable of all is, that with in a few years he has had new hair —the hair of his youth—new teeth and new eyes! Wonderful illustra tion of the Scripture statement, "Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." IT PAYS TO TARE THE PAPERS A capital story is told us of an old farmer in the northern part of this county, who had been 'saving up' to take up a mortgage Of $2OOO held against him by a man who lived near er the sea shore. The farmer had saved up all the money in gold, fear ing to trust the banks in these war times. Week befhre last he lugged down his gold and paid it over when the following colloquy ensued "Why, you don't mean to give this $ . 2,000 in gold, do you ?" said the lender. "Yes, certainly," said the farmer, "I was afraid of the pesky banks, so I've been saving up the money, in yellow boys, for you this long time." "All right," responded the leader, only I thought you didn't take the papers, that's all." "Take the papers ! No sir, not I. They have gone on so since the war's been a going, that I won't have one 01 the devilish things about. But the money is all right, isn't it ?" "Yes, all right, $2,000 in gold. All right, here's your note and mort frq h ere 2 " • And well he might have called it all right, as the premium on gold that day was 22 per cent., and his gold was not only worth the face of his bond but $440 besides, enough to have paid for his village newspapers for himself and posterity for at least three centuries. It pays to take the papers.—Norwalk (Conn.) Gazette. PURE WATER FOR STOCK. A goad draught of good water is probably as refreshing to beasts as it is to people. But, in the month of August, nearly all domestic ani mals suffer for more than we imag ine for want 'f good water. Sheep will thrive for better if they can have a plenty - of pure water ; and if milch cows must drink stagnant water wherever they can find it, how is it possibie for them to give their flow of good milk. It is impractica ble for thorn to do it. Some people allow water to stand in troughs day after day and compel their animals to drink it all up. Did such people ever drink water from an old dirty slop pail, after it has been allowed to stand for two or three days ? Let them try the ex periment of such water, and wait for the result ; and then they will be prepared to express a correct opin ion whether such water is as good for stock, in the sultry days of August as pure water would be. Water troughs and water tanks should be cleaned frequently during the hot days of August, and fresh water pumped into them several times during the day. Mitch cows require a good deal of pure water in hot weather, in order to produce their usual flow of good mil k • Country G-entleman. INCREASE OF RATS Thu Farmer's Gazette (English) as serts and proves by figures that one pair of rats will have progeny and descendants amounting to no less than 651,000 in three years, Now unless this immense family can be kept down, they would then con sume more food than would sustain 65,000 huinan beings. It will be far wiser for the farmer to the destruc tion of rats than of small birds. Certainly it will. Whoever enga ges in shooting small birds is a cruel man; whoever aide in exterminating rats Is a benefactor. We should like some of cur correspondents to give us the benefit of their experienoe in snecessfully driving out these - pests. We need; somethitig besiees dogs, eves anti traps; for this- business. HOW BODIES ARE EMBALM. Embalming, which is coming much into practice of late, is thus performed :—The modern embalmer finds an artery into which he can place the nozzle of an injecting syringe. The artery in the upper part of the arm, called the bracial, or the artery in the neck, the carotid, answers the purpose. Into this ar tery, the embalming fluid, consisting of alum, or corrosive sublimate, is injected until it permeates every structure. The solution sometimes retains its fluidity; sometimes it is so constituted that while it is warm in the fluid. on cooling it sets, and becomes more or less hard. After the injection, the artery is closed, tt'e opening through the skin is neat ly sewn up, and the operation is com pleted. Great numbers of the offi cers of the army, who have fallen in the engagements in Virginia, have been embalmed in this manner by Dr. Holmes. of Brooklyn, New York, and sent home to their rela tives. A VALUABLE OAT. For some days last week, says the New Bedford Mercury, the servant in a family in this city discovered each morning, at the back door of the house a number of apples. She was puzzled to account for the circum stance, until a neighbor discovered a cat bringing an apple by the stem, and depositing it at the door, and then going away and repef.ting the operation. On Saturday morning, the Ilajor, who is the owner of the animal invalulble as a purrveyor, discovered thirteen pears and an ap ple, as the result of the previous night's Imaging of puss. Of strict integrity, our friend investigated the case, and found that his cat, though regardless of the rights of property, •was an excellent judge of pears and apples, having selected her plunder from the grounds of Mr. Thomas A. Green, who has had rare success in the culture of fine fruits. The Ma jor has made us in a manner parti ceps eriminis, by acceptance of the spoils, and so we tell the whole story. We learn that the cat is not for sale, SINGULAR HYSTERICAL PANIC. About 320 factory girls and women are employed in sewing in the large cellar schoolroom under Dr. Mun ro's chapel, Grosvenor Square, and it appears that one or two of the un fortunate girls are subject to some kind of fits, most probably epileptic. On Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, every thing connected with the sewing was proceeding in the us ual satisfactory manner, when sud denly one of the girls subject to them was prostrated by a fit. There was considerable alarm created iu the school by this circumstance, and al most instantly another girl was at tacked by what the sapei intendent believes was hysteria, and then another, and another, until quite a panic prevailed, altogether nineteen of the girls becoming affected i❑ less than an hour. We may add that the schoolroom is well ventilated, and could not have been over crowded, since it is capable of holding seven hundred scholars.—Maneltester (Eng.) Examiner. THE PAIN OF DYING "The pain of dying must be dis tinguished from the pain of the pre vious disease; for when life ebbs sensibility declines. As death is the final extinction of corporeal feelings, so n umbness increases as death comes on. The prostration of disease, like healthful fatigue, engenders a grow ing stupor—a sensation of subsiding softly into a coveted repose The transition resembles what might be seen in those lofty mountains, whose sides exhibiting every climate in reg ular gradation, vegetation luxurates at their base, and dwindles at the ap rroach to the regions of snow, till its feeblest manifestation is repressed by the cold. The so-called agony can never be more formidable than when the brain is the last to go, and the mind preserves to the end a . rational cognizance of the state of the body. Yet persons thus situa ted commonly attest that there are few things in life less painful thana the close. 'lf I had strength enough to hold a pen,' said William ILuft er , '1 would write how easy and delight ful it is to die.' If this be dying,' said the niece of Newton, of Olney, 'it is a pleasant thing to die;' 'the very expression,' adds her uncle, 'which another friend of mine made use of on her death-bed a few years ago.' The same words have so often been uttered under similar circum stances, that we could fill pages with instances which are only varied by the name of the speaker. 'lf this be dying,' said Lady Glenerehy, 'it is the easiest thing imaginable.' I thought that dying had been more difficult,' said Louis XIV. 'I did not suppose it was so sweet to die.' said Francis Saurez, the . Spanish theolo gian. An agreeable surprise was the prevailing sentiment with 'them all. They expected the stream to terminate in the dash of the torrent, and they4ound it was losing itself in the gentlest current The whole of the -faculties seem sometimes eon- • NEW SERIES.--VOL, 4, NO. 28. centrateci on the placid enjoyment. The day Arthur Murphy died he kept repeating from Pope 'Taught half by reason, half by mere tie- cay, To welcome death, and calmly pass away.' Nor does the calm partake of the sezmitiveress of sickness. There was a swell in the sea the clay Collin ;wood breathed his last upon the element which had been the scene of his glo ry. Captain Thomas expressed a fear that ho was disturbed by the tossing of the ship. 'No, Thomas,' he replied, i am now in a state where nothing in this world can disturb me more. lam dying; and am sure it must be consolatory to you. and all who love me, to see how comfortably I am coming to my end.' - -Book of COBBETT'S 001:11,TVIIIP. Cobbett tells us how an English yeoman loved and courted, and how he was loved in return, and and a prettier episode does not ex ist in the English language. Talk of private memoirs of Court, the gos sip of this cottage is worth it all.— Cobbett, who was a Seargeant Major in a regiment of foot, fell in love with the daughter of a Sergeant of artillery, then in the same orovince of - New Brunswick. He had not passed more than an hour in her company when, noticing her modes ty, her quietude, and her sobriety, he said, "that's the girl for inc."— The nest - morniug he was up early, and almost liefere it was light passed the Sergeant's house, There Eihe was on the snow, scrubbing cut La wash tub. "That's the tor again cried Cobbett, although she was not more than fourteen, and he nearly twenty-0;w "From the day 1 first spoke of her," he write,i, "I had no more thought of her being th,., wife of another man than I had a thought of her becoming a chipt of drawers." He paid every atten tion to her, and, young as she was, treated her with ail confidence. He spoke of her as a friend, his second self. But in six months the artillery were ordered to England, and her father with them. Here was indeed a blow. Cobbett knew what Woolwich was, and what temptations a young and pret ty girl would be sure to undergo.— He therefore took to her his whole fortune, one hundred and fifty gui neas, the savings of his pay and overwork, and wrote to her to tell her if she did not find her place corn . fortable, to take lodgings, and put herself at school, and not to work too hard, for he would be at.borue in two years But as he 5ii.54, - WaS the malignity of the devil would have it, we were kept abroad two years long er than jar time, Mr. Pitt having knocked up a dust with Spain about Nootka Sound. Oh, how I faulred Nootka Sound, and poor, bawling Pitt, too!" But at the end of four years, Cobbitt got his discharge. Re found his girl a servant of all work, at 5 pounds a year, in the house of a Captain Brisca, and without saying a word about the matter. she put in to his hand the whole of the one hundred aul fifty guineas unbroken. What a pretty, tender picture is that : The young Sergeant and the little girl of eighteen, who kept tour years the treasure untouched, wait ing, with patience,her lo,ver's return! What kindly, pure trust on both sides ! The historical painters of our Royal Academy give ua scenes from English history of intrigue and bloodshed. Why can they not give us a soene of true English courtalip like that? Cobbett, who knew bow to write sterling English better than many men of his own day, and most men of ours, does not forget to enlarge upon the scene, and dear ly he loved his wife, for her share of it; but he does not forget to add, that with this love there was mixed "self congratulations on thisindabit able proof of the soundness of his own judgment " The effect of tobacco upon the nervous system was one of the im portant subjects which attracted the attention of the British Association at its late meeting. 1)1.. E. Smith read a paper en the effects of "the weed" upon pulsation, arguing that tobacco operated differently upon different constitutions, and under different circumstances, and demon strating that, as a rule smoking ftar celerated pulsation. A discussion ensued, in the course of which the literary man appeared to be general ly accepted as the most fitting e*priti ent of the results. Here, however, doctors differed. One or two gentle men maintained that the effects of to bacco were stimulative of vital and mental action; other praisedijts sooth ing effects; while other t, , entlemen maintained that as a rule, it was stupifying and d estructive of lite means of obtaining th'e results de sired. Ultimately the qnestion -vas left an open one, and is bkely 80 , to continue. sar Itiany are pleased with company of those who arc goud a that are not pleased with the good °Nits company.
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