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Good night! a word so often said,
lie Lce;llcss laind forgets its meaning;
'Tis only when some heart lie3 dead,
On which ou own was leaning,
VTeLtar ir: maddening m-bic roll
TLit last "good night," along the soul.
Gck'J night! in tones that never die.
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 - - . -
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