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It pea's along the quickening car, Au 1 tea lor gales of memory r -rover wait it lit ar, When stilled the voice oh, crush of pain- ILat ne'er shu'l breathe "good night" again G, od n:gr: t! it mocks us frim the grave, It ovei laps that strange world's bound, From whence ther flows no backward wave It culls from out the ground Ou every i-ide, areund, above Good night! good night, to life and love. G ) d nigh:! oh, wherefore fades away 'Ji.c light that lived in that 1l-.it word? Why follows that good night no day? Why are our souls so stirred OL, rather s.sy, dull brain, once more, Good night! now ci meth gentle sleep, G.-l night! now cvmeih gentle lcep, Au- tvars thnt fall like welcome rain, Good nightjih, holy, bieft and deep Tie ret that follows pain; Uvw should we reacli G-xi's upper light, If lik'j lung day had no "good night." illisailcuuons. The General an tUe Emperor. ET hl&S. PARDOE Everybody knows that it was Barras who inhcol Josephine do Beauharnais to become u.i Ttifu of 'General Bonaparte; and it is f jas'j'v clear that she was enly pursuaJed to Jj;oby the stringent representations which U made to her of her comparative poverty, ai tka duty that she owed to her fatherless children. That wounded vanity tended m no slight decree to render her averse to re ceiving a Liibtand at the ban Jd of a man who Lai so recently profts?ed himself her slave, there ran he. r.a doubt: but in all affairs of Loart Barras had always bceu eminently r:ac;ieal. He therefore attempted no dis- of sentiment when she reproached him I'.t'h what she termed his perfidy ; and, with t-e ready tears for which she was celebrated, recailei to bis mind the happy months of their r'siiencc at the Chateau des -bguilliades, iare, basking beneath a southern sun, in 'if midst of a magnificent landscape, snd n I r . 1. rlofkinf the suo-ni.sning waves oi me t!u- Mediterranean, they had forgotten all tie world in each other s society. Those months were past aud gone ; that 'kaaj was over; and if the fair widow loved to wall it, the awakening of the statesman lad Wivercd him altogether from the thrall; sci iLus it chanced that Barras, having giv- tis heart for the time being into the keep ing of Madame Taliien,wa3 anxioua to dispose the hand of Madame de Beauharnais on &e first favorablo opportunity which might pK-'fcaS itself; r.or had he long to wait. St-ae months before the return of Jose-I-use from the neighloihood of Maiseilles, iber establishment in Paris, General Bo tirte alter the affair of Ollioules where -"""5 a simple "leuienaiit mi uuuicry uuu tan promoted to the rank of captain, (in i.ch grade he served at the siege of Tou ''5.) and was subsequently invested with the ttatnaud of the army in Holland ; but had ft-eivcj a counter-order from Barras. with e appointment of Lieutenant Commandant c' the garrison of Paris ; lu3 courage, niili J?ry skill, and strategy Lcfore the walls of lonlon having deeply impre&sed the latter, ao felt that the moment had arrived in which "e firm and unscrupulous ambition of such tie jccoes of his own projects. l J lw wanner in which the young adventu rtr servnl ,l,o. , r i. r ui jcioocr. 1 1 uo. suuiceu to convince sthat he had been right in his conclu The Corsican cxilo had no '-co:n- aMious visitinps of conscience" whpr Tia ii a project of furthering bis .f, even as he had done at Oili a vA a a own lortune; ioules 60 did Utt e St IIonore. where bis deadly t!i ttrJ coaiaianded the church of St. Both, 19 r55PinB point of the people, and where men, that day, fell Lcfora his canDon. Twelve thousand lives were sacrificed by the authority of a mere youth ; but the Con vention was "saved, arxl Barras was thence forward his avowed protector, while the first fruits of that protection was his appointment as General of Division. The Convention was saved, and Paris no longer required the presence or services of General Bonaparte, who moreover during the struggle of the 5th of October, indulged in au independence of action, so undisguised, that it reduced his commanding ofUcer to a mere cypher in the eyes of his own soldiers ; and happy as Barras had felt at the cuccess ful issue of the day, he was nevertheless con scious that his own position throughout the affair had Leen the reverse of dignified. lie consequently found no difficulty in convin cing himself that Napoleon might serve the Republic more efficiently elsewhere than within the walls of Paris, and he had scarcely come to this conclusion whea he arrived at another. The young Corsican was a soldier of for tune, w ho had walked the streets of Paris for months without an aim or a hope indebted to a college friend both for the coat he wore and the bread with which he broke 1m fast Madame de Beauharnais had been enabled through the good offices of Tallien, to recover a portion of her late husband's property, and could he only induce Bonaparte to marry her but wc will not follow him in his deduc tion.1; h-t it suffie that after mature delibera tion he hroached the subject to his protege, who evinced as little inclination as Josephine herself to the marriage which was proposed to him. lie had been presented to Madame de Beauharnais in the salon of Madame Tal lien, where he was enabled to contrast ber soft and indolent grace with the more striking but less fascinating beauty of her magnificent friend, p.iid that of all the loveliest women under the Directory, the fame of whose per sonal perfections has been handed down to us by the memoirs of that period, many of whom having shared the captivity and sulterings cf Josephine, now enjoyed in her society the safety for which they had paid so high a price. The favor of Barras, coupled with the bold exploit of the Hue St. Ilonore. had caused the name of Bonaparte to be familiar, and his presence to be coveted by all which at that time c nstituted the fashionable world of l'ari?; nor was it lonjr ere he Decamc a con stant gue.st in the modest drawing-room of Josephine, where he found temporf ry repose for bis carrer spirit in listtniu to her low musical voice, and watch ins tne lurtive cian- ces of her down cast eye ; but that was all. No thought of her as a wife ever crossed his mind, lie was wedded to his ambition, and even while he admired, he remained heart whole. There were, moreover, other circum stances, which to a proud and aspiring heart like his, euSced to keep his feelings within the bounds of friendship and regard, and he fctarted like a war-horse at the sound of the trumpet when Barras abruptly proposed that he should offer her his hand in marriage. I want no wife save this,' he said, as he struck the hilt of his sword, 'and even were it otherwise' 'Listen to me,' interposed his patron, 'you are brave, but you are poor, and this widow of the Marquis de Beauharnais, although far from possessing the fortune to which, under other circumstances, fhe must have succeed ed, is yet in a position to advance your for tune, and to secure your career. You are a foreigner and au exile, while she is highly couuectcd and has influential friends, who will not fail to csert all their energies to serve the man who may become her husband. You will do well if you remember this,' Bonaparte remained silent. 'Hear what I have further to sayf pursued the commandant of I'ans, 0 are. as you know, preparing to seud an army into Italy. Marry Madame de Beauharnais, and I will secure to you the command of that army, when it will be your own fault if you do not become one of the leading men of the Lepub hc.' A flush passed over the face of the young general. 'Decide,' continued Barras, 'as you think proper.- With the wife I have proposed to you, I pledge myself that you shall be Gen-tral-in-chief of the forces cf France beyond the Alp?; decline the marriage, and I leave you to work out your own destiny.' We all kuow the result of that conversa tion. The bribo was too tempting to be re sisted, while Josephine proved as yielding. Assailed on all sides by assurances that not onlv her own interests, but also those of her children, were involved in her compliance with the wishes of Barras, she finally consen ted to become the wife of Boaaparte, who. for a fchort time, proved the most devoted of suitors, and the most uxorious of husbands. Tho maniage wa"s no sooner decided on than the republican General, asserting uis privilege as an accepted lover, frequently ac companied his fair betrothed to the houses of their mutual friends, or sauntered with her aloog the stately terraces of the Tuilleries. and amid the leafy shades of the Bois do Boulogne; while if the heart of Josephine re mained awhile untouched, her vanity was kss passive, and as she listened to the glow ing prophecies of the ardent young soldier upon whose arm she leant, she began to in dulge in the same visions and glory in the same hopes. On one occasion she requested him to accompany her to the residence of M. Raguidcau, an old lawyer in whom she had long been accustomed to confide, and to whom she was anxious to reveal the forthcoming change in her destiny. Ou their arrival, they were informed by the clerks in tho outer office that M. Bagui deau was in his private room; and Josephine, withdrawing her hand from the arm of Bona parte begged him to await her there for a few minutes, wLile she had a private' inter view with her friend. As she disappeared, however. 6lie neglected to closa th door behind her, and from the chair upon which ho Peated himself, her intended husband was enabled to overhear, without losing a single word, the whole conversation. M Raguideeu.' commenced Mad. Beau harnais, I have come to inform you of nay approaching marriage.' 'Your marriage, Madame," was the aston ished reply, 'and with whom?' 'A few days hence I chall be the wife of General Bonaparte." What! The widow of one soldier, you are about to marry another! General Bona parte, do you say ? Ah, yes, I remember '; tho Commandant of the army of the Interior, ihe young fellow who gave a lesson to Gener al Cartux at Toulou.' 'The same, M. Baguideau.' Pshaw, madame ! A soldier of fortune, who has jiis way to make,' 'He will make it, my friend,' 'When, and how? But first, what is he worth at present V Nothing, Eavehis house in the BucChan terice.' 'A shed a and so you are really going to marry this adventurer ?' I am.' 'So much the worse for you, Madame. And why ?' 'Why ? Because you had much better re main a widow than marry a paltry general, without either name or prospects. You must assuredly bo mad! Will your Bonaparte ever be a Dumouriez, or a Pichegru ? Will he ever be the equal of our great republican generals? I have a right to doubt it. More over, let me tell you that the profession of arms is worthless now, and 1 would much rather know that you were about to marry au army contractor than any militaiy man in France." 'Every one to his tastes, Monsieur," said Josephine, stung by the contemptuous tone in which he had spoken; -'you, it would ap pear, regard marrisre merely as an affair of finance.' 'And you: Madame' broke in the excited and angry old man, 'you see iu it only a mat ter of sentiment, and what vou, no doubt, call love: is not that what vou were about to say? Again I repeat, all the worse for you, Madame all the worse for you. madame. I had given you more credit for good sense than to suspect vou would allow yourself to be dazzled by a pair of gold epaulets. Re flect before you make such a sacrifice; for rest assured that if you are rash enough to per sist in this foolidi scheme, you will repent your folly all the days of your life. Who ever heard of a rational woman throwing her self away upon a man whose whole fortune consits his sword and great coal?' While listening to this extraordinary dia logue, Bonaparte, who began to fear that the comments and advice, cf Baguideau, might militate against his marriage, was half suffo cated with rage and impatience; he writhed upon his scat, and was a score of times upon the point of showing himself, and desiring the officious lawyer to attend to his leases and law-suits instead of interfering in matters with which he had no right to meddle. As he heard the words 'sword and great coat' so disdainfully uttered, he sprang from his chair his eyes flashed, and regardless of the gaze of the astonished clerks, w ho were watching all his movements, ho advanced towards the door beside which he had been sitting. For tunately however, the fear of exposing him self to ridicule, restrained him, and he re turned to his seat indignant at his own weak ness. A few minutes afterwards Josephenc ap peared, evidently ruffled aud annoyed, and followed by the old lawyer, who accompan ied her to the head of the stairs, where Bone parte, drawing the hand of his betrothed bride once more through his arm, made a silent and contemptuous bow to the lawyer. As they proceed toward home, Madame de Beauharnais was concious tha Bonparte had never before been so tender or bo assidious, but she did not open her lips upon the subject of her conference with her old and confiden tial friend; while he on his side preserved the same silence; nor was it until the day of cor onation, that either Josephene or Baguideau, had the slightest suspicion that their conver sation had been overheard by the very per son whom it most inteested. Years went by; the Italian campaigns, and the Egyptian victories, had aggrandized the mere general; and then came tho eighteenth Brumairc; and subsequently, Bonaparte, not satisfied with the life Consulate, dreamt of an Empire; while the Irench nation when call ed upon to express its opinion on this momen tous question, replied by nearly four millions of written adhesions, not only to the Empire itself, but to tho extraordinary man by whom it had been suggested. The Emperor Napoleon was to be crowned and tho Pope left tho Holy City for Paris in order to perform the ceremony On tho day of the coronation,- as he was about to proceed to the Archbii-hop's palace," Napoleon appeared to remember for tho first time the existence of Baguideau; and after having left his private apartments, as he was pacing up and down the throne room, be sad denly paused in his walk, and summoning, by a jesturc, one cf his chamberlains; he de sired that M. Baguideau, the lawyer, might be immediately sent for. When informed that the Emperor desired his attendance at tho Tuilleries, and that moreover on tho very day of his coronation, the man of busines was lost in wonder, not beiDg able to conjecture for an instant the motive for so abrupt a summons When, he had reached the palace, and had traversed several apartments full of mirrors and gilding and crowded with Marshals, 3Iinisters of State, and Grand Officers of the Empire, he was ushered into a saloon where Napoleon was conversing with Josaphtne whib awaiting him.' -v- - - ; , 'Ah! here you aro at last, M. Ragideau. said Napoleon, half smiling; 'I am very hap py to see you. Hire' My good sir.' pursued the Emperor, with out giving him time to reply, 'do you remem ber a day 1796, when I accompanied to your house, Madame de Beauharnais, now Empres of the French?' and he emphasised the word Empress with all the depth of his finely mod- mated voice; 'do you remember the eulogy which you uttered on the military profession, and the personal panegyric of which I was the object: Well, what say you now? ere you a true prophet? You declared that' my fortune would always consist 'of my sword and great-coat that I should never make a name of a position like Dumouriez or Pic-h-c?ru and that Madame do Beauharnais was insane to sacrifice herself to a mere general.' I have made my way, nevertheless, as you perceive, and in despite of your sagacious pre dictions. Thiuk you that the 'army contrac tor' would have bestowed a brighter booa up on his wife, after eight years of marriage, than a crown, and that crown the Imperial diadem of France?' As he ceaseu speaking, Napoleon raised the hand of Josaphcne to his lips; while she sat silent and motionless, bewildered by so unex pected a scene. btupmed by this deluge of questions, every one of which conveyed a covert rebuke, the unfortunate lawyer could only stammer out a few disjointed words; his legs trembled under j hzm; his eyes were riveted upon the floor; and the Emperor stood by, evidently enjoying his discomfeiture. 'Sire I could net foresee Sire, did ycru re ally overhear" 'Every word, M. Baguideau." You are awar rj that wails have ears, and I owe ycu a severe reprisal; for if my excellent Josephene had listened to your advice, it would have cost her a throne and me the best of wives. You are a great culprit, M. Baguideau.' At the words 'reprisal' and 'culprit.' the poor old man became more agitated than ever the blood forsook his fact, and he trembled m every limb. 'How could I tell? how could I guess?' he gasped out; 'I thought only of her of her fatherless children I had loved them for year3 I was anxious to see them once more restored to prosperity and happiness.' 'I believo you, 'said the Emperor, touched by the emotion of the gray. headed confidant of his wife; 'you could not tell you could guess;' and for a moment he paused, and re mained absorbed in thought. 'The future is beyond the grasp of any living man, so now we will rctnrn to ihe present; and as I cannot altogether overlook the injury which you sought to inflict upon me, I condemn you to go to Notre Eainc and to witness the ceremo ny of my coronation. Not in a corner not behind a pillar, which will prevent my hav ing ocular evidence of your obedience but in the seat that I shall cause to be retained for you Do you hear, sir? I must see you both in the cathedral and in the liue of pro cession.' 4 Once more able to breathe freely, and en deavoring to express alike his gratitude and his joy, Badideau bowed himself from the room, and hastened home to prapare himself for the august ceromorjy, at which he had been commanded to assist while Napoleon, after having jested for a few minutes with his wife over the consternation of her farsighted counsellor, entered his carriage in the court of the Tuilerics, and proceed to the Arch bishopric. Ten o'clock was just striking from the clock of the palace, and a salute of artillery announced the departure of the Em peror; while, a quarter of an hour subsequent ly, second salute gave notice of his arrival at the Archbishopric. As he left the cathedral, Napoleon recog nised tho old lawyer in the crowd; and when their eyes met, he smiled graciouoly, and the smile was answered by bo profound a bow that, as he afterwards laushincly declared to the Empress, he was for several seconds in doubt whether the pro'phet of 179G would ev er again be enabled to resume the perpendic ular. STCuJcinj in Dreams A correspondent of the Richmond Despatch a remarkable good paper for its size, by the way tells the fol lowing in a letter from one of the SpriDgs : Au amusing incident occured on the cars of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which must be preserved in print. It is too good to be lost. As the train entered the Big Tun nel, near this place, in accordiance with the usual custom a lamp was lit. A servant girl accompanying her mistress, had sunk into a. profound slumber, but just as the lamp was lit (die awoke and half asleep, imagined her self in the infernal regions. Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker tojbavc mercy on ber, remarking, at the same time, "the devil has got me at last." Ilcr mistress, sitting on the feat in front of the terrified negro, was deeply mortified, and called upou her "Mollie, don't make such a noise, it is LJbo not afraid." dialely exclamed. The poor African imme- UD, misses, dat you just what I 'spected. I slways toought if eber I got to de bad place, I would see you dar." lhese remarks were uttered with such vehe mence, that not a word was lost, aud the whole coach became convulsed with laughter. jfcS"" The sprightly and we must say it pretty widow editres3 of the Ashland Ken tucJcian, in reply to a correspondent who asks her if she wears hoops, exclaims: 'Hoops, indeed! why, tie don t xccar any- thing else The italics are her own tells the naked truth. We suppose she A few days ago four hundred and thirty six slaves men, women and children were sold at auction in Savanah, Ga., for the ag gragate sum of 308,850. They are said to have belonged to Pierce M. Butlor, of Phila delphia. ' -. J; First Things. Benjamin Franklin gave this advice, which wo have followed with the results given be low: .,'I would advise you to real with a pen in your hand, and enter in a little book short hints of what you find that is curious or may be useful. The first carriage said to Ie built in Amer ica wi3 made in Dorchester, Massachusetts, by a man named White, for a private gentle man in Boston. ' It was copied from an Eng lish chariot, though made much lighter, and was a credit to its maker. It was, however, found that from the difficulty of procuring u-atcrial, and high wages, it was expedient and cheaper to order them from Eugland and France. The first stage coach to Boston from New York, started the 24th of June 1772. from the "Fresh Water" It was to leave each terminus once a fortnight. The fare was 4d New York currency, per mile. It reached Ilartfort, Conn ia two days, and Boston in two more. The proprietors promised a week ly stage "if encouraged." The first Grand Jury in America met tt Boston, Sept. 1st, 1G35, aad presented one hundred offences. The first Insurance office in New England was established at Boston, in 1724. The earliest institution for savings of auy kind, was established in Berne, Switzerland, in 17S7. The first attempt so establish a post office system in the American colonies was made in 1G93, by Thomas Neale, to whom a roya pateLt for this ptirpose had been issued; but his arrangements were very limited and im perfect. The ntmost coaiemplated by Neata was a post office in each county, and his ac tual operations came far short of this. Henry Crugar was the first American who satin the British House of Commons. In 1774 he was elected one pf the two represen tatives of Liverpool in Parliament, his col league being Edmund Burke. He defended America during the Revolutionary War, uud upon his return to New York, after the peace was elected to the Stato Senate, while he wes still a member of the British IIousj of Com mons, his term cf service not having expired. The first Methodk t Chapel erected iu the world was put in operation in 170-J, and from that time until 107 the whole amount of gold coined was valued at $131,422,078 70 ; value of silver coinage, $107,527,917-53 ; value cf copper coks, 1,GG2,S23 05, ma king the valuation of tho wholj coinage 359,9 12,619 -7S. The whole number of pieces coined io this time was G23,G10,499. The first iron rails for a road bed were laid down at Whitehaven, Eugland, iu 173S. This cast iron road was called a plate way. from the plate-like form ia which the rails were cast The first actual model of a steam carriage of wfcich we Lave any wr'ttcn account was constructed by a Frenchman named Ougnot, who exhibited it before the Marshall de Saxe in 1703. The first English model of a steam carriage was aade ii 17S4, by William Mur doch, the fiiend and assistant of Watt. The firit Normal School ou this side of the Atlantic was established at Lexington in 1SC9. The first degree of Doctor of Divinity con ferred at Harvard was conferred upon the Bev. Increase Mather in 1G92. then Presi- dent of the University. Tho first Agricultural assoclation whi 10 11 was formed in this country was known as 1 1 fr 1 T xue i ui Philadelphia Society for promoting ag riculture," established in 1785. Premiums were awarded for the improvement of certain articles of domestic manufacture, and a Mr. Matthewson, of Rhode Island, received r gold medal for the best sample a:d greatest quan tity of cheese exhibited. The first cattle show held in this country wds held in Pittsfleld, Massachuseets, in Oc tober, 1810, and from this era sprang the system of agricultural societies and shows, as they exist at present, in most parts of the United States l)usttn Transcript' 3Inliin? an Acliuowlcil-jc-ment. Not many years ago. a young uian at a seminary in one of the New England States, was found guilty of disobej dug the rules of the school, as ho bad actually walked with a , , . A- - j - .i young lady, contrary 10 oruers previously given, and pcriecuy w.u unuersiooa : Mr. Edward (as wc will call him") was ac- fnrdinr!r called unou to make ac-knowled; !.T. mcnts -before the school, or be expelled. Whereupon, the said Mr. Edward arose, anc1 said : 'I prefer by all means making ati acknowl edgement to being expelled from school ; I acknowledge that I walked with the lady montioned, and with my umbrella protected her from the s-tcrin. I also acknowledge that had I not done so, the might Lave taken cold, and a seriois illness, or perhaps a con sumption, might have been the result, in which case I should have blamed myself, aud my teachers k'nowing the circumstances, might also have blamed me." The student resumed his seat with about as strons evidence 01 contrition iu nis coun tenance as was in his confession, and when a proper opportunity occurred, he inquired of one cf the teachers how near a young lady and srcstlemau could walk, and uot break the rules cf the school. Weil," said the teacher, "walking a dis tance of six feet from a lady would cot be considered an infringmont of uur regulations.' Soon after Mr. Edward was seen walking leisurely on the common with a lady, he hav ing hold of one end of a light pole, measuring six feet in length, while his lady bad hold of the other end ! . h V a .. nkAnf r rtinlr ..-ti will in fact was no impediment to their enjoyment,) they chatted and walked ad laughed, aad walked and laughed and cliatted to thjir hearts' content, - but Mr. Edward was never called but once to make- an acknowledge ment Oire Bran-ek. . . - Hope aud Memory ET MRS. L. H. SICOCRNT. A little baby lay in the cradle, and Hope came and kused it. When its nurse gave it a cake, nope promised another to-morrow; and when its young tister brought a flower, over which it clapped its wings and crowed, Hope told of brighter ones, which it would gather for itself. The babe grew to a child, and another friend came and kissed it Her name was Memory. She sail "look behind theeanl tell me what thou seest." The child answered "I see a little book." And Memory said. "I will teach thee how to get honey from the book that vill be Eweet to thee when thou art old" The child became a ycutu. Once 'when h went to his bed, Hope and Memory etood b; the pillow. Hope sang a melodious song,' and said, Follow me, and every morning thou shalt awake .with a smile, as -sweet as the pretty lay I sang thee." But Memory said, "Hope is there any need that we shoule contend ? He shall bo mine as well as thine. And we shall be to him as sisters all his life long So he kissed Hope and Memory, as he waa beloved of them both. While he slept peece fully, they sat silently by his side, weaving rainbow tissues into dreams. When be wok a they came with the lark, to bid him good morning, and he gave a baud to each. He beaame a man. Every day Hopo gui ded hici to his labor, and every night he sup ped with Memory at the table of Knowledge. But at length Age found him and turned bis temples grey. To bis eye the world seem cJ altered. Mr.nory sat by his tlbow chair- like au old and tried friend He looked at her seriously, and sa.id "Hast thou not lost something, that I encrusted to thee ;" And she arjswere J, "I fear so, fur the leck of my casket is worn. Sometimes I am weary and sleepy, and Time purloins my key. But the gems that thou didst give m when life was new I can account for all -see how bright they are." While they thus-auly conversed, Hope put forth a wing tact she had not worn, fulded under her garment, and tried its streagth ia a heavenly Eight. The old maa laid down to die, tnl when his sewl went forth from the body, the angla took it. Aud Aicmory walked with it through the een gate o? heaven Bat Hjpe lay djwn at its threshold and gently expired, as a rps-J givith ont its last odors. Her parting sigh was like the rnagio of a serayh's harp. She breathed it into a glori ous form end said, "Immortal happiness! I bring thee a soul that I have led through the world. It is now thine. Jesus bath re deemed it." An Klcjfint Estmct. "Generation after generation," says a fine writer, "have felt & we feel now, and their lives were as active as t:y as our own. They passed away like a vopor, wuii? Nature wore the same aspect of beauty as when her CiCZ'r commanded her to be. The heavens shall be as bright err? our graves as they now are around our paths. The world shall have the same attractions for our offsprings yet unborn that she had once for our children . Yet a little while and all this will be stilled, and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will find its way, and the prayers will be ssid, end our friends will all return, and we shall be left behind in silence and darkness for the worms. And it may be bui lor a short time we shall bo spoien of, but things of life will creep iu, and our names soon be forgotten. Days will continue to move ou, and laughter and song wiil be heard ia the room in which we died ; and the eye that mourned for us will be dried,- and glist en again with joy, and even our children will cease to think of u?, and will not remember to lisp our names. When we shali become, ia the touching language cf the Psalmist, 'for gotten and clean gone cut cf mind.' " An old lady was complaiuing a few days since, in the maiket. of thi excessive high price of provisions. ' It is not the meat on ly that is so en jrmou:-Iy dear," said she, bat I cannot obtain flour for pudding for less than double the usual price, and they do not make the eggs half so large as they used to be." The heaviest fitter that ever weighed down the links of a captive, is the web ef the groa Bamer, compared with the pledge of the mau of honor. The wall of stone and the bar of iron may be broken but bis plighted wcrd, never. A sensible "down east" female is decidedly opposed to the inteference of women with pol atics. She pointedly asks: "If men can't do tho voting and take care of the country, what is thi uso of them? A precocious youngster, nineteen years old, named O'Donnell, is on trial in St. Lou is for being married to three wives at the same time. Tim citizens of Baltimore have contributed 84,003,23 far tha benefit of the widows and l fanirdies of the late police officers Bontoa and Rigdon. An author is known by his writiors. a mother by her daughters, a fol by his words and all men by their companions. . The physicians particularly notice the ti effects of a habitual use cf alcohol, which is the exciting causo of many fatal diseases. The increasing emigration to the western gold fields has caused an advance ia the price of grain at St. Louis aud neighboring oitits. i7 the Same. A merchant, the other day. j rcprovir.g t;ie Keeper or a his disreputable molo of -.tl low croggery fjr getting a liviog. "I get my living as respectable as you do, -1.1... 11 . T-v 1 ' , saia lue rumtiier.' i'Oii 1 you lire DJ your bar-ains?" "Yes." Well, so da I br my oar-gams - - . - T a o
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