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How often in dnys of our sore distress, M nen we faint with an absolute weariness Of endless labor and endless !lain, The sickening thought In our souls will rise, Clouding with gloom even the brightest skies, And chilling the pulse and filling t h e eyes— "We have lived—we have lived in valor' When the hearts we thought golden and trusted best Prove lint ohriveling dross in the fiery test Which the Fates for all friendships ordain; As we turn the false philtre with face In the wall. Or veil the lost idol with charity's pall, How cold on the soul seems the whisper to fall— ''We have lived—we have lived in vain r• WllOll some prize of ambition, for yearn postponed, Ts ill length attained, yet we feel unatoned For the struggle that gave us the gain— Oh, spurning the dead-sea fruit we sought, "Mist it ever be thus ?" is the Weary thought, And again to our liars is the whisper brought— , "Ws have lived—we have lived in vain " fill friends! how roes In thit, workaday life Are tits prizes, if won, that aro worth the strife. The 11111gor, tine lost, alld the strain! There is onl one in the world below, But 0111., that, whatever its price of woe, in the , veins 1,0 exultingly know That nr hays not hied in voin! 'Tin NI hen bl u shingly downward the dear drooping head our breast for the first time we strain: And the promise is given, not hilt ill sighs, And tint' sweet, humid (endemics,. filling her eyes— rmn onoii! If nay love be a prize. Then yoll 1111,111.1 tired ill Vain P An Incident in the Life of Napoleonl "The bell or vespers hnd just rung, and the Fin press will pass ;round the eniidm', , in the c Ilr-c of tun -.he will 'he r 1 3 hy the piinve,, Julo tW. , .dtc , ).,1) Nr , lllllllll !dr,' aiht 7111.1 pah Pi ii Ow slid hiws Ihdt nixie 0,10;1) and m..hids? wire ciiii,picutio: I)) a pair id (lark, lui•tiiii4s whivh had a ID=l tre,eeel . ) rig ex pre,:bion more t hill .wurll N. The Ile lips moved, ;if , ill to expres, thauks, but they gave foltli u, auai Ile sound. • Ihst she i coming!" exclaimed the guard, as his quirk ear caught the sound apronaching footsteps. 181=1 Courvge nun (iifitnt," he added, as the young girl leaned up Nzainst the corn er of the corridor, trembling in every " the aood Etupr‘ ss is like a moth- er to her people !." As lie said this, he hastily resumed his post, and when the Empress made her appearance was pacing backwards and forwards with his tuuntonous tread, a stolid look upon his countenance, as though he was the mere machine, that the discipline to which he was subjected was intended to make him. Josephine, then in the zenith of her charms, was attired in her usual elegance in a robe of black velvet, whose very folds swept the floor; rubies gleamed upon her bosom and in z t be heavy braids of dusky hair, a custo which well accord ed with her rich t obical beauty, and she moved along with that graceful, undu• laming motion peculiar to the French creole. As she reached the spot opposite to where the girl stood, she stepped out from the shadow, and sinking down upon one knee laid her hand on Josephine's robe, as if to arrest her progress. • Poor Marie! during her long and lone ly walk she had said over and over again the little sp , echby which she bad hoped to win the kind heart, of the Empress to pity and aid her, but as she knelt there, every word of it vanished from or wind But those white, quivering lips, the im ploring impression in thab lifted eyes spoke volumes, and Josephine looked down upon them, she ulidetstoed all she would nay. Signing the other ladie -, to proceed, she took the roll of paper Crum her hand But as her eyes glanced over it her cuun tenunce fell. "I fell that I can do nothing f',,r you, my good girl," she said, turning to tl e suppliant ; " desertion is an offense that the Etupeior never pardons." " U ! Say not so , , royal lady !" exclaim ed' the young girl imploringly. " The good Fmperor's heart ie over upon to . you l It was to see'his dying mother, and after other means had failed." ' Still the Empress shook her head. " It is a said;"alie but it will be useless for me to attempt to obtain his pardon." As Josephine said this a stifled moan escaped from the poor girl's lips, the con vulsive grasp upon her robe relaxed, and she lay still and pale at her feet. Alarmed, the Empress beckoning the gendarme to approach. "She has fainted," he said as he bent over her. "And no,riusdth-,BIe has walked from the village of L , full eight leagues since tho break of day." I, Do you know her ?" " Yes Madam ; she is Marie Duval, the betrothed of Henri Laferve, who is to be 'shot tomorrow• morning for desertion." . .„ ..,,...• . -.N • . . . ~1 ....\. c. , • - .1 Ci ' d i'\\ (-•,...N.,:a 0 4.. i; (- ---1 \- ' .ff \ ...\-'. • . U. ~• .4:4 , . 4%. ~.- . , ::,.. UI.II A) Li - ~... 3.1._t ,---....; :4. . , ~ . VOL. 65. RHEEM & WEAKLEY, Editors & Proprietors Eil3.RiltMl:oB> . .... THE ROYAL WAGER. CIE\ l'TEll I I,IZ 111 , 1 'tll ' , h.` 1 , 1 it. I - \\ =I IIMI iU tai. .iii "Poor child I said the Empress, corn past•ionately " Take her away, good Jen na," she added, as the girl began to show signs of c .nsciousness, " and see that she has rest and refreshment, and if she be sufficiently recovered bring her an hour hence to my private apartment. The Empress passed along, but the kind-hearted soldier noticed, with a feel. ing of satisfaction, that she held the little roll of paper, while her countenance had a thoughtful aspect. Napoleon was seated alone at the table covered with papers and maps. A cour ier had just left him, who was evidently the bearer of good news, for his counte nance had a pleased, almost exultant look. The door opened, and Josephine en• tered. She paused a moment upon the thres hold, giving his countenance a furtive look whose ever varying mood she learned to read. " Welcome my good Josephine," said the'Ewperor holding out his hand to her Josephine saw that this was a propi tious tuckent, and playful sinking down on one knee, she kissed his hand, and presented him the roll of paper she had received from the girl. "•It' it was for any other offence, it should be granted ; but. as it is. it is im possible." " But there are extenuating circum stances in this case," pleaded Josephine: " the poor fellow had jest received news that his mother was just at the point of death " ‘• That was no excuse The soldier 114 d no 1110tio r save France ; he owes lir,t duty to lice!' AI) if you could 0,:ly see hi, I. ed %%Ile pffir hcal( I : . 'lll I 11% 1/11 .10! II V I d s)l• LI , I -I ..111 I%( II i~u~_cil I~i~ _ e her he 8 nl y •4'ct•LAL; we C..n nu! rt' t her an u~li,i h u,ba would never accept one said Josephine, with indignant emphasis. '•;-lhe would surrey die with her lover!" , Napoleon again shrugeed his shoulder, and Look a pineh of snuff. '•Jly dear friend, such things may be found in romances, but not in real life.— I'll wager most anything you like that he would much prefer living with sonic young good lookin;r, man, and which I should find little difficulty in persuading her to do." Josephine whispered a few words in her royal husband's ear. "Let it be so," he said smiling. "And now suffer your young proteur to be sum maned, and I will soon put the truth of wy assertion to the proof." The Emperor listened attentively to the touching , ;lea, broken by tears and sobs that Marie poured out at his feet. Then bidding her rise, he said gravely, but kindly, fur he was touched by the artless beauty of the suppliant, no less than by her unfeigned sorrow. 'Tarn sorry, my daughter, that I can not grant your petition. But I will pro vide you with another love, and bestow upon you a bridal dowry besides, which will do just as well, if' 'not bitter." -surely you jest, sire," said the young girl, casting upon him a glance of sorrow ful surprise. "No one can take Henri's place in my heart. For the love of mer cy, spare his life !" 'Me has committed an unpardona ble offense," was the stern reply, "the penalty of which is death. He must die! unless, indeed," he added, in a lower tone, "sonic substitute be found to suffer in his stead. - 'blarie caught eagerly at the hope con veyed by these last words. Again she !brew herself upon her knees. bathing the 'Emperor's hand with her tears Would your majesty indeed accept a substitute ?" she exclaimed. "Let me take his place then, and suffer fur hire I" "What I •would you -take his place to morrow and be shn't in his stead?" in (piled Napoleon, looking steadily into her face "If there is no other way to save his life, willingly, gladly, sire I" was the fer vent response. , , The Emperor's stern, impassible face gave no token Of the' feeling that filled his heart, as he looked Upon the oounte nano° of the speaker, every, feature of wit-la was distinct with the fervor of her heroic soul. "If you desire it, certainly," he said, after a mornen,'s pause. "But remem ber that I am not trifling with you ? One of you must die 1 You will have ample time between now and the dawn to de cide which it shall be." • OHAPTEXt,II The next morning rose clear and cloud less. At the first streaks of dawn, the largo square in front of the palace was alive with soldiers, while outside of the paling, and in every available place wore crowds of spectators, eager to view what is so dear 'to every Frenchman's heart the pomp and circumstance of a military execution i and in this instance, rumorr, had reached tho people, that it was not the real offender that:was: 'be ( ex t . couted,lidt his affianced wife, who by her Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 10, 1865 own free choice was to take his place made the crowd unusually large. . Circumstances indicated that it was to be the scone of more than usual display. The Emperor himself was present, attend ed by his staff. Ilia tried and faithful body guard were drawn up in long array, together with the whole regiment to which the culprit belonged. At the appointed hour, Marie made her appearance, attended by a priest, and es corted by a guard of six soldiers. A mur mur of mingled pity and admiration ran through the crowd as they noted her ex treme youth and beauty. Every eye ex pressed sympathy, excepting, indoeo, the platoon of soldiers detailed to fire the fa tal volley ; they alone regarded the scene with an air of indifference. Marie's beautiful countenance was pale but composed, and she walked to the fa tel spot with a light, firm step. Yet, as her eye fell upon the coffin, that was ar ranged so that it would receive her body as it tell, a visible shudder convulsed her frame. But it quickly passed away, and her countenance regained its former ex pres';6on of holy serenity. Closing her eyes, her lips moved a mo ment in voicele'ss prayer; then she signi fied that she was ready. Just then one of the Emperor's aids rode up, and beckoned to the priest, said a few words to him. Father GodefrOy immediately returned to his patient,. "Daughter," he said, "our good .Empethr sends thee word that if by courage fail thee, thete is, eveu now, time to retract .'Tell the emperor that. I (hank him honer," returned Mute calmly; '•hu, 1 io it Is I lISIcr for the to lie fair my bt '101,1,1 III:111 1 ,, II \ 1 1 l‘lll ~111 But th. e " 1111:: ,t r 1 11,11• fdt t• I lit i,ll , i. ^ , A( . I I, 1,11. (nil') it, di, ) , qli , L . I :.t . erniP , lNet , illt . I.r .rifor t.r , 11s 'it cv4rtata•l2 her (•(rt II ill es 01) cr, tv OW ifilt• thou anti tnJt, tr , fair a pro-peer to so cruel a death.'' Urge toe no more, holy father," wa, ille firm reply; Hoy re,olution is immova ble, Neither (hamlet with vain and worldly thoughts the _soul, that i , fixed rteadfastly upon that country it is so soon to etitt-r." The priest drew back, and one - of the soldiers approached to bandage her eyes. At first Maxie demurred, but on being told that it was indispensable, quietly sub mitred Ihring, these proceedings a profound silence reigned throughout tht.t dense crowd of peeple, and when the signal to fire was given, every heart stood still; even the rough, stern soldiers, accustom- ed to view death in its most cruel forms involuntarily, turned their eyes away from the painful sight. There was a sharp report of musketry, and when the smoke cleared away it was discovered that Marie had fallen forward upon her face. The Emperor, who had been a passive but attentive spectator of all this, instant. ly spurred his horse to the spot where she lay. !" he exclaimed as he threw himself hurriedly From the saddle, "can it be that those stupid feltows have blundered ?' 'She has only fainted, sire," said Fath er tiodefroy, bending over her, and lay ing his hand upon her wrist as he spoke Yet, though the muskets were loacted with blank eartridges,, so that not a hair of her head was injured,' for some min utes Marie lay as still and deathly 11F though life had indeed departed. When she unclosed her eyes 4he looked up be wildered into the face that she had never thought to see again in life, "Maria, thy good angel ray saviori exclaimed bleffriP.,louk up our sufferings are over! '1 he emperor was but tcstingyour love, Ile has pardoned the and Father Godefroy is even now waiting to make us one." And before Marie ebuld hardly realize this happy change in her prospects, she was a wife. As ao n as the priest pronounced the benediction, the Emperor approached . them. Overcome with gratitude and joy, they would have knelt at hie feet, but he pie- vented them. "No thanks are duo me," ho said, ad dressing Hedri. You oliveyoar life neith er to your own deserts, nor," he added, his eyes resting kindly on Marip's happy face, "to dey clemency, but the heroic courage and devotion of' her, you host just—called—wife.—Erideaver—in-alf-your fu,ure conduct, to prove yourself worthy of her 1 I give you month's furlough in which toenjoyyourhoneymoon ; to which the Empress,adds five thoutiiinZfranos as •a dowry to your bride At the. expira- . tion of that time, riiiturufti'tlMsory,ine of your country: and:remember, hereafter, that the brave §.oldier never leaves his post of duty." Tim meaning of this scene was not long in passing from lip to lip through the excited throng of people; and as'Na poleon ceased speaking, the air rang with shOuts of "The '1 Empercur 1 0 • " • Jut Napoleon quickly . ,withdrew to the Pule alcove, where, secure from observa tido Joseph i ne had witnesee'd pie, triumph of her protege. ' • "You have won," he said smiling, "But how is it," he added, "that you read the heart of this simple maiden so much better than I?" "I judge her by my own heart,lire.— This lovely peasant girl has done nothing that I would not gladly do for thee 1" "My good Josephine I" said the Em peror, pr( ssing affectionately her hand in his, "I believe it ?" A few years hence, when upon a lone ly island, forsaken by all his summer friends, she, whom he had rejected from his heart and throne, wrote to him for permission to share his exile, did Napo leon receive another proof of that self sacrificing which is seldom found save in the heart of woman. A ROMAN HERO • In the war b r etween Rome and Car thage the consul Regulus was taken cap tive. He was' kept a close prisoner two years pining and sickening in his loneli ness, while in the meantime the war con tinued, and at last a victory so decisive was gained by the Romans, that the peo ple of Carthage were discouraged, and resolved to ask terms of peace. They thought that no one would be so readily listened to at Home as Regulus, and they therefore sent him there with their en voys, having first made him swear that he would come back to his prison if there should neither be petio l e por an exchange of prisoners. They little knew how much more a true hearted Roman card fur his city than for himself—for his word than for his life. Worn and de j ected, the captive war rior came to the outside of the gates of hot ity, im,l there paused, relit,ing I' ;07 1 1 no lon:2,er ci( to cider izuri lie :•aid ;• l iiiti Imi ihu bdrhariall', sl to and tilt: t•ettate limy not w.lll. w \larrin ran out to ~zrce: hnu with his twn Non., but hr did it up, and reeei‘ e I th it CilreS. , eS 011 C bello,llll their noriee, as a niere slave an( he continued, in spite ,11 . all entreaty. to rent; in out,side the city, and would not even go to the little farm he loved an well. The Pvoinau senate, as he would not come in to then', came out to hold their meeting in the Canipagna The entbas--adors spoke first, then Re gulus, standin g up, said, as one repeat ing a task : ••Conseript fathers, Luting a slave to the Carthagenians, I eonie in the part of my masters to treat with you concerning peace, and an exchange of prisoner," Ile then turned to go away with the embassadors, as a stranger might not be present at the deliberations of the senate. His old friends pi:essed him to stay and give his opinion as a senator who had twice been consul ; but he re fused to degrade that dignity by Aim ing it, slave as he was. But, at the com mand of his Carthagenian masters, he remained, though not taking his seat. Then he spoke- He told the senators to persevere in war. lie said that he had seen the distress of Carthage, and that a peace would be only to her ad vantage, not that of Rome, and, there fore, he strongly advised that -the war should continue. Then, as to the ex• change of prisoners, the Carthagenian generals, who were in the hands of the Romans, were in full health and strength whilst he himself was too much broken down to be fit fur service again, and in deed he believed that his enemy had giv en him a slow poison, and that he could not live long. Thus lie insisted that no exchange of prisoners should be made. It is Wonderful even to Romans, to hear a man thus pleading against him. self, and their chief' priests came forward and declared that s as his oath had been wrested.fropi.him by force, he was'lnot bound by it to return to his captivity.— .But Regulus Was too noble to listen to this for R, moment. "Have you resolved to dishonor me?" lie said. "I em not ignorant that death and the extremest tortures are preparing for mo ; but what are these to the came of an infamous ac tion or the wounds of a guilty mind f SlaVe as Lam to Carthage, I 'have still the spirit of a Roman. I have sworn to return It is my duty to go, lot the gods take care of the rest " The Senate decided to follow the ad- - vice of Regulus, though they bitterly re gretted hie sacrifice. His wife wept and Cntreated in vain that they would dm tain him; they could merely repeat their permission to him to remain ; but noth ing could prevail with him to break his word, and he turned_haek_to-the chains 'Curd death . he expected, - as calmly as if he had been returning to .his hoMe.— Book of Golden Deerls. • The story of Garibaldi's wooing in.. this :—He was one day sitting in the cabin of a sloop •on the lake of Santa Catharine, and looking toward the'sliore, when suddenly he saw, at a farm house situated on'a neighboring hill, three or ,four,girls busily, engaged in domestic, du ties. They were all reinarkable for beau ty but one, in particular errested his, ,at tention for her uncommon grebe and loveliness. He was still watching them when he reeeived an order too miebore. Immediately,on:lan.ding, he directed his to the hotioe. was admittid by the owner, whom he happened to know slight ly, having met him once before. The impul.4e which had prompted him to go to the house was to address the girl he had so admired. On seeing her, he immediately besought her to become his wife. The girl, it seems, conceived an affection as warm and sudden has he had felt for her; and after the lapse of a few short days they wore man and wife. The surname of this lovely Brazillian girl of the province of Santa Cat haring, who became, under such peculiarly romantic circumstances, the wife of Garibaldia, has never been revealed. In all the bi ographies of our hero she is alone men tioned by her Christian name of Amita. She seems to have been a brunette of a rich, warm complexion, with black and piercing eyes; of a beautifully rounded figure, and a sort of queenly majesty of in depoi uncut ; active, during, high spirited and in every respect worthy of being the companion for life of such a an as Gar-- haldia Her courage was remarkable. A short time alter tlreir marriage she went through an engagement at sea, with her husband, refusing to go ashore and during the fight; would stay nowhere but on deck, where she wielded a carbine and chewed the men. In the heat of the battle she was standing ou deck, flourishing a sabre, and inspiring the men to deeds of valor, she was knocked down by the wind of a cannon ball that killed two wen standing close b) her side. tlartbaldia was sco-ing ing forward to her,. thinking that he would find her a corpse, when she ruse to her feet. cos ered with the blood of the men who had l iII tt chile to her, but quite unhurt Ile 1. 12 . g eil her 1,, ,t 0 beßtw and rt , tnatt, the rt . Mill, Till' aelloliwt.i. over. " I ail Ly , bi l w w..s her to l d), " hut wily h. =NM 4,r•xe ,et: the 'AI uLiii it.Watil, who ;ire mi l . (r "Illy a le N r,tf . rc .ht.! ht I s rn three wen le.ive ihr Tuck ;IA (I.l\vii the hatch tray, s() a eselpe out uf danger uf s 1( ) „ the s-toi tin) of 1.114 t. were sweeping the deck. And going b)low, she iunne diately reappeared, d lying before her the three men, overcome with shame that they should have been surpassed in courage by a woman. She accompanied her husband in all h s undertakings, and died while flying with him from tho Austrians. THE FIOU RE NINE -ThiS is a peculiar figure, with which numerous tricks may be performed. Not to mention the fact that the fundamental rules of arithmetic are proved by the figure nine, there are among others the following curiosities copneeted with the figure. Add together as many nines as you please, and the figures indicating the amount when added together, will be 9 or 9 repeated. The same is true in multiply ing any number of times—the sum of the figures in the product will be nine or a number of nines—For instance— Twice 9 arc 18-1 and 8 are 9. Three times 9 are 27-2 and 7 are 9. Four times 9 are 36-3 and 6 are 9. And so on until we come to 11 times 9 are 99 ; here we have 2 nines, or 18, but 1 and 8 are 9. Twelve times 9 are 108-1 and 0 and 8 are 9. The curious student may carry this on still further for amusement- Another curiosity , is exhibited in these different products of the 9 when multi• plied by the digits, as fbllows : The nine digits, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, when added, amount to s.times 9; or instead of adding, multiply the middle figure by the last, and the amount will be the mysterious nines, or 45, and 4 and 5 are 9. Once more. 'Let the digits as written And we liave 9 ones and of course 9 once more. Or let the upper series of numbers be subtracted from the under : 987654321. 123456789 Add the figures of the difference, and once more we have the 5 nines or 45, or We multiply the same figures by 9 123456789 tend we have 9 ones again, or 9.. "` THE. SHEEP QUESTlON.—glo4ue.qoe has riot entirely died out. The following is given as a verbatim report of a speech in the Illinois . House "'Mr. SPeaker-t--I think sheep is para mount to dogs, and our laWs hadn't ought. er be so that dogs can commit ravages , on sheep. Mr. Speaker, represent !3heep on this . floor. [Laughter, and cries, of " that's so."] Up where I.live, sheep is more account than dogex.although you may tell me that, dogs , useful, still I ov, on the other hand, sheep is usefaller and show me the main that represents angs as more *portant than sheep, and,l 4 will' show you a man that , is tantamoontto knoBv nothing. )ilr.Speaker,l atn now throigh." Whenjo silence likbly to get wet? .Wort it " reigns: ' TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year 123456789 987654321 1111111110 864197532 1111111101 Unahppy Marriages among men of Genius. The rare occurrence of genius (says On English paper) with domestic comfort is perfectly awful. Take Dante, the exile, who left his wife, never wishing to see i,er more ; Tasso, wifeless ; Petraroh, wifeless; Ariosto, wifeless; Milton, thrice married, but only once with much com fort; Dryden, wedded, like Addison, to a title and discord ; Young lives alone till past fifty; Swift's marriage is no mar riage; Sterne's, Churchill's, Byron's. Coleridge's marriages, broken and unhap py. Then we have a set of celebates— Herrick, Cowley, Pope, Thompson, Prior. Gay, Shenstone, Gray,'Akenside, Gold smith, Collins, Cowper, and 1 know not how ninny more of otir best poets. John son had a wife, loved and soon lost her It is almost enough to m ke women trem ble of allying themselves with genius, or giving birth to it. Take.the philosophers Bacon, like his famous legal adversary. Coke, seems to have enjoyed little domes. tic comfort, and speaks for, as he says, "certain grave reasons," disapprovingly of his partner. Our metaphysicians— Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, l'utler—are as solitary as Shinosu and Kant. The cell bate philosopher Hume conducts us to the other great bachelor historians Gibbon and Macaulay, as Bishop Butler does to some of the princes of English divinity —Hooker cajoled into marrying a shrew Cullingworth unmarried, Ilirrow al's° sin gle. I only take foremost men; the list 'night be swelled with monarchs and gen era Is. What A Rum-Seller Contributes to Society 11't•'fiud the 101t)Wing hi oxchan! , e %t I tt,'ur any Indication to its origw. I lo)'eu•s I lir bushes,, of the hymn dealt•) ill aniking contrast with trades wittel air u•et'ul and Lonotable: Every individual in society is expectcd to cont r ib u t e something to its advance ment and interest. We remember to have read, years ago, of a company of tradesmen, who had united theouselves together in a mutual benefit society, and each one had to relate_ what he coulu contribute to its support First the black smith came forward and said. "Gentleman, I wish to become a mem ber of your association ?" Well, what ca❑ you do?" "Oh, I can iron yuur carriages, shoe your hornet), and make all kinds of iwple ['lents." "Very well ; come in, Mr. Black smith." The mason applied for admisdion into the society. "And what can you do, sir?'' "I can build your barns and houses, stables and bridges." "Very well, come in ; we cannot do without yoq." Along comes the shoemaker, and says; "I wish to become a member of your society." 'f Well what can you dot" "1 can make boots and shoes for you.' "Come in, Mr. Shoemaker, we mus have you." In turn all the differnt trades and pro fessions applied, till lastly, an individua canoe in who wanted to become a mem bar. "And what are you?" "I am a rum-seller." "A rum-SePer ! and what can yon do?" "I can build jails and prisons,and poor houses." "And is that ail?" "No, I can fill them ; I can fill your jails with criminals, your prisons with convicts, and your poor houses with pan• per " "And what else can you do?" "I can b.i ig the gray hairs of the aged, to the grave with sorrow; I can break the heart of the wife, and blast the pros pects of the friends of talent and fill thd land with more than the plagues of Egypt•" - "Is that alt you can do?" • "Good heavens ! cries the rum•seller ; is nut that enough ?" How MILTON SPENT THE DAY.—At his meals he never took much wine, or any other fermented liquor. Although not fastidious in his food, yet his taste seems to have been delicate and refined, hke his other senses, and he hatkaprefer ante for such viands as were agreeable in flavor. In his early years he used to Sit up late at Vs studies, bat in his later years he retired every night at nineo'cloak and lay till fourin summer and five in winter. If not then disposed to rise, he had some one to sit at his 'bedside and read to him. When he rose he bad a chapter of the Hebrew Bible read for and.then after breakfa't, studied till , twelve. He. then 'dined took some exer cise, for an hour, generally, in 'a chair in which he used,ioiwing himself, and af tetwards playei on the,organ or bass viol, .and either sung himself, oy.requested.his w if e . te . Bitig, .whp, : he_ said,' had,a. good voice but no.ear. ; He .then resumed his from which 'lour WI Aglit he conversed with all_who'come to visit him. He finally took alight'snp , per, smoked I n On of tobaceo, s and drank a gime of writer; arid afterwirds 'retired Like many other poets, Mittonl f9und' the stillness, waruith and recumbency of bad favorable to composition; and his wife said, before rising in the morning, he often dictated to her twenty or thirty verses. A favorihrposition of his, when dictating his verses as we are told, was that of sitting with ono of hi'S legs over an arm chair. Hie wife related that ho used to compose chiefly in winter, WIFI AND SQUAWS —I heard tin an ecdote of Kaffirland today, which, thgugh perfectly irrelevant to our adventures hero, is so amusing that I must record it, particularly as my informant vouched for its truth. At an outpost far up the coun try resided an officer and his wife. The latter was warned by her husband not to venture alone far from the house: but one day, imprudently going beyond her usual limits, she encountered a wild looking Kaffir, who took her by the hand, and would bo moved by no entreaties to suffer her to depart. 'lle made her sit down, and untying her bonnet, let down her long fair hair, at which be expressed rapturous admiration. He next took off her gloves, and appeattl-enchunted with her white hands; and then promeded to divest her of her shoes and stockings,and wondered at her little white feet. The next morning the lady and husband were , awakened at an early hour by a chattering under their window, and on inquiring the cause of the disturbance, the gentle man was accosted by the hero of the pre vious day, who had been so impressed by the charms of our fair countrywoman, that he had come with twelim squaws to make the liberal offer of exchanging them For the gentleman's wife. and was not a little surprised when his generous terms were refused. —Major Paget' .s Camp and Ca atoll men!. NO. 45 NEY'S DEATH. SCENE.—Tbe vengence of the Allied Powers demanded some vic tims, and the intrepid Ney, who had well nigh put the crown again on the head of Bonaparte, was to be one of them. Con demned to be shot, he was led to Luxem bourg, on the morning of the 7th of December, and placed in front of a file of soldiers drawn up in line to kill him.— One of the (,fficers steppe I up to bandige his eyes, bw. h,) . repnhee I him , saying Are you ignmaiit that fur twenty five years I have hem' accustomed to lace otub ball arid bullet fir then lifted Iris lis h3t, above his head, and w tlt sa , He rnl.ll timr. u•teadied coliowisso frequently in the roar aod tumult of battle, s declare helm e t;od and man that I have never betrayed my country ; may my de th render her happy. Viva Irt Fra»cr ."' He then turn ed to the soldiers, and striking his hand on his heart, _gave the order, 'Soldiers fire!" A simultaneous discharge followed, and the bravest of the brave"sank to rise no more. He who had4ought five hun. dred battles for France, not one again4t . her, was shot as a traitor As I looked on the spotwhere he fell, I could not but weep over his fate True, he broke his oath of allogianee--.0 did the othero,cur ried away by their attachment to Napole on and the enthusiasm that hailed his approach to Paris. Still ho was no traitor. "I say, old fellow, what are your politics?" said one friend quizzing another. " Democratic ; my father was a Demo- Crat," he replied. " And what, is your religion ?" con tinued the other. " Protestant, my father was a protes tant,- was the answer. " And why are you a bachelor?" said the other (. Because my father was a—oh, con found it, don't bother me with your stu- pit] questions." HAD fil:11 TIIERE.-A fiieod of ours who is a clerk in a New York mercantile establishment, relates a colloquy in which a sprightly youth in that store came out second best A boy came along with a machine, inquiring 'Any knives or 'scissors to grind ?" "Don't think we have," replied the young gentleman, facetiously; "but can't you sharpen wits ?" "Yes, if you're got any," was the prompt retort, leaving his interrogator rather at a loss to produce the article. THE LADIES AND THE GENTLEMEN.- At a recent festive me , ting, a married mad, who ought to have known better, proposed : "The ladies—the beings who divide our sorrows,. double our joys, and treble our expenses." Upon which a lady proposed : ' The gentlemen—the sensitive individuals who divide - our time, double our cares, and treble our troubles." The married man didn't stop to hear any more. "Pete, what am kb?" asked a sable youth of companion, a perfect African Plato " And you don't know nufftn" bout him." " No Uncle Pete." " Why, your education is dreadflilly imperfect. Don't you feel him in your buesum, to be sure 7" The other inserted . his hatokbeneath his waistcoat " NO, I don't Unele,Pete." . "'lgnorant nigger ! It am a strong passion which rends do soul so sewerely dat time itself can!t heal it," . "Den UneleTete, I know who am in lub." •. " Wllo'am it?" ° «Die old boot of mine. Its sole am rent so sewerely, dat Johnson, de cobblers. utterly refused to mend him; and imsays dat, ho is so liad , dat, debble himpelf, couldn't heel fr. " mtln, are you Aone, of „the Southern chivalry ?" , " No, mesas, `,l'see one ob de Sourtbern ettuvr,Lavil shoveled dirt at the Dutch Gap, Cautil." Why hobo loader of:an orchestra ti.e most wonderful Maii:Of‘thit ago?' Because holieata 'Xime:t.'