Tlie gllew* Prayer.
Sbp wbbipwed not—her white breast stirred,
AndbembM like a captive bird; - ' i
that silsht prsyer wu hesrd. .. _ ;
-• -He* pensive HMH h - i
..... Besfpio,* ,„. *
M «*«■}
~; She pledged,JwrpblM-luTf.to • bojr-- .
* ;' .ThltJmtti bpst U&J&JlWWMi..
O, why ihptidiWh '
The knot that n»d« IheniWwu tied,.,
Thd jHuQ young, poet drooped tod died*
Arid left s brid«. ? - > ’ s ,
mjuirLrsr
.» r tkt Spiritual TdtffOfk.
Prol. Hare «■ gpirUnalim.
( Extml frtm «Aster U tkeEpitetpal CUrgf.]
To ram, Rmvnmnp Cuuax or ram.. Ens-
cpMt Cbdbco: .
TChfl which I recently mpde.to, you^pf
subraiuidgJhe , evidence. to.
mo of tqa existence ofthaJSpirit-worJd, Jbgs
not Fordociining roypropo
sal, no-doui*. -yo«~ jta*e, «s, the worldgocs,.
done what was beat for tbs interests of-tha
church. 'J; r , *....... >; •'V ;
In a publication which lapi preparing, an
effort will be made ,lo submit the evidence in
question to. the .public, of -which you form a
highly .respectable portion. ~
Meanwhile, .however, as a delay ,of two
months may lake place, I deem it -expedient
to a sketch of some of the information
derived from my Spirit friends by communi
cations received from .them during the last
twelve months, through the same medium.
According tothe Spirits above mentioned,
there are. seven spheres recognized in the
Spirit-world. This terestriai surface forms
the first or rudiments! sphere.
At the distance of about 60 miles from the
terrestrial surface, the Spirit-world commen
ces. It consists .of six bands or zones, des
ignated as spheres surrounding the earth, so
as to have one common center with it, and
with each other. An idea of these rings may
be formed from those of the Planet Saturn,
excepting that they are comparatively much
nearer to their planet, and that they have
their broad surfaces parallel! to the planet
and at right angles to the ecliptic, instead of
being like Saturn’s rings, so arranged that
their surfaces Bre parallel to the plane in
which Ids ecliptic exists.
Supposing the earth to be represented by a
globe of thirteen and a half inches in diaroe
ter, the lower surface of the lowest of the
spiritual spheres, if represented in due pro
portion (o the actual distance from tho earth,
would be only one-tenth of an inch from the
terrestrial surface.
The bands observed over the regions in
the Plantt Jupiter, which correspond with our
tropical regions, agree very well in relative
position with those which are designed to our
spiritual spheres.
The interval between the lower boundaries
of the first spiritual and the second is put at
thirty miles as a maximum, but this interval
ii representetf to be leds, as the spjieres be
tween whose boundaries it exists, are more
elevated or remote from the terrestrial center.
Bach sphere is divided into six “circles”
or planes; more properly these may be de
scribed as concentric zones, occupying each
about one sixth of the space comprised with
in the boundaries of the sphere.
These boundaries are not marked by any
visible partition, but Spirits have, in this res
pect a peculiar sense, which makes them feel
when they are passing the boundaries of one
sphere in order to get to the next.
Both the Spirits and spheres are represented
as having a gradation in constitutional re
finement, so that their station is intuitively
manifest. Their elevation is determined by
a sort of moral specific gravity, in which
merit is inversely as weight. There being
six subdivisions to each of the six spheres, in
all there must be thirty-six gradations. ,
It is plain that between the lowest degrees
of vice, igoorance and folly, and the highest
degrees of virtue,. learning and wisdom, there
are many gradations.. When we are trans
lated to the apheres, we take a rank propor
tional to our merit, which seems to be there
intuitively susceptible of estimation by the
law above alluded to, of the grossness being
greater as the character is more imperfect.
Another means of distinction is a circum
ambient halo by which every Spirit is ac
companied, which passes from a darkness to
effulgcncy, as the Spirit belongs to a higher
plane.
Even mortals are alleged to be surrounded
with a halo visible to Spirits, although not to
themselves; intuitively from the extent and
nature of this halo, Spirits perceive the
sphere to which any mundane beings belong.
The effulgence of the higher Spirits is repre
sented as splendid.
As aobn as emancipated from their corpo
real tenement, Spirits enter the spheres and
are entitled to a station higher in direct pro
portion to their morality, wisdom, knowledge
and intellectual refinement.
My brother and sister are in the filth
sphere, nay father and mother are in the
sixth, Washington ia in the highest sphere.
In the spheres diversity of creed has no
influence excepting «ti‘far as its adoption in
dicates badness L of heart and narrowness of
mind, and has been of a nature to injure the
moral and intellectual character.
Degradation ensues as an inevitable con.
sequence of vice, and ss the means of reform,
not asa eindictieepunishment, God is re*
presented as all love, and is never named
without the most zealous devotion.
Spirits in any sphere can descend into any
sphere below that to which they belong, but
cannot ascend above this sphere. They,fire
surrounded by a halo, which is brighter in
proportion as their sphere is higher.
They have an intuitive power of judging
of each other and of mortals. 'Attachments
originating in this life are strengthened, while
hatred pass®* away. The Spirits in lht| up
per spheres have “ ineffable ”
su Seringa of those below are negative rather
than positive. They are reelabame
at a degradation which is rendered intuitively
evident to thentoeives and all other Spirits.
But all are capable of improvement, so" as
to havW jOlevaiion and happiness within their
reach sooner or later. The higher Spirits
ate always ready to assist them by sympa-
rpxj xp
.'f.;s ■
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:M&tia 'io'JSiSjrttriisf(.« «J'»e «tf«»JF<:wSP|«t ®ert»r«W«tt»^
, YOL. I.' :
theiic-admonition. allege* him*
&irtd hold the effice of a teacher; >
* By-teachert, Spirits’ fresh from thisworldj
called 'the “rudimental sphere," aro examined
to determineibeir rank-in thospheres,.^
1 Spirits ere Carriedalongwhhoorgloljeby.
thelrmoral affectionsand affinity,Trh'rcho'p
op them acts as gravitatioo.'upon material
bodice. They are justwhere they wiihthenu
helves Yo bejastheymovo in obepienceto
their moral impulsesor aspiration's; hoi'hav
ing a gross material body to carry along with
them. ■ • ■ • ' ■ >'•
••- ‘SpiriWln the higher spheres Confrol raore
or lese below-them in station,
sent by them to impress mortals virtuously.
They arc not allowed to interpose directly
so as to alter the coarse of events upon earth.
According to my father; Spirits ate not al
lowed to aid in anjf measure to obtain wealth.
As respects the -gratification of every ra*
tional desire, the blessed Spirits have a crea
tive power like the genius of AladdinV lamp,
as I am authorized to state; by the convoca
tion of Spirits to whom allusion has been al
ready made. . ,
There is nothing of the nature of market
able property in the Spirit world ; since every
inhabitant above the second sphere or Hades,
has as much as ha wants, and needs no more
to purchase (he requisites for his enjoyment
or subsistence, (ban we have need to buy air
to breathe.
It ought also to be explained, that nfler
Spirits reach the highest plane dr circle of the
seventh sphere, they are represented os being
entitled to enter the supernal heaven, and to
become the ministering angels of the deity.
Another feature is, that whether the connu
bial tie formed-id this world endures or not,
is optional. Hence, those who have not
found their' matrimonial connection a source
of happines here, ore at liberty lo seek a new
hymenial union in the Spirit-world. Where
there Have been a plurality of husbands or
wives, those unite who find themselves happy
in doing so. But as if lo indemnify mortals
for the crosses in marriage, or in love, or for
the dreariness of mundane celibacy, all are
destined in the spheres to find a counterpart
with whom they may be happy; there being
peculiarly ardent pleasurable emotions attach
ed to connubial onion in the spheres, which
I have not been enabled to understand.' In
fants, on abcount of their higher purity have,
in this point' of view, as much elevation as
their relatives who attain great worldly pre
eminence.
A Stamp Speech.
The following specimens of quaint humor
we And in one of our exchanges under the
head of “California Correspondence.” They
purport to be delivered by a stump candidate
at San Francisco:
Ftllow Republicans and Fellow Sufferers.
1 am a plain honest man, born at a very ear
ly period of my existence—which occurred
at home one night, my mother was out. I
have struggled from the obscurity to which
an unlucky star has doomed me, till I have
risen like a bright exhalation in the evening,
to the very summit of human greatness and
grandeur. Gentlemen, I profess no princi
ples—unfortunately I have none. On the
unhappy, occasion of my birth, a dismal and
melancholy man, clothed in the sombre hues
of mourning swapped me away for another
baby,and subsequently lost me at a raffle. Sad
event I but who can control hia fate I We
are the creatures of destiny. “There’s a di
vinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them
how we will.”
I was intended by nature for a great States
man. Had I lived' in the days of Hanibal
1 should have beaten the great chieftain in
crossing the Alps, and ibis a dead certain
thing that I could have distanced Cortez in
crossing the Isthmus; he never performed
the feats that I did ; he never came up the
Chagres in a canoe, with a deaf and dumb
hombre, without a red cent or B' change of
summer apparel. “Gut a light heart and a
thin pair of breeches goes merrily through
the world.” ~ ■
■ Sir, every man who has come here isa Co
lumbus. He comes to discover.now digging.
I am a Columbus! I was dead broke.at
home, as Columbus was, and 1 have come
here to strike a new vein. But 1 am not go
ing to the mines. Ob, no! You don’t catch
me up to ray waist in ice water, with a juve
nie pick axe and an incipient crow bar, la
boring under a beat of 100-degrees in the
shade to dig out the filthy lucre. - No sir I I
am not-on that ley—l hate labor—it was an.
invention to vex mankind. I prefer an office
—one that is lucrative, and not laborious.;
what you call a sinecure. And if L cant get
one myself, I will go in for any one who will
divide• oh a dead level, and no splits; ... .
Sir, where will you find a country like
this ? Talk not of the oriental gorgeonsneSs
of eastern countries; Tell us not of ths fairy
scenery which poets who. revel in the great
warm path of heavenly imagination palm
with golden pent on leaves of satin. The
description of this glorious country should be
Written with the golden wing of anangol dip.
ped in the softest rays of the sunbeam upon
the blushing surface of n rose.jeqf. Excuse
me, gentlemen,l except .tbq rainy, sepson
and the time when the dust.flies.. . t „.
We love our native lond—we honor her
flag, and would not rob the custom-house if
we had a fair show. But Congress must-not
put on any airs, or. we will take chprge of
the Custom House and Post Office, and make
a muss generally* . These are my sentiments,
genilemen jjr they don’t admit ua into tbp
Union we wilHjwrst open tta custom house,
and admit all liquors free of doty. And
now, with a parting blessing do the girls we
left behind us and the boys who are coming
after us, we wilt adjourn and take • drink.
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THE CHAHIUBB OF MiWKBI.
■ An architect alVienns.havtDg Oocastoato
visit theccunirjihoose ofsrjobtenttn of that,
city,'accepted the bbipilablelnvitatioti bere-
Mivedanddetehbibedto remain era guest
for several days, Thefirattfay waspaated
in business, and.horetired soroewhst
eibaustetl, but his thpughti'sillt' jpccopied
contemplated, -.ija could „sefi jtofeyer, that
the room allotted to him was haDdsbmeaod
cmomodious, though not large j andjlJehgih,
hasußeredhis bpadto sink upon
wilhlhe sigh 'Of satisfaction. with, which • wp
take' leavetof the world for the night,... . V: >
• ■ And <Jr»tr aroond a.wotried. breast |
. - The cartein of repose* - ■ |
But when he was just nuking to, real, an
uneasy sensation, he knew not or what na
ture, stole over him.; <He-persuadedi bimseir
that the air'«as close—that heperceived a
faint smell; audhe lay for some time consid
ering whether he was not suffering 'from fe
ver. The question was speedily answered:
for the bed began to move. Presently it was
near the near that he could -see
trees in' the garden below, and could 1 observe
(he outline of a summer-house, which had
attracted his attention by its classical propor
tions in the forenoon. He was'olcourse sur
prised, nay, terrified; but when he stretched
towards the window in order to ascertain'!hat
all was real, the scene grew dimmer, and at
length disappeared. And no wonder: for the
bed was receeding to its former place, and did
not stop there. He was presently at the door.
He might have touched the pannels with his
hand. He felt his breath come back, and the
air grow more confined. He would have got
up to ring for assistance but persuaded him
self that he was 100 weak, and would fall
down before reaching the bell.
The bed again moved ; and this time it took
up its position in the middle of the fireplace.
This was the sheer frenzy of fever, for the
Gre place was of course not a fourth part the
size of the bed-itself. Yet he saw distinctly
the wall of the .chimney ..surrounding him;
and he even fell that one .of the feet of the
bed rested upon a dog-iron, so as to disturb
its level. Gut he had ho time for more mi
nute observation ; for presently the bed em
erging from the chimney, began to rise with
undulations towards the roof; and thcra'it
continued to swing, as he imagined, for hours
together, till his alarm’sank gradually Into a
deep though short and un'refreshing slum
ber. • - •
The next morning the visitor appeared at
the breakfast-table,. pale, 'wearied, and. dis
pirited. He was not well. Wfiat Was the
matter 1 What could be done for him!—
“Nothing,” he replied to all their interogato
ries. He had not slept; but the air would re
vive him. He would take healthful exercise
during the day, and that would be better than
medicine. He recovered his spirits; he was
delighted with his hosts, and they with him;
and he was thankful that he had been preven
ted by shame from mentioning the absurd fan
cies by which he had been beset during the
night. At the usual hour, he retired again
to bed, comfortable in mind and body, but
feeling the want of sleep, and looking forward
gratefully, by anticipation, to at least eight
hours of sound repose. .
He did not enjoy one, . The some fever,
the same fancies, the same inexplicable move
ments of the bed—these were his portion du
ring the night; and in the morning the same
dead eyes, the same colorless cheeks, the
same attitudes, betrayed to his sympathising
friend that he had passed another wakeful
and wretchednight. But he still preserved
silence as to the details. He was thoroughly
ashamed of his absurdity. The impressions
of the first night bad doubtless - remained to
scare him on the -second, He had gone to
bed, thinking of his former sufferings, and
they hod been renewed in his imagination.—
In this way be continued for the continued
illusions (hat hod perplexed himand be de
termined, at a third trial, tograpple wjth.them
manfully, and-reposa by the aid of. reason.
All was unavailing; and on the third mor
ning his entertainer, alarmed ghastly
looks, determined to force him lo an explana
tion. , , . . _ .. .
“You can no.longer it, you .nave
found something , disagreeable, m the room
and I reproach myself with haying 'allowed
you to b.e put into an aparfmenf whioh cer
tainly.bears a bad name id the .house,” sajd
his host. ,
“Whet do you mean by a bad daraeT”ask
ed the guest. _ ■ . - ,
1 “I mean it is famous lor its Sleepless lodg
ers, for its watting dreams —and 1 worse
that. There it dot a v servant in the House
who would enter it slope after nightfall fbir a
year's wages.”
“That is all very well for tho servants but
I know -you laugh at thesevgnoranl fancies;
and you know me top-well to suppose that 1
would treat them otherwise- than with pity
and contempt. Tell me atoned what you be
lieve J hut first,JisteD to a.naralivo of:my ad
ventures j” and the guest related to his host,
at full length the,story of his three.ill-omen
ed nights. .
' ‘‘l cannot toll yon what Ibelieye,” replied
*lho latter,.after-rousing for some time; ’Tor
in point of fact, I do not- know 4 w.hat io he:
Have; but your- experience, tallies strangely
with what I have heard on the subject before,
from more than one of my friends. .. I am
more perplexed -than ever.” ■ It Was agreed,
however, ' on. the; pf oposalof the architect«that
a minute examination of ihcptemjsesehoold
immediately take' place,", andiho whole fami
. ly proceeded in a body tolhechamber of mys
tery;- ’ ■- - . ; ;
, The Aral thing that struck, their attention
was that the chimney Was choked up with
that no current of air could take
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place through ».thani»l Wr;if]ii(sh: roupb:
depend*.- Proceeding tothe window ho found
: ilheav maitsivef Aadjto coaapleielyhed
ded; that no fordd coaldMaub Appear*
ed,'on il». origiflalrde
feet; that the sorramhsdal lengthgivenup
ail attempts to more it,;, and ihai the «ood
work had swollen *) touclr,ibrough;tho ef
fects of datnp, 4hat the%bbtewindow,iB*far
at the access ofiextentel'air wasjco accrued,
was merelya prpfongaiiohoftheWail;?VTJie t
door was in like -manner.found tin-be singu
larly heavjrartd dlPSe'fittingrfthdin addition,:
it was constructed so 'air laf shutVpOnttmeous-;
ly the mohtedt'lhh irto>ed:
his hand. Iti fact, the room, however"plp
gam in waarrfeOn-i
trived threughotfl-mthfe most elaborate man
ner, so as io boashnwholesome os' possible.
Still this did apt accOUht'for the illusions with ;
wh ; ch it was haunted, and the architect as
cended to tHU'external'roof of the house.*'
’ Here he found tharthe apartment in ques
tion was covered by a massive work of tiies,
wood and time, so as to leaveasmall garret,
into which there was no' openiqg by either
door or 'This,‘in its chnnecrtqnxyilh
(he other circumstances we have described,
proved to be a solution of the mystery for
the mephytic gas engendered. In the garret,
penetrating through the inpuldy .woodwork
of the antique ceiling, jqto. a .place whence it
found no egress anil where it. could mingle
only with foul air was ip reality the noptur
nal spectre which haunted the room. The
effect of this'gas'upon (be'brain, in, exciting
a tempaory delirium is well known; and in
the present instance, the result of what' was
done to remedy the evil left no doubt.
The doqjf anjl window were opened, the
chimney Was cleared, and twoopenings were
made in the roof. -. Dpring the lasi meution
ed operation, it is wprlhy of note, that when
the tools of the workmen penetrated for the
Grst lime into the garret, the mephylip vapor
which escaped bad such an effect upon one
one of them, that he, must have, fallen from
the roof had he not been caught hold of by
his comrades. After (he alterations were made,
the architect retired to; bed forthe fourth time
and enjoyed an excellent Sleep, together with
a great part bf the arrears of the three pre
ceding nights. From that moment -the room
lost its reputation as a. “Chamber of Myste
ry” - ■
The family Opposed to Itcwspa
. per*. _
The man thal dont taken newspaper has
been inliiw'iMaittyj aVwa leam from » »-
lempaofy. He broughtthe whole family in a
two horse wagoni' ' HS"still believed' that
General Taylor was President, and wanted to
know if the KamschalkiOns had taken'Cuba,
and if so where they had taken it.' He had
sold his corn for twenty-five cents, the price
being ihirty-one—but upon going to deposit
the money they’ told him it was mostly coun
terfeit. The only hard money he- had, was
some three cent pieces, and these some shar
pers had run on him for half-dimes. His old
lady smoked a cob pipe, and would not' be
lieve that any other coitld be used.’ One went
to the blacksmith’s shop to be measured for a
pair of shoes, and the cither mistook the mar
ket house for a church—After hanging his hat
on a meat hook, he piously took a seal in a
butcher’s stall, and. listened-to an auctioneer
whom he took to be » preacher. - He left be
fore meeting was opt, and bad no great opin.
ions, of the -sarmiut.
One of the girls look ajoi.of seed onions
to the post office to trade fhem for a letter—
She bad A baby which she carried ip a sap.
trough slopping some times to rock it on the
side-walk; - When it cried, she stuffed its
mouth with a slocking and sung Barbary AI-.
len. The oldest boy had sold two coon skins,
and was on a buit. ■ When last seen, he bad
called for a glttssofsoda and water, and stood
soaking ginger fireaffand.making'Wry faces.
The shop-keeper mistakinghis meaning, had
given him'a mixture of sat soda and’' water,
and it tasted strongly'of soap. But he’d Hbard
tell of spda and water,and wasfound (Ogive
it a fair trial puke bit no'jjake. Some town
fellow came and called for a glass of lemon
ade with a fly injl.whereupon pur. soaped
turned his back and quietly,
flies into bis drink.
1 We approached the old gentleman and tried
: him to subscribe, .but he would not, he
was opposed to improvements, and he thought
lafhin’. was a -invention, and culterwalion
nothing but wanity and wexation. None of
bis family never learned to read but one boy,
and ha (cached.school awhile and then went
fo studying divinity. - -
' Good Advice.—There is no country in
the world where people are so addicted io
the medicine eating propensity as the t/nited
States. It has grown to be a perfect mania,
—a disease ofitseif. The fact is nature nev
er designed the human'body I 6 be such a rh-’
eeptaclei of medicine. 1 If men would but
study the laws of nature, diet properly in-
Stead of excessively, fo regular in their hab
its iiislead’of ’regiitar ifllhetfdOSeS, use com
mon sensei, and cold’ , water’ freely, and use
the'dodor, as Jitfle Jw*JoaSiblo," lhajr would
live longer, su(Terless,qhd;pay little fpr'tbe
privilege. - . ..is'
jXAW in sirAmsioiOt.
First, the .beginning, or—ineipiehdorp
Second, thp uncertainty-—dupilendum;
Third, the delay^pMlerepdum;.
fourth, t)Kieplical]Qn,withqul-rendum ;
Fifth,imoosirumet borrqndum;..
Sixth, remuneralion fiddlerdum- .. ~
jfr our Matter'thought it wrong for Adam
toljvo single-wfon'there was not’a woman
on earth, how. criminally guilty art old bach
elors, with the world full of pretty girls. ’ ”
; iPßOp^l^Mill
-.deck and qjain sp/ooq, of,the. Afia,;
- looked Horace G«i«leyihan
wa reroembcrbVfer bo bavesoen him brote.
Tel tbeijewlsati siKand a bld*onty‘abbot;
Mm
tin pan in.a
mammoth white forehead bulged from beneath
a 'veryfuhnjrtta^ijib'asnbw-driflMndsthe
branches of a scrtb cakl' ThathStvSns a,
tnddel hatt < lfc wa»a newbat, and itawear-.’
er wore it aa ifhekPewbe hadi ?aw hai
.uppq
thereof.
as. door-keeper, Wborthe Gircns waa ln full]
blast GrotlntMduhedihb fash
tprf of tile ihWdufcilyr’^lrlhoa i hecnme‘thb ‘
personal beatify 6?"Mdf**fcalia*le, andlwivihe
relish of Gfdeley 'cbuldtifke thht direction is
a marvcltwe-wilt leavethe PamwnS.with
whom Jie isxbortly. to abide, to explain; in
bis other apparel,-he was exceedingly -Gree
ieyishv His old wliite coat was there—his
unmentionables were thefe, and they were
characteristically shy. of .his bool
cravat was.carefully awry—-his veslwas
beautifully rumpled,, and Ms foul entemblt
partook of the character of what might be the
court dress pf a navey with -the Greeley ac
companiments. :
Mr. Greeley was naturally among the pas
sengers the cynosure of all eyes. —.
“Is'Mr. Greeley on board 1” remarked o
charming young lady. “Pray point him out
to''me.”. •
“That is Mr, Greeley speaking with Pro?
fessor Longfellow.’’
“Whet I (hat big headed man witH.ibe'whiie
coat, white eyes and white eybrows? He
who'looks like an elongated pyramid of-Wanc
mange 7” .; t
“The same.”
“O, horror I Providence protect the pas
sengers who are compelled to travel with’aucb
a whited sepulcher.”
“Permit me'to.introdpco yoo.” ■ i •
“Not for the"worldiT"l should be dreaming
of phantoms* and gbblinS the whole’passage,
I. know.”
A little persuasion overcome the scruples
of the lady, and she. was introduced to the
philosopher. • -
Mr. Greeley tookher kindly by the band,
and after addressing a few- words to her it
was nscertained that the lady’s fatherand Mr.
6. were bid acquaintances. A familiar chat
ensued, and it was with difficulty- that* the
ymirfg tatty coma ne mmicetrro relinquish
Mr. G.’s hand to other friends who-were pres
sing round lb r a good bye shake. The lady
discovered that Greeley was not ao much of
a hobgoblin ns she imagined.
A friend’ asked Mr Greeley what the Tri
bune would do without him.
“The Tribune ,” be replied, is out of swad
dling clothes, and can sustain its position and
carry out its mission without my aid.”
“You have been" severe on Mr. Forrest
lately.”
“Nothing more than naturally arises from a
desire to inculcate a correct theatrical senti
ment. Neither Mr. Forrest, nor any other
actor has any<righ.t to complain of R just and
well tempered criticism.”
“What is youc opinion in regard to the war
in the Crimea.”
“Thu iis execution might have been better
entrusted in your Nunnery or Mummery Com*
roittee.” ' i
An cx-Senator apd a custom House officer
here winked and smiled significantly. -Gree
ley observed them.
"There may be something of good in this
Know Nothing movement,” continued the
pale-face sage,—r“but mv friend Longfellow
will agree with the that it ia of a nobler and
a higher nature than a committee foully pen
etrating Into the privacy a sick girl’s bed
chamber, like so many starved jackals at a
new-made grave. 1 *
"When shdll wo have Cuba.”
“When we deal fairly by Kansas and Ne
braska.” \ ’ „ " ' '
“Will the prohibitory liquor law be enfor
ced in New York.” . .- • . . .
“We bave faiih itf Mayor Wood. If he
falter/and the jaw suffered to become a dead
letter, the great temperance movement will
receive a deadly for years ib come.—
Wood is tin’ Stye maniassevere ana as suc
cessful an executive officer os there Is la the
county. If any man can enforce the law in
New York city, Fernando Wood la that
man.”.. ...
. . "You .made a great Pageant at the dealh,pf
pugilist Poole.” ...
"Fiddlestick I Poole’s murder was as atro
cious ah act as was ever traced in bloody
characters upon the annals, of crime but if
his murderer doesdot go unwhiped of justice,
then there’s no rascality in blind officials, or
determined "friends, '• Ii wouldnol
Surprise me to see in time, * monument to
Baker in Greenwood Cemetry, side by side
with that of Pooler But the reigtf of Bully
Terror id New York Is dead for a time.”
The cry of ‘'all tsfidre” here' interrupted
the conVersatlon wlth Nlr. Greeley, and after
)vuhingjh|ip,a pleasant jMtsaage, l^is,,remar
kable specimen ofYanke* Edmen nature was
permitted th betake .himsetf berth and
edjoy jt cogiiaiion’ripob.tha beau’,
ties of seasickness without the benefit of
Cognise.— Boktoh Tine* April 12.
The Sis, Degrees of crime are thus do*
field: He.who steals a million itroniy a fi-.
nspcler.'lff hd sleals ahalf-rollliouii a swind
ler. Who steals a hundred thousand »•:
rogue. Who ajeals fifty thousand" is a knave.
But he'who steals’a pair of boots or a loaf
of bread' is a - scoundrel of the deepest dye,
a£d deserves to be lynched.
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About Tort; yean ago, when I was a M«f:.
tho^^wfy^
a
tdiiw of
(be new gromd wbieb
•ome (W house. ;iWMMrtt»
field, v Mtjfr'frwijWy^-riHfrhrtli|i|*'ifrlfr
which iny father'warned(o dmwto-awwlhac
plaoa/a
mlleHJt'vras te'themiMle of itorsMW&eiV
than who'Wasdr* wing ihe raHrwitb Umax*
eh" and* sledpover (be leaves through.
Wbods.g* Uw towatchthegap ot thefcntff
tokeepthc Cattle outOftbe grdwingeacto*-
White wiiliniho.J£iad:*< 1
rails,-last dbwfrby a large smmp oa the
'tide : of (ho'Hin«<zoward (be woodtt <U
(Kid gbt ld bO'about the middle of tbe nft«f'‘
ooriDyandiheSuoshonowßrmly andboaKh'
fully iafo the aide of tba woodswhera I art*
sktlßgpartlv in iha‘ shsdo.l.hadilßaHy
I tbougbtibeard soasa
thiingnear me in (ho leaves jitswslkwM
; no( ißot of cawle, crackiog’tbe-i»ro*huDder
■ihair hoor*, but U was a sofr, caotkm»*cree|M
iog step. I immediately thoughiof ’aoilnowila
beashSbd sprungdpom hy feet t onturning
myself around w aw wliatlcouldiditcowr,
Fpdrtfcived, a littteinbrklhan*rod fromme,
was stsndirig.-The wolf w*»lbolting dfreef-
IjTar mepand hadevidsmly heenwafehing
me,' andendeavoring to spring upon ass before
I could disinter Mwyhnt (he slyfcHowhad
not quite"'afaesedtab’-' f was nearlybalf
a roile ffom home, and most of (ha way
through the.wooriSftMdtho mao. drawing (hr
rails - whs oeariy ar* ferofT f ) know (hat an
attempt to run would bo an evidence of com*
ardicO to (ho sagacious prowler, and weald
not enable me (o escape the murderous cru
elty o( the famishing wolf; but 1 found deliv
erance and safety in the following ettraordi
nary manner > A few days before, my fa
ther had brought home for the children two
or three small primers, one of which he gas#
to roe. It hod a story of a Hottentot-and _a
lion, in which the- Hottentot was porsoed by
the lion until it was nearly.dark, and tbelidp
was nearly upon him. The mstt perceived
that his escape by running was impossible,
so be turded and faced the lion until the beast
ran back; Remembering this,. 1 thought that
if 1 looked Ihe wolf steadily in the ejre, I
should be safe. ' I 'stood, aud placed my
bonds.upon the slump that was before tne,
and fixed a steady, piercing gaze upon Ihe
fierce flashing eyes of my antagonist; and
there we stood. The wolf, however, aboo
sprung'uponthe log, with, his head toward
me advancing several slow steps, but I folly
believed that if { did not turn my eye from
his, I should be safe I Yet the struggle was
an awful one. For half an hour we stood
face to face and eye to'eye, whh only about
tix fett, to separate The bright sun shorn
in upon us', with its dazzling light on the'onh
side. I saw no living object bat my deadly
foe, and heard no sound but the fdijit and
distant reverberations of the 'oxman’s care
less'voice,' But now this kept growing lend
er arid louder}’ and at’last 1 heard the driver
turn around after unloading his rails. "My
heart'beat "voleblly, and n prayer to God
trembled on my lips, but my eye was fixed,
and the wild beast remained motionless. ' At
last my deliverance came. I was set free,
and the wolf was shot! I can never be grate
ful enough to roy almighty Preserver for
shielding me on that day from so great a
peril.
We gore an account on Tuesday, of a
little Census scene that came oiT in Canal
street between the' Marshal and a Indy of
Milesian extraction. We give to-day a sim
ilar occurence between one of the Marshals
and gentleman from Germany residing in
Broad ptreel.
“Who lives here?’ 1
“Yaw.” ,
. “What’s,your nome I”
“SWmany, on der Rhine.”
"What’s your father’s name J”
“Nix for staw.”
"When did you arrive in Albany ?”
“Mit a steamboats.”
“Got any’' children I"
“Yaw—two barrels mil hroul.”
“How tong hare''you resided in this
house r ~_ ‘
“Two rooms ond tier basement.”
“Who owns the buildingT ? - v
“I pay not’ingo HaKsh pays der same
twice a month.”
*• VVhere (did yon JiVi fast yearf* v
"A* cross dor red store as yoo Come tip
•mil def’market fn your 'right hand, perhind
der pump vhat petOogs to der blacksmid
shop/* - "
■Hie Marsh*!, hating entered alt this mada
up his mind that ho wotild push abend and
examine Hanse ( trho lives op stairs'-‘roil dot
banisters/*' We'sball note his success it an
early Kniclc,
Il is a, mean thing jo borrow your neigh-,
bor'a paper, when you are 100 stingy totako :
onejof your own. , .
It is » mean thing s td sub«ril£foit.£; now
paper and never pny for it.
It ii amean thing tpsteal the'Exchanges
from an Ediior’a sauctom.
|.. It is a mean thing to look over an Editor’s
Shoulder when ho is writing*
; It is k mean lhing to - ridicule an editorial
when you have not two atoms of bratok in
your own skull*
It is a mean thing to rend what you may
find in a Newspaper Office. »
Il is k mean thing to look over the compos
itor’s shoulder and read his copy.
! Ttie indiyidual pbo is found guilty of all
Of iheaboye indictments, should be sentenced
to iha' Peniieniiary lot fw yeart and then
fdr tjfie balanc?of his liiaWapnie
lonely Island) wherohemigfil
for ihe boMmisSibo Of such '
Editors and printers not
such costbiners very summarily. .The shape
of-a-man who . looks over' oiir compositors,
may recbWasuch' impressions! as wlll prove
indelible for ebme ,time, r TheffiV our laws
as applied to loafcrv., ,
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Calls on Hanse.
ISckn Things.
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