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GOVERNMENT' President—.lAMEN BUCHA NA N. e • Vico PrOgil.lll.-,JOHN C. BR Enny..NRIDOE., BOCretHry of State—Con. lAN IS Coos.. Seeretoryoll TINS, FNON: Seerotnry of Treaaurjr—llonlid. Coon. Beerntary of War—Jena 11. Fi.oro.. . lii.cretary of Navy —lsAae Tonnes. Poet Master General-A. V. 'BROWN. Attorney Goneral—Jcaystm S. BLACK. . • Chief Juhtko of tho . United Status—lt. 11. TANEY --o- , STATE GOVERNMENT anEernoE-W11A.1•54 P. PACKER. - — Seereta4 of State—WILLIAM' M: IlEurrErt. Surveyor Oenerat—Joux Bony. . A tulltor rioneral—J WOO Fur. Jo. .......TERRAIWEE - -41ENIET S. MCGRAW. - . • Judges of thoSltoremo Court—E. Lewis, J. M. STROM/. W. L owing O. W. WooTIVARI). W. A. POKTEIC.-4 Mn=== . PsesideutJudge;-llon..taines 11. anthem. ~.. ' Ass.,ciatet , Judgett-Alsor,Mieltael Cocklln, Samuel .', Arendt/urn. '. __ • . ' ' Distriet Attorney-15'm. 3, Shearer. . ' Prothonotary-I'llllin tfulgley. " • floeorder he.t—Dantel 8. Croft. Begister—S. N. Enstainger. High Sheriff—Rohl.. 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M., and 7 o'clock P; M.' Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South 1 allover and Pomfret streets. Rev. Mr Eallh, Pastor. Services commence at II o'clock, A. :U., and 7 o'clock P. M. St. John's' Church. (Prot. Episcopal) northeast angle of Contra dqusro. Rev. Jacob B. Moro., Rector. • Services at II o'clock A. M., sod o'clock, P. M. Roglith Lutheran Church, Bedtiord between Main and Loather streets. Rev. Jacob Fry, pastor. Services at.. 1.1 o'clock A. M., *lid v. 4 o'clock P. M. llertuan Reformed Church, Loather, between Ilan. . . over and l'itL strouts. ltev. 'A. 11. Kremer. Pastor.— , Ipervices at 10, 1 4 o'clock A. 111, and ~ 3 41 o'clock P. 314 - • .Methodist V Lurch, kfirst eltarge) coma. 0 1,dain and rift Streets. Her. It. D. Chambers. Pastor. services at 11 o'clock M , M. aid s'elock P. AI: Methodist E. t 'hurch (second charge.) Rev. A. A. - Meese, Pastor Services In College ehapel, at 11 o'clock A. M. al 4 o'clock, P `Wotan Catholic Church,' Pomfret near East street. Rev. Linden. Pastor. , Services on the 2nd Sun day slouch month. Merman Lutheran Church xot tin. of Pomfret and Bedford streets. lice. C. Pabst., Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock, A. 31., and o'clock. I', M. • 49-Wheu changes In the above are necessary the persons ere mittested to u , llfy us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Rov.eharles Collins, I). 1)., Pros!dont and Professor. ub Moral &Wm, , Bev. Enronut M. Johnson, M. D., Profensor of Philoso phy and •Euglish literal um. Jame,. 15' Slaralinlr, A. M., Profennur of Ancient lon. gunge. ltev. Wan. L. lionwell. A. M., Profesalr of Mathematic. IVilllaul U. Wllauu, A. M., Prole or of Mural iirleueu and Curator t1i3111.. 111u,,umu. . • Alexander 64.kum, A. 3., Professor Of Hebrew and Modern languages. Samuel L. Millman, A. M., Prloscipal of the Grammar &taxa. • B. F. Purcell, A. 8., Asslblinit In the.Grinnuir School BOARD .&F SCHOOL DIRECTORS Al,'row flair. Plealtlout, 11. Buxton, I'. Quigley, E. COMMA U. C. P.llumurlch,J. Jiawiltul4 keerettlry,Jason W. 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Iliddle • VALLKY Jobu N. ker. rott; Cashior. H. A. Sturgeon; Toiler, Jos. C. llolTor.- --b in i nT, i r l ' eVa j' il " V n B o;!;lT, 'r .li ' ili t n . it n i; nlap. Ilobt. C. sturrntt, turiteuu, and Coptulu John Dunlap. SOCIETIES. • • Comberion^. Stan Lodge No. 197; A. Y. M. meets et Marlon hall .on the !.;nd and An Tuesda):i of every Month. 131..101uns Lod , zo No 2(10 A. Y: Jl. td Thum daY cselt mouth, at Mnrinn.linii. Nog, 1,,4;010 91 1. 0. of 0. 1 , ....111eets Monday ivoning, at Trouts building. FIRE tOM PAN lES ' • - Tlitr*Unlon Flre Company .waA organlred In 1/80. - ' , Prost& ; Ire -Preside,/ t - Willlam - Porter; Secretary. Thin Common; Treasurer, I', Mon. en-Company meets thu Omit Saturday In olarelk, June, ptti tittd - Deeeniber. ~ • Thu Cumberland Fire Company was Iniltuted -- Yebru• ary 18, 1809: President Robert-McCartney; Secretary.. Quttley; Treaeurer. IL S. 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MKKAI.I).IOti it BOOK , eTTNT !NO? . .„.() FFIE, S. 11; Cork of the Main St POETICAL: tietc- We copy the following piece front the poetical scrap-book of a bitty friend... It wan written some ysgsl9-Lti, and, we believe, watt , one of the author's first. attempts in the eraryfine.—[ED. llKnat.n. _~..~~.,i_~i~i~r~.c~a~L~:Lu ...~,~_ BY EDWARD.NTILEB EON ' —tom 9'ha-nan~rle~a-Fraee The oyo that flonti•d in ita Ihjuld lipt, Softly as a star In treaven.'.' . •-• • • Tom Mimre once sung of •' black eyes and mild blue,'! Hut I know a calni grey Pye worth the two; • It's as pure as a ,tar in . beuven above, - -- And every bright glance brings a dream of love. 'Bove that rye thrire's a high and brantiful brow, As brhilit as the sunlight, as harms the snow; And thefe. iu calm loveliness, e'er is 'ensbriu'd A story of purity, kindness and 'Nenth ihat eyo thorn's a itch and gloripus lip, • As sweet as the wild-nine which honey-bees' sip; And that dimple-girt mouth is a fair little cell . Where words, horn bf kindness, through life shall der dwell. With that mouth there's n voiroMosoft and As sweet An. the Zephypharrin music when the forest Oven meet Yes,its,tune IX no towno the summer,windo' sigh_ Mourning sad through the volley ashen fair flowers • . • With that voice thert's a torneas graSefal and fr..e As the wild fawn the toundriVer the 11143 , 4011mM • . ea; And each motion Is pure as the Streanilet'S clear wait' Flowing gently along thg vLolet;eirave. With that form there's a foot much nester (Ile true) _ Then the one of `•hair Ellen "flint, Walter Scott drew. And its - step Is as Ilubti-and - iis soft. - and - as Mar - - As au echo's dream-murmur, or the lath n",,5 of Snow [Saccned for tho . liorald. • [From Ur: Wn,hlnvton Ultiou of OA. 17th.) -- - THE OLD CI-TERRY TREE. EERIE! ' [The ;incidents narrated in:-the 'following lines ;are literary'lrue. They were connutlnf .emed to writer by n gentlemaw — who'hati long held nn important office in the"service of the gOveratnient at Wahhington. • lnfife boy hood he planted the twig.vaiieli - beenme " The Ohl Cherry Tree;" .nnd, during h tecent visit to-his venerable mother, occuryd his canton , lion with the. robins, and 71" cl beautiftil plea for their protection.] Alloy from the tumult of Way life, Afar from the musical ore— . • The m u sical. Moaning • Lien tue native borne, that Isle of bliss In the occau of llemmy. It sleeps In the arms of the gentle hills; .311,1 swallows green and still— pearefui and green and kill— Like it song-bird lulled In Its leafy nest, Unheeding liliOtt storm and 111. • Within the garden's ',hollered nook, In the Ifeautifui, long fled yettra. The golden, ovanished'years— I planted a tree with lad'ish bands, And a hem t unchilled by tears Tho • vary'ing Nearuns went. aid same,. • Through "(drake and fain and suow— Thn.ngh fiery heat and snow— • I watched the leaves unfold or fall, And the yallgtree thrive and grow. It gathered strength in rain and sun, 1111 over the homestead roof— Thu dear old homestead roof— It wove through the blue of the summer sky, Ifs green and wive( woof. Thick .clustered, like hopes in light young hearts, Spring left it vy,hlto with flowers— With delicate, snow flowers— And the tempting fruitage decked the boughs In the early autumn hours. lint matilloml came as seasons sped, • Drifting on like a noiseless Ilde— A inrlft. rehistless tide; And I journeyed but from the homestead door, As life's path grew str . ange and wide.. • . I • wateli no more the budding bOughs, • As In tNehours long pa• t The hours forever pest: I.lf -buds tot lb Inmes.likythe elterry.bleems, Where the fruitage falls at last. • Ah, ninny forms, in the solemn vents, Buse pissed from that open dour— . From the Meetly open deur— Fume come anti go Jike the. restless tides, J And some return no more The cherries blacken in the sun, . While the robins' build nod. sing 7 • 'Mid ti,, ladeUbranches sing— But winter bath etinte to some I love, LW both but one sweet spring! Where-the green leaves stoop to the window-pane, My, moil!, site and dreams:— In the shadow sits and dreame— Like voices of the olden time, 'Their musical murmur seems. Through the lifted boughs the sunbeaMs canto To bless her unaware- - • ' Like angels, unawaie— Aad the birds with nlttie fill her hours , Of lonely grief or rare. - .• Of late I nought theolden roof. With a reeling of toga and pride - Of 1a2,11 joy and pridi;—. la the quiet sluidedf the cherry tree, found me at her side. • But the robins lightened each luscious bough, Till I said In cement tone— With tiger,-earnest tone— I Would lake the lives of the dainty thieves, Who FOAM - ITM of my Own.' And then, an if an angel ipake, • With reverent lip she maid--; • With ealutly tone she raid— When I feel I ciiinnt praise my and For tint; bleemings round me epreed— . When I c.annot prairie my tiod enough ' For Ilia grace and mercies So Nil and rich and free— • I CALL - ein Inner LereirNONOBTeRS:ficELT -- TO PRAh3I: him ALOUD I'OR 11a 1" Obi precious words rmiti hallowed lips I - l'ingiugiont like err anthem clear—: • • Like a holy antlii;in clear— • Afar In the rush of the busy world, • They are tousle In my ear. • Lima wane the tree o'er the hetnextend roof, Through the euniniera bright and calm— . • - '.Through merry sumnier'scalcaL— •••• May the aii,ng— birds cl.:1111i to the ripening boughs, And tang for her their psalm..• ' • , .POISTLAND, MIIIIIO, OCtarr, 1858. -- ; I'upansss.'— You . nee, grandmother... perforatd nn aperture in 'the apex with tt,cor responding Aperture in the base.'apti by ap plying t heyigg tlie 'lips, /MA' tbreibly ing the breath, the,shell is entirely discharged of its eotttimm,". ' ••. .•141ese'tity soul," cried, therdd lady. .!what: wonderful ithprorements they do make. Now, in • my young ,ddys, we just madp hole' • at ,each eiteatid "suAked:'! .• • ' LOVE IN. TII.1;: CLOUDS . 1 64 Ann this is the fellow that wants to marry m,t daughter! A pretty tool l should be to give .A nide to a coward like him'!" So shout- I ed honest Master Joss, the sacristan of the ca thedral ofXienim, as he stood in the public 'room, of the " Adam and Eve" 'Btu, and looked a ffet--tha....auge.y„..refiniating,_',figure—of Mahler_ tinker, the head-mason. . 1e 'As he spolte,. an . honest you n g gardener,. Aamed_GAbri el,_entered.LtuuLfor_a_tuoinint 1 the pull li's.handsomn face flushed high, as he 'thought the sacristan's word's were directed at, him: For it wa s an old, -old. story. Gabriel and Annie had played together and loved each other before they knew the meaning of the Iword love: and -when, .a few months before, 1 they had found it. out, and Gabriel Proposed to. make Annie 'his wife, her father rejected I hint with scorn. 'The young gardener had little to offer besides an, hottest heart, and a I pajr el' industrious hands. while Master 0t.d.1 Ikar, the mason, had both houses!'and Maney, I To him then, surely_against lier will, was thel ! pretty Annie promised ; and poor Gabriel ke t away from the sacristan's pleasant: cottage,' Manfully ' endeavoring to root out' his love! while exterminating:the weeds in his garden. But somehow it happened that, although the I : docks and thistles withered and died, that oth er pertinaidotts plant, clinging. and twining - like the wild c . onvolvtdous, grew and flourish• ed, nurtured, perchance,. by an. occasional distant glimpse of sweet Annie's . pale cheek and drooping form. - - - So matters stood. when. one day,.as Gabriel was passing through if crowded street.; a neigh bor hailed him 1. - . ... : • ..,' ~...--.- -..-. -.I-,. Great tiewo, my boy! glorious news! Our Leopold 11 . 4,1 been ehoseu Emphror tit Fratilt fort. Lon , .; live oho house of Austria! lie. is to make his triumphal. entry here in a day or two. Come - with me to the 6 Adam and Eve,' arid we will drink nig health', ala hear air -about it,' In spite of his dejection, G,tbricl weulcl have geen noirtre'son of Vienna it' he had refined thd+ invitation; and. waving his cap in sym p:lth§, with his comrade's enthugitsm; he has tened with him to the inn. .• We have alieady seen how the unexpected . appearance .and more unexpected words of Nld•der .loSs . met him on his eutranee. — ln the height of his - itulignatiou; - the - sacristan - did' nor - obserVe - • Gabriel, and continued in the same tone: 1 declare, rd.give' this moment full -and free permissioil te,woo and win my" dotighter to any honest: young fellow who would wave theimuner in my-Srmtd tiy, and think her well rid of that cowardly Tlll/14011.' .Proin tiine immemorial, it had been the cue tom in Vienna. whenever the emperor made triumphal entry for the tOteriittan -or the ca- I I hedral to 'stand on Ihe. very pinnacle of the highest tower, and wive a banner while the processionlota , ,fol: — Bitt .Mirstei , Joss was Old stiff and rli - O - umatic and such an - exploit would 'have bean quite as much out af, his line as dancing on a tight-rme. -It was,. therefore, needful for him to provide a ••üb , titute: audit never oceurrM to hint that his intended son in-law. who professed sneh devotion to his-in terests, and whose daily occupation obliged him to climb •to diizy heights, nod stand on slender scaffolding, could possiblrAkt td take la place. What, then. was his chagrin and indignation when o'n broaching the matter that afternoon to Master Ott ker. he WIN met by a Hat and not over-coltrteous refusal! The old man 'madel a hasty retort: words ran high. anti he part ing volley, levelled at the retreating mason, we have Moody reported. • IVould you, dear Master loss, would -you indeed ;lo ? Then. with the help of Provi dence I'll wave the banner for you as long as you please from the to? of St. Stephen's tow-I • You, Gabriel V said the old man looking at him as kindly its he•was 'Wont to do in for mer days Nly poor boy you never could do it: you. a gardener, who never have had !my practice ito climbing' ' Alo, now you want to draw back from your word !. exclaimed the youth, reddening 'My head is steady enough; and if tny heart is heavy, why, it Wall you who made it. en. Never mind, Master Joss Only promise me, on the word or an Itoneat man. that you II um inter fere tiny more with Annie's free choice, and pit may depend on seeing the banner of our emperor whom may !leaven long preserve.!— ware gloriously on the old pinnacle.' will, my brave Isd. I. do promise, in the presence °fall three honest folks, that Annie shall be yours !' said the sacristan, grasping Gabriels hnud• with one of his; while he wiped his eyes with the back of the other 'One thing I lun•e to ask you.' said the young man, • that you will keep this matter a secret frdm —Annie. She'd never consent eltit'd say I was (eloping Pro,idenee ; and who knows whether the thought other displeasure might the make my head turn giddy, just when I Wallt to he must firm and chllected.' No tear of her knowing it, fe• I have sent her tin a visit to her aunt. two .or three miles . dir.the_coutitry... •And why did you'send he• from home, Mas ter .1 OS ?' • Because the.xight of .her pale face and weeping eyelwoubled me; because I was vexed with her, because to tell you the truth, I was vexed. wit h"layself.. .Gabriel...L.wits hearted old foor-1 see it now. And I was yeti , near destroying the happiness of my 011ly remaining child; for my poor boy. Arnold. your old friend and 'school fellow, Gabriel, has been for years in foreign peps. and we don't know what hes become of him. But now, please God, Annie at least will be happy, and you shall -marry her, nay lad. as soon of ter the day of the procession as you and she please. There's my hand on • There was not a happier • man that, evening within the precincts of Vienna than Gabriel the gardener, although he well knew that ho wo attempting a most perilous enterprizo. and one ns likely as notto result in his death lle made all , -necessary arrangements in case of that event, especially iu reference to the comfort. of' ail only sister who lived with him, and whom he was careful to keep in, ignorance of his intended venture. This done: he re signed himself to 111.011111 all night of tumbling from terrific heights, and all .day of his ap proaching happiness. .Meanwhile 0, tkai• swallowed his chtigrin as he ' , best. might, and kept aloof from Master Joss; but. he might have beep seen holding frequent and secret communications with Law rence, a.inan who assisted the sacristan in the care of tlio church. ' • • , The day of the young emperor's triumphal entry-arrived He was not expected to reach .Vienha before .everting ;_and at the app,ditted hoer the /MC1'118(1111 enihraced .- Gahriel: and; giving.hinf.the, hanner„of „the.i ljouse..a, :Ans. tria, g , rgeously,embroidared, said, • Now. my boy, up in God's minim! Follow Lawrence; guitle,you safely to the top of the spire, and afterwards assist you in coming down :Five hundred kind fifty stops to the top' of the tower !, Mere child's splay•'-the 'young gardenet•ifleW•up them with n joyeas 061). 7 = Ilien',ctkiheilxvOlundred_weoden Stairs:aver the'clook-te'wer - and helfry then steep ladders up - the,mirrow:prnintele. Geuragel . .o few more bold.steps- half an hour of peril—. then triumph, reward, the priest's. blessing. and the joyful •Ires !' before the - altar.. 'Alt, liow, heavy witet he haraher tedrag upwards, how dark thestralt, stony shaft !: Held. - there is the Lewrance. and ati%aspistitnt, who accompanied, ititn, push Gabriel throtigh. it . :' arieul'LnwrenoW' 'you'll tine the iron stopsaind the alunips to hold on by wit- Aide-only beep your head stonily. When it is,}inor, limo to:eonw down, knit us: and weli throw yaw •Eope•ludder with hipobit. , Fare- if <*•.M X F r. A p x ,Y y C jc.,l"kel MO CARLISLE, :t , PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV-ESIBER, (1 , v0m.'114111.] en tieittTfeTt_tn dared — Mit stir one hairbreadth to the right or to the. hift. A rattail sensatiob of tightness - came across his chest, and his soudgrew bitter bin him. • They have hilt inc here of sec purpose,! he muttered through. his clenched teeth • The torches below will shine on My crushed body.' . 'Then, after a nionient :' AO t t„he saCrit,,,uio iin Velterrt of WotheliTimdd him do it. They will cone; .they now come.' But when they did not come, and ther,piti less darkness thic!:ened arouto4 bin, so that he coup} not see his bend, hissileath anguish grew to the pitch of insanity. • God!' he cried, •the emperor will not suf fer such barbarity. Noble Leopold, help! one word front you would Save me.' Ji It the cold night - wind_ bloWing.ominously' around the tower. seemed to answer: • Here I alone tutu emperor And this is my (lowan.' While this was passing, two nice stood con versing togethet 7 'at the doilicr it dark street, aloof front the rejoicing cl'owd: • Haven't I.niaauged it well V n , :ked One. •Yes ; he'll never reach the ground olives unle . ss the stteristitn'L---- 0 no, the old 1111111 IS 190 i/11Sy Willi hi- , son, who came home uuexpcetedit• an Ilium ago . Ile'll never think of that fool plbriel Until 'tis too late. How you get rid of Albert ?' hitit that .taster Joss had- 1171 dertaken to , g6 himself,and fetch the gardener down. The trap-door is fast, anti nu one within call._ Mat 1, think :glister tittk: u •. von and I may keep out of the,way'li I the fellow has dtojfped doe', like a ripe apple from the stem.'. AO so the Iwo villains tool:Their way down a narrow street, - "and - uipearo no were lion night ' Meantime, a dark shadowy fiend sat on one of the loaves of tkeseulptured rose, and hissed in Gabriefs ear: 'Renounce thy salvation and I will bring thee - down in safety.' May God . preserve .me from such a cried the poor lad, shuddering. 'Or only promise to give me pier Annie, nodcave you.' " Will yen hold your tongue you wicked spirit =- , - •Ov just say that you'll mablVille a present. of your first born child. anti HI bear you away us softly as if yoti Were l:iling on (limn ' • AVanut, - Satan ! have nothing to, do with gentlemen whd welr horns :Luta tail.! .cried Oabriel,,manfully The'clock' tolled again. and ,the 'gardener, aroused by the sound 4,11 d vibration, perceived that be had been tisieep. • Yes. be bud actual ly slumbered, standing on that dizzy point suspended over that fearful abyss. 'Ant I really here?' !masked himself, as he awoke; 'or is it all, a 'frightful dream that 1 lnkyle had while lying in my bed?' • A cold shudder passad thr..0!' , 44-fiinfc ! followed by a horning teat. a; to grasped the' pinacle with a convulsiye:tightpes. A voice seemed to whisper in his ear: • Pool! this is deuth.—that ,unknown an guish which no runt situp escape. Anticipate, the moment and throw thyself doWn.' ''Mu•t I then die Vlnurniured qabriel whilo the cold sweat . 13 tutted front his brOw. ' Must die-while life is so pleasant? 0 Annie, An nie ! pray for me: the -world is so beautiful Then it :seemed as if soft wingti floated above and around him, while a gentle voice whis• pored : • 'Awake ; awake ! the night is far spent, the' day is ut haul. Look up. and be comforted.' Wrapped in the bartner„whoe weight e(I to preserve his equilibrium. Gabriel still held on with his numbed arm, and,with a sen sation almost ofjoy, matched the''Arst dawn lightening up the roofs of the city. ' Far below, in the sacristan's dwelling: the 'old man -sat- fondly. claspiti -•the-hand-of-a handsome sunburnt lost son Atnold'who -had- sa64)3o.4tis -side.ther--liwelond night. recounting the adventures . which had befallen' him in foreign lands, without either father- crtton fooling the.want of sleep. At length Arnold 'said: ,' ' I ant longing to see•Annin: father. T dares say he grown afine girl. H owJjny friend Gabriel, 'who i used"'lli-bitrtrforTia - -of her when-We wore all cliildren' together?". ' The satirist:4n sprang. &tit:Lids seat, Gabriel holy had qinio forgi4 ten him.' ' ' . A rapid exclitiontion followed. Mosier JOss and hie son hastened': toworda the, cathedral, and Ynet: Albert On their *ay. Where le Gobi:ler?' cried the sapristim..: • I don't,'' there • not seem him piney her3limhed through the trip-Aeor•r• : !•• • '4,110 who down, '. •.• 4 Why, you yournelf. couree,' reptied,Al 7 :: • heti rclt 1r a' look ot`e 4tOtrlshinent. 4Luvvrenee tuld me, when down,- Ptat.'you hod uudortlikint to dolt.' • t '.; '•~~r ~Y::.'T:. well !' As he said these words, Gabriel had. passed through the trap-door,' and with feet and hands clinging io the -slender .iron pro *films, felt himself hanging 'over -A tremen dons precipice, while the cold evening breeke railed his hair. lle had Still, burdened as he i•was with the banner, Ao 'steady himself on a part of the spire- sculptured in the siMilitiido of a rose,and then, after two or throe'daring •• stepiatill higher to,bestride the very. pinna.: ,:tle,...Antlewave-bia-gay...gold-thig- - - May-Chid be- untrciful to MS!" sighed the [ poor lad, ns. glancing doWnward on the busy r.streetsrtlting-solai-dcetteatiLibe - Wlrote eximir, of his danger flashed upon -hint' : lie felt, so lonely, so utterly forsaken ip - thrit desed i pf,l I the upper air; until he cruel win strovetr:th ,• him and strugglet to .wresti helm:tg banner i l front Itis.hand. . , Anitie,:Auttiei 4.12...f0r thee!' he murmured, and the sound' Of that• sweet name nerved hind to endurance. 'lie wound his left arm firmly round tliOron bar whieh supported the golden star, shrmounted by a crescent, that served •as a weathercock,' and with the right waved-the flag. which flapped and rustled.like the wing of some mighty-bird •of --prey: • The- tsky ,-lnyv.-near-it•-seettietl , ‘• - ' grey,: dirk above' his bend, and the Jle•hts_and bonfires glanced upWards front the greht city below. ' .ltut Alm cries of rejoicing came Ulla ly on his ear. until one 1011 g-continued shout. mingled with. the-sound of &Inns and trum pets announced the approach of Leopold. f [lona !, Ilona! !nagire the Lnperor !' _. ,1 shouted Gabriel. and waved is banner proud ly. But the deepening twili , it.and the dizzy height rendered hitmunseen - and' unheard by i the busy crowd helow.• , . . The deep voice of-the cathedral clock tolled the.hour. ' • Now my task Wended,' iaitlOahriel...druw, lug it deep sigh of relief, and_sltivering•in. the ehinilweeie. "'.Now I have only to get down and-give the signal.' More heedfo ly and slowly than hq had ascended, he, began hiu_descent • Only once, he looked upward to the gOlden star nod eres• Tent. now beginning to look4oloriess against thddark sky.. . . • Hal', said his, • doesn't it look now" as if that healhgnish 'fork' of a .creseept were nod- Aing,and wishing-me au evil •gr k d night- Ile-quiet, Mohammed A few courageous-step s landed him once more amid t petabielt he gigantic sculptur ed rose, which offered th best:' indeed the - unliy) coigne of - vantage lin: liis ffei to rest oil. , --- Ale furled his- banner tklitly together, "and shouted, lio'lo. Lawrence! Albert! here! throw me up the ladder. and thelooks.• - No answer - • Nfore loudly dm]. shrilly did G timid reiter ate the call. , . _Noth word. none. stinbelbtv:. . Holy virgin! can I her have forgetteh me? Or have they nillen.asleep ?' cried the poor fel low aloud, and-the sighiug wiitde seemed to like a mocking demon.. 'What: 11111111 I do? What will become of tne?' Id lite IN 110 sweet.' • •Oh, the double.dyed 'secat drels! Now I utitletstana it nil.' groaned the old man ,•Ouiek! Arnold, Albert! Come, fur the love olGad ! look up, look up to the spire.' • Arnold rushed towards the square, and his keen eye, accustomed to look out at great dig tances.at sea, discerned tifroiigh the gray, in • certain morniatg twilight, something fluttering, mile spire, -, • • 'Tis he! . Itsoust be he stilfliving.! -- - -tXt•Aaxl.lz.n - nied-salast-eitiJossrJ•wher-e-ar-e•tn•Y-- keys ?: 0 that we may not be too late.' •., The keytt were found in the old titan s mike rtssliing throtiglathe cathedral gate, darted up the .stairs'—the 'Amorist:tn. in the dread excitement of the moment, moving 4Niswiftly . as his-young companions. . .;‘Albert knowing -the 4rick of the trap=door, went throng:li it It t 7 sf7 -, ' - - . • Call out to' him, latl,P. exelaituOtliloster__ Joss. A breathless pause.' I hear nothing stirring.' said Alberti 'nor can 1 see anything Tom ~this; din over • the rose.' • . ' Bravely did he surmount the perilous pro.. jectibn; and after a feu moments' of intense x e ty -- he - re ip e door. tere_qtrtiAttly_lutligor_o_JiiolOing_op the rose, gut 'tisn't Gabriel—'tie a gilt, 4t • A Omit! you - dtritoirig dunderhea d,- shOtitell Arnold , Let ne up',.And he . began. to idiot!). with.the. agility of a sat. Pre.iently he called out, •Come on, come on as tar as you can. I have `Min, thank God! .pAck, time is. precious ' ' • Speedily lind dertly they eve him aid; and at length. n halt' uneoneions ti:4ure, still wrap p.3d in the banner, warbrought down in safe- ty„ . They hero hint into the • 'Adam and WAY nor b.r.r efri.Pauretthrtlegeetis - - a ; little_ wine .th we t tiro -- Under this treatment, Ito soon recOvered his con.miott:in es+, and began' to thank his delivers. Suddenly his-eye fell 'en a mirror banging on the wall opposite theli - Jil, anti he exclaimed: • • Wipe the to - kr-frost-off my hair, lord - that yellow dust -otf my cheeks!' In truth; his chrle:d leeks were- white, his ro+y cheekti yellow and wrinkled, - and his bright eyes dim anti sunken : but neither dust. nor hoarfrost was there fo - vvip - o 'stwaythat one night of horror had ad led forty years to his age! . - In the course of that day, numbers who havd h e arirtirtatiriA's — a - d veamtres, row de d_ o_4 te inn 111111 . ;ought to see him. but none wetai ad mitted save the three •who sat eitaiiiintilly- bY his bedside—his weeping young sister, the brave Arnold, and M titer Jots, the - mot t ro- happy of till; for his coaselenee 01148:111111/111) - - 118 y, 111_. IC voice that would be heard: • You alone are the cause of all this.' By way of a little selt`cometiA,Ahe ,sareriStan metltto--ex claim et intervals, •If I only had hold of that, La wreteo if [ on'oe 1134 that Ottkar by the__f_ throat!' But Inth o' trthiei kept c trendy oat of sight, nor were they ever ag tin seen in thcs, fair. city-Of Vienna: •Ah !' said 11 tbriel, tote irds evening, °VS - till over 'betwoun MI and Annie. -- she would shudder at the signt of it' old wrinkled gray- haired fellow, like me." No one answered. his sister hid her face on the pillow, while her brigi4zyinglets min gled wit It his poor, gray locks Viand Arnold's handsome lace grew very sad ak,he ihought— •The poor fellow ,is right,,there tire, few things • that young girls dislike mare than gray.hairs and yellow wrinkles.' • I have one request to make of you all. dew friends,' s rid G 'helot, painfully raising himself 011 his couch —.do not let Annie hear a word of this. Write to• her that I am dead and she'll 'Mind it less, 1 think then go into the forest, nod let the wolves eat me it' they will I want to save her from•pain '- 'A tine way, indeed;io save Annie front pain . cried it well known voice, while a light tigute rushed towards the bed, and clasped the poor sufferer in a close and 'long •embrace •My own trite ,you were never more beauti ful in my eyes than now. And pretend that you were dead! A likely story, while every child in Vienna is talking of nothing but my poor boy's adventure. And let yourself be eaten by wolves ! No, no Gabriel you wouldn't.' rem • you r poor Annie so cruelly" A regular hail-stot•in 'of kitises followed; and it is Had 1101 V 1114 I know not—that I.omehow in the general mdec, Arnold's' lips came into wonderfully close contact with the rosy ones of (Ithriel's little sister, Certainly lie was heard the next day to whisper intolis friend's ear. 'A fair exchange is no rolthery, , . , toy boy .1 think it' you take toy sister, the' least you can do is to give me yours.' It does not appear that any objection was made join t ) , quarter. Love and hope proved wdutierful physicians ; for although Gabriel's hair to rho end of his life remained as white as snow. his cheeks and eyes, ere the wedding day arrived, had resumed their former tint and brightness. A happy man was t.Master J tOel 011 the day that he gave MS blessing to the two young couples—the day , when Gabri el's. Sore tried love found , its reward In the Laud of his THE LADY PHILANTDUOPIST ?•Irs.. Ames was sitting .in her front room, when she saw approaching Mrs. Armstrong, a very public spirited lady. who took a wonder ful interest in all reforms and benevolent en terprises, especially those undertaken for peo pie at a distance. 'My dour Mrs. Ames,' she commenced, ' ant the agent.. of a sewing circle just establish- . ed. the object of which is to provide suitable - clothing for the children of Patagonia. lam told they are in the habit of,going about in a state of nature, which you know is dreadful to contemplate ' Perhaps they are 'used to it.' But that is no reason' why we should not. improve their conditions. So we have !agreed a meeting two evenings in a week, with This object in view. %%11l you join 'l' I I'm afraid I can't. I should be obliged to neglect my own children....as 1 presume Will be the Case with some who attend; ,- look, for exa9ple; at that boy in the street,. Ho has a le in each elbow, and his clothes.are cover ed with mud. !presume his mother •belongs to some of tliese benevolent institutions, and hasn't time to attend to her own children.' Mrs. Ames!' asked her visitor, rising with indignation, 'do you mean to insult me?' Insult you I' wus the astonished reply, 'of course not. What makes you think so?' 'Do you know who that boy is, of whom you openk.' 'No, I don't, but should like to.' • 'You would! Well, nuennt, your curiosity Phan be gratified. He is my son--George IVasitingtun Jaekson Armstrong. What Intro you to say to that?' . 'Say ? why nothing. Only it is unfortunate for_ the poor bciy that lio isn't a Patingonian.' We -Armstrong without a reply .4 swept out 'She la atill canvassing for, the sewing hi behalf of the : youthful Piitagonians, while' George Washington Jackson permitted to roam at will through the streets, on condition that he will hot venture within,.sight of Mrs. Amen' window. „ begin_nt home, ,though .thero is no...oceneion, for its ending there. A Wont". tN SNAly,N,—When John •Wesley iii4,oante ta . AMerieu, one Of his fellow roya•. gore was General ifglotliortie. who came out. , to he Governor of Georgia.. ' The General was thifijiiing'siims 'feint of his servant:to Mr. Wes ileeliiiinkr whet Jtie punishment. wpuld, he. winilitik'np his reittorks . words : reseal should have taken , care bow .he used T niwer' fin give.' *then I hope !qr,',.said John Wesley. looking'Caltollat'laint. 'you never sin.' • There was a 'whole normen in' those' few' wnrds.l,--4el TEXAS SAY .4 NTO NIA. REGION: ECelltorlat Correspondence ' ;New BI4UNFELS, CO3tAt4 Co.. Tex %sr 1 Ocrober 13, 189. .l • Before ,atteutptitio• a description of this par- • Ocular seation of T e :ixis. I wash to state. :dis tinctly that I haVe taken oat no copy-right for my article. OU the contrary. I nil ill esteem "ir:L4' ttit,Waiii. - filiiirif - iilriny ofirriatiii, members of the editorial craft will give me a plate-Li-01 eir - column; - als - by - srt --- rdiW Iffy will save me n world of .trouble .I , nut con ,stamly receiving letters from evers ‘ qu Liter of the.Umion, making all sorts of liquirjes about 1 'Texas: I am. opiestioned as todit3 health_ of ' the ateto.. the price of lairds, stock, &c,- whether it. is well timbered and well watered -how about - its - schoofs, religion of the inhab itants, romls, the danger 'from Italian depre dations, and Ale like,-what kinds of gante and Tish.we have-whether titles are good to lands-when we 'are to have railro Vl4 running !List, every - titter, an I.a inaltitit 13 of intereoga- Aeries ofkin Ire.' nature - Now . ,'altitough in my dty I horn been from the-inotttli-of,ice'S thine tothe Llano Estacc 1- do.atud from the Cross, Thnlices and borders' ol'Aric tunas to the mouth 'of the Rio. Grande below M item tros -although I have hititt6tl the State over. and in all directions ; (Hag molly, criss-cross and up and down -1 c inset well take up',UL myself the task of-dese:dbing -it to every anxious - etupiirer. A SIALt wilittll is 1,11'..!tr than New York, Pcnitsylv:ania, :LI try laird, Virginia and O'tio. all put' togetiwr -a !Moat tin which covers so If?, ten degrees of lati tude and as in toy of longitude -which grows ittel.preduces oliimiu. eve.rything which minis .l era to the. • wants or in to -such it-scope of 'sanitary Cannot. Well be .leserib? din a day', es -1,-,eiolly by one who.has two rtrmi, four large tl ),,k4 of sheep, a. grist mill, and a stock of . brews' and cattle 111 lllilk* attract'. it 1)1,11,1. to Write for 1 and num t 1,111.1 111 itiers besides to tumid te. With ',..ix months I . l:l:listitelt..d le.:sure I Might be.able to gn over the ground, and answer all questions ; but as unfortunate ly I have hardly, the sixth p let of a week to spire, all told singular Must be . content if .1 only take thein over the region im nAiately adjoining the lionrlshing city of S in Mitsui.), nail especOdly the in 91111 Mill fang.; lying within a circuit of forty mile 4 northotst, north and - iitirthwest of-that - place: - - Non& who may sets ' fit au:peruse this account need ask rue farther: l questi tits; I am going to tell you ,ill I know: in a hasty 111 1111101., it is trite, hat still an ,In the main, I must set it (limn as a et nob raisin .; rather than an agricultural region, al thought I honestly tidier° that with•proper til lage - we _shall - always be' able to raise more 'than corn owl Wheat enough for all our swam Tho.....seotion is watered by the Diiipcsk, ,Alio aiiiiiiiiliipl, Ili! Gamin. this A ttalititn . Min Antonio, tlie"..Medina. - iiiiiiiii - ftry s 4111,Iftthiffic: - ries, thettiosi'or - tiffin - an-lr.fr..tisis running ovtir gi•nvolly.or=facky beds. --- lf, there are more beautiful sprints iu the: world than the SLu.Antottio.' anti those ot',.. the Coma at. this Plaie, 1 have not seen them, . and I li Ivo tray.: el : eV/eine. . • 1 , .. 'Sotftlt, southeast, and ,•olitlriv.st of San - Xik".• lonia , the,coutitry is' comparatively sinlat-lt and lat. tiltliou,2,ilt the prairies are rolling and Iva!! drained. 113antiful Mots or grooss of, post and live o Lk, with hero and there elms interspersed, .greet the'esh of-the traveler itt alino.o every direction. The principal gras•es are the sedge, and different varieties 'of 11104- quit; which grow-with rare luxuriance as' the soil is almost univertMlly rich. In the season the stranger ,journies through an interminable p Lithre.,alive in tinny parts with the sluvk , ol' the inhabitants. Situations of rare aural ro ta attic lumitty are to be encountered at every It'll : beautiful lawns. :Liu' p wits arc spre id Out before the eye; nor can the new comer believe ti it all is the.work of nature as he gay:es upon lan Ise Lpes_witich in spring time el) de illy are enchanting My nn•n opinion is, tint this section is nit . so well tidapted to sheep :Ls the hilly region north, the,grasi growing too rank and rich ; 'hitt for . horses And cattle it cannot be sm.- pissed, while in the direction of th.t Atas...via the range is admirably ail tpted to bogs. With any thing like a good season this section would grow cotton or corn most. luxuriantly., las the land is M . great fertility. In foot, until withitrt he last two or three years good crops have been the rule and even partial failures the exception,: nor should I b,i in the least sui'prised it' for years to come,. with deep plaiting and proper cultivation, the wide and extendve fields in .the Medina, the San Anto nio, the Salado, the GibOlp 2110 the Guadalupe should produce bounteously. Even this sea son; notwithstanding the drouth followed dose uponalte heels of the grass•hoppers, more than C9lll enough has beeen raised for the wants of die pope mien : and it can now be- purchased at from 6.1 to nO cents's bitshel. No soil in lIM - world staMlS — a. drouth as well as that of lexas,,and [ repeat - 1 bat with, proper tillage. wo can always raise more than enough to sup : - ply all our wants in this section. If • the new comer seeking a home turns .._ , northwest. north. or northeast. of San Anto nio, he finds - himself, utter a ride of a - ,coup , e of hours. in the hills and mountains, many of the latter smooth and coated' to their very summits wi h execellent gravy. Between the 11101.111taillo lie green and beautiful valleys, the soil of icithaustible - tidiness. Ilere and there' ate dense eedar-brakes ;---1110 borders- of many of the rivers and.meelts are tringtsl with huge cypress trees, affording tine flintier for shingles.,&e.; while in eveby direction the best of rock for building: ad ft:oiling purposes ma); be found ready got out by Rehire. In ;his species of material no. region in the world, is out tillluent: Here in the mountains, too, we have different varietieS of mesquit, as well as the useful and universal sedge grass; but as the growth of all is less raneand luxuriant, -- anttNe the rills aro dry during the wettest seasons,. I 'repeat that the higher region may be set down as better adapted to sheep than the lower chuntry, while. stint' as my experi ence goes, both cattle and horses do retharka-' bly well. In the way of winter protection for the two latter, in shelter against, northers, the mountains afford a bet tor share t han almost aokother part of Texas; tbr-here we have cedar brake's, deep, hollows and 1110 . 11131.1. 10111 many points never penetrated by the chilling blasts which scatter stock wherever They Call- Sot find much protection.' Corn, coti.on and wheat con be grown with anything like a sea son in the valleys, and of tnany of the hill sides. and heavy crops made. This year, not withstanding- drouth and grasshoppers, we have more than made enough ~ to do us," to use a common expression The SOrgho Sucre; , or Chinese Stigar Cane, is a safe end certain ,crop.—wet or dry,itgrows and matures lux uriantly;-- With (Meal) and rude mills, the' Germans of Comatcounty have made molasges enobghrfortheirtwn - ctinsumption'this . sesson . • ,-perhaps tnore This.its an important .dtent . of itself; and whenit. is added that the Sorg ho yields a-heavy : crop of seed...besides Mach excellont fodder. --- its uses are without limit Melons', equeshes..pinopkins, touritoes, okra, and many other things grow luxuriantly with us: we have had an. abundance this season. Many mill inrytiiro about the chances of raising fruit in the an Antonio region.- Un- fortunately but' little genera,' attention hue boon paid to the subject yet 'peaelies are known to thrive here remarkably well;-apples awl pears, arniespeebilly. the latter aro con midvred: •eertain I have -seen . 0 luxuriont growth of strawberries in the beautiful garden of Mr Tl.T;ilieb; tit San, Maoism . ; tigs,thrlve.witlt and' iiime ior' ooltivnted .igrnpes Of wild fruits ,we hftve grown it. perfection I K grent variety, I have seen least half . ilnaan . .Appele.4 of grhpes;. ripening in, every Ineuo rrinii%.fiirie . telliifeiiibdt , Tatid *rowing. in profueion which ttetonishee the stranger. 1 $1 50 per anunrulln-advancit. / $2 00 lirnot paid In advance. Then we have tlewbe'rries of most delicious flavor; several varieties of plitms ; and the largest and richest wild cherries I have yet so m. That all may be improved by oultiva tion is, evident. Almonds grow to perfection, in gardens ; of Wild nuts svo..h.e.e.ohe pecan-ar the largest sizettrul in boundless ° profusion, and where this net groWs there is little need of nny'other -it is thebest of all Many of thy rettler4, again Will'dtiquire IM:nr - trairtiatrflA":". - "iTrthritta, uuc streams afford thelerss, (trout they_ are gen- • erally -, crated -- the — cemnion and goggle-eyed perch, the comeisit and swalloiv-tailed oat, (the bitter an .excollent fish,) the buffalo, and other varieties, all in alumdtnce. In the way of game, we have bear, deer, tirkey, titmice and partridge 4,. snipe and plover. omit , rant and mule; rabbits, (the latter as largo as Irate, - ) - anti - grey - and fox squirrela. There is' ad tick of game or fish in this section,. and those toad of hunting and fishing can; always find sport. (Concluded in oar next.) t, 'COIDITION - " OF ALWNT ViDINON COlTOS plitdmt of. tie . Hartford Courant, who has recently visited Mount Vernon,' gives The fol' lowingleicription Of the melancholy -state of affairs at the Washinglen estate A tedioh-rdrive of two hours over one of the most execrable roads in that section of the Old Iliminion, brought us to the , ffig Gate,' where .51 . 0_15'.11e immediatoly_surrounded by a trooPef blacks, who offered to shotwns the curiosities awl give us 'cuttings • front the 'grape vine planted by the great Gen'l hiSseff, for the sin ill sum of two shin' ' • .Hatering the grounds hy•what is. called the new ,patli phe original road surveyed, laid nt.t4U4ed by iv4 . Aingtop, , m3ifi g .complately bbicked up by the walls of the garden, which have crumbled into it) we - .yore sadly impress 'ed by the Scene of desolation and decay which - p.O aestted itself, _Ti the extreme right of what was once a beautiful lawn, stands the ruins of this brick b t ens. and Tann buildings. around which were strewn an unsiglitly_mass of dibipidatel - carts and old barrels .of truinpery, which luui proba bly beetr-*gathering there for years. To dui left id these, the gardeit 'which ift the day of its beauty was the pride of Mount Vernon, stretched towards the woodland, neglected and deserted save by those Whose, curiosity. leads -them to.. explore-1110-shades +ind_paths_wherii. Washington Spent; as lie once Seitl,the pleasant . est ptrt of his life of retirement. . It was 'sad indeed to look ape:Lille beds and walks Which were kept in complete cultivation and. order by Ili+ hands, overgrown with weeds and cov ered with rabhish_bit( linch, is the fact; rind even the grape - vine witiCh hd planted and vAte.hod over With,a :rat horly,trootion,--has 'teen left to the tender mercies of visitors,who hays taketrso'many millings from it that It is m-ow_harelymlive. • 'fuming a little to the lea' -fi•oun the public rend, on our way do, the, Tomb, we found th oeaupied by .John•A Washing= ton, the present proprietor, and also the houses or halo used by his servants, in a state of very gobtl preservation and thotigh built principal of wood, and standing in an, exposed situa tion, a few hundred dollars laid out. in repairs at the present time, would, in all probability SAYr them for generations to come. _ y.nssing down tlw rood It7ritGho froth lila lonise to the eivor,".our attention was attracted by a- large sign erected over a small rickety ; s h an ty, ,heeetly in front of the Tiiinb, which ammo plinted in the Egyptain epitaphic style, and which after some little studying, we true stated as follows: LIKENESS OF I'ERSONS.TAKL'N, Whit the TOMB OF ‘VASIIINGTOT For a back-grotit”l, For 25 cents. And we were, informed that the proprietor of the c r ate receives from the proprietor of ri:A tgaerrean establishment the' sum of one do•lar per month for the privilege of carrying on his business in the locality There are between thirty and forty negroes located upon Mount Vernon. belonging mostly to the 1111.g1111111110t!!1 proprietoc,•who derive in miserable' stistenancb by cultivating piece of very unproductive land, fishing and •sponging' visitors who happen to be so dull as to be taken in by theirbunning and knavery The de-tructive prepensityy of these saute dor kies is truly wonderful ; for while two or three or the 4\lolll try were busily engaged in , 'wa piti:, the mortar from bet ween tiro bricks of the ' fontb, their elder and more sedate cons , panions were employing themselves by cut ting branches from, the trees and shrubbery which surcontid the resting-place . of the niiyhig dethi, for the purpose of making chairs canes and filmy article, which they oispostf for a ' mere trifle to strangers, each one of whom, as ca twitter - of course, must' carry witty some memorial of their visit to the tlinth of Waqhington. Tlndeseerat 'Oil of this most sacred spot by visnursnod-servants-owned at - Mount - Vernon; • as deMbed above is being carried on with_ the lull knowledge of die present proprietor ; and we,woold urge out• readers, as Melts their abiLty will allow, to aid the ladies of Motmt rlYrfitill Association intheir undertaking, for the sootier the estate passes into Other hands OW !nt, will Le Loth for the valueof theproprhy and tie hail Or ft% tYir rounie.y. , A GOOD STORY. One of .1 lie • earliest Presidents .of Jefferson College, Penttsilvania, Ives the venerable - lie. — • MoNlitilan —n man of great gravity. and dig nity of manners. In tiiese early tittles, it was the custom for the stMittts, when. meeting the President, to rooms 0 the hat from the head, place it under, the lett arm, make a profound bow, and pass tlte complinumts of ihif day. AMong the students was Tom Devoe, an credt( vie fellow: . II is tilt her was a rich planter . of liffsiss.ippi; and as Tout was always "'flush of money," Ike height of his ambition was to sport a gold-headed cane and gallant the old Greek professor's daughters. ~ Thlt term she ant, which he bore in common with the other members of the college, was a sad misnomer. Tom's mind was more deeply, engrossed with back gammon, checkers, and old sledge "'than with his mathematics, and ho was. more deeply read in the lore of Cites-. tertiehl than hi that of Hoofer and Virgil: In fact, he was a shallow-brained, lilly.handed fop, and, as may be supposed, a great' favdt ite with it certain class of ladies, who mistake 'impertinence for wit, and tine clothes and af fected manners, for refinement and solid ao contplehments. But to our talo. Tom was one day walking down street, arm-in-arm with his friend John Smith, who laid a spice of the wag about him. Scrim , Alto President _aim paces _before them, _ Tom I7astiry inquired, what is Good morning, Sir. in Latin r • -- "'EgltretiiinS;" • was - the reply,-withont---. Inoutent's .11eAlotion. Meeting the President, Tom, after'the most lipproved style of dunkivism, at the same time "'Diking a profound salem; greeted, him with •• Ego .runt 40//tasr ‘. I am aware of it," responded' the Piesi dept, making u :light hew,. , This- provingrather - mnsetisfabtory, Tom posted oil to the room of his 'friend Ilyles, whom he saluted with, •• Deacon, whatis the. translation of t itiN sent once: 'Ey4autififilitts,.'''. a vol 1" respimded' the' tins:phial oated • , Tilie told the ivhoto ittorY. 4 Sts may he more °asps imegined then deseiibed. • / Whether the; et tideulti bored hirdithoet it; r not.. and iv het her the Prol'es"soe:s• daughters ever hoot ii of it or' not; . siyeth mot:" hut history recordelk that tlidziezt th 4 .7 iro!OlihiYore Torn as op:we:Vet. , cto NO. H.