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Leah not tin
•7.ain not n earth; ita joys arq few
••i t Abd quit rly plow • •
„E'e.a.as Alte,-rpipboves earicil,htte.
Prides (rein the brute of day
I...ean not on earth.; its atarry,sitiee ,
• • wile Noon •be 'wrapped in 'ittentn i• '
• Itirfritiodebipei hope. and vanities ' • ,
Lie buried in the tomb.
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11.0 on ea!th;,.its,surk so bright
'Must' e'en he clouded o'er.
2 .'And Ivey' Moen on igloo of tight
Shod' glad thtearth no mere.
%.,1 ,011 ), not ono 4 oht tiMe's fleeting leinge
tthiute no needing blown ;
De.nli'enrefAin fire a riethoray flings
, Hie sbid4w and kis Mown , I
. been mit or eorth,.but.look above.
T. you eeleetial borne, ,
Where sine ohs sing sweet songs ot Ibsti
And Jure bids you come.
hulea for tie Yenr.,
fo!low1ne rules are Intended, mnin
ly, fee' the guidance M young men and.
%'vt;Min :
Cleeniarritol=it you esn ; hut hink be-
Cite ' , nu' leap.' Love inntehee are rc
itiaittie?—ttice things to read about—but
they;. lisle brimstone, tit; them, now, and
then Las says Ike ,Marytll, Feq.
Go' to ciiiircit' regularly if possible, and
under any . cliO.uixistatices at least once a
-Circulate no scaodall ,; •
Never ,notice the clothing of persons at.
tending, divine worship, nor stand in
lioni'of die hunse'of God after the tier-
Never ask anothr man .what, his buin.,
netts is 7 —where he, ,o ; going towhere be
carneefrotri--41ten he left:--whati he in.
tends to go baeltior the number rif hie dol.
lats.,: NMI may. •inquire a 6 to the state of
his Iteldthe and U►at , of his
•, parents,
t..rs end brolters—but venture no fur-
ther, • '
~, ,D efend tho iimocent4 help the, poor,. and
cultivate kepirit,ig,frienttellip among yoor
arqoaintattres. •
Never speak 'diiparagingly of women.
and endeavor to conquer all' yodt'preju.
throe. •
Didieve elf persona to be sincere tallies
rtillgooi they race's.
. Ile. eminomical; butnot parisimonicMi
nor niggardly. „Mike good, use of your
dull,irs, boy not idols .'" Lt~n tvithin kour ,
v tne!ms and never harrow money in antMi•
petion of your salary.
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.PUNISItMENTI9EO THE Ecarriamn.—,-
111.g.iyp,t,.itiolden times, murder was a
ekiiitaLpJFenpe. So alio wits a neglect to
aid a fiersup , attacked on the highway.
when assistance could have been render
ed. A, parricide wits treated with dread.
fill severity, the criminal being put to death
tk.s.ve is. ~variltlY„o.l lorme Perjury :
was capital ; and false accusers Were con
demned in übdergo the same penalty of the
innocent accused, had the latter'been con.
vi'-te.l. A breach of the law of Amasis,
tvltich obliged every Egyptian once in the
year to show the magistrate of his district,
Ills manner Mille was ptinialied capitally •
und, if the party could not [neve .himsell
to he,io : an lionest,etnployment, the cons
sequences were the Barna. Rape was
punished by excision ; treachery by cut•
ting oiit the tongue. Adultery was Punish
ed with 'a thOusand lashes as the man's
prinalty, and-in the- woman's with.the loss
of her nose. • 'This was by no means a
mild sentence 4 yet we see told that stint
term were - not imfrequent among the
Egyptians.'!" . - •
..UDR! TUT . 1 DERR DIVERT THEIR Wo
ietr.—, Tbe O. rend. ',Signor often diverts
his ladies With a variety of repreations.—r
Iti, the month, Of May : ,;
,they . have their
great tulip feast, which requtresvaitt prep 7
'stations. There are in the gardens of the
seraglio large' portions of variegated, tu.
lipet ‘ which on thtr &aye ere interspersed
with all kinds of singing birds,; shops are
erected round them, and furnished by the
Sultan'with all sorts of trinkets, toys, and
rich stufTs.,:: Some of the moat facetious
females °ldle Court are ibe "bop-women,
lie huys'friim all, and regales all his la
dies,' AknigliCthie bates& is ,tiecorated
With tempi, and 'Makes a' pledsing . proi
petit even at a 'distance.. " Gruel 'men in
dulge their womeriitisinitlar amusements,
iinil on these Occliiiithie or - festivity a some
calf in'neighboritg harems,so that, per
{yaps; the w, u nen pass their time more
happily; and agrOably thtin we ';magi;;.;
at !diet they JOY , better health and vigor
than if theyb'ail:operas, Ranelagh;
Iratieli'ali; Willi and rem, continually
abridging
a short exigence to a vortex of capridiods
and -taOuleat.d.iyersionsrt-47elitt
i"lect.
tWig Wa'Sbinit4 l strifin tree'. inclined,
qlis wax triteienifif pinfrayi the - a Il designed. •-•
Elaine not the twht,t which flora some dire neklset
Bath crooked 'grown, which ehie might he erect ;
gi.mtmtAbomo, which fki4kft.l.lo4be seal,
9 0? P ni t ow;ift arb ll 7.sian,lp ?veal ;
*Alia not thy i nhi With folly al thy own,
Niik I:taint:he slnlasi forth* sin ittone.- ''•
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, -"•'k , 'barrister torniented•a poor 'German
Witness •so much• with questions, that the
atin , deelared he was so exhausted,
hentust haves (kinkier water before he
could say another word. Upon*this , the'
Judg 4 , 1 think, sir, you must
lisve 'dine with 'the witness now, for you
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IVA PPTPed) •
urn dry ." !
if fool knows a secret, he tells it be
'e*uee hit,:s.a fool'::a knave knows one,
ltd ':telle it wherever it is his interest to
• But women and young men, are
'err opt to tell'whot secrets they keow,
•Ifrimn the 'vanity of having been trusted.--,
Trust none of thede, whenever you can
AAR
ATiristh and female beauty do not always
Aogether. Pretty , girls ate famous for
.libbing ; while ugly ones run with the
gob pe4 .Ti 4 poets always harness truth
.amtlitiouty:together, but the world jerks
iprt,
We eee — there is a Rev. Mr. Sunrise at
Yellf. ll !” l .fortit &IA recently there was a
, Mr..Stsl44ount as ,Washingtun....Wander
IV:ahoy aoulda'a.go, up. Day betu'elP
f', ~, ~',i ;~
Theilltipterhe Feast.' ,‘ • •
Captain Hop; in *if don, ter!s
Feast," gives the folloWiug graphic summit
of a thrilling edventare be.hlui ,on
our, wild Western rivers. While 11l search I
of the ibis; his boat floated away and left
hint on a barren island. Ile tells his story I
~I lay in a Rlltto of stupor, almost miaow.
scions, how, long, I, know Aloe; but many
briers, lam certain. I knew this the
sun ; it was going'down *hen I awoke, if
I may to term the recovery of my stricken
seniee. I Was aroused by a strange cir
cumstance ; I was surrounded bydark ob
jects of hideous shape and huereptiles
they were. They had been beforimy eyes
fur some time, but I had not seen them :7 -
I had ouly a sort of dreamy conscioustiees
of ; their presence ;, but, I beard ,them
qt
length ; ivy ear . was in better tune, and
t'Ac strange noises they utiered'reeched'my
intellect. It mewl' like the' bldwing of
great bellows, with now -and' then • a .inete
harder and louder, like the roaring of a bull.
I This otertled me, and I looke d up and
bent iny, eyes on the objects : they were
firms of the crogodilidg, the giant lizards
—they %e'er., alligators. Huge ones they
were, some of them ; and many were they
in number—a hundred at least were crawl
ing over the islet, before, behind, and all
around me. Their long gaunt jaws and
channelled snouts projected fOrevrard' so as .I
almost to touch my body ; and theireyes,
usually leaden, seemed now to glare.. Im
pelled by this new danger, I sprung, to 0 1.
feet, when, recognizing the upright form
damn, tl - reptiles scuttled oil, and 'piling
iug hum ly into the lake, hid their hid
eous betties underthe water.
The keident in some measure revived.
me. I saw that I was not alone: there,
was company even in the ertieddileri: I
gradually became more mydelf, and begin ,
to reflect with some degrees of coolness on ,
the"circumstances that surrounded
My eyes wandered over
,the islet,;, every
inch of it came under my glancel every,
object upon it was scrutinized ; the moulted
feathers of Wild' fowl, the pieces of sand,'
the .tresh-water muscles (ludas): strewed.
upon the beach—all were,examined. Still
the barren answer, no alpine of eseape.-,--,
The islet was but the • head of sand-bar,
formed bithe eddy, perhaps 'gttihered to
gether within 'the 'year. It was bare of
herbage, with the exception of a few tufts
of grass. There was neither tree nor bush
upon it : not a stick. A raft, Mooed I There
was not wood enough to make a raft that
would have bated u frog. The idea of a
raft was but briefly entertained ; such a
thought tad certainly- crossed toy mind,
but a single glance round the islet dispelled
it before it had taken shape. I paced my
prison from end to end ; from side to side
I walked it over. 1 tried the water's
depth : on all sides,l sounded it, wading
reekletisly in : every where it deepened:
rapidly us I avanced. Three lengths of
myself from the islet's edge, and I wart up
to the neck. The hugh reptiles swam a
round, snorting and blowing ; they were
bolder in this cleaner.: I could not have
waded safely ashore, even bad the water
been shallow. To mini it—no—even tho'
I swam like a duck, they would have clo
sed upon and quartered Ina befcire I could
have made a dozen strokes. Horrified by
their. demonstration,, I turned bank upon
dry ground, and paced Abe, islet with drip
ping garments. I continued walking un
til night; which gathered around' ine thick
and dismal. With bight came new voices,
the hideous voices of the nocturnal swamp`;
the qua-qua of the night heron, the screech
of the swamp owl, the cry, of the bittern,
the el-l-uk of the groat waterrtoad, the,
tinkling of the bell.frog arid the chirp of
the savanna cricket, all fell tiponitty'ear.•
Sounds still harsher and more hideous were
heard arottud me- r7 the'epleshing of the
ligator, and the roaring of his voice ;
reminded me that I must not go ' to Medi).
To sleep 2 I durst not have' slept fora' ain
gle instant. Even• when . .1 lay for a few
moments motionless, the; dark, reptiles
came crawling around me,, so close that I
could have put forth
, my hatid'and'tcitich:
ed theta.
At intervals, I sprang to my feet, shout ,
od, swept my gun around, and chased them
back to the water,,into which they betook
themselves with aaullen plunge, but with ,
little seMblartee of fear. At each fresh de •
;
monstratTon on 'my part; 'they shciwed lees
alarm, until.l could no longer drive theta,,
either with shouts or threatenieg gestores.'.
They ottly..retreated a few feet funning on .
irregular emote around me.
Thus hemmed in I became frightened
in tnrn. I loaded my gun, and tired ;
killed none: They itro iniparviotis to' ti
bullets eiceptin the bye or under the fore
arm. It was Apo „dark yo ,situ, at, these
parts; and my abets ,gla,need harmlessly
tout the pyramidal scales of their bodies.
Tlie foild rophrt; however,' arid the'idteie,
frightened them, and thitylltid; -161'reteirtt
again after a long interval.' ..k.wais attleep
When t,Lev rpturnect ; I, had, gotta, to,sleep
in spite ei• my
by
to, keep awake, ,
tea's: startled by 'the Vint' of itingething
bold'; Mid; half stifled tiV the strong musky
odor that filledi the air, I , threw out my
arms. IMy fingers rested upon. an, objeet
slippery and clammy,, it was ,one qf these
mousters--on_a of gigantic site. Ho bad
crawled close slongsido rops, and was, pre
paring to make hi's attack, as I saw that he
was bent in form of a bow; and I knew
that these creatures assumed that attitude
when about to strike their victim. I was
just in time to spring aside. and avoid the
atroko of his powerful tail, that the neat
moment swept the groond where I bad lain.
Again I fired, and he, with the rest, once
more retreated to the lake.
All thoughts of going to sleep , were at
an end. Not that I felt wakeful ; on the
contrary, wearied with my days exertions
—for I had had a long pull under a tropi
cal sun—l could hay.aJaid thin upon the
earth, in the mud, anywhere, and slept in
an instant. Nothing but the dread cer
tainty of my peril kept me awoke. Once
again before morning, I was compelled to
battle with the hideous reptiles, and chased
them away with a shot from my gun.
Morning came at length, but with no
;lenge in , my perilous ipoattiop, ,The
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but revealed ndWay'Of escape from ` it. Jeptbales DiliOtter.
Indeed,' the change could not be tailed for - • •BY iiggipi . -
the better,. for the fervid rays of an almost .
;There are few ;refugia in Molly writ! .
vertical sun poured .down. upon , •Mo Until M
recording human transactions. more Muth
my skin blistered. . .. I,- w a s already , ~ s Peek-‘1 lag And sublime4.than theileseeipuon given
led by the tibia o a thouSand'sivamp.fiiits. elJePtltah meeting his +tighter after the
arid ittesqui toes ' that . all' eight - hid preyed 'oveithrow of the children of Ammon. He
upon me, 'Mere was' not a . cloud• in the hid - made a vote' that iflili shwa - ear-quer
heaveua to sheditOnto3 and the 'sunbeams his enemies, Mr his' remelt honie,"whatso
'emote the surfnee,of, the 4414 bayou w i th ear shauld tome fratibiameet him, ahould
a doeble intensity : . • ~' . be offered as a burnt offefing to the L ord.
TOwardittirehing I began th'itienieii no; ,H e returne d i ct tr i emp fi, iw i t h t h e ~,,,,.riw
onder at. that. , I , had' not eaten since ' er 's wreath encircling la 'fiueited hrose
leaving the village settlement. To 'as- hi, h e i r t; il eu m with ,hie meet success.
suage thirst, I drank the, water ofthe lab, as. throbbed-with unusual' nimation as he
turbid and slimy es it was. , I drank it in ,wail drawing near his biome. But see I,
large 'quantities; for it was hot, and only he A tan datnos fi zed
with ; horror ; a death
moistened my Palate without 'a mackini' tA paitu.'supplants iie
f eau" Bush ; for
the craving •of my appetite. • , Of water l' tiliat tine's he behold! hi dOighiei" abe
there was enough; I- had • , more , to' fear loved daughter. art - only ild,voming Out
frommael of food. • What ooliaI:eal? - 1 -- ,to Meet hint with timb e r a ad dancing I
The ibis. But how to cook it? There In one brief moment , his, rente r f ee li ngs
was tiotbing Wherewith' lii :Mk': : fire-- are wound up to.the.highest key ; slowly
not a 'stick.. No matter for that. - 'Cook- his quivering lips part, suid with tremulous
ing is a' modern . invention,' a luxury• for accents, in w hi c h a roses agony - 304.
patupered palates. I , diveeted rho Mitt of • reeled. lie says : ohlas I my dieghtert
its beautifelplurtige, and ate it saw. I thou hast.broueht- me" very low. thou.art
spoilea toy specimen, but at tlie timatherti one' of those that tree*. I have made
was little thought 'of that:, There Wks' not ', row , and cannot 10 11 ,4 k ,-, , Ni ,. reph!l
much of the naturalist left in me I ..11. infer her lot, no reproaches eseepo her
nathetnatised the hour I had overpromis. lips, but with true filial devotion warming
1 ad to procure the bird.; I wished my friend her heart, she 'answerer ..my father, .if
up to his peek in a sciamp., , The ibis did thou haat made a wow. do onto me accord
not weigh above three pundit, biineit atid ing tolthat which has proceeded mitmithy,
all. It servedme for a second meal, a mouth." No: bitter words escaped , her
breakfast; but at this defamer acnefour: !ilia, no vein regrets rankled in her breast;
chef:4'l pieked,the bones. •. , only one request she'' talkies. Cud that fs,
W het Emit ? , . Stone 7 ; . N0 7 .-mat yet.-- for "two months to retire to the mountains,
In the battles; I had Kith t he alligators du- Ponce with
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ring the second night, One of them had re- td prepare herself fur ea acceptable offer
ceitied a 'shot , that proved' mortal. The ing. - - • ."41- .
hideous carcass of the reptile lay dead up- Methinks; with the eye of imagination
on the beach., . , I need net starve; I could we tin behold ,that lovely group, on MA
eat that.. Such wore my reflections. I mountain stimmint. witlikheirglossy tre,mast
must Ininger, thmi,gh, before I could bring waving
, . „,. in the wild wiod, Chair burning
myself to'taturti ' the musky Morsel. - .two temples. Fooled by • heavelat. iiinipiemos
days' more fasting conquered my .sqestre• gales, Behold Jeptliales tflitghter:,with
Winces, , I;dtew out my knife, cut asteak her eyes raised •to .the vaulted sky, her
frata, the alligator's tail, and ate. it—nut hands folded on her-tranquil breast. calm.
the ono Iliad first killed, but a second, Iv,turn to - her weeping,companion.s. scud
the other WaS noVi`pUtricl, rapidlY - deeom- say,. , Weep not for inyor I 'ongoing Loa,
petiug under•the hot iiin—its odor filled place where ,110 glitteitng tear:drops ever
the mkt. ~ • .. .. • . ' ' ''; courie ddwn the cheek - of others' wites.
.The stench, had ; grown ,dntrderable.—
There was, not a breath, of air stirring;
otterwise I' Might have "'shunned . it by
keeping to windward. The w ht 6
pliereof the islet; as well as a large circle
round it, was iniprcenated with the fear
ful effluvium: I 'could bear it no longer.
With the aid of lay gun, I pushed the
half decomposed carcass into tit, Jake.--
Perhaps the current might carry it away.
It did ; I had the satisfaction to see it
float off. This circumstance led me into a
train of reflectilos. Why did the body of
the alligator float ? It was swollen, in
flated with gess.. Hu 1, • •
An idea shot sullenly through ..my
mind—one of those Jo ilibat,..ideas;.,,the
children of necessity.; I thought, of the
floating alligator, of iisintestinei—what
I inflated them l Yes, yes! buoys and
bladders, floatsiand life preservers!. that
'was the thought. I would.open,the alliga.
tors, make a buoy of thvir,iniestines, and
that would bear me from the islet!
I did not lose a moment's time; I was,
full. of energy ; hope had given me new
?Argun was loaded-:-a huge croco
dile. that swam near the shore received the
shot in his eye. 1' dragged' him 'on' the
beech; With my 'knife I laid open his ea.
bails. Few they were, but enough for
my purpose. A plume quill-from the
wing of the ibis,servcd,rne for a blow,-pipo.
I 'saw the 'skit expand,, until
I wile surrounded - by `'objects great
sauttagee. l These were tied . together- mid
fastened , to my, body, and. then :with ::a
plunge, entered , the waters of
. the lake
and floated,
qua, a'
I had tied on tr,iy
fife-preservers in a' way that T seem ,
the - water bran upright " positiOh; holding
my gun' with both:hands. , This I iatond
mkt° have used as a club in case Ishould
be attaelked by the alligatera 1. ; but . had
chosen ihe'hot hour of noon when. 'these
creatures lie in a half torpid state, ntia
my joy I was not molested. Oki(• an
hour's drifting with the current brought
me to the mid of the lake, and Tfound my
self at the fiebouehure of the bayou.--
Here, to my great delight; 'I sae my 'boat
in the swamp, where it had 'been caught
anditeld fast by the sedge: A !few min=
mea.mciTe, and. I had, swung myself over
the gunwale
. 1111 d wee. sculling rritb, fager
strokes town the smooth waters 'Ol the
bayed. ' ' ' ' '
.
ASeutptorPo Idea of a Coquette.
Win. it. tarhee, of Luray emuttyota..;
who moddekled a statue Of'Plsehe," With
out any.instruetion, is now at. Florence,
and promises.to,,bcompe,no, mean sculptor.
Ile has, nearly completed piece called.
"tho Coquette, " which' he hail sold 'id
'advartee' fOr $6000:' It will finished - lit
APril,'aitd Wore 'its befog' sent' to the
Paris exhibition - 0%111141 have an upper-
tunity to seeit lin, the ,United Stlogs.—
The, design of 54.13306e5' i‘aiquette,7
ithiciLis' both now and Unique, is - to Plus
trite' the art And heartlessness of that' sort
or fatuinine: Bhe is. five feet and one inch
high, and alight, and - graeefully roup'ded.
The weight of the body rests on the left
leg, the right being bent, and the foot
thrown outward. The left 'arm is carved
upwards'from the shoulder to the wrist;
the hand holding a heart, near. to which
the right hand presoots. a point of an ar
row, as if to lareerate it. The, head is`affec
caly turned towards the left` hand, the
eyes resting upon the bears, while the face
is heamitig with smiles, yet bearing an ex
pression of mischief. The position of the
arms of course, leaves the person carelessly
exposed, the design in this being to illus
trate the vtanten use of female charms 'for,
a heartless purpose. The figure is suppor
ted by an ornamented quiver, hung upon
a hawthorn stump, while .about =the feet
some_scattered tho r ns anticipate the re
tributive future: '
.The violet was the national flower of
Athens ; which city, personified by sculp
tors and' painters, was represented as a
majestic female, wearing a wreath of violets .
The Romans crowned their domestic Oda,
4tres, with violets, almi Uffd; cbe Apr-
Ora 0,1)0440,4.4 !milk , ,
ssFE,ARLESB ANp-FREE."
To a• place where :OWL wild,'jtuittulttious
Leavings OE the palpitating !mot are trilled; l
where parting sccuew are unknovvir; there, j
10. that,loppy„ that "•,filittiful abode let me j
go ; fur toy father's curt - mutt iM fulfilled.
know that in, tour tay awl 'bar Inu-;
inents in alter-life, the recohectionuf these
sJoeties a ill cause a tyinpatlietic pang to
thrill every fibre of your hearts, at what j
you term my untimely fate ; hut iu reality
it is my early release?' For two short
months that beautiful train of;,whiterobed
•irguis inhabited their mountain - home.—
The crescent and futhoreetil a cast,her
silvery light on the .ineentain's brow,re
yealing, by the pale Ind thelliiir softness
of ‘ iter....heirni„ hard Of fernale
Wends, In sweet repose reposeruaanaturaletruiilt:
The sighing wind would come in
gusts, as if dolefully singing the silent
requiem to all her eart h ly hopes and aintei
petunia. 011. - the melancholy pleas Urn;
the painful sympathy they . experienced
while scaling the shelving rucks. or walk
ing, on the sloping declivity of that Minim
of lamentation ! The term that be: grief- I
stricken father had given her has expired,
and the last dirge-like strain bursts find'
throbbing hearts, and is borne along on the;
silent breeze ; wilder yet it.ringe,:through ;
those echoing cavern.. and rehires laden ;
with the echoing sighs of nature; as' they ;
defeend the sloping bank. with trernhfing
and faltering steps:they advaneel all save
one hesitate to approach the altar. That
one, frith modest mein and b feariess step, it;
Jepthah's, daughter. She beholds her
father awaiting her approach. '•E'ather3
am' ready now, but first' let ma bid adieu
to my mother,' * With .a.vountentinee
glowing with heavenly love she was clasp
ed in the maternal arms, which had.so oft
enfolded her in lile'wearly morn, and ut
ters one vrord,--farewell ! Now she turns
to reCeive the last parting kiss kora her
father's lips,, ,Ho.,eaurniuns. her ear.
"My daughter ! oh, my daughter I' l She
new ascends the alter. erected by her
father"s trilubling hands. One glance she
casts'over ilia assembled' multitude. '
murmur of admiration for: such 'filial love
and heroic "fortitude. displayed: by one so
Young and lovely, runs through the crowd.
Hark" her lips move ; she speaks, and a .
bitaienly"lestre beams tram . her bright
eyes; a *sillily smile plays,overter lovely
features.. tFsiewell. dear father, and
mother. who first taught me the power . of
love divine ;'farewell, weeping friends,
one and all . ; a long farewell, until we all
meet in 011R:eternal home?' _..Toe perfume
of that offering aseends,and naught pow
remains but the ashes of Mat once animated
form. Slowly the assemblid Multitude
tint 'from that sacred spot ; silently they
separate, and wend their way, Mame, for.
the Impale of dine has never reeordeil
similar transaction. With what heroic,
fortituile ditrehe,ttieet her fate r —iiritli . what
tru'finfehing inteirity did she' pass through
the fiery ordeal--with what firemen did
she offer herself as a sacrifire to her, Ma
ker She was nearer dieinity.personified
than any other human beingthat ever lind
existence. A firm reliance on the prom
ises of her Maker always supported her ;
and we can truly say, in the language of
the poet,—
"'Tie this, my friend, that create my morning
bright;
Tis this that gilds the horrors of the night."
(Ladies" CAruiwn .4butisaL
S. itrourra Eworrow.-- 7 The following,
written in an elegant business hand, was
inscribed on the back of a five-dollar bill
lately received in New York from North
Carolina
"Here is a $5 bill which I intend to toss
nut of my window, in Norfolk, as coon as
I have written this. lam now no lover
of money. I hate it most cordially, for it
has been the ruin of all my family. I will
beg from door to door eternally rather than
own another cent one hour. It made my
grandfathers suicide, mylather a murderer,
my mother the victim of a sorrow .that sunk
liar early to the grave, my brother a gam
bler. .mt motif a .cogvio in the-Siate
. piism pw foot yam"'
Thi Hllad Preacher,
Woodefful inetsnee of zetil4n the ste
eumulatien.of know ledge.,and of the • a suc•
ceardel cultivation of memory, is that of
the blind clergyman, so7pleasantlytlescrib;
eel in, the following passage, which oop•
ied from at late•Engli'h ter teß . t , z •
• my rambles, last summer.: , the
herders, of c Waloso fonntl,lnyvblf one,
morning alone On the' &alike orate beauti.
ful river Wye, Withont a sereanfor riguide.
I hadto:ford the river' it a plate Where.
according. to the instructions ,tiven roe' at
the ,tiv arest,hernlet, if I diverged ever 'to
little from the Marks
,which, the rippling
of the current Made as it passed over a
ledge , of 'rocks. I' should' Mink 'twice the
depth of myself and herse. :'While I stood
iheeittiing on the,reargin, _viewing attentive
ly the coupe o f the ford, a person, mimed
the nn the cattier., and the , twit instant I,
envy' him, plung,d'irtin'the river; presuming
city hie. acquaintance" with the passage,. I
•immediately and.closely followed his steps.
Ae soon es e,, hag , &anted the opposite
, accosted him with thanks for the
benefit of ; hut What was my ,
setotliitbment,Wheri. bursting: i itite a hearty
' laugh; -he obserded, thut •my confidence
would <have been, lase had I known that .I
halt beet), fol!oviing a blind guide! The
manner. of the Mau as , well as the fact.at:
,•
waned rny eurtesity .'`.T4l exprassinini
of 'enenrisii - et his venturing to. Otitis the
riverelone, he ens wered: that her. and the
l'horee lie , rode
_had dune the same thing
every Sunday morning ler — the, last, five
years ; but that, iit reality, this was not
thd'atost perilous part of his weekly per
egrination, as .0
.shoold he coneitided, it
my waY'ied Ewer the, entatiotin :before us.
My journey had no object but pleasure ; 1
therefore resoLved_to attach mypelf to toy
extratirdinar l y ctimptu s ent; and Soon learn. ,
en. lit (wallet, IS we wound up the' sleep
mountain .side, that the wsi a clergy-
A tom ; a nd of that class which is the;dis-,
grace of our erelestestical establialltuent-4;
meaii the country curates ,' Who exist Piton!
the stinend'of thirty,' tivintY: and 1
sometimes fifteen' pounds a year., This
gentlemen, aged 'sizty,, had about. thirty I
year, before, been, gegaged,in, the curacy
to „which he was ; now travelling, and 1
tholigh if 'Wart sir the diet:nide of eight long'i
Welsh' miles limn the place rif •resi.'
deface: suelt. was-the respect of his. flock
t towards.. hint,, teat, at the eounnitimetneut
1 of his calamity, rather lila!) pert with bite,
t
they sent regularly. every Sunday morn.
Mg, a tleputatitin to guide their old Ointr
i on his 'atty.'. The 'road. betrides croaking
the river we had just pameed, led Arena
craggy mountain, utt whose top ineutuera-
I Me and ,uncertain _bogs. mere. constantly.
1 forming. but which, nevertheless, by the
instinct of his,Welsh ,peey. this blill4
has actually crossed ;Anne ror the
yearS: haring so longiliintissed the assist.
„ aostoitinE ,.
eat' talk begniledi the,war,' , ,se
inoelisibly a rrimi mow eight or his ril
-1 lege .cierelt, which was ; semil in a deep
and narro w vale. As I looked witup
on it,'iliO'bright vendure of the meadows,
wlt ieh were-liere and there chequered with
patches of yellow,ctiro ;; the moving herd!
of cattle the rich toliage of the greyer,'
of rink, hanging irrrgutarlk over its sides,;
tl i e white houses el the_inhabitaiits. whinit
sprinkled every .cortier, of this peaceful
reilloti;••extd. above ell, the _inhabitants
thetnettives, assembled in their best attire,
route! their place yr worship : all this gay
scene. malting at oneelott the view, struck .'
my, senses allil,ietiteittatitto. more
. forcibly ,
than"' eau express. -
•,Ati we entered the ohurch.yard,.. ; the
respectful. •Elotv d t you r of the.young,
'the hearty shakes of the old, end, thelit..
'miller gambols Of the children, showed
bow, their, old pastor reigned in the hearts
of all. After, ,snme refreshment .at ;the
nearest house,. , wont to, the church.
whore my veteran priest read the
' prayers.;
psalms and chapter* of the .day. and then
preached a sermon, in &manner that:could,
haveyinatle,no one advert to I da ; loss of sight.
At dinner, which it seems that four of ,the
most substantial farmers of , the , vale, pro n
vile le term be related the progress.ot his
increased powers of memory. For the Best
year, he attempted, only the prayers and
sermons.. the beat
,reader of, the . parish
making it apride to ofrteiam for him in.the
peeler,' and chapter ' : ; be. oext undertook
the labor of learning . , these, hy,heart,'andi
at .firett,ent, , , by continual repetition, there
is pot, , psalm or chapter,
,of the more than
two,, humiretlappeinted for the ,§naday
service, that he is not perfect in. lie told
rne, also, that,,having iu his little , school
two solos of.hisTiiten, inientled.for, the uni.
vitlysiti,,4 has, hy hearing them eontinu.,
ally, committed the, greatest part of Homer
Met , le,mettetry."
CARRIOCI Buitoine.---Many
Peet) haVe . a'c'ontemptible fear of tieing
seen to etiry . striy'bundles, however small,
having the absurd idea that there is a so
cial tlegradaticm in 'the act. The most tri
fling, as well as the weighty packages,
must be sent home to them, no matter how
much to tho inconvenience of others.—
There is a pride that is higher, that arises
from a consciousness of there being some
thing in the individual not to be affected
by each accidents—worth and weight of
character.
This latter;pride was exhibited by soon
of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. While
he was at college, he was one day carry
ing to his room a broom he had just pur
chased, when he met a friend who, noti•
clog the broom, with surprise exclaimed :
—"Why did you not'have it seat home
'4 am not ashamed to cary home any
thing which belongs to me," W 95 the sen
sible reply of young Bonaparte.'
CL!MAX 07 Deseatrilost.--A
writer in the Home Journal sr ye of Mrs..
Bodestein (lute Julia 'Nutshell) :—"She
is an angel in a rhumb choir, especially if
You can see her kallelujah expression of
eyes while she sings. "
.. Alsr Irtarraaus MAN.—Hood gives a
rE" picture cif an irrimble man in .tbe
allowing : like a hedgehoe, roll
ed- . "He lies .
up the wrong way, t o rmenting himself
*with 'hie 'prickles." - 1
, . .
Can't do without u. Paper.
What I do withotit • paper I no,
I've tried it to my sorrow; •
80, to iubsctibe for one I'll go, •
Nor wait until to•roorrow.
Should lovers drown or hang themselves,
Or othec foolials caper,
I never get,to hear or it
• Ldo Got take the paper. ‘• • •
Why, there's my neighbor:Johan; Stout,
He always has the news,
t w%nJ,having hews to talk about,:.: •• • ;••
He never gets the Mtn.*
' 'While others yawn in tooth,
• :'• His • mind is liohtee Vapor ;• 1/ • •
• The.dause is plain ha hall en eye,
Ho: always takes the paper.
; • . , . • • . . •
neighbor Stout hears .11 the news,
And knows each current price. ' • ' '
And,olways minds his P'sits4l,o4,'
•By taktmt good advice. • ,
'l'eannOt tell the price of colves,.'
Or poultry, coffee, tape or
Any kind of merchandise,
Boomse I take no open
ThoOgh I have studies. which reqnina
Much time and mental labia, . •
Yet I can spare a little time.
• As well's Stoat, mv'neighbar.: •
, Though time be precious. I tin use •
A bonier midnight tapir;
• And the . ' take time to read the news;
Thorofare, I'll take the paper. • •
Chrlilmate Tree at the Cry!dal
Palace.
The•Chrlstmas tree of the Crystal Pal
ace is the veritable monarch of the toy for-
I est; tieing upwards of slaty feet in height,
a genitine wintry spruce, but laden like
r the tree in the fairy tale, with all known
and- onicnown productions., From the
.higher branches handsome Chinese lan
.terns grow with magic spontaneity, while
lower down, • juvenile pocket money is
tempted out of its uneasy receptacles, by
pears and apples of bright opal, rendered
radiant by au illumination from within,
the Source of which, by an ingeneous mod
erwcontrivanee:is rendered invisible. As
everything now-a-days must be done "with
a purpose," 'our Christmas tree has its in
itruetive fenctien, in teaching am changa4
of the seasons by menus of a succession
of grdutis round 'stern, illustrative of
the field sports, which io .northern coun
tries distinguish the various, portions of
the year. 'leer. hunts, stag bunts, and
reindeer hunts, illustrate the ,various
bninches of the noble art of "Veuerie,"
and about the base are 'scattered heaps of
dud game,' the ' practical -and profitable end
of all sports:, 'Round such a, wonderful
tree it is hardly necessary to, add that the
plink peeple crowd 'in uuimated groups,
but they are Out singular in their• tastes,
fermi Saturday hist several seniors ofhigh
anti effatial status, might be ob.
serred. engaged iu active cotmuerce with
Alr Solomon,. the Wizzard who dispenses
its magic productions to the public. ln
addition to the Christmas,treu and its pro
docts,,Mr. soiornon also exhibits, a re
markable portrait gullezy, which has . this
advantage over the plaster of Paris rival in
the 'gallery—that when you have still
Meetly, admired the "counterfeit preseut
meets'? of the great men, reyriisented, you
can eat them, beiug all moulded in u new
preparation of Paris chooolate, which is as
savoury and digestive as it is plastic. The
whole of the contending heroes of the east...
ern war perch amicably upon one tray.
and Qieul Louis N apoleon, awl
Czar Nicholas on (mother. They , are all
elegantly •endelled by_ the celebrated Mas
son, of Paris„ , and would be very sensible
Mid' profitable toys for, those who' consider
themselvesloo wise to be captivated by
the. more bizarre Froduotious of the tree.---
London, Inquirer.
A VILEAPILY GOVERNICD STATE.—In
put4ishing the annual repot %i _ oldie Treae•
'tier Auditor of Massachusetts for the
past year, the Boston Advertiser says :
"The whole aggregate .of ordinary .ex
perigee for the year was but $990,975, or
shorn one dollars. Thus fur an
average expense of a dollar for each soul,
men,. women and cliildren, a population of
a anillien inhabitants living in this common
wealth of,Massachusetts have enjoyed. the
priVilege of 1116' bes t government on the
lace of lace of the earth.
This expenditure'of 890,075 pays the
whole "civil list" of salaries, of governor,
counsellors, judges, legislators and State
officers of. every, kind, 7 it includes ~ the
large item of 8110,000 paid -to county
treasurers, being tWo-thirds of the Coats of
criminal:prosecutions—it incaides another
large item of about 8200,000 for the sup- ,
port of paupers and maintenance of alms
houses, And more than $40 ,000 . paid for
the relief of the unfortithate, the insane,
the blind, the deaf and dumb, &c. It in
cludes $45.200 ,tor the, State Reform
Schindfor boys=it includes.heiween 80,-
06 and $70:000 paid under different headg
for the 'maintenance ill' the militia—and it
included more than $lO,OOO paid in bounties
to agricultural sonieties. Besides this, the
sum :of 572,000 , was disbursed during the
year.in aid.of common schools.
An Irishman, who professed the most
implicit faith in the .Roinish creed, , went
early une,tnorning to the liour:e of the
priest to confess. He ; passed unto the
kitchen to itiquire for the Padre, but per
ceived there was•no one in the rootn:--
There was a fine - him lying on. the table,'
which hid "just been sent how - e from the •
butcher's and he lost no . time in slipping
it under his great cloak whiilt he was for
tunate enough . to hav'e on at the time.—
In a moment after the servant entered say
ing, that, if he wished to einiferis the lath.:
er was ready to hear him in the next room.
"Here, your holiness," said Pai."here's
fine leg of bacon which I stole, and have
brought for a present to your, riverinen..
Will ye take it ?"- "'Fake it 1" said the
confessor by no means. Carry it back in.
stantly to the man you stole it front.. '--
"Faith an' I did, err: an',,he said hs
wouldn't take . it by no means.", Very
well, then, Patrick, keep it yourself."—
"An I'll be absolved, your riverincef ' shou
ted Pat.-• ,,, Nes. it's your property if the
owner. wore', take
exclaimed Pat. as he legged.off bia.bonty„;
;'ll°°4l..:nornillg"-7-191., to fO - God
bleis yotir nierkria '
TWO DOLLARS PER-AMM.
[From New York Journal of 'Commis.
logy In Home. •
You• have no idea of the goings, ow
in ilonao at the present time. .rdiosilif
virriagea fill up the , street. r Et;ery Car ,
diiml has a red carriage, and thrse 'foot=
men dressed in rod livery. The Auitrian•
Cardinal has two Servants with him,
dressed as richly as I ever saw any' tier.
"ante in' my life. They are both fully
sirfeet tall, very handsome looking felL'
lows, wearing whiskers and tnoustaches •-•;"
Upon -their heads they weir a Busbies
cap of fur, and coats trimmed very heavi•
ly with silver braid, while from the left,
shoulder ,of each hangs a another 00/11'
n Named in the same style; their boots
are white'oeskin, having white leather
tops and spurs. Every body took them'
for come distinguished guests, at the reoep.,
I non 'given 'in honor of the Cardinal.--
Here, amidst all this style that we see ay.
cry day it becomes much a matter of
course. , %But you can form no idea Of the
magnificence in which the Cardinale lido.
Their horses generall y groan under the
weight of the plaited gold and silver hari , '
Ai d body'the Cardinals look lik6:'
so many old women dressed up. ' The',
English Cardinal, Wiseman, is the best
looking in the lot. Two churches here have'
been dressed in magnificent style in , honar,
of this great, affair. They are hung with'
all kinds of colored crapes, and filled with
candles from•thelloor to the ceiling, all
burning. The Virgin is dressed in satin,'
and jewels, and wears a golden crown:—
On the corners of the streets there' are ,
generally paintings of the Virgin, and art;,
Friday night every ono was lighted. With
sonic ten or twelve candles. Itorne'after .
Advent Sunday, is generally filled with
pipers, who conic from the neighboring'
towns. So of course ,they are now in the
zenith of blowing. They wear , short
clothes, colored stockings, and cloaks all itt '
rags, and many are patched with pieces pf
man v lines.
' The Roman beggars are also another
great curiosity hero. At every church
door you find them sitting in chairs, with
their lit:lo'lin boxes, which they rattle at
you'as you pass. A woman " 'went into a
store the other day to . bog; the man s had
nothing less than a five cent 'piecel- this.
he give her, and she cooly put her . hand
in liar pocket,' and gave him four oente ,
back. 8o you see they make 'a regular
business'of it.
There is so much to see here in Rome,,
that_ I don't knoW where to begin , to write.
St. Peter's is the greatest:thing here, but,
it ix too largo to write upon. To give you
nit idea of • the ,SIZO of it, • it will'
hold two hundred , and twenty thousand
krsons Upon the ground , floor. As large , '
a story aq this may seem, it has been proved;
we made out au estimate the other day,
and allowing two Square feet to each per
son. it will hold one' hundred and, fifty
thousand. Everybedy states that no, leas, •
than fortY•two thousand were there upon
the Bth.' Never fias St.'Peter's contained
so many since the opening. Near the
high altcris a statue in bronze of St. Pe
ter. The toe' of this statue is nearly kiss-,
ad off, end' on Fiiday, it was dressed up in
gorgeous style, having one , of the Pope's
mitres, and being surrounded with candles,
and full three inches of the toe 'kissed off.
In the coldest of weather,' this 'church is ,
alwaya waini, and in the hottest always
cool. It is a . --perfect world in itself, and
you can
day
a week here, 'and the ,soy.
enth day it would appear larger and more.
grand then
,ever.
QUEER FACTS ABOUT TUE PRESIDENTS
Boston 4 ‘trargori . pt7 'Presenti
its readeis the folinaiug compilation, of
curious.mincidents in the names and lives'
of the first seven Presidents of the United
States ;' Washington, John Adams, Jeffery
son, Madison, MOnroe, John Q 111403 A—,
dams, and Jackson : •
"Four of the seven were from Virginia.
Two of the spree name were from Massa
chusetts, and the seventh was from Tenn
essee. All but one wore sisty.tsix years
old. on leaving office, having served two
term., and one of these who served but one
term, would have been sixty.six years of
age at the end of another. Three of the
seven died on the 4th day of July, anitti4
of them on the same day and' year. Two
of them were on the eub.committee et
three that drafted the Declaration of hide•
pendence, and just half a century from the
day of declaration. The names of three of
the seven •end in son, yet neither =of
these , transmitted his name to a son..—
respect to the names of all, , it may be.
said in conclusion, the initials of two of
the sever' were the same—and of two oth.
ere that they were the;same—and the ini
tials of still two others were the same.—
The remaining one who stood alone in
the love and admiration of . is country men
and of the civilized world--Washiugten.--,
Of the ,
,first rive only one had at son and
that ion was also President."
Another curious fact may be mentioned
in this connection. , It is, neither of the
Presidents who had eons was elected for e
second term. ,
ANSWER TO A PAIR Coartasponnen.r.,—,
A lady asks us whether we think as an.
tton fur breach or promise ofloarringe can
be rustained against the writer of the• fol
lowing verse :
'`Angel! . beneath whose folded tiring
My soul would reet, •
Be mine • rot to ! I've bought the deg.
And all the rest ' •
Ofthose house treasures and etceteras,
Which every one who Ines tits state to hatter had%
We doubt the success of an ration foi
breach of promise of marriage ;' bit s
more glaring case of ' , breach of promise
of poetry" never came under oar Otter
vation.—cnogenss. ,
Men of ;lively teen ono generous heart*
should be born to fortonou ; gain them thee
seldom
N oilti uielevates - us, No much its the pro,.
, , . . . ~ .
of 'a spirit Lamar, yet IttlpOfter kt WV
erce ,
Gain. ' • ' •
, .
Strong potion. work_ wonders miss
!hits.lll ord erer risotto to curb 44611,,
4"h
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, INVIABgR 46.