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THE OLD, OLD H02KE.
. BY EEV.: EDWARD C. " a :
"Wlien I lonp: for sainted memories,
Like angel troops they come, '
Ifl fold my arms to ponder
" - On the old, old home. ' ? -" ---i
TA JleortAa many paxxaij's V
- v Through ichich pure feelings roam,
'Put ill middle oW i sacred, '-
"To thoughts of old, old home. ; I'J "
"AVhere infancy was shelteml, - ' -'
Like a rosebnd. from the blast ;
. 'Where boyhood's brief elysium, . ,
Injoyousncss.was past.
To that swrt spot forever,'
' As to some hallowed dome,
Life's pilgrim tends his vision,
Tis his old, old home." . :
A father Yat' (how pmndly !) u
: By that dear hearthstone's ray, '
"And told his chrildren stories , '
; Of his early manhood's day ; "
And one soft eve war beammsr, ' .
From child to child 'twould roam ;
Thus a mother counts her treasures. .
In the old, old home. . ; .
The birtlwlay gifU. and festivals,";" ;
Tho Vended vesper hymn j .
(Some dear ones -who wlicre swelling it'
Are with the Seraphim.) "
1 The fon 3 ' good nights " at bed time,
How quiet leep would come, . ;.
And fold us altogether '. " "
In the old, oil home t '. '. ' ' ;
"Lik a wreath of seted flowrcts.
Close intertwined each heart,.
But time and change in cono-rt.- - . '
Ilavo blown the wreath apart., ; .
, Iut saintvl. sainted memories, v
.Like angels, ever come. "
f I fold mv arm and ponder ' ' : '-;
- On the old, old home. : -i ::
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: ' RELIGION "WHAT IS IT ? .,:
v - - . BY BISHOP HEEBER. .; , - ,
Is it ti go to church to-day, ' ',
' To look devout and seem to pray,
And ere to-morrow g sun goes down
Ba dealing slander through the towu I
Does tvery sanctimonious Taco . .. ,
Denote the certain rei m of graee?.
Does no, a phiz that scowls at sin
Oft vcU hypocrisy withm ? .
, li it to make our .daily, walk . . ' '
And of our own good deeds to talk, .
Yet often practice socret crime, , , .
And thu3 niia-pend our precious time!
Is "it for sect or creed to fight,
To call our zeal the ndo of right, . i ,
.When what wo wish is at the best,
To see our church, excel the rest ? ...
Is it t wear the Christian's dress, , "
And love to all mankind profess, "
, An l treat with scorn the humble Poor,
And bar against them every door 7 , ..
A Oh, no ! ; religion means not this, . .
Its fruit more sweet and fairer is "
Its preoejit this : to others d ", ' ,
As you would have them do to you..
It grieves to hear sua. ill report, . .
And scorns with hiunan woe3 to sport ;
Of other' deeds it speaks no i-l .,f .
Rut tells of good an 1 keeps it still.
And does relilMiiil imnirt. ?
Then may iU influence fil my heart : f ,
iiasuu lieu oussi.ui j'.iyiui uay
When all the earth may own its sway.:
The State The asctiex Arrested I A Good
Jokk. The Reading (Ta: Gazctto of the
10th inst..' says ?.'-- " ' 1 ' -
"On Monday morning last, an affair oc
curred ia the jailroad cars, , while stopping at
Pottstown, which ia entirely too good to be
tost. It appears rim a 6tiort time since, a
person who lodged there over ni adit had car-
riea away with hint a yaluable gold watcn,
the property of another ' On ' the morning
above named, as the paSsenger train : was pas
sing through the town, & " person answering
tke desenption of the culprit," was discovered
sitting m one aC tke eara ly that indefatigable
officer. M. R. MUsiracr. fc He thereupon im
mediately arrested . him., r TT nr-a t,Un tn
one of the hotels, where asearck ras about.
Deing msuiuwa, wncn one happening to drrip
in, recoguized In the supposed thief our newly
chosen State Treasurer, . Mr: Blifer ! ' It is
needless to say that ihc officer was profuse in
explanations and apologies,' which Mr. 13 took
in good part, and consented to consider the
the arrest a "good Joke,-- althoagh too. prac
tical and personal to bear a repetition;. . - t
says, at a debating gDciety in thatcounty, a few.
isni was discussed, and it is a remarkable fact
that the principal deelaimer against naturalized
C1e.ns; d defender of the order, was a mau
THE INCONVENIENCE 0Ff PMDE.
BY IHOif AS
' Tliere are eeveral obietioTW to one
vehicles. ; -Wib.' two wbeels,' they are danger
ous : .with fou"r,- ircneially : ruel inventions,'
tasking' one animal with the labor of -two-. -And,
in either-case, should your : horse think'
'proper to die on the road, you have no survi
vor to drag your, carriage through the r restt)f
tne stage ; or to oc sent on galloping witn uic
coachman on his back for-a coadjutor.. -t 7 t
; " That was oreciselv ru Norman's dilemma.
If LuyvKl be suppoeedto lrfnfTtfii
ly a spite against las proprietor, 1 should be
lieye the one in question chose to rent bis an
imoskyr ty breathing his last-just at the spot
where it would cause most annoyance and in
convenience. -. V . . c lie . 'y'
It was, just at this moment that I came up'
with my gig, and knowing something of . the
lady's character,, I halted, in expectation of a
scene Leaving my own bay. J proceeded to
assist Humphrey, tke coachman, in extrica
ting his horse ; but the nag of royal line was
stone dead. - ' ' '. -' ''" " '-' ; : -
i you please-, ma'am,' said Humphrey,
Plantyginit be dead." The laJy acquiesced
with the smallest nod ever made. ..." ..." ,
' I've took off the collar, and the bit out,
and got un out o' harness entirely ; but. he be
as unanimate as his owjn boes ;" and the in
formant looked earnestly at ti) iady to observe
the effect of the communication. But' she
never moved a muscle; and honest Humph
rey was just shutting the coaclj door, to go
and finish the laying cut of the corj:?' when
he-was recalled. . ( .. ,
' "Ilirxnphrey V :;.'-, yZf . ' -, ,
" What's your pleasure, ma'am y . : l :;
Kemember, another time - ' ' -
: Yes ma'am." -..-': - ' - ' ' '
When a hcrse of mine is deceased"
. Yes, ma'am ' zr. : s : L- u : : v- :
?.v Touch your hat? ; . , .-...-w.-v. ;
i The abashed coachman instantly paid up
the salute in. arrear. Unblest by birthright
with self-possession, he had pot even the ad
vantage of experience in the first families,
where he might have learned a little from
good example ; he was a raw,' uncouth 'coun
try servant, . with - the - great merit of being
-cheap, ivhoju 3Iiss Norman had undertaken to
educate; but ahe was still so far from being
proficient, that in the importance of announ
cing the death to his mistress, he omitted one
of thoscminor tokens of respect "which she al
so rigorously exacted. - ,
It was now my own turn to come forward
and as deferentially, as if she had been indeed
the last of the.Conqueror'a Normandy pippins.
J tendered -seat ia my chaise, which she ta
.ciily declined, with a gracious gesture of head
and hand. .... : - - ; : . . , ,L ?
" If you please, ma'am,". said Humphrey,
taking care to touch his hat, and shutting his
head into the carriage so that I might not
overhear him,,' . 44 he's a respectable kind of
gottleman enough, and connected with some
of the first houses." ' ' ' ; : '; - - " -
44 The gentleman's name?" -."To
be sure," ma'am, the gentleman caut
help his name," answered Humphrey, fully
arare of the peculiar prejudices di his mis
tress ; " but it bjB nuggsis." ; s
"Shut the door!" . . ';"v '
It appeared, on explanatioa jsith thecc-.:h-man,
that he had mistaken ice for a person in
the employ of the opulent firm of Naylor &
Co., whose province it was to travel through-i
out Britain witn samples of hardware fn the
box-seat of his gig. I did jpot take the trou
ble to undeceive him.' i .'; ' '.:
, Aftef toIeriLJy long pause ou all bides, J
ay expectation was excited by tha appearance
of the W coach coining through the Bian
Gate, tho only public vehicle that used the
road. -. At sight of the dead horse, the dtiver
(the noted John Wade) reigned up -alirhtcd
' -and standing at the carriage door with, his
hat off, as if he knew his customer, made an
.Ser.of his services.. "
. Bat Miss Norman, more dignified than ever,
waved him off. with her hand, Jem " became
more pressing, and the lady more rigid, v" She
never rode," - she condescended to say, " in
public vehicles." Jem entreated again ; but
ghe was accustomed to be driven by her own .
coachman." r.r, - ' . '"
: I& was in vain that in answer he praised the
quietness of his team, the safety of his patent
boxes, besides promising the utmost steadiness
and sobriety on his own part. Miss Norman
atill looked persevcringly at the back of the
coach-box; which,- on an unhsieky assuaance
that ." he would take as much care of -her as
of his own mother," she exchanged for a stea
dy . gaze at the side window; opposite to the
coachman, so long as ho remained ia the pres
ence. '
4 By your leave, ma'ain said Humphrey,
putting his hand to his hat, and keeping it
there " Mr. : Wade be'a very civil-spoken,
careful.whip.-and lm coach loads very respec
table: society TbereV Sir. Yiaceut Ball on
the box " f ' f , .t :- r , . i .. - .
; 44 If Sir Finccnt chooses to degrade himself,
it 'ti o rule for .me," retorted ihe lady, with
out turni ig her head ; when lo ! Sir Vincent
appeared himself, and politely endeavored to
jersuade her out of her prejudices. It was
v&jieas. IVJiss Norman's ancestors had one
and att l expressed a' very decided, opinion
against stage ' coaches by never 'getting into
one ; and. 44 she did not feel ; disposed to dis
grace a line longer thau common, by riding
in any carriage but her own." ' -. . , -
TS,rXince?t,,'owe(1 and. retreated. "So did
Jem Wale The. stage raUledway at an
SauuP., uy way of pasamg the time,
I thrice repeated m, offers to the obdurate
old maiden, -and endured as many rebuga.'tX
was coBtemplating a fourths trial, when a sig
nal was made from the carriage window, and
Humphrey,; hat in hand, opened the door. wi
'-'"Procure rue a poet-chalsc.""- . ' ""'!
' -V- A po-Bhay!" echoed Hiimphrey, but, like
a'n-Irifeh echo, with some Trariatioh from his
original " Bless yc 1 ma'am, there beantsuch I
a tmQg m oe tiaa ten. inucs rouna-r no. not
forfi love nor nioney KWhy, c bless yc, it be
election time, acd the. beant;- coach, cart,,
nor dog-barrow. but what has gone to itJ" , ,
" ' No matter,' , said the mistress, drawing
herseirup with "an air of lofty resignation.-;
4I revoke my order,' for it' ia, far, very far,'
from the kid of ridujg that 'I prefer." And
Humtmrey . "
- M?' Yea; ma'am:"4 ili'ti -'-' ''
r Another, time "uizH l ,z H il -ii a u
' i-'j-Yes, "ma'am-"- md-a i rxJ.$ 3T:s
$ Bemember, ,onee for all ". . i j t,
v" Yes, ma'am." i:- 4-.
. ABoiLer pause, in our proecedir, drxu
which' a company of ragged boys, who had
been ' blackberry ing, . came up, and planted
themselves, with every symptom of Vulgar cu- '
! 31iss Norman had now 1 no1 Single " glass
through which she could look without encoun
tering a group, of low-life faces staring at her
with all - their mights Still the pride f jthei
iNormans sustained her. ohe sat more rigidly,
erect than evsr,- occasionally favoring the cir
cle with a most awful threatening look, accom-j
pamed ever tv the same five words ; t , ,r3r
" I cnooas to be alone." ,
It is easy to say choose, but "more difficult j
choose to remain. I confess I took' pity, on
the pangs even of unwarrantable pride,, and
urged my yropgeaji again with sortie warmth ;
but it was repelledwitt. Absolute scorn.
. "Ftllow, you are insolent T ' ' .
' After a tedious interval, in which her mind
had doubtless looked abroad as well as inward,
fresh? tapping at the window, she summoned
the obsequious Humphrey to receive-orders. :
. Present my compliments at the Grove
and the loan of . a chariot will be esteemed a ,
favor." . , .'--u, ; --:
"By your leave, ma'am if I may speak-".,
" You may not..". .. , . . ,
Humphrey closed the door, but remained a
minute gazing on .the panel." If be meditated
any expostulation, he gave it up, and proceed
ed to driy away tho boys; one of whom was
astride on the dead drlantagenet,- a second
grinning through - his ' collar, and two more
preparing to play at horse with the reins.
: Then away Humphrey went, and I found
the time grow tediou in his absence. ,,1 had
almost made up my mind to . follow his exam
ple, when hope revived at the.soundof wheeja";
and up came a taxed-cart, . carrying four ia-
sido, nanjely, two well grown porkers, Master ;
Jjurdell, the pig butcher, and ins foreman, J
Samuel Slark, or, as he was" commonly called,
Ham the Stickerr ;iThey inquire d,T"nnd I ex
plained m a few words the ladys dilemma,
taking care io orewarn them," by relating the i
issue ofmy own attempts in her behalf. .. .
; , " Mayhap you warn't half purlite enough,"
observed Sam, with a side wink at his master.
" It au't a bit of a scrape, and a civil word, as i
will get a strange lady up into a strange gem
man's gig. It wants a warmth-like and ma
king on her feel at home. ' Only let me alone
with her, for a v persuader, 1 and I'll have her
up in' our cart- my maslers that is to say
afore -you can :see whether "he: has feet or
h00&." .. , :: ': i -t - :-L J-S-'.1 j-'.u.-;; t ?4 i
: Ia a moment the speaker was at the carriage
door, smoothing down; iiia, sleek; forelocks,
bowing, and using his utmost eloquence, even
to tae repeating most of his arguments twice
Over. ,, , , ; . t
1 It was quite urocessaryr' Miss Norman
to say she hafl never ridden in a cart with two
pigs aud- two butchers; and she did notayit.
She merely , turned . her head away, from the
man, to. be a-ldrussed Ly tae. master, at the
other window, the glass of which she had just
let down for" a ' liUle air. 5 44 A taxed-cart,
madam," he said, "mayn't be exactly the
wehicle aceufctdmcd to. and so forth, but there
by, considering respective ranks of lives, why.
the more honor done to your humbles, which
as I said afore, will take every care, and ob-
serve , the respectful; likewise in distancing
the two pigs, f - f- -,
: The sudden drawing up of the window, so
violently as to shiver the glass, showed suffi
ciently in ; what light Miss Norman viewed
Master" Burdcll's behaviour. It was an. un
lucky J smash for it afforded what the trades
men would have - called ' an advantageous
opening" for pouring in a fresh stream vf elo-
quenco ; and the Sticker, who shrewdly esti
mated the convenience of the breach, came
round the back of the carriage, and, as junior
counsel, " followed on the same Bide.". -The
lady was invincible. t -. j ;; rt . ' j -;
.The blackberry boys had now departed, the
evening began to close in, and no Ilcmphrey
made "his appearance. " The butcher's horse
was on the fretand his swine grumbled at the
delay ."r s The master and man fell into consul
tation; and afterwards favored mo with the re
sult; the Stieker being the'orator r "It was a
man's duty,'' he said41; to look after women,
pretty or ugly; youn or,old; lit was what we
all came into the world to do, namely, to make
ourselves comfortable and -. agreeable to the
air sex. ,c-lz :
' As for himself,, purtecting. females .was
his nature,' and he should never be easy agin,
if so be he left the lady .on the.road ;' and pro
viding a female wouldn't be purtecte4.Vith her
own free wUi, she ought to be fioropellecl to,'
like any .other iiye beast unsensible to its own
good.? Them was Lis sentiments,'-and hii mas
ter followed 'em up:V if m--d i . v..:
i I attempted 'to reason - with -s ihetn, but my
consent had clearly only been aked. as a com
pliment. The lady herself hastened, tho catas-.
trophe. " Whether she had overheard the-debater
or the amount of lpnff pent-up emotion
became, too , overwhelming ior iU barriers, I
know'notr bat Pride gave way .to ?ature,
soda short hysteric scream proceeded from
the carriage , -Misa Normans was in fitat
v .Wo contrived, to get her seated on -Ue step
of ;thc vehicle, jwherc the butchers eupported
her, fanning her with their halt,. whilst I fan
off to a little pool near- at hand for some cold
waters 1 It Was the errand only of some four
or five minutes, i but. when L-retarnef, the
lady: only half conscious, had been caught up,
and i there she eat, in ; the car between, the
two butchers. f i They were,. already on :,the
move-. .,--i.-,-"jKiy5 i,-,f 5V. ' .::
4 I jumped r into, my own- gig, and put my
horse ) hid epee4 j bjjit I "had lost mytart,'
and whea I came up with them, they were al
ready galloping into W . ' ' Unfortunately."
her residence was at the further end of tne
town, and thither I saw her conveyed, scream
ing in concert with the two pigs, and answer
ed by Abe houtflof the whole, rabblement of
the place, who knew Miss Norman quite a
;wl, jpysodit as her own. carriagel'V -. r
r V ' ; The Coiaing Strnle. r ;. : !
The following specimen of Irish eloquence
is from a speech lately delivered in New York
byThom as Francis Meagher the distinguish-ed-exile
and orator: ' "-' ' -
I trust there shall be," out of this red storm
on the Black Sea, an upprisihg of the nations
; rwhere tho thunder-chorus of France, t that
hymn, that magnificent hymn; of liberty, the
echoes of which have just died , away,; shall
again .. break out, and Deang ftom . the sum
mits of the birricadea. . ehail ake the murder
er upon his throne -while in Itajy ;aga the
youth and gallant prieiithood siml'L' leap and
rear to "jctory a cross more radient than that
of Censtantine while Hungary, maligned and
mocked, and spat upon as she has been in her
disaster, shall again launch forth her Btately
chiyalry on the tide of war, while yet again
along the Rhine the German youth shall buckle
on their basket-hilted broad-swords, and cas
ting away their dreamful pipes, shall go forth
into the camp and street, and .with the congs
of Korner and Freildegrath again evoke the
superb though somber genius of their antique
homes in -this grand gathering and chorus of
the nations," radiant and joyous as it shall be
with the decending beams of victory. : I trust
there ehall not then be witnessed at the great
feast for the freedom a shrouded skeleton call
ed Ireland, but with the shroud thrown off,
and, with fresh blood poured into her - yeias
from these and other shores, she shall tit down
in the fulness of her pride and beauty among
her sisterhood Anothar eyidesee to s and
to all men of that law by which the dead leaves
of the fall reproduce themselves in the blossom
of the spring by which the eagle-casts his
feathers but to renew them for a bolder flight
upward to the sun by which the tomb be
comes peopled wjth' j-oung men clothed in
shining robes, ad 4sue juarial fti en immor
tality - . . - ;- . - .- r i-.; ,...; ;v
""'"''' ' Answer to"a W'aiitVu"' ";rt.s"
WANTED. A joung man- wishes to ob
tain board in a respectable " private family
where his moral deportment and ' example
would be considered -an equivalent. 1 Iteferen
ces required- Address B., drawer , 03 Pf O
Jan. 27. -r ';. I'-. .- .
. Dear Mr. Editor. I find the above modest
advertisement in this morning's leader, and
as it meets my most urgent want, save ope, (a
husband) permit m to respond to ike young
man's 4 ' want" through your columns.
; I a'ni a widow, " fat, fair," and not 44 forty,"
sole guardian of two daughters, unsophistica
ted beings, born and nurtured in the . 4piney
woodi"of Maine, ly family is ye.-fectab.le,"
none of its members having been sen -to the
State7 Prison or -.Congress ; ; and .? 4rivate,'.'
pone of my family having held office, though
a distant one did run for assessor. My grand
parents sought this country at an early age,
actuated, like Mr, Partington,, by. a desire to
' worship God and ;cheat the "Indian's after
the dictates of their own consciences and )the
custom f the times." " : " "j'Ji
i My daughters are artless beings, as yet un
contamipated by western recklessness and dis
sipation, and to them the companionship of a
young man of.4' moral deportment and exam
ple" would certainly be "equivalent",, to
what to might 4"44 hoist ia"; in the wof
board.-,. . . ., - - . , ;
s Moist happy shalll be to welcome this young
man to' the 4 comforts of a home," on condi
tion that, always preserving his 44 moral de
portment and example," he shall attend my
innocents to lectures,1 fairs, and pravc.r mee
tings crack the butter nuts, and hold the silk
for winding, teach Matilda Jane graceful? yet
' moral deportment," and aid Hannah Ile-
mans in mastering " Love Not.'Vi Should oc- i
casioo require, he avill be .expected to wipe
the china (white with golds baud, and polish
ihe door knobs. ; , " - - . .. , ,;
f In addition to ordinary board, he may ex
pect sausages for breakfast on Sunday morn
ing, and fried potatoes on Wednesdays ' '
. : .. Truly yours and his"; " -' '
r 1 Marie Axtoinette Ca'rltox,' -
j - f ' : Widow, 7cTIIerkimer st,
P. S. This yowsg mart will not be tolera
ted in ' taking the spoons." t M.: -A. C. -;
. Fittnt the 0lveland and (Ohio) Herald.
' S3T. A gentleman was passing an open lot
not far from the old burying-groundwhen he
saw two tolerable large boys seriously engaged
in fighting. . It was but the work of a moment
for him to leap the fence and part the belliger
ents, who h discovered to be brothers, Bill 1
and Sam. He inquired the catwe of their quar
rel, and was told that Bill was trying to make
Sam fire off a large gn they had with them,
while he (Bill) looked into the barrel to see
theharg cosue out. -- This idea Sam' repudia
ted; for &e van ted to look into the gun while
Bill fired it off. We did not inquire the con
clusion of the matter. SaybrtMJk Mirror.
i - Jt"At the time of the great' introduction
of aniversal salvation to New: England, r
pious deacon at a conference meeting in a town
about BQ miles north of Boston, addressed his
audience one .Sabbath morning, aa follows;
"My friends, there is a new: dootrin going
about now-a-days- ,W are told that all man
kind are going to heaven, but my dear broth
ers and sisters, we hope for better things."
; ; Benedict Arnold's Pamily. ;
Lieut. General Robcrtison Arnold 'died in
London, on December 27th- Ho" waa eecond
son of Benedict Arnold by Margaret his wifo,.
daughter of Chief Justice Shippcn, of Penn
sylvania. He entered the corps of, lloyaj
Engineers in 1798, taid served liiQji xhaq.
half a tiry. He married Virginia, dauglir
ter of Bartlett Goodrich, Esq., of the Isle cf
Wight; and for his military services was crea
ted a Knight of Hanover, was appointed Aid-de-camp
to William IV, and was presented
with a costly sword. - - ' T
, The above named officer was the oldest -of
four children . which- Arnold's seeond : wife,.
Miss Shippen, of Philadcl rhia, bore him vis :
James Robertson, Edward, George and Sophia,
nis lin-i, wiro trvie xbiva rvup, UiIK.utV
diet, Richard and Henry. Benedict the eldest,'
was an officer of artillery in the British Army
and, it is believed, was compelled to quit the
service ; he died young in the West Indies;
Henry entered the 1 King's service after his
father's defection, and was a lieutenant of ca
valry in the American legion. ' He accompa
nied his father to St John, and jwas employed
in his busipess. ... He lept an ,the warehouse
near the lower Cove in that .city, and lodged
there the night ffce biJdMgwas brn'd'. He
lived afterwards at Troy. Vejj iTork with. his.
Aunt Hannah, and was engaged "n mefc$.njjle
pursuits. ' At a subsequent period be removed
to Canada where he is now a man of property.
He received half pay and a graDt of lands
from the British government. Richard in
1782 he was also a lieutenant pi cavalry in
the American Legion,, commanded. by his
father. In almost every particular his history
is identical with that , of his brother Henry.
Persons are still living at St. John who resided
there when General Arnold's store was burn
ed. The impression was at the moment, and
still is, that the fire was caused by design and
for the purpose of defrauding a company in
England, that had underwritten - upon the
merchandise which it contained to an amount
far exceeding its worth, t . These persons dif
fer as to the fact' whether Arnold himself .was
in St.. John or absent in England a the time,
of Jbe fire ; vd heawe (he degree of , blame
which may be attached to the two sons may
be uncertain. That both Henry and Richard
slept io the ptQTCp the night of the conflagra
tion;' and that neither could give a satisfactory
account of its cause, seems, however, to be
certain. - '
: James Robertson, whosA recent death is
mentioned above, was the, only one of the four
children which the traitor's second wife bore
him, that was bora in America.. A&e time
of the treason, be was a - child, and had just
reached West Point from Philadelphia, with
his mother. ' Tie enteNJ the British army .in
1798, and rose to the ' rank of Colonel of
Engineers. IJe was stationed, at Bermuda
from 1816 to 1818, and from the last named
yearentil 1823, was at Halifax, andefnman
ding officer of engineers in Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick. : While thus iaomuvind he
was at St. Johns, and on going into,the housa
built by. hU faiker,, io King street, which is
still standing, he wept like a child. He was
a small man ; his eyes where, of remarkable
sharpness, an-lia features hre a ikng re
semblance -to lis father.' A gentleman who
has been in service with him, and was inti
mately acquainted with him, speaks of him
in terms of commendation, and relates that
he 4 as often he&rd him exjyess'a strong desire
to visit the jLJ-nked States, s Since tne acces
sion of Queen Victoria, he has been one of
her. majesty' aid-de-camp. ..In 1811, he was
transferred from the engineer corps, and ap-
foiuted Major General, and a Knight of the
lanoverian Guelphic Ordejr.
:- Edward,' the next son, was some years ago
in a banking house in "England, George, in
1816, was an'officer of the dragoons. Sopnia
of her fate nothing is known. "It may be
added, that the first-General Arnold's mother
had six children, of whom he and ' his sifter
Hannah alone lived to the years of maturity.
This sister adhered to her. brother Benedict
throughout Tris eventful 3& Uty career. and
was true to himinhe darkest periods of his
history,. She died at Montague, in. upper
Canada, m 1803, and was, as is uniformly
6tated,
?r.
a lady of excellent qualities of charac-
- A Bit or Romance --Some years ago says,
tho St Louis- JtUeltigeti'er; a Tery beautiful
young lady was the ward of a person in Lousi
ana, .who defrauded her" out of quite large
fortn.e. j The" laly come to this city, here
she married, hut not living on good Jerm?
with her husband, fiually obtained a divorce
from him and retired to a convent .' "Whilst
she was there she' received a letter from the
son of her former guardian1 iuforming her of
his father death, and that himself had heired
all his vast propertv, but that he could not
consent to retain that which had been trcaeh
eroitdy take auoAer, and offering to
make restitution. . fhe; lady . immediately
proceeded to Louisiana, had an interview with
the heir and reeeived back, both principal and
interest, all that she had been wronged out
of. The strangest-part of the story - remains
behind. No sooner had she got possession of
her fortune, than she returned to" this city,
sought out her former'husband, and in a few
days was re-inarricd to him.' Verily, the" love of
woman passeth understanding," ' Tho pasties
are now living in St Louis - - '
Tjt is of the highest importance to treat
with respect the sense of jusffcein a child. ., In
my experience as a committee man, I have
often known tho teacher to be wrong and jho
scholar right. . I would eay to teachers, al
ways respect, tho 6ense of justice in a pupil.
It u better that a teacher should make twenty
acknowledgments of error, before tho whole
school, than that the sense Of justice in the
smallest pupil should be outraged in a single
instance. -s!,v.-.- s-i : r. :
I ; tsr 'k fool observctU cothing and eccmcth
wise unto himself.
People generally think' that it is a'ycry ?"sx
matter to pta nd btLind a counter and retail
dry goods; but a -week's experience in the
business wonld' coniincc tha cleverest man'
that it 4 much .more difficult and' laborious
than the f-ak of turning a grindbtoua twejv-p;
ho-urs pey diem..... The pfficp : of salesman emu
bodies in its duties nccegsity ibr the screwdV
ness of a politician, the persuasion of a lover, '
the politeness of a Chesterfield, the ' patience,,
of Job, and the impudence of a pickpocket.
There are salesman who make it a point never
to lose a customer. " One. of the gentleman
who is in a store in Chatham 6t., not long
since was called to show a. very fastidous n4,
fashionable lady," who 4drppped ip yhilegjiua,
4. iwrtef" 'some rich 'cloaking. s Krery"
article of thp tind tras exposed to her view
the wholff store wasransacked nothing suited. '"
The costly-was stigmatized as "trash cvery-
thing was common and not fit for a lady, i ' She
guessed she would, go - to Stewart's .- ' Tho
salesman pretended to be indignant. . 4
, 'Madam,' said he in tODes of injured inno
cence, I have a very beautiful and rare piece,
of goods a case which I . divided ' with .Mr. ,
Stewart, who is my brother-in-law, but it
would be useless to show it to you; it is the
only piece in the city. r " ' 7- '
'Oh, allow me tq aee it,' she askqd In an"1
anxjous tope ; and continued. 'I had no in-:!
tontion of annoying you, or of disparaging ther
merits of your, wares.. . & , .
i .The salesman who , was now watched ta:
breathless silence by his, foljew clerks,-; pro-
ceeded as if a jth m.nch reluctance," and with ;
the expression of fear that it would be jojored -by
getting tumbled to display ancient pieces
of vesting which had been lying in the store
for five'years, and was considered to be. un-.5
sailable. The-lady examined and liked it
nyxch. That was apiece of goods that was
worthy to be worn. How'much y as it a jrarU!'
; -Twenty two shillings.' ',;'.' J. ', -7
Oh:that is very high.'v " ' v-','"" ' : .
" 'There,' exclaimed he, beginning to fold it
up, 4I knew you would say thai.' ' ' 1
' 'Stay ! Stay ! don't bo in so great a hurry "
she cried, 'I'll give you twenty shillings.- - "
Madam, you insult me agaia.V : - -m -i
'Cut m.e off- yards, and yon pan make
up the deduction pa some velvet which I re-
quire for trimmings,' jelnofit en treated the fairj
shopper; ,.,
The salesman, after much persuasion sold
the lady the vesting, for which they had in .
vain sought to get fiveshillings per yard,' at '
the price above indicated. The jrofi of the'
salo on vesting and velvets amounted to 33
dollars ! out of which tha clerks yrcre permit -1
ted to pay fir a sripper of oysters.; The heat
of . this bief tale of dry goods is to be told. .
The lady had her jeloak made, and one of .two
of her friends, delighted with it, bought, tho T
the velvet at the same price . . 4 -
There Js a niora to this ance.dq'.e, which 4
we Jeaye to hfi discovered by the ingenuity of t
our Jlady readers who occasionally ) a ehop
pipg. AowA Messenger. -' " . '
Seymour vs. Seymour. - '
' The Duke of I Somerset (a Seymour)
eom-
mpnly called the proud P.uke, employed a Sey
mour, a paintc to pam. fhp portraits of his -horses
at Pttworth ' ' ,
One day at duiner the Duke filled lu3 glas, ,
and saying with a sneer: ' '
-.f Cousin Seymour, jcifx health, drank it '
off. -n t : .-: - ' a-i-- ' ' - -
44 My Lord," Siid the artist, " I believe I
have the honor of being related to your grace "
The proud peer rose from the table and or-s
dcred his steward to dismiss the presumptuous i
painter and embloy an humble brother cf tho,
brush. ' " " ;' " '...',. - , , , -t
This was' accordipgly done;' but when tho,
new j)aintr saw the spirited works of his pre-
decessor, he shook head and retiring said:
! - No -" man in : England can compete with
James Seymour. " "" '--"-
The Duke now pondescended to recall his
discharged cousin.. - ' '
: My Lord," .was the answer of Seymour, j
" I no.w jj:w to the world that I am of;
your blood $ Iuosi't camel"1- . J. - .?
Upon receiving this laconic reply, the Duke
sent bis steward to demand a former loan of
one hundred pounds. v . - ,
' Seymour briefly . rerlied that 44 he would .
write to his Grace." 'He did so, but directed'
his letter, " Northumberland House, opposite
the Trunk maker's Charing Cross.- " " -
Enraged at this additioual insult, tho Duke
threw the letter into the fire without opening'
it, and immediately ordered '. bis stewsrd to
have him arrested. - v ; ' r" :."' a " - '
But Seymour struck with an opportunity of
evasion, carelessly observed,, that " it was
hasty in his Grace to burn his letter, beoauso;
it contained a bank ' note of ono hundred,
pounds,' and that, flierrore', they were now
quits." ' ' " '
- , ,- -e .m.m . ' "1 ' ' -
; XSTOn New Year's day , as "a down town
merchant entered his house, he was met by bis
wife, who threw around his neck a gold chain.'
"Thero hubby," exclaimed tho wife, ; is
New Year's gift for you V "Oh t yes." re-
joined th' husbarul with great -oooln ess. 'I
paid the bill for it abaut aq hur ago."-'- ' You
did' .exclaimed the lady , with equal indiffcrr
ence, 4iwhy I told thtf jeweller to ktit go oo.-
the July uiir'; . ... .z,-m
A PiTissr Hearing The moat extraor
dinary insts n je ofpat'euce on record in modern
timer, is that of an Illinois judge, who listened;
s'lently for two days while a couple of wordy,
attorneys contended about the construction of
au act of the leghlature, and then ended the ';
controversy by quietly remarking j ' 'Gentle-"
men, the law is repealed! - - -
- t3TKi How is your hushand, dear f asked
one ladyof another. - ' ' !- ' v - "
: " O, he's in a very bad state," was the re-r
ply.- - .-. - - ; ' - ' '
"And lay, whatkintl of ft Matr is he int V-
" In State prit-.'q.''
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