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TO A F R,l£ N. f). fl Be atilt and know that I am OtxL’'~.PBAU( 40n-10. ’ Ye mging paiaionai oeasq to rage, / Ye feverish powers, remove toy clod; Yc hearts of ytratbf Of hoary age, “Bo still, and knpir chat lam Mod.” ~ Ye rebel children, cease tbj moon, Andlighler lift thy ccosbless trod; WWlo Itetcningto the whispered tooo, *• Bo scill and know that I am (Jod.” Ve hearts rejoice, and cease to weep,; Ye contrite soul* with sorrow prosl; Awake yo/ from tby deathly sleep, - And aac to my redeeming breast. No longer doubt my power to save; Ko'hmgOt heed the tempter** voice. Bat burst the bondage of the grave And bid thy trembling heart rejoice. Yea! tender hearts by Borrow riven. Hejolrel that through the mouldering aod Thy Saviour's voice Is breathed from honven—• “ Be still, ami know that 1 am Owl.” Wdhhoro, }* it. Sflrit jswmttuims. The merchant’s Test. BY M.UIV L, MEASV “ Dick, 1 am afraid the old man has taken it into his head to set you adrift.” “ V\'hy, what can you mean, Philip?” 11 Only that he was talking very earnestly with Mr, Oglethorp os 1 went into bis room lust now, and as they ceased very discreetly on my entrance, 1 look the liberty of waiting outside the door till the conversation was re sumed, and 1 heard enough to satisfy me that Oglethorp has a nephew who is about to take your place.” “ What did you overhear?” “ Merely a sentence from each. Oglethorp said, 1 So you think my nephew will have no difficulty in filling the place o( your head clerk and Beale replied, ‘None whatever; the other clerk Philip'balden, bos been in my establishment a long lime, and can give him a little insight into our business affairs if need be.’ 1 did not wait to hear more, but that is enough I think,” “ So it would seem,” was the reply in a lone of deen despondency 11 It is mean in the old man to discharge you, and equally strange : if it was me, now, I shouldtnot think It so odd, but he has all along seemed to think so much of you. But it's just like him, always doing something out of the common wav ” ■ Richard Wilkins was 100 sick at heart to reply. He turned to the desk and endeavored to concentrate Ins wandering thoughts upon his work, but in vain. The pen dropped from his lingers, and leaning his head on his hand, he gave full scone to his sorrowful and indignant feelings. VV hen the two gentlemen emerged from Mr. Beale’s private room, he started like one guilty of a secret crime, and snatching the pen, pretended to be all ob. sorbed in his duties. His (lurried manner, so different from his usual oitiet composure, was noticed by his employer, who drew his own conclusions therefrom. Mr. Oglethorp was returning to his home in B.ihimore. His friend accompanied hifti to the steamboat, and on returning, closely observed his two clerks as he sauntered back and fo'th through the store. Philip’s appearance indicated nothing unusual ; but Richard, though he had par tially regained Ins customary composure, could not prevent a slight hesitancy and con straint when replying to Mr. Beale’s casual remarks Several davs alier, Mi. Beale brought 1 Richard a Idler 10 seal and deposit in the' post office as he went lo dinner. At the same I lime he sent Philip lo a neighboring store on I Business, which "would detain him some lime, 1 he then returned to his own private room, i Left lo himself Richard gazed on the super-.' scnplion of the letter long and earnestly. ! “ D, Oglethorp, Esq., Ballimore" —the words seemed burned into his brain What would ' he not give to know tnc contents of that let ter 1 Doubtless it related in the nephew who : was lo supplant him. Why could he not glance in it 1 li was not sealed—he would betrav no confidence in doing so—most of the business tellers were given him to answer, and certainly lo no one livino would he re veal the contents, whatever thev might he.— ' This reflection overcame his strong repug nance to the act, and with n trembling hand Pe opened the lelior and read— 11 Dead Sin—l wish tour nephew lo ar rive if possible, bv Tuesday, the thirteenth, ns on ihat day youn? Wilkin's year will have expired, and n is desirable that his successor should be on the spot lo enter immediately on his duties Truly voup ,1. Be a EE. The blood mounted to Richard’s brow as tie read. For an instant he forgot the conse quences to himself of the threatened blow, in indignation at his employer’s duplicity. “ Four years ago,’’ ho murmured, bitterly, “aye four years next Tuesday, F- enleted Ibis store. ?Voi once since that day has he bad occasion to reprove me for the slightest neglect or oversight : stern and exacting as he is, 1 have given him no cause for com plaint, and this is the end—this is my re ward. lamto be discharged lo make room for me of his friend s connections, fam thankful 1 opened the letter—now I can pre pare for his treachery ” 1 W’llh a calmness that surprised himself the clerk sealed Ihe teller and dropped it in Ihe post office as he had been directed. Q n his way back lo his employment, he called at the counting-room of n merchant, whom as one of Mr, Beale’s acquaintance he well knew. Richard wished In make inquiries in an indirect way for a silnation, but while he was striving to form some question to this end, the gentleman came to his relief, by asking tf he knew any young man in need of a situation whom he could recommend to him ; as he had a vacancy for a clerk.— Richard eagerly offered himself, Mr. Curtis was surprised that fie should wish to leave his old place but gladly accepted him, having Hi : KOeA“eOOSWrM;, THTOto MaßMai ’«• long ddmireafahtf integrity adtrMrMf’apblictf < tom of (He youflgrhanVwhbdey raises he'ha'd; frequently heard (rcrmMr. Bbale. The yearly j salary'wasnarhed ;-1t was one 1, hundred del la re more than ’Richard' was hdw recfeWiiig"; l and hnvingiengaged (oenfCr bif the dpties 6’f hie now’ place qauheTbl lowing Tuesday',' he went with a light'heart to' his ttfd'etjfiplb'y ment. He didfibt mention his' iritbhtion to ■Mr. Beale, #nd so the week passed 'withdiit Mr. Curtis Cisiting the store. " He-hqped thin he had not met his employer, for Richard had a wish that the latter should not' hear how his treacherous scheme had been defeated till the last moment. Ou Monday evening he knocked at the door of Mr. Beale’s rojm, and in as Tew words os possible requested wages due to him, as he was engaged lo‘ go' to another house* on the morrow. Morton. “ I have known of your engngemetfPsince Wednesday, 11 'replied Mr. Beale. “ Mr. Cur tis informed me ofit.' May I ask the motive of this secret and unusual proceeding on your part? I bel'evc I gayo you no cause for so sudden a determination to quit my em ployment—did 1 ?” No cause!” Richard repealed bitterly. “Ob, no, sir, no cause, of course—the clerk is only the dupe, the slave of the merchant, and has no right lo complain of any conduct,’ however iniquitous, of which he is the vic tim.” “ Your sarcasm is rather out of place, young.man,” replied Mr. Beale, coolly. “1 asked if 1 had giving any cause of offence. I know I have not—you falsely imagine lhai 1 have, and those imaginings have done your self a great injury. Nay, no questions—l will tell you all. On the day that Mr. Ogle tborp was here, I noticed a great alteration in your looks, your words, your whole conduct. I suspected at once that Philip had overheard our conversation and repealed it to you in consequence of which you were disturbed in mind. Ttiis was natural, and I was far from blaming you ; but it afforded ms opportunity fora test which 1 had peculiar' reasons for desiring to apply. I penned a brief note to Mr. Oglethorp, gave it to you to seal, and watched your after proceedings through that window. 1 thought the temptation would prove a severe one, and (hat if you arose su perior to it 1 need never have any fears con cerning you. I was right, the temptation was strong—too strong for your honor and integ rity to withstand ; Tsaw you open the letter, it was enough. I did not at all wonder When 1 heard of your applying for a new situation ; you thought I was acting treacherously to you, and that you would outwit me. Mr. Beale ceased, and looked fixedly at Richard, whoso whole countenance was suf fused with blushes as the true nature of fits conduct was brought thus calmly lo his view, fn his indignant feelings he had not fill this moment thought of his direliction of ptinci pte in opening a letter not intended for his in spection; now he was overwhelmed with shame and remorse, for he was naturally upright and ingenuous. Afr. Beale saw his confusion, and turned lo his desk’ lo pay what was due of Richard’s salary, hut first Inking some papers from a secret drawer, throw them on the table before the young man. “ All this is at an end now,” he said, “ but you may see how unjust your supposition was to me, how injurious lo yourself, as I said a while ago.’’ Richard’s eyes were intently bent upon (be papers. One was in tne merchant’s hand writing, a notice of Richard Wilkins having been admitted ns a junior partner into his old and established business firm ; the others were the necessary legal papers relating thereto. Richard continued gazing on them as if fascinated, till the merchant’s voice broke the spell. “ Well, young man, do you understand the matter now j” “ Oh, sir!” said Richard, turning his eyes imploringly on him, and unable lo express his tortured feelings, he bent his head on tWe table lo conceal the fast gushing tears. "Regret is unavailing now,” said Mr. Beale, in his clear, cold tones, “ 1 had every reason lo place confidence in you.— During this four years 1 have observed your conduct closely. It was such as to satisfy me, and resolving lo reward your strict in tegrity and faithfulness, I had decided to take you into partnership, as you see by these papers, prepared nearly two months ago, and only wantingsignfliures and date. My friend Mr. Oglelhrop, hfti frequently mentioned his nephew, whom ho much desired me lo em ploy. At his last visit 1 agreed lo do so. It was my intention lo give you an agreeable surprise to-morrow, and therefore, I desired to keep all my arrangements secret, fortu nately as 1 now see ; for my whim enabled me lo test the strength of your principles.” “Oh, if you could forgive me, Mr. Beale,” exclaimed Richard, imploringly. “It was my first error in this regard—l am sure it will prove my last.” “For all,” answered Mr. Beale, quietly pushing (he money ho had counted over to Richard, and picking up the papers, tore them into small fragments. The young man looked sadly at them, but knowing (hat re monstrance or entreaty was alike unavailing with the slerh man, he by a strong effort con quered his emotion, and taking up the money, bowed his thanks and farewell lo his late em ployer, and turned lo leave the room. As he laid his hand on the door knob, he paused and asked, in a still faltering voice, -if My. Curtis was informed of-all this. “ No, F did not think it necessary to speak of it,” said Mr. Beale, “ for I hadVeSkoittp think ft was your first departure from the straight road; and though all business con nection betweenus has ceased, yet I would not wish to injure your repmaiion by reveal ing an act which ! thought you would re^fet.' . ’’ t I,' srK (<! A riLn.l •■-" .I'"' ' i \ »t ♦ i <>i)\ » ’ w; ' T ‘ x ''" l r '* ;A '* jl ' ■a-T^U 1 ; wl V=*' mu /i-aa.! x*??* 1 ;• '■ ~ ~ JJLJIILI!*S~ thb iW '“ -!l _-1' 1 : !l : M * r !_^ y _' , i * - ■ rn "':, / ■ *j-_ -£ l..j;;Vy r. ''.W^ You will find Mr. Curtis a mofeigdulgent employer ihan ll ytrtt'irPB ,! tettyiWg, your salary will be?latgetElflaD'ihslu»9:bfeen?;ffereF ? io (hat oil the. whole,; perhapSryou'.Bre naiUwer.-'Bnd I hope for your sake that your'first crramwill ; pt'o#e;ajaojJ'jbur>lasb’’;V . ; i, v y..,..,., Richard sadly left the store. OauMiertdr row’ he enteStedonlhendUdesiof hisHewsilu ation. It proved agreeable, and theiaddilion to his previous-salary-wasdfgreat DSeto him; hut what could silence remorse.lor lheiacl by which he hot only lost sd mirch ;n aJpe cuniary point of view, but.alpo sank immeas urably in’ hia'own-estimation?-,-He profiled by the lesson, however. Years after hefound himself in a;position proaperous and ertvia ble as that which he had forfeited in early manhood. bjjl to his dying day he never tried to banish the humiliation but salutary recdl lection of his first and last deviation .from the .straight forward path of manhood and in tegrity. From The NrY-JEvoning Post. TUc Downfall of Hoops. Not many weeks since we sought lo enligh ten our readers upon the perpjexingsubjoqt of hoops and crinolines, by disclosing the secrets of their manqfacture,'naming the more fash ionable varieties, picturing their .future as it rose glowing before us, odd making appropri ate moral reflections, which we enforced and illustrated by a copiouscilation of ancient and modern authorities, both in prose and verse. Wo hake now to record the untimely decease of the fashion, Which Was then just expanding into full bloom. She by whose fiat it sprung into being has decreed its death, and hersell became the executioner. The Empress Eu genie has appeared in public without either hoops or Crinolines'.' Paris will follow her example, and New York will speedily copy Paris. We are informed, indeed, by persons conversant with such matters, that this mode is even now on the decline here, and (hat our ladies, with a prophetic anticipation of what was coming, have already begun to contract their dimensions, which had been steadily in creasing till within a few days, to so great an extent that most of them can now pass each other on Broadway with safely. Authorities differ on this point, Ijowever, but we would fain hope that the above statement is the cor rect one, as it implies independence and origi nality where in such matters they are seldom found. 'As the virtues of the departed were fully commemorated in a previous article, there is no need to enumerate them here. But in the face of‘the maxim, "nil morluis nitibonurti" we may mention one advantage ‘which"wo shall now enjoy. Henceforth it will be less difficult lo make the which has ibeJeuip of the follow ing paragraph from theTJkalona ('Miss] frai rie News : “ Nobody seems lo have heard of that chap in Aberdeen who just come home from a year’s absence in Nicaragua. On his way up from the landing he met quite a number of ladies. Afier kissing his sister, &c„ 1 pray,’ said he, ‘are the girls in Aberdeen married 1 I met Mias A-:— 1 Why brother, Miss A—— isn’t married,’ 1 Not married I Nor 'Miss B 1 nor Miss C 1 nor Miss ?’ 1 Oh pshaw ! brother,’ said sis, just begin ning to catch the idea, ‘that’s nothing but hoops.’ ” Other incidental benefits will suggest them selves to husbands, fathers and lovers. VVe.do not profess ourselves competent even to speculate concerning the probable suc cessor of the jcircle infinite. Let the Em press Gugenje decide. . Let all those who have suggestions to offer bring them forward. Let Congress of Fashion and Dress-reform Conventions meet at once and devise a new style, so that ladles may not be forced to full back on the old fashions, and thus tacitly ad mit that crinolines jhave been merely episodi cal, and not a necessary link in the history of human progress, VVlmt do our ladies for instance, to il|o costume in which the members of the recent Canastota Reform Convention appeared ? 7'heir dresses reach ed no further down than the knee, The Bloomer pantaletls were not worn, but in their place were tv bite and flesh-colored silk stock ings, filling closely to the leg, and laced half way to the garter with gaiter strings. Many of the dresses were made of rich velvets and silks, and beneath the skirts were to be seen the points of beautiful lace petticoats. This style of dress certainly recommends itself to the economist, and always to the lover of neatness on such days as this ; though one cannot but fancy with pain the condition in which those flesh colored unmentionables would be left after a brisk half-nour’s walk. But while Fifth avenue and Gramercy Park are bidding farwell to the defunct mode, or less ambitioas.localities will adopt it-in their turn. Crinolines will begin to figure.in the laundry and kitchen ; Centre street will be swept by expanded skirls, and country clowns will crack the poor, jokes on the “costs and circumference” of the village damsels.' Such is the history of every style of costume. The lower million don what the “ upper ten” are just doffing; and several generations come to bo represented by the different classes of- so ciety. f It may be, too, that, before this fashion.has entirely disappeared, a- similar, necessity to that which, it owes its birlh may arise, and the Empress -.may again seek to hide the future beneath her ample skirls. There is some talk of the probability that small bonnets willTollow hoops to-the grtive, but the rumor is not yet- sufficiently definite to afford excuse for cotnmenfi ' ■ ! ,-r-How often do. men mistake,the Ipve of their own opinions for the love of Irutji. . —Remember' that every' pirapti, however low, has rights and’ feelirt'jjs; ■ i afeA»l,K:usiw t' N , r ~X-.C A-Xy WJrP'Mu: 'i, ’’ T‘ ,f ; ’> • ‘-■'•by .. ifyott^oi^’mn^e'you^ mioV’ * w. .» Ip the .world; .. -m ‘ » Kor bo,Ml in'the dark . '■ ’’ 1 '• By the worldy*'’ • - • r . M r Ami you may; v ’ 'Twill subduo'eteryill' / > ; ■ . .In your wagr., r , t . , , ; , ‘ -s j . ' ‘ And bunish all fetn ’’’l ~ ' a Pgr tho. right;, . • • There’s nothing, 0, man, ;:i ' . To euro HI, * ■ •* Like spying- 1 (on. . Arid I will. ■ ’ 1 ” ■ ■ ’ , \ > If a kingdom yon would own, - Buie your mind; ’ *Tis a safe and lasting throno , Vou will find ; But if that you would fill, Ifo n map. And shy that I will. Since I can. V ©ommtmfcattonff. Letter from tbe West. {The subjoined letter is from a cfHzcd of this' Comity, how traveling in Uiu West. A friend lias handed,ii in fur yubli cation, together with seVernl others of the same series. TUo reading will doubtless bo interesting to inanyour readers.] Bn, An. . Dear Wife: We left Crandall Prairie ibo next morning; and after, traveling over (he Prairie some seven or eight m>los> came lo the Si. Croix River at the Falls, which is the bead of steamboat navigation on'this stream. Here we found a smart little town, and one that is, from its situation, no doubt destined to be of no small importance. We crossed the St. Croix here to the west,, on Minesota side, over a beautiful bridge of one span, reaching from a ledge of rocks on-one side to acorres ponding ledge on the other. The rock hers is metallic or trapp, and is the first we have found on our journey; it indicates clear proximity to the copper region. We here struck the Military, or Government road from point Douglass to Superior, and continued in it up tha river on the Minesota side, through a country well limbered, but somewhat uneven, some ten miles, to thei head of the St. Croix rapids f here we took dihner and purchased some provisions to last us through lo Superior. 1 no' St. Croix is navigable for batteaux, aodsmoll .boats from this point nearly lo its source. After dinner we pursued the uneven tenor of our way.lo a stream by (he name of Sunrise, on (be banks of .which there ore three houses, called the “Village of Sunrise." Here we staid all night—had very good accommodations* and in the morning again pursued our journey. From’lhis point there was not snow enough for sllighing, and we Were compelled to feb Onfoot, or as the boys had it —“ by Fool & ‘Walker’s Line”—at noon we took dinner at Rush River, aid nt night arrived at Snake Station. Here we sjiud nil,night, and in the morning learned Inal Inis ttatf'ine last siuppM/g milss. This place is some twenty-five miles west of the St. Croix River, in the interior of Minesota, and ninety miles from Superior.— There" is here a town siie called Cheng-wa low-na, or River of Pines, It contains , three or four log houses and a sawmill. From Sunrise to this place-istwenty-five miles; and we were compelled lo walk all the way—the snow being only about two inches deep, and it was all our team could do to haul our bag gage. We are all pretty sore fooled, as the hubbs felt pretty sharp through our Mocca sins. The land from the Falls up the St. Croix to this point is good, and well timbered with hard wood of various kinds, and tolerably well watered. We have seen to day a great deal of Sugar Maple forest—as far as we can judge from the routes we have traveled, so fat we find Minesota the best country tec hate passed through since we left home, when taken as a whole. There are many points in Wisconsin that one can find no fault with ; but Minesota, as far as we have seen it, is all a good country. We left Chengwa tawna early in. the morning, npd after a hard day’s travel on fool we arrived ft Deer Creek, -15 miles from where we started in the morn ing. Here we camped for ttie night. The mercury stood 20 degrees below zero,— We built a large fire and then made a hearty supper of roast pork and crackers, and a little tea —this being all the variety of stores we could obtain, except whiskey, and this we de clined to take. We have now left- the Government Road, as it is not cut out any further than a little this side of Snake River. We are now fol lowing an old Indian (rail, and it id-all we can do to get our team and baggage through, over the logs and rocks and through the ravines brush, &c. The country through which we have passed to-day is well timber ed with Pine, Spruce, Tamarac, Birch, As pen, &c., but is not very good for agricultur al purposes and not very inviting to settlers, being principally inhabited by wolves and In dians—a party of Whom we met just before oty encampment, the first we have met with on our journey. We met here also a party of Engineers, surveying's, Roil Road route from Superior to St. Paul, Oiirparty are very sbi;e fooled fr<?m walking in Moccasins over the frozen ground, '.fi. few flakes of snow fell just at dark, but the. performance was soon discontinued. . In the, morning w.e again star ted on our joupoey, j; and afier .another hard day’s travel wa camped a,l Kettle River, hav ing traveled only 15 miles, the roads.being so bad that it was wilhgtepl difficulty .we made any progress, Here we were soon surrounded by Chippe wa Indians, there being-a number of wig wams just up the bank of the-river from our camp. They area hard looking sot,filthy, indolent and living most by .begging. During the evening severalof pur party vtsiiecP their wigwams. made a hariy repast of pork npu crackers, and laid dbwn for vlio n'gh’f.' ‘l'Siaryg^i'was by fir the coldest we had yet expericncr-tf^’ PUBLISHERS; fe .ERORRIETORS., the mercury.standing 32 degrees below zero; aodtertwosso 'cold I 'wo cbiildnmsteeprand -having burnt op.dut Btrpply of Wbod, we m 2 ■o’clock A.- Mty ogaitv”siatletf l on'otji‘‘journey by the lighl-ofthemood. '■We i ’cotHtnue’iJ on our morning walk untii T hnirpasi ien A.,JV1.,: Late and ele ‘(or,QUt d|nner wjjjtfprovisions wo hadjk“fl r and/, again, tbpk u up ~our line, ol .m.arctt.',, ~A,ls,rk tvp attived'a} a place!, call ed Black Hoof, .having..traveled tpiriy.-lwo miles. .Here.we found,.a,,little, log shanlep, 10 x 12 (ee.t.in size, occupied by iwp .ypung men. It was open between the logs as a log barn in-Pennsylvania, and had noflobrabove or below,'nor fireplace; but a lire was-built in one. end and a hole left in the roof for the smoke to escape. Here we engaged lodgings and supper, "and after some delay' the young men mixed some flour and water and baked it in a tin pan before the fire. They also* boiled in a pail » few frozen potatoes, and .fried a very small piece of pork; and of these things they broke and handed each one a piece and called it supper. You may think this hard fare, but there was this mitigating circumstances in connection with it, viz ; there was but little of it -; one man could have easily disposed of the whole, had it been prop erly cooked.' At bed; time we (aid down but could sleep but little for the cold, and at daylight, having paid our bill (only 84,25 for six of us) we : again Journeyed on, six miles to Twin Lakes, when we got our breakfast.— This also was cooked by men, and only a slight advance on ourj supper in quality.— They only charged us 50 cts apiece, hut we had by this time got used to the skinning process and it didn’t hurt much. The coun try through which we passed yesterday and the day before, will answer to the descrip tion given to the counrty from to Deer Creek. At Twin Lakes we again came upon the Government Road, ii-being opened from this t'pbini lo Superior, twenty-one miles. Here Wo lound l a I ill le more snow; as it com menced snowing about this lime and we were very tired, we called it sleighing and rqde from there lo Superior in our sleigh, where we arrived a little after dark, having been up-! on the road a hide over four weeks, and made an overland passage from Lacrosse here, of a little over .400 .miles. . We put up at the 11 Superior House,” which, for this country, is a first-class hotel. The snow here is about six inches deep and the sleighing quite good. The country from Twin Lakes • here is one continued Tamarac Swamp, with a small mix ture of Pine, Spruce, Balsam, White Cedar and While and Yellow Birch, &c. The aur face is a level plain, and the timber Very thick, straight and tall, and from two lo ten inches in diameter. The land, I think, will be good for grazing purposes and perhaps some or u r»r «imf kinds ofgrain. The whole country from Lacrosse to Superior and throughout Wisconsin and Mineso’a, is dolled w.th beautiful Lakes from a few rods to as many miles in extent, filled wilh a variety of fish. A large majority of these Lakes have no outlet, and many of them no inlet, while contiguous Lakes here frequently present surfaces of vastly different level. Game of all kinds is plenty along this route, Prairie Chickens, Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear, Wolves, &c, Wtf have seen some Bears that bad been killed by hunters us we came along, and also a large quantities of Deer—frequently meeting sleighs loaded with them piled up as you would a load of cord wood. These were novel sigh's lo us aLfirst, but soon ceased to be a novelty. There are many other things of interest I would likelo mcn'ion,but cannot for want of space. Ai some future lime, per haps, i will give you a description of Superior and surrounding country, jo the mean lime I remain yours affectionately, ; Superior, Doug. Co. VVis., > C. V. E, Dec. 1856. \ The Man wmr a Snake in ms Hat.— Dr. Dixon, in his New York Monthly Scnpel, states that a gentleman of the “ highest ve racily,” related to him the following snake] story, which beats anything that we have 1 seen lately: Going into an ordinary (or his dinner, he was surprised to observe the extra care with which a gentleman who look the seat opposite to him, took off his hat; he turned his head ns nearly upside down as possible without breaking his neck ; then placing his hand over the inside of his hat, he again turned, and received its carefully guar ded contents, concealed in a pockct-hnnker chief, bn his hand ; then gently lay ing the back of his hand on the cushion, he slid the hat and the contents off, and commenced his dinner. The attention of my friend was ir tesistibly directed toward the hat; and his surprise greatly increased the reader may imagine, on observing Ihe head of a sizeable 'snake thrust out and looking sharply about The gentleman, perceiving the discov ery, addressed him. “My dear sir, I was in hopes to have dined alone, and not annoyed any one with my popr pet. Allow me to ex plain ; he is perfectly harmless; only a com mon black snake. I was advised to carry him on my head for rheumatism, I have done so for u few weeks and I am cured—positive ly cured from n most agonizing malady. 1 dare hot yet part with him; the memory of iny sufferings are too vivid ; nil my care is to avoid discovery, and to treat my pet os well ns possible in his irksome confinement. I feed-him on milk and eggs, and he does not seem to suffer. Pitvdon mo for my annoy-, ance—you have my-sioty ;it is true. lam thankful to the informer for my cure; and to you for your courtesy in not leaving your dinner disgusted.” ■' If you want lq knb.w the way to t(ie Peni tentiary, follow the' man whti believes that the world owes hmVa'living, Rules of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged 81 per square r /ourjMOj -/tyj, Wlbre^ ; ip»ertipa| f »nd cents Br etetf sqtecqucor insertion. All advetli ■hienls bf IMr fnirtlbrirtcdb Hoes' considered an ■equal*. The followingrates will bo tfiarpWT" »nd (Yearly, advertiaihgr-; : , 3 months.i ftoionlht. 13 mo: 1 %>“?. SO. . 84,50 ~, 861. - ' 6 Ot)' 80. dicolubnii iw••.->.. ,-i 1000 ‘l5 00 20 00 i.cpluinn.- , -r. •u.- i-TS OQ 80KI0 40 00 ; Altndvertisetnqnjs pgfc Kivinglhonucnber of ia q«tiqDfl nijrked opon lheM, will be' kepi, in pnlilor ■ddfea tmt.ahd ch’argcd'icbordingiy. .‘ '‘Poslfcr*, Hanabill«,’Bill l %dd Letter Hedds, and all Itinda of Joljbing done' incoanlry establishments, executed neatly. gnd. nronapjly. Justioea', Consts- V?, B V 4n ,d°lh'or'BLANKS, constantly on bind and •prtnled ‘to wder.'' ■ ’ ,l ' : t-^—^— sses&ssai=i=±= eaaeaa ' iffertintlle Success. a in liiv 1 .5? ;sw -?n ■so. a, f . f C ' 1 I • . „ Here comes ..out of fur eastern woods, ; a. 3' o W?g, ; . p/p.Mghhay—with open .brow, and ‘dark, searching ,eye v and hardy sinews, Hi* fpS l afft (he pavement, wallet fs empty—a little, .hqncile (fed up in ft checked l(afldl(erchieiVjoniaiqs the sum total of his worldly ,possessions. .As he stands,all about him that is not- Ainwel/V plight bring less, than a dollar at the auction block. He patiently goes ip and.qqt seeking honest labor. The shop boys make no,,effort (o conceal their tmrthful appreciation of the rural. quality of his aspectsometimes' utter something in his ear (hat shows their forgetfulness of the gol den rule. JPatient, he perseveres, till in some gr.eat hive of commercial industry, be gels a chance to become a working hep. His mas ter discovers that he is indefatigable, and tonost and shrewd, and never spends any thing. He trusts him, and does it safely.— Year by year his salary increases qnd his value to the establishment; junior partner— chief man—sole manager, he successively becomes, as the years roll on—and others die. The shop-boys who laughed at him, are now, some in the graves of libertines and drunk ards—some in the last stages of commercial consumption—one is not ashamed to beg a daily sixpence at his counting-room door. His yearly business amounts to hundreds of thousand* of dollars. He is troubled to find safe investments of his profits. Some are in swift ships—some in those leviathan steamers that ferry the ocean in the great lines of travel. Some in granite warehouses ahd stately mansions-r-some in huge factories, the din of whoso spindles chimes lenorliko with the buss of the river, as it-, roars over ils dam. He is a while-hhired man. His name is great on ’Change, and as he passes through State Street, all make obeisance. The flood of wealth keeps pouring in, and he. has his hands full to know what to do with it. The pile of litle deeds is too large for his deepest pigeon hole, and his safe is crammed with bonds and mortgage notes. Ha begins seri ously to consider what is to be done with all his accumulated affluence. He looks ‘about him to see who shall receive it from him.— Child he has none, for he never foundtime to marry. All those immediate relatives whom he once loyetf, are underage sod of the graveyard where he used to sti%ll with curi ous mind in his boyish days—as he ale his Sunday dinner between services in the gray old church.. He sitF'down to plan a legal instrument that shall devise his estates to uses of public benefit. He will make inquiries concerning this and that. Ho lays by the half sbekt, half covered, and taking another proceeds to calculate how many millions the total is, which is to be thus divided—and with par donable self-esteem, says to himself, 11 It is pretty well for a bare-footed boy.” The next day the coffee is growing cold on the breakfast table, and his housekeeper, nervous at his strange want of punctuality, goes up to knock unanswered at his door— goes in to find him'steeping the long sleep upon his customary couch. A coroner’s jury .would say, “ It is a visitation of God,” as'if it had not been the “ visitation of God” that had kept off death for three score years and ten. They bury him with great honour, and the undertaker disregards expense. His next friends open his desk to see who are to put into their garners that which he has raked together. They find the half sheet with thfe' sum total, and smile with pleasant expecta tion. They find the half sheet with the un finished programme of possible charities, and smile cm. But they find no will, and look blank and troubled. The law empties all his pigeon holes, and seizing bonds and title deeds and notes and mortgages in . ils iron hand, it places them in the greedy, though as onished clutch of distant and low-lived heirs at law, whom it has hunted up In (he back no&ds, and who disperse the same among grogshops, and gambiers, and broth els, until having contrived to come out even with their unanticipated property, they sink into graves which are paid for by their last inherited cent. That transaction is now square with the world. The birefooled boy got a heap of gold, and his twentieth cousins spent it—and all is us it was before* is as it was before —save that his soul will be likely to have some eternal modification in consequence of the gelling, and theirs in consequence of the spending. But his name is down on the list of hon orable merchants, and fathers point tlx sir suns to Ins example as a proof of what can be done by trying—as a splendid mercantile success. Jj-’ok once again at your merchant puree sa he stands at the bar of God and is asked for.his reckoning of the ten pounds—the tea millions—which God lent him while on earth. He denies the loan—says he was a barefooted boy, and earned his money, and no' thanks to anybody! Alas I who gave him those calm, dark eyes, and l - that clear, long head, and that cool patience? Who gave him the mother’s guidance, ihe memory of which kept him from the quicksands of the city ! Who sustained him honest and healthy, and opened all avenues to wealth before him,and blew his ships into sale and profitable har, bouts, and kept him sane and cautious, and brought him on without a single reverse, while others went to the madhouse and the poorhousc, and the tomb? He denies the loan ! He has never thought of it m that light. He will have leisure to understand it all! We hear a voice that spake once on ear'h — saying, “ Gust ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness, there shall bo weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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