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If. WEBB,-EDITOR. AND PROPRIETOR.
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TUV. OAKLAND.
" Wilh swutest flowers enrich'd,
From various gurdens cull'd with care"
Tlir. (J EM US OF NIAGARA.
' BY THE UKV. J UIN 0. LORD, D. D.
Prmul Demon i f the watcis ihou
Around whose stern and story brow
('irt-lt'tt ihe r.iinliow varied gem
The Vapor Spirit's diadem
Wliile msaing headlong nt tliy feci,
The evciLsiing thunders meet.
Throned on ilie mists, around thy form
Is dashing an denial storm,
Whose ceaseless, changeless earthquake
slunk
The tempest of old Ocean mock, -And
the daik Sea-King yields to thee
The iii -cd of might and majesty.
Death, Sound immensity have lent
Their terrors to thy element:
Thy congregated waters yell
Down caverns fathomless as IMI,
Wiiile heaven's gloiiotts hues are set
About thy gorgeous coronet.
l'ii;niic Winter strives in vain
To hind the in his icy chain,
Which rent hy thy resistless wave
Finds in thy fearful depths a grave;
Or the torn fragment glistening be
l,i the gUre of thy kingly
A filvery well .mong thy trees
Unri fU'd hy the pasting breeeze
The vumjiiiihed lce-K :ng !or thee weaves,
A ' 1 1 1 gives them gem for winter leaves,
A n I rear the c:o,nnn, bright and v.st,
'J In, t radiance tluoegh thy halls to cas
The Giant I'nne has never yet
Hi looi.-tep in thy waters set:
Grimly passing thy (ad, ha tries
To notch his hye-ginc centuries
Along the i! .i rk and devious track
Ul tl e rock thrashing Cateraci.
.Enblem of I'owrr the mighty sun
llath lound and lefi I ite roaring on,
I'll, in wen with Chaos, ere his liyht
'!hiiii; out upon the slarle.s night,
relic of ih it awful day
u all in wild confusion hy.
. hen air. p.irih, snd sea, and sky
.mile- asMi'i together lie,
i, ii 'n't; tt-nt fir-i lire kind ing o'er
Oi.l Name's wne k Nts gara's roar,
e- tn '! '-h- i :ir of Tune,
a.i b'f riq iiein sublime.
Tee
'i !.e Ci
isl ie ip of ihy waves bhall be
, ,,( hi ileadl agonyi
.,, vnii i. ,1 me allele Mr. Sinith,
.... M. !'!?'
.,.' S u.tli what S riiihl tl'.ere
.. I diar.i' uf .UA name m tllee
, 1 1-
V'
my iiin.i' is S nilli.'
Wi.v I .1,0. i kmnv l. s lolher name
, ' a coiir, ciabhvd.an.l a crofs son
md they call him Crbb
I s-jj.pos? I'm ihe man.'
ItLOCniSlJI
ML J L
A WOMAN'S REVENGE.
It was a bright, glad day in spring, am:
Broadway was alive wiih gaiety ar.d bustle
A stranger who had been crossing the gre
thoroughfare at noon, somewhere about tin
corner of Murray street, would have won
dered what object it could be on the otln
side of the way that was disturbing tin
whole street, and without exactly (hawing
a crowd, was attracting every body's atten
lion, and making gentlemen seek an excuse
for slopping and looking backhand slmoe
envy the humble wayfarers who were privi
Ifged to be ungenlee A denz n of New
York, however, who had only iieard of the
commotion, would at one have known that
it must be Alisi Kaye, stepping from her
iarnage into the store of her jeweller. Ilei
loe-colored carrisge, obstructed by a crowi
f equipages which stood in front of Tei
ny's. had drawn up somo (loins ofT, and u
irder to reai.h the place, she, whose pearly
hoe not ofen touched the payment, wa.-
inee compelled to witch the woild with
noble bilking. The instant hor blue and
hite liveries were seen opening the rlooi
mil rattling the steps don, simulanpous
impression seemed to be produced upor
he crowd that was loitering along the
dewalk: they drew back on all sides,
kind of avenue was formed, anJ she stepped
forward, alone, with a magnificent, elaatir
read, as if the earth yielded beneath her
et Fortunately, at the veiy spot, i
ore lipid me by the button. (Amiable
iiore! 1 patted him when we parttd, and
oi (lie first time in my life, recognized why
beneficent Providence had cre.iiei! h..
hat held people by the button.) I gnzei'
uh a delight almost into homage. Majesty
oftened into delicious beauty grandeur o!
ttitude and featute, made lovely by a per-
ding spirit of sweetness and sympathy
produced in her a union that channe l yoi
re ynu could admire. I dare say it wil
u'em an odd thing to say, but there isnoth
g that has since reminded me so much 01
the impression she then produced upon tin
nye, as the bright fountain in the Pbrk'
there was in hei the same easy, I may oaj
reluct int magnificen ce; the sydendid puriu
md soft sparkle, combined with such ai
t-ntiie unrestraint and abandonment of elTor
that you fell as if in that form and inutioi
very essence of grace were made
alpable before your eyes, and as if lha
variety of movement was the wantonness ol
nature that strove to, but could not.escapi
roin its perpetual doom of elegance Start
led biek, in spue of myself, into the ve ol
oeiry and godde.-i'es I thought straighlwi y
f the iipp iruion of Venus to the Trojan by
ie wnodeu margin of the Tyron city, am!
as beginning to fill into my old tunes and
nin, but I Icli soon, in truth, I was be
low the mark, and that these stood belore
cimniliiiir of a truei dmuitV and
iniiiression thn all their goddness togeihei
I mean a delicate pure, high-souled woman
1 confeef, while she was a dislanco from
ne, and I had lull a glimpse of her; I felt
i cert.iiu fl itter abou l my heart, bui as siie
:nne near me, thai faded away, and yield
cd to a profund and distant riveieuce, 1 can
lown my eyes and lifted thoui only as she
vanis'iciltltruugh the door of the shop.
Mil's Kaye, s parents were both dead, and
s'ie w is the so'e minresa of ouit of lha lara
st foiiune in New York; Her first wnm r
m company had been concluded by the an
iiounceiiient of her engagement to Mi
llaiihury.a man of high fashion, possessing
mdoiihieilly superior powers, grtat rultiva-
. . t
non, and cnmense res irees ui inaunur
Men who knew Mr. Ilanbury, weie sur
priMil m l irchoire, and lliote who know
out valued her, regretted it not a little; fo
tliry deemed him a thorough wnrlJing.
whose pi inci)les ami sentiinents were sucl.
is a life of liheriinagH on ihe continent war
iikely lo produce, and whose purpose were
itterly felrwii and base
Suclt indeed, or worse, he really was,
but the truth is, the most intelligent woman
jB no judge of man who pays her attention
t .- , . . i. .1 . . ... . r ,i
iMltS have 010 not htiaw me naiuie vi ina
K.an, fo perfect as li is art and Jisilmulu
COLILUI1IA COtATV, PA. SATURDAY,
tion.
hhe admired and esteemed Htm.
n the prospect that was before her, was
lannv as the hichest hones and ihe hinUesl ,,,c 'i panrmesj ol vour character
. " ... ......
.i.ent.ons on ner par, cou.u m.K.
vas in reierence 10 some arrancrmenii
.. ... .t.... ..) .1, . m.
a.oig wioav npeicu ecu i.iai ...o
neinto Penny's with her beaming
lull of p leasantiiess snd life, when her at
eniion was caught by the voice of Mr. Han
bury, who, in company with another person
was standing with his back towards her.lean
ng against ihe frame of the glass.in earnest
conversation. Neither perceived Miss Kaye,
Ithough she spproaehed within hearing
listance of them
I many her only for her money,' said
le, almost in a whisper.but loud enough fo
lerto overhear his words distinctly, 'and
within a month afterwards shall go to Paris
alone
Mm Kaye left the storo immediately, tin
perceived by them both.
Ii was fortunate for !iei that, in (lit inter
val of her abscence, her carriago had drawn
immediately in front of the shop door, or
ihe must have fallen on the pavement. A
it was, with a dizied head, she lotteied foi -
wards, and the servant who mood there
aught her in his hands. She milled will
a powerful eff irt, and saying to the fooi-
uan iu a faint voice 'Home!' got into the
vehicle. 0 ie who had seen those pale
shrunken, trembling features the fixed,
glaring eye, the w thered lip, the distortion
ind dua lly agony of the whole face, could
nit have rcoogniz,!(l the glorious counte
;ance from which a moment before, pow
er and hope had looked so majestically forth
I'he footman seeing his mistress was ill,
irdered the coachman lo drive with ihe ut
nosl rauidiiv. and in a few. . miiiiiinn . VI,
Ivaye Wis atiior noiue. lie opened in-
arriaga door iir mediately, and set-!
. . e . . .
ng lus mistress tnrow nerseii out
icfore the steps were down, the honest
fellow caught her in his arms and carried
ler all the way into the drawing room.
lie placed a chair and handed her a tumbler
if water.
In a few minutes her physical weakness
was conquered. Miss Kaye rose and walk-
d into her chamber summoning all the dc
erminatioti and energies of her nature, sa
lown to consider her course.
It was an intense Si awful struggle, wJiich
vrung her spirit. The' quick stem work
ng of her lip, flush of her cheek, tht flajh
ng of her eye, told with what strength her
luiposewas developing.
He shall feel his baseness!' she multeied
ai herself.
On the following morning she sat alone
,ii the drawing room, when Mr. Ilanbury
ame in: Orders had been given lo aJmi1
no other person.
Do vou think,' said she, as soon as he
was sealed, fixing upon hnn that dark eye
which burned with the keenest and loftiesi
lire of moral indignation snd intellectual
contempt, 'that there are men in the world
wholly destitute of soul?'
Her manner was mm h controlled and
tier void calm; yet, in despite of eiTort, hei
tone vibrated with a searching sharpness ol
iircastn which astonished Mr. Hjiibury.
uid agu ited hi;n irt a little. The conici
misncss of what his deserv ing was in re
peel to her, rame upon him wi.h a blind.
fur.n'i4 ftur, thai shook his spirits to tin
foundation.
He answered, not knowing what s!k
ould he meaning:
'There are persons, 1 think, w ho, if they
ver had souls, have succeeded in weannr.
II trace of them out of flieinselvss.'
She r."e and stood hefore the table oi.
he opp )-tt sid i of which h sir.
I have been imu'uil. mi! ou'raed
hrouh every fef ling of my na'ure. 1
rnasoiiiaiy and mutt le uli-d woman a
and limit le idea
protected only by those sentiments of
lnnor that dwells in ihe biPast of every
GENTLEMAN, I tiof-e letting ol romnioniiurned home, in Ihe wretched and clis
humanity which ste arknowledi'ed liv
HVtry MAN. I luve lound but one per-
on u'lerly KisPin-tblo to these impies IkiiO sticking closely to his lorehead, hi.--ions
yotife'if! I am awBie of the mo-'face bloited and breath stinking with
live w Inch led j on to solicit my hand 'the fetid exhalations of brandy. In thif
I was a lis'i nt r to your convcisation lo ltihtltil condition of human degrada
wl.irh yrur nature ilipli.yul ir lf with- tion Matutatd wilhliqtior, he enterec
out a mask. 'l n,;,n v I. hi only !,,r h'-rf now oe.scure lit'le residensa cf hi
mout, Wiihm a u.oiiili f n waul, I v,fc, who o.et liitn with all thosa fee!
ana go lo Paris alone.' Th onlu r,,.. ; 1 .u:.,
a i nave to lake is, to mike you feel
,. iliowin v...i ik. ; : i.i.i- a! tr
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fi - v j
h...t u uuq uiKiuiy u JC
u.u ":,,....
lac ulnble
.. "i,i"iiini iiiuiuiiiui.
. . r-- w.w..
deeds conveying to you one h.lf of mt
it seemswilli a wif. In i...
in jiiiii.
wi.h . f,m u . i.... r '
a fT which has bee,, poimed 0u
n.ie,.jo,n,(j, ,oih.il,..Me con.emp
. woman feels for you, and let that r.
, l ,
...... ..u...,-wd iauao uu 10 Oe ever Cfim
,ani,.n,l in ...... i
- . L-ieiBoui ny youi
own utter contempt for yourself.'
nne retreated into Ihe adjoinine roon
W. v nir her hand Ju .h- ,li." -...i .(..
said. "
o .inii jucicu voriii iiuvv an ormmn in
You may retire, sir.'
Mr. Ilanbury sal for a moment, over
whelmed wnh dismay and shame, h-
...p.. u.i.ru me papers upon ine Ujoi ,
K .1 . I....I .u- . . ,.
.0(1 hastened out ol the hoise.
.rrorn that blow he never iecuvf:ed
r , .
to npiie oi every tuorl lo make head in
n.m ....J ... r
-. uu uinia ainsi me senae 01 sen-
tlt I t rl a t i . l : ....... ? .1
nu tjnsiuusoess oi tin
i. ... . .
irr Ml r. 11 j t I
.....K i-.i.iMi aim Hamsi uie .eiiiemiiei
u ioohot fiance ol tnat worn in lie lell
iKe a detected lelon. He never could
endure to see her azain. Thecirfid
nce wiih which he Ind pui6ued,his fou
areer was s'rurk down foieve.r. 1J
withdrew ItO'ii society, and t-ivina him
lell up to Ihe lowest occupations of una'
ii called pleasures, tin sunk JOMi.jitti
....... i ! ' '
nil owieis.-'
STRENGTH OF WOMAN'S LOVE.
The Iiev. Mr. C, at the South, re
cently closed a sermon with ihe lolluw
ng lotiching narration;
A young gentleman of h gli resped
iility, talentfi, fortune snd family, mar
ied the beautilul, the lovely and sc
omplished daughter of She waf
he daughter of a wealthy merchant in
me of our iVoriheru cities, with their
inited foi turn s they commenced a ca
reer of life, with the brightest lioprs &
lairest prospects of umli.-iui bed happi
ness and pi o'perny , that the most san
itiine or ambitious could wish ordesiro.
She was a lady of fashionable distinction
ii society, the pndo and ambiiioti ol
ill who enjoyed the entree of her py
md hospitable mansion, and the idol ol
a young; and affect onate l.u.bamiJ,
bead. Her wan1?, her wishes and de
sires weie all anticipated by that pecu
liar discernment, which always aff.rd!
so much delight, and brings with i: those
unspeak ible evidences ol a liuband'
ove that a wile aloi.e can understand &
ippreciate.
Tliui ti.ey lived on, for a few Lriftht
years of happy existence. But &l.
men is the vtrsalty of fortune, such the
uncertainly of human happiness, 'hat
even those who seem lo be eunounderl
wiih all the splendid flitter of prospei
'y, sre, by sime casual occurence, some
unexpi-ctt d tvenl , plunged Ironi tin?
ipleiidnl pinnacle of proprtiy to tto
iby ss ofadverity. Tney saw not, avert
ed i.i t the daik cloud, emerged abovi
the bright hoiizen thai had hitherto en
.M.cled their dreamy existence, hut soon
o'isctired the brilliancy cif their pros
pects, and discharged its banelul con
'enln upon their devoted heads; Si threw
ihrm upon a cold and heartless world
aillioul a farihinn to support them.
The husband, unable to cotiuterac
his inconsistency of fortune, by be
coming foi tit ude, give himself up loth'
grossest irjteniperance, and substquen
muled and abuse of his lovely wile am
1'a.uiiy. Uu; she like a woman, yea
like ao aocl as she is soared above i
A '! i an absence of some nays, 1 i t-
wife not knowing whtre he was, he re
fi'us ini' comlitioo to which drunkenn
. i-duced him, his locks matted wiih filtl
. ui ma i ...ciijicu, no- uiiuf coniami doO,)UO kernelj
klh.l .,4-.1 - . . .1 lit1 '
OCTOBEU4T "18 "J
cme M Ti- m---. - -
the woman's hear! knows no cliant
.bt lih , ..,. fn,i i,..u i
' I T -" iiu, now iransioim-1 in j.ngiiHi, paper,
? , returned her cordial
iimuu wiui me Coaise.M abun and
L -".,, w, .,np,
IMSl I r lv n,, n ,k.A Cl r.
Slier
erS9" wm ths blotv, arose,
nrr Mutuant slanuini near tier? .h
..mries; wriat are you doln'?, and
turning from hi. h,.i .k. .. ...T
i, .j ... :.V .T . .. m"? c,,uca '"8
iuui II an inciinn ,i a... I i
nai80M antl ten,lcr love
- ,rom e". .seam "t "JZ
iieiriiurvr He instant v. , f
struck himself by some sU(e human
,orMMhn.Ji..i,i..u
i . uciuveu name-
l-Alarv Ijpi. iuK.i u.- r i ... ii i
. uoner- us
.u upon his knees, implored her for
Uiveness, and from that moment bejiam-
i reformed man..
,c,-
INTERESTING FACTS.
The n mulalion of ih -.nh !.
I . 1 ' - -
-l at one thousand millions. Th.nv
nillions die annually, righly-lwo Ihou-
-and dailv. ihrc. c...
...uwoo.nj iuui nun-
died und twenty one tverv hour ,(
,5,- '
ui y-seven eveiy minute.
I i , i. . . .
A . ousnei 01 Wheat we hrh nr 152
. n h,
I..... ..1. . . . . . -
in uretce it was ihe cus'.om at meals
lor I tie two sexes always to eat en-r
ttely.
'I
The Romans lay on couches at -heir
lining tables, on their left arms, eating
wiui ineir iigrn.
Noah's Ark was 346 English feel long
. oroau, ann o i niiih.
iliV and Ihick enough for three chan
jts ubieast.
Uabylon was CO miles wi:hin the
.vails of which wtre 75 feel thick 400
:eet high.
A clean skirt is as necessary to health
is food.
Vinegar bottled with myrr or cam
jhor sptinklod in a room, corrects pu
ridity. Hops ent,vino lo the left, and beans
to the right.
Gold may he beaten into leaves, so
thin that iSO.OOO would be only an inch
thick.
The earth is 7,616 miles in diameter,
Kid 24.S30 miles lountl.
Forests of standing trees have been
litcovered in Yorkshire England, and in
Ireland, impeded to stone.
There u iron enough in the blood of
12 men, to make filty horse slices, each
weighing half a pound.
A man is taller in the morning by
half an inch, than he is at night.
Cater if the only universal tnedi
ine, by it all diseases may he alleviated
or cured.
vtfoout the ag of 28, it is sai l, the
lean man becomes fatter, and the fat mm
leaner.
The a'omi composing a man, are be
lieved lo he changed every forty days,
and the bons in a few months.
Fossil remains on Ihe 0 lio, prove
hat it was once covered by the sea
When the is blue color, it is deep
water; and vhen (.'ten, shallow.
i in p of China mad one thousand
years belore fJlinji, is still in existence.,
The 14 h cf Jinuaiy, on an iveragt
of year, is the coldest day in the year.
In water sound passes at ihe rate ol
S.5CS feet per second. in air, 1,242
feet per c nd.
In tne ifrciic regions, when the iher-
nomoter is below z ro, persons can
-ooveise at moie thtn a milo distant.
Jr. Jmieon ansers that he heard eve
y word of a sermon al the distJiice of
two miles.
,? hsod used for measuring hoise, is
(,ur ii.r.hes.
Ee kiel's reed was IS feet ll 1-8 in
jl.Ci loni.
There are 2,500 known speciti ol
ri'hes.
Pfrfeclly white cats ai deaf.
The bones of birds 'e hollow, and
filled with air instea I of nnrruw.
A singU house fly produces in one
reason, 20, 030,320!
Trie fl j'.inps 200 times its ow n
length eq ul lo a q'jirter ofa mi'e for
i nun.
The black ostrich stand 9 feel hinh.
Ia the h'Jiua
bjtly ;!icrd a; a "40
lumber 21
h. . A GLUTTON,
fin ti i ' -, ...
r.. named Georff. S.dler, a cabman, lit.
at Mile end, undertook, fur a wager of
ienty shillings to eat, within the spaceBof
two hours, a leg of mutton, weiffhine nine
pounds, a peck of pens, and five pounds of
potatoes, which he accomplished, havina
twelve minutes lo spare. During his meal
he dtunk three quarji of beer, and its con.
dusion declared he could have managedlJa
pound or two mote within the same lime.
A COOLAPOLOGr.
'Oh!' said a poor sufferers to a dentist
'that is the second wrong looih you've
pulled outl' 'Very sorry air, said the
blundering operator, 'but ai there were
only three when I began, I'm sure to be
right tho next time.'
BKSSSSS55SHI
What Is the matter, John?
'Sam hove a bible at me and hit ma
on my head.'
Well, you are the only boy of the
family on which the bible ever made
an impression cry as long as you
please.
'In order to love mankind, expect
but little from them; in order to view
their faults without bitterness, we must
acsustom ourselveg to pardon them, and
perceive that indulgence Is a justice to
which frail humanity hag a right to de
mand from iviarlim '
Man owes Woman a vast moral debt,
I... U -. - -..is louillia
tion of Ihe world, and unlea Imsoin ba
gins to liqtiidate I it in u na shap, ha
will become bankrupt in the eye of
heaven, lltinkofn, ponder on n, you
proud 'lords of creation,' and make uu
A&ily settlement.
DIVISION OF Za DOR.
A certain preacher, who was holding
forth to a somewhat wearied congregi-
ion, lifted up his eyes to the gallery,
nil beheld his son pelting the people
lelow with chesnuls. Dominie was a-
lout to administer ,ex cut lied ra,i sharp
md ill ingont leprimand for this fragrant
cl of impiety and disrespec', but thu
vouth anticipating him, bawled out, at
he top of his voice
'You mind jour preaching, daJJy,(Si
' keep them awake!'
I'he scene that ensuec msy be salely
left In tlin irrmpinnltnn
-Kl.lUl!iR.i!lJ!1"
PROSPERITY OF OREGON.
The Oregon Settler", it i a said bet
year raised a surplus of 100,000 bushels
if wheat. A grist mill wiui three run
if stones wag put in operation al N alia
nette Falls this year. Mr. Aberncthy
formly of New York City has been
lected Msvor of Oregon City at the
Falls. He has gone to Ihe j'indwicli
Islands to procute merchandize, which
was scarce.
GOOD LXCi.x :.
John.'paid a nedagn i j rh,
-1
'whal'selainedyou? Il-. ctr:
ate Jo school:
'Well, sir, I hu l soup !cr d nnpr, ar.i
nad to wait for il to co ;!'
Tsk your seat, ygjr excuse 'u suf-
ic,..nt.'
A Tennessee paper talks cf a chap at
Holly Spring", who was so astonished
tl eeeini: a lady bung music Irom tier
iiiana, that, after listening for a minute
ir two, he withdrew his head and hal
ooed after his companion, I say, Jim!
ome back here, dirnation seize me, if
iere aint a woman pulling music out of
i chest!'
IJXJ.JJW!
A young Mis), having sccrptpd lha
fl?r of a youth to gallant her home, and
ifietward fearing that j 'ken might be
cracked at her expense,if ihe fact should
become public dismissed 61m about half
way' enj'jining secresy. 'Don be o
fra.d,' said he, 'of my saying any thing
ibout it, for I feel as much ashame l of
it as you do.
A fool's longui! is long enough to cut
tiis throa"; a tattle. ' is long mouth to
il li!f th? ti'.t ji'.?of a whole ueijjhbor-.
t'.ood'
I