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AN OLD STORY IN A NEW DRES'S
As Dick and Ben, one summer's day,
Were sauntering home, fatigued with play,
They spied, close by a dark pine . wood,
A pair of shoes, coarse, strong, and good.
It seemed as it the owner's care
Was to preserve these shoes from wear:
And so he'd placed them where they stood,
And gone barefooted to the wood.
Ben, glancing at the setting sun,
Said, "Look here, Dick, let's have some fun
'Twill soon be dark ;—you won't refuse;
So bear a hand ; let's take these shoes ;
And then we'll hide behind this stack,
And wait till the old chap comes back.
And let him hunt until we choose
To sing out, "Mister here's your shoes."
"And ere be has a chance to try
To catch us, we will let 'em fly
Right at his head, plump in the face,
And then we'll lead him such a race.
I wish the other boys were here ;
We'd make old Two shoes rub his ear.
Come, take one, Dick; just feel its weight;
And:when you fire, fire straight."
"No, no," said Dick, "not I, for one ;
I'm fond of joking, fond of fun ;
But who knows who this man may be?
Perhaps be's poor as poor can be,
And seeks, in yonder dark pine wood,
To gather chips to cook his food.
But come, don't let us. have a spat ;
We'll play a trick worth two of that.
J. J. RUFFMAN
"I've got a dime, and so have you ;
Let's put one. into each old shoe,
And then we'll creep behind this bay,
And hear what the old man will say."
"Agreed," eaid Ben, who, fond of fun,
And willing any risk to ruu
To have a laugh, a play, or joke,
Yielded at once when kindness spoke.
=I
So in the shoes they put their dimes,
And back and forth went twenty times.
And laughed and talked about the way
The trick would end they meant, to play.
First, they would twist the shoes about
To make the precious dimes show oat;
Then place the silver in a way
To catch the sun's departing ray.
At length a sound their senses greet,
Of rustling leaves and moving feet;
And then, like kittens at their play,
They ran and hid beneath the hay ;
But still afraid that they should lose
A sight of him who owned the shoes,
Kept peeping out as if to view
And note what he would say or do.
And soon, from out the lonely wood,
In weary, sad, and thoughtful mood,
An old man came, bowed down with years
Whose eyes betokened recent tears.
His steps were feeble, tottering, slow ;
His hair white as the driven snow ;
And, as he came toward the stack,
They saw the fagots on his back.
At length he stopped, as if to muse ,
liis tearful eyes turned toward his shoes
When, as the silver met his sight,
They flashed, as with a heavenly light ;
And down upon the yielding sod
lie knelt, with heartfelt thanks to Gol,
And, with his aged hands upraised,
Ile said, "0 God, thy name be praised!"
And as the boys beneath the hay
Listened with awe to hear him pray,
They learned his story, sad and brief;
Of toil and sickness, pain and grief,
His children, one by one had died,
And he had laid them, side by side,
Within the dark and chilly tomb;
And o'er his life spread heartfelt gloom
Yet, through that gloom a cheering ray
Of hope sustained him on his way ;
He felt that, when this life was o'er,
His children he should see once more.
Aud so, with patience, hope, and trust,
He had consigned the dust to dust,
And, at the grave of each loved one,
Had knelt audsaid, "Thy will be done."
Then followed other ills of life,—
Cold, pinching want, a suffering wife,—
All this, and more, they heard him say,
As they lay hid beneath the hay ;
And then, with cheek all wet with tears,
In voice made tremulous by years,
They heard him ask of God to bless
The hand that had relieved distress.
But rising from his knees, at lenght,
And leaning on his staff for strength,
He thrust his feet within his shoes,
And hurried homeward with the news.
The boys, haif-buried 'neath the hay,
Saw him go tottering on his way;
Then, *wling out, they homeward went,
Pleased with the wag* their dimes wens
Vent
"Litay." said Ben, "if I listiiiied •
I oottlilietikolp it; so Loried ;
But if .1 ever try av o w
To play so joke, ay eau ain't Bea.*
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THE TWO DIMES.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1863.
MORAL
The moral of this tale is plain :
Cause no unneccessary pain ;
Pluck from your heart all evil thoughts;
Let love and kindness guide your sports ;
And, if inclined to play a trick,
Act tenderly, like honest Dick ;
Or if in frolic, now and then,
You're led astray, remember Ben.
Remember, too, in pain or grief,
A prayer to God will bring relief.
Or if with joy the heart expands,
On bended knee, with upraised hands,
And heart uplifted to the skies,
Let thanks in prayer and praise arise.
God hears the gentlest sigh or prayer ;
He's ever present everywhere.
—C/trideian I?egis!er
';iottilanttrus.
EXTRAOTS FOR YOUNG MEN.
Give a young man taste for read
ing, and in that single disposition
you have furnished him with a great
Safe guard. He has found at home
that which others have to seek
abroad, namely, pleasurable excite
ment. He has learned to think, even
when his book is no longer in his
hand, and it is for want of thinking
that youths go to ruin.
Some of those who have been most
eminent in learning and science made
their first attainments in snatches of
time stolen from manual employment.
Hans Sachs, the poet of the Reforma
tion, and the Burns of Germany, be
gan life as did Burns, a poor boy
He was was a tailor's son, and served an
apprenticeship, first to a shoemaker
anl afterward to a weaver, and con
tinued to work at the loom as long as
he lived. The great dramatist, Ben
Johnson, was a working bricklayer,
and afterward a soldier. LinnwAis
the father of modern botany, was
once on the shoemaker's bench. Our
inmortal Franklin, it need scarce be
said, was a printer. Herschel, whose
name is inscribed on the heavens,
was the son of a poor musician, and
at the age of fourteen years was
placed in a band attached to the Han
overian Guards. After going to
England he undertook to teach mu
sic, and then became an o'rganist.—
But while he was supporting himself
in this way he was learning Italian,
Latin, and Greek. From music he
was naturally led to mathematics, and
thence to optics and astronomy. John
Dolland, the inventor of the achrom
atic telescope, spent his early years
at the silk loom ; and continued in
his original business even fcr some
years after has son came to an age to
join him it. Few cases are more cel
ebrated than that of Gifford, the foun
der and editor of the Quarterly Re
view. He was an orphan, and bare
ly escaped the poor house. He ne
came a ship boy of the most menial
sort on board of a coasting vessel.—
Re was afterward for six years ap
,renticed to a shoemaker. In this
Last employment he stole time from
the last for arithmetic and algebra,
and for lack of other conveniences,
used to work out his problems on
leather with a blunted awl. Few
names are more noted in modern lit
erature,
LOOKING OUT FOR SLIGHTS.
The Philadelphia Ledger says :
There are some people always look
ing out for slights. They cannot pay
a visit, they cannot receive a friend,
they cannot carry on the daily in
tercourse of the family, without sus:
pectins some offence is designed.—
They are as touchy as hair-triggers.
It they meet an acquaintance in the
street, who happens to be pre-occu
pied with buminess, they attribute
his abstraction to some motive per
sonal to themselves, and take um
brage accordingly. They lay on oth
ers the fault of their own irritability.
A tit of indigestion makes them see
impertinence in everybody they
come in contact with. Innocent
persons, who never dreamed of giv
ing offence, are astonished to find
some unfortunate • word, or some
momentary taciturnity has been mis
taken for an insult.
To say the least, the habit is un
fortunate. It is far wiser to take the
more charitable view of our fellow
beings, and not suppose a slight in
tended, unless the neglect is open
and direct. After all, too, life takes
its hue, in a great degree, from the
,color of our own minds. If we are
frank and generous the world treats
us kindly. If, on the contrary, we
are suspicious, men learn to be cold
and cautious to us. Let a person
get the reputation of being touchy,
and everybody is under more or less
restraint in his or her presence ; and
in his way the chances of an imag
inary offence are vastly increased.
Your who fire up easily, miss
a of happiness. Their shun
dioed tempers destroy their own
cyamatort, as well as that of their
frion44. They have forever soma
*Kiwi alight to brood over. The
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THE LOVES OF THE LILLIPUTIANS.
The Chronicle touches playfully
upon" The Loves of the:Lilliputians,'
apropos of the intauded marriage of
Tom Thumb and Miss Lavinia ITV-Itr
ren, the smallest couple in the world.
And certainly a little extra ostenta
tion may be pardoned on the part of
those whose tangibility is so defi
cient as to almost preclude the idea
of maturity. We are disposed to
accord them the full liberty of sport
ing the airs of "great big" men and
women, in the same joyous circum
stances not only, but of overtopping
them, by as much as they are less
than the average in physical stature.
We need have no anxiety, however,
on this point; for Gen. Thumb was
brought up by Mr. Barnum, and, we
presume, yet takes his advice. Bish
op Potter, with ass'stants, is to offi
ciate, and the ceremony is set down
for the 10th of Febuary at Trinty
Chapel. But we quote:
We are to have, possibly, another
generation of Lidiputiftns. The sud
den change in the plans and pros
pects of the "smallest lady in the
world," who, emerging upou the hor
izon, and twinkling sweetly, is about
to be veiled, as it were, in a moment,
in impenetrable domesticity, is sub
ject for much dainty moralizing.—
The private life of lady Thumb —or
Mrs.Stratton, as she will insist upon
being called—is as sacred as that of
the biggest of her sex. The General
has already announced that his wife
shall not appear in public ; a determ
ination, we take the liberty of say
ing, that does his sturdy little gen
eralship infinite credit. And why
should he not so determine ? Are
we to suppose that these dainty hu
manities aro less human for their
minimum ? If so, what shall we say
of the big biutes—mountains of stu
pidity and sensuality—that wallow
through the world ? This miscro
copic pair will move softly' among
their grosser fellows, we may dare
say, and will teach us many a quiet
amenity.
Public opinion is divided as to the
competitive merits of the General
and the Commodore, fin• the hand of
the fairy "Queen of Beauty." She
has decided for herself; and that '
ought to be enough. But inasmuch
as these eminent personages are, in .
some sense, public property, (people
can't expect to be so small and trav
el incog, through the world,) they
must submit to be canvassed as free
ly as if they were kings and queens.
The ladies all say that the Commo
dore is the better man, and ought to
have been chosen. But though he
is a $30,000 Nutt, the General has
the greater fame, and the most mon
ey. Some eight or ten thousand
solid dollars per annum will go far
towards influencing a lady's choice,
even though she stood six feet 2
can we expect 2 feet 6 to be above
such a consideration ? The happy
bridegroom elect will present his
bride to the crowned heads of Eu
rope, with most of whom he has ac
quaintance. That is better than
Barnumizing. But what would
Thumb have been without Barnum ?
The subject widens.
To return for one moment to the
valiant Commodore. Right bravely
(they say) he bears up under his mis
fortune. Two Lavinia Warrens
there are not in one hemisphere ;
and he may have to go through life
alone ! But courage, little friend !
faint heart never won fair lady, nor
lair fame. There may be somewhat
in store for thee. Tread sturdily on,
and bide thy time.
SEA SIOKNESS.
The July number of Silliman's
Journal, contains an article by R.
M. Beach°, of the United States
Coast Survey, on the "Physiology of
Sea Sickness." Professor Beache
asserts the theory that this distress
ing malady is not a disease of the
stomach, but of the brain, and ari
ses from the fact of the mind not be
ing able to understand the varying
motions of the boat as rapidly as the
senses feel them, thus causing a con
flict of impressions, and a consequent
affection of the brain, which in turn
deranges the nervous system and
produces nausea.
The smell of food, close air, and
similar matters, may aggravate the
disease, but are not the primary
cause of it. As soon as the mind is
educated up to a point that enables
it to conceive the idea of each nip
tion as soon as it is felt, sea sickness
ceases.
Prof. Beaohe recommends persons
going on board of a vessel to eat an
ordinary meal, and while on board
to conform as closely us possible to
their habits while on land. The
deck is the best place to remain du
ring sea-sickness, as the sight can
there be best educated to the move
ments, and the fresh air hakegood
effect. A steady gaze at tie hori
zon enables the sufferer to quickly
estimate the movements of the ship.
if popsible, choose a position amid
ship on deck, spread a mattress, lie
down and look oat at tb% horison,
and then ell has bees done that '*a
be done to prevent ereare sea siok
ness.
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ME ENEMIES Or SNAKES,
A very interesting paper has been
received from Mr. Hays, a Govern
ment official at Chandernagoro, on
the animals which are considered in
India to be the destroyers of snakes.
The first in order is the Yiverra ich
neumon. Mr. Hayes bad a very tame
one, which he one day caused to be
shut up in a room with a cobra de
capello. No sooner did the little
creature perceive the snake than it
rushed at it with rage, and seizing
it by the head, shook it violently,—
Tue snake meanwhile had inflated its
hood, which, as is well known, bears
a mark resembling a pair of specta
cles. The conflict lasted a consider
able time, and towards the end it be
came necessary to poke the snake
with a bamboo, in order to excite it
against its enemy ; but it soon be
came unable to move, its head being
terribly torn, and it evidently could
not live much longer. Meanwhile
the viverra was still much excited,
its hair being bristled up ; it often
rubbed its nose against various parts
of its body where it had probably
been bitten. The door of the room
being opened the viverra rushed out
to a little plot of couch-grass, where
it rolled about for sometime. It then
went to sleep, and did not seem to
have suffered anything but fatigue
from the conflict. The plot was exam
ined repeatedly with great, care but
no other plant but couch grass was
found to grow there. Mr. Hays
thinks that the viverra, besides being
protected by its thick fur, must exude
a kind of oil or fatty substance from
its skin, whereby the poison is pre
vented from producing its effect; but
as to its eating any particular grass
as a cure, this popular belief seems
utterly unfounded.
In America, the common pig, and
the Peccary, a pachydermatous ani
mal, very like the former, are well
known enemies to the rattlesnake,
which they rush upon as soon as they
perceive it, and tear it to pieces;
while there is apparently no ease on
record of their having died of its
sting. Nay, it would seem from all
accounts, that the rattlesnake instead
of inspiring these creatures with
dread, itself evinces terror at their ap
proach, and anxiously tries to find a
place of refuge against their attacks.
Few of us are aware that the pea
cock and pintado are both determin
ed enemies of the serpent tribe. In
India, the peacock will pursue a
snake, and not desist until it has
kil!cd it. The pintado cannot cope
alone with any large reptile;
but it
will call its comrades to its aid. when
they-will all form a circle round the
intruder, fixing their eyes upon him,
with outstretched beaks; and the
snake rarely succeeds in escaping
frotu Shia umgio eirco.
LAST DAYS OF TOM PAINE.
The following account of the last
days of Thomas Paine, author of
"The Age of Reason," is from the
Memoirs of Stephen Grellot, a Qua
key, whose "Life and Gospel Labors"
were published in Philadelphia, 1860.
Mr. Grellot, at the time alluded to,
resided in Greenwich, then a suburb
of New York, where Mr. Paine als)
resided. lie says of him :
"1 may not omit recording here the
death of Thomas Paine. A few days
previous to my leaving home on my
last religious visit, on hearing that
he was ill, and in a very destitute
condition, 1 went to see him, and
found him in a wretched state ; for
he had been so neglected and forsa
ken by his pretended friends, that
the common attentions to a sick man
had been withheld from him. The
skin of his body
. was in some places
worn off, which greatly increased his
sufferings. Something that had pass
ed between us had made such an im
pression upon him that he sent for
me, and on being told that I was
gone from home, he sent for another
'Friend.' This induced a valuable
young Friend, (Mary Rascoe), who
had resided in my family, frequently
to go and take him some little refresh
ment suitable for an invalid. Once.
when she was there, three of his de
istical companions came to the door,
and in a loud, unteeling manner, said:
'Tom Paine, it is said you are turning
Christian, but we hope you will die
as you have lived,;—and then wont
away; on which, turning to Mary
Rascoe, he said—'You see what mis
erable comforters they are.'
"Once he asked her if she had ever
read any of his writings, and on be
ing told that she had read but very
little of them, he inquired what she
thought of them, aading—'From such
a one as you I expect a correct an
swer.' She told him that when very
young his 'Age of Reason' was put
to her hands, but the more she read
in it the more dark and distressed
she felt, and she threw the book into
the fire. wish all had done as you,'
he replied: 'for if the devil has ever
had any agency in any work, he has
had it in my writing that book;'=—
W ban going to parry him some re
freahment, atui repeatedly heard him
uttering thelarigiulip--'0 Lord, Lord
God!' ler 'Lead Jeans ! haws mere) ,
on nee I'.
igt is well known that &trier Ms
last illness he wrote a great deal ;
this his aarse told ate • bat thw• is a
toted- seers" es to Amigo haidrewishe
his writings."
A TOUCHING LWOIDENT.
FROM REV. ROBERT COLL , OR - 8 E'RATER-
LAITY LECTURE.
When I was in Jefferson last fall,
I found the hospitals in the most
fearful condition you can imagine.--
I cannot stop to tell you all the scenes
I saw ; it is enough to say that one
poor fellow had lain there sick on the
boards and seen five men carried
away dead, one after another, from
his side. He was worn to a skeleton;
worn through, so that great sores
were all over his back ; and filthy
beyond description.
One day, a little before my visit,
old Hannah, a black woman, who had
some washing to do for a doctor went
down the ward to hunt him up. She
saw this dying man, and had com
passion on him, and said, "0, doctor,
let me. bring this man to my bed to
keep him off the floor."
The doctor said, "The man is dy
ing; he will be dead to-morrow."—
To-morrow came, and old. Hannah
could not rest. She went to see the
man and he was still alive. Then
she got some help, took her bed, put
the man on it, and carried him boldly
to her shanty; then she washed him
all over as a woman washes a baby,
and fed him with a spoon, and fought
death hand to hand day and night,
and beat him back and saved the sol
dier's life.
The day before I went to Jeffer
son, the man had gone on a furlough
to his home in Indiana. He besought
Hannah to go with him, but she
could not spare time; there was all
that washing to do. She went with
him to the steamboat, got him axed
just to her mind, and then kissed
him, and the man lifted up his voice
as she left and wept like a child. I
say we have grown noble in our suf
fering.
ADVENTURE WITH AN ELEPHANT.
In 1845 or '46, I was superintend
ent of a cocoa nut estate belonging
to a Mr. Armitage, situated about
twelve miles from Negomba. A
rogue elephant did some injury to the
estate at that time; and one day,
hearing that it was on the plantation
a Mr. Lindsey, who Is as the proprie
tor of the adjoining property, and
myself, accompanied by seven or
eight people of the neighboring vil
lage, went out, carrying with us six
rifles loaded and primed. We con
tinued to walk along the pf...th which,
near one of its turns, had some bush
es on one side. We had calulated to
come up with the brute where it had
been seen half an hour before ; but
no sooner had one of our men, who
was walking foremost, seen the
ani
mal at a distance of some fifteen or
twenty fathoms, than ho exclaimed,
"There I there !" and immediately
took to his heels, and we all followed
his example. The elephant did not
see us until we had run some fifteen
or twerfty paces from the spot where
we turned, when he gave us chase,
screaming frightfully as he came on.
The Englishman managed to climb
a tree, acid the rest of my compan
ions did the same ; as for myself, I
could not, although I made one or
two superhuman efforts. •But there
was no time to be lost. The elephant
was running at me, with his trunk
bent down in a curve toward the
ground. Al this critical moment
Mr. Lindsay held out his foot to me,
by which, with the help of the bran
ches of the tree, which were three or
four feet above my head, I managed
to scramble up to a branch. The el
ephant came directly to the tree,
and attempted to force it down,
which he could not. He first coiled
his trunk around the stem, and
pulled at it with all his might, but
with no effect. Lie then applied his
head to the tree, and pushed it for
several minutes, but with no better
success. He then trampled with
his feet all the projecting roots, mov
ing, as he did so, several times round
and round the tree. Lastly, failing
in all this, n,nd seeing a pile • a tim
ber, which I had lately cut, at a
short distance from us, he removed
it all (thirty six pieces,) and one at
a time, to the root of the tree, and
piled them up in a regular business
like manner; then, placing his hind
feet on this pile, he raised the four
part of his body, and reached out his
trunk, but still he could not touch us,
as we were too far above him. The
Engiish man then fired, and a ball
took effect somewhere on the ele
phant's head, but did not kill him ;
it made him only the more furious.
The next shot, however, leveled him
to the ground. I afterwards brought
the skull of the animal to Colombo,
and it is still to be seen at the house
of Mr. Al itage,— Tenner 8 Ceylon.
Crime of Murder.
There are four murders committed
in England for every million inhabit
ants ; 17 in Belgium ; 20 in Sardi
nia; 31 in France; 86 in Austria
68 in Bavaria ; 45 in Lombardy ;
100 in Rome ; 90 in Seicily ; 200 in
Naples . Murder is almost un
knoits in the valleys of Vandole.
SOPA haersiuti *nob alotta in a Axil-
WC air.
1111rWlo covers husks, at last with
slaw* dsrfdes.
NEW SERIES.--VOL, 4, NO. 36
LESSON IN OOKPOSITION.
A writer to the Y. Observer, re
later the fallowing of the late Dr.
Murry, alias 'Kirtaae r'
Dr. Murry pursued his eoll*ate
course at 'Williamstown, dung the
Presidency of that acute and. aeconl
pl i shed critic, Rev Dr. Geilrm. In
his fourth year he was brought into
more immediate contact with the
venerable President, whose duty it
was to examine and criticise the
written exercises of the graduating
class. Dr. Murry, when ayoung
man, and even down to the day of
his last illness, wrote a froo, round
and beautiful land—and his exercise
at this time, which was tie undergo
the scrutiny of his venerated pre
ceptor, had been prepared with un
common neatness and accuracy.—
Dr. Griffin was accustomed to use a
quill or pen, with a very broad nib.
Introduced into his august presence
young Murry z with becoming diffi
dence, presented his elegantly writ
ten piece for the ordeal_ The discern
ing eye of the President passed
quickly over Aie first sentence, and
with a beningant look, he turneflto
his pupil, and said in . his peculiar
way.
'Murry, what do you mean by this
first sentence?
Murry answered blushingly,
mean so and so, and sir.' .
'Then say so, Muiry,' and at the
same time drew his heavy. pen
through line after line, striking out
about one-third of it.
Having carefully read the next
eentence, tho venerable critic again
inquired:
'Murry, what do you mean-by
this?
He trembling replied : 'Doctor, I
mean so and so.'
'Please just to say so,' striking Out
again about one-half of the beautiful
ly written page.
In this way with his broad nib,
(which made no clean mark) he pro
ceeded to deface the nice clean paper
of the young collegian, so that at the
close of the exercises, the erasures
nearly equalled all thatremained of
the carefully prepared uumuscript.
This trying scene was not lost up
on young Murry. Ile considered it
ono of the most important' events of
his college course. It_taught him to
think and write concisely; and when
he had anything to say. to say it in
a simple, direct, and intelligible man
ner.
Indeed. much that disti►igdiiabed
him, as one of our most vigorous and
pointed writers, may be attributed to
that early lesson, .Say so, Murray.'
THE DIINKABDO.
The I?.ev. Emanuel Slifer, a minis
ter of this sect (which is sometimes
designated as Dunkers and Tunkers)
wrote some time since to the New
York Observer in correction of some
misstatements as to their doctrines
and practices, as follows:
'You may be desirous to know
what we do believe. Well, in brevi
ty, we baptize none but believers, by
a triune itnmersion, by a plunging
way, the candidate in a kneeling,kos.
tare. And while we believe biro's,
is initiatory to the church, we also
believe baptism washes away sin
previously committed, when proceed
ed by true penitence and faith. We
believe that when we commune, or
have the emblems, bread . and wine,
distributed among us, representing
the sufferings of our Saviour, it
should be done in the evening, pre
ceded first by the wastiing of the
member's feet ; next in order, the
partaking of meal by all of the
members, which we denominate the
Lord's Supper , then follows the
Cotainunion. These are, perhaps,
all distinctive features of our faith.
We hold much in common with
other professing christians ; oar
habits arc generally plain, in many
respects resembling the Friends, par
ticulnry as. regards dress; opposed
to all superfluity in everything, yet
wo are not always successful in our
opposition, Our people aro gener
ally industrious, and frugal . as a
consequence, wealth accumulates,
pride follows almost as a neccessary
consequence. Then is verified the
danger of riches, as the Saviour de
clared. ilistory assigns our origin
in Schwartzenau, Germany, to the
year 1808. Our first minister's
name, the same authority says, was
Alexander Mack. Thu wnrd 'Tank
er,' or 'Dunkark,' by which we are
known in history, 'We assume by
way of convenience ; yet we call
ourselves ' German Baptista,' or
'Brethren.'"
Mir A nobleman's son has been discov
ered in New York in the person of s•gttfar
wreck of humanity stalling himself Arthur
Showcross, who died in a fit of d e li r i um
tremens the other zorniag, at a Shabby
house in ElizalAth street. His father
from whom be had , received two thousand
pounds just before his death, isan English
nobleman, residing i n London. Since his
arrival in this country, a short time' ago,
Showcrose had led a life of reckless dissi
pation, squandering his ample meatus in
various excesses, asetlinotly came to liv
ing in the poor retreat where hie U. hoe
ended so miserably. The remaitui ars to
be- interred, that the fismily in England
may be able to recover them.