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VOLUME XVIII iso•oimptc,A.mai. NISIFTIII4OIII.-- Finish thy work, the time is short; The sown in the West; The. flight is coming down—till then Think not of rest. • , Yes finish all the vvork s ,-then rest; Till then, rest never; The restlire s parcil for th , a by Goa Is *rest forever. Finiith thy work, then wipe thy brow; Ungird'thee from thy toil; Take breath; and from each Weary limb Finish thy work', torn sit thee down On some celestinl.hill,• And ut - its-strength—rZwittinl Take thou thv Finish thy work. then go In peace; Life's battle 6)tieht and won: Hear fr,dn the throne t e Master's voice, "Well done! well dune!" Finish thy work, then take thy harp, , Give praise to God trove; Sing a new song of mighty joy And endless love. , Give thanks to Him who held thee m In all tny path below, • — Who made thee faithful unto death, Ant) crowns the noe.!" WEARY. Oh, me! the sight is sad and dreary, Mournful fills the misty rain; Like a soul that is weal Moaning in its lonely pain, Sighs the cold wind throughout the forest Answering to the mournful rain, Telling tales of sad grief and unrest, Such as fill the human-brain. Alt, me! my seals sad and drea y, Like the dark s the dismal night, Of th;s coblearth I am weary, Weary of its:chill and blight; • Within my soul forebodings linger, Darkness hath its pall o'ercast; Ohl' Time, with unrelenting finger, E'er points to my lowly past. In that lone past what scenes of sorr3w, Shed their blackness o'er my way, Until I sighed that the to-morrow Might from earth bear me away. Alt, me! my life hath been full dreary, But one scene of deepest gloom, But there'e rest tor the weak and Weary, In the dark and_yawning tomb. - 3ZIE St 03EIMiZa." WM". Nights in the Orient. lleautiftilqiights are wonderful luxuries to remenib . er and there are feW of s our read ers whO.will 'not read with enjojnien't the followings from an English review,: 7 -'..N,ight in' Australia! How ituptissible to. describe itS•beAuty'l. 'Heaven seems, in that new world so much nearer to earth ! Every star stands otit so bright and particular, as if fresh.from the time when the Maker willed it. 'And Abe moon, like a large silvery. sun—the least objection to which is, it shines so .distant and so still. have frequently,' : says -Mr. Wilkinson, in his work south Austra v lia,, '"been on - a journey. in Such a night, and While' allowing my horse his own time to walk along the'road,.havo solaced myself by read= lag, 'in the.,still.soft moonlight" Now and then a sound' breaks the silence, but a, sound so much in harmony with the solitude, that it only deepens its charms. ' Hark rtlre low ery of the' night bird,fr2lu yonder glen, amid the small, gray, gleamy ,/xoeirs. , Hark I as the night deepens, le bark of the cistatit watch-dog, or the low, strange howl of his more savage, species trumlVhich, he defends the, fold.' •lark 1 the echo catches the sound an , : ings t a ) further and fatther downy tillngaiti it is hush ed, bmi the floivers hang noiseleOly over your head, as you ride thyough_agroye _of giant gumtrees.- literally"ehu4ied with odurs;and theieuse grovici alit - lost pain, fill in its . pleasure. You gnicktm . your puce and again escape into 14. is open'„ plains and tho 4;11 moonlight, enjoy the exquisite ‘ fine ness of the atmosphere, and, through tile slim . tea-trees, catch a gleum of the river and hear the soothing sounds of its gentle mug , mut. WnAT SOIM.ALS AR LIKE.— We ate made in Gores Image, after his likeness.— :go doubt the 'image is defiled' and ruined ; yet there are traces of the great, piire, • hap , yy, original state - , --- Ivis-only-beeause-there is something in Ist, something in our 'Fpirit ual nature, %Alai resembles , God, that we are able to form any conception of him and his character. But forthis we eau no more .coneeivc of God's attributes then a blind man, who'never saw; conceive, of color. - Of course we are fallen creatures, and our blur red and Blotted qualitiestbear only the Wit cat and farthest likOnessitn that•divlne image ill, which ire '' were U16(16. - Spending names speak, me may say that there are feelings which are unquestionably good in human na• turc; but .we :WY that; -tried 'brithe stand Atli of perfect_purity, the veribest huseotue alloy, Borne lack, some flaw. Atia it. is in the_ se "thatzoinethiqg,of GoiVs. i 4 ,fro*fbefWiliitatif. lints and indi cation-0' Of 'what God 'Alike, ttat - the gaiiour would have us learn what Grcd is, Tilt.,t(o - 147x When Daiiti,BialiC:toOk the..charge.of his • Arstees orphans,heitiroartlty,iW4ii to (i:be :a true father .to iem usass lie fives,—Perhaps I iqohg the.,prificrples;ofrhe worthy Quaker—fur Day 4 was a iii3alous'iliernber of that persuasion--,--in,aria maclia vow, even to himself. 13Utli a ; Certainly made a solemii affirreation to oath effect, whether it took the forth of an orriot. And 'All who saw the tender care he bestowed - .upon James,and Harry' during the helpless years of childhood and orphinare.ceirld attest' the.! "eineerity4 th eir noble'-h-Lrted proteCtor--;,. Thii — cs as - ART Ugh thirirthrtiTeniarkable-whep it. W 4 known that, he was not 'at libertY to bring up the boys ,after his own views, their dying mother having especially desired that they should not: become Quakers. .Uncle Da vid was a bachelor, Neither he nor his_priin hodsekeeper,..esther Lake, were used to the society of children. But the "old hall" was o pcned-wide-like-tire - heart - oil& owner to re ceive them; and even4oleinn Aunt Esther soon, learned to greet the boys with a smile James and:Hurry well repaid their uncle's •kiticlueis. They loved him warmly ; and showed both their affection mi-d-gratitude-b-y a devoted attention to his wishes. In ,his large manufactory they early made themSelv cs useful, and when of suitable age began to lilt situations of trust and• responsibility Min.) Eaton vas twenty years old,' and his brother tw, years more, than that when the tall ot Fort Sumpter startled the loyal North, a 0t..1 sviti )uttng men from the shop and ;,I,alol t..) the .amp and the battlefield. 71 - I'm :=111„i i do, James ?" said his young er brother titti-4.,, i- p to my countey'e help; I c.tinlot But Uncle not 8 not be hove ul war. ;;Ilri 1 suppoe will think' Me 'a lieud.,t; ;old hattbrattied boy for wishing to fight." “Yt-s," repiioti.lnutes ; Uncle is is peace man, of cuur,e; all the Qa.itiors are } ',.y pro fession. V•ita will ii“t. get lily leave to be a soldier; it as of no use to think of it; Bar ry " 111 - 1 - mtts - Orother;-I-can_tltialt_ of no thing else. Ali the hived in my veins is throbbing for Union and liberty; and my arias are straining for the musket to avenge this treachery and put down rebellion Uncle David_dares not keep me back from service in such a case." "Ask him, and see," was the reply. Harry did ask, though tuface and to dis please his. uncle tried his courage more than to confront the foe in arms. "What does thee want to fight for ?" was the answer "Thy fair cheek, - so like thy mother's, is too tender and Smooth for a sword cut or a bullet-hole. There's something be side poetry in war, toy boy." Harry's cheek fiushod_and_his_eye ed, but he stood his ground'like a man. En a few words he spike of his country's peril ; of the call for its. defence ; , of the .deep and ready response which his heart made to that call ; and implored his uncle to-let, him serve his country, and if need be td die for it. • - "Thee is a brave boy, Harry,, and I do not love thee less for this," said Uncle David, with a choking voice. "But war is contrary to my faith, anL cannot - send thee to fight. Neither, Harry, will, I say thee nay. Thee must be tree to do as the inward voice bids air And; Ram - whatever•-titee. ueedest. ACC. , Jut; Harry,. ask-Aunt Daher and Jamie:for. I will see ' • The. Soldier Bishop ' that they hale a full purse .• God bless thee, Thereported death in battle bf' Bishop and keep thy .young hued from liartu:" General Polk has been folly confirmed The So Harry Eaton . became a soldier. Six -Bishop, who had teceived military educe, months passed, and the smooth cheek and tion at \Vest Point, united cordially with the the strong arm of the young patriot were laid rebellion from the first,'and was ready to &g -low; and he was buried beside his mother. change the mitre for the helinet; Having The blood ,which throbbed so warmly fur Un- conunitted the first groat rebellitin a ion and liberty had been spilled.• in his. first -gainst the Government - which hail educated battle, but ; it had' not flowed in vain.: James him, he was prepared to imbrue his hands Eaton. was.rousedfroni his indifference, and in the'blotid of hiS•fellow-eitiiens, who had, felt that ,he had a double inlision—to avenge in obediencelo . the ordinance of God, re- Harry, and to defend thercauseftir which his mail:led:loyal to the 'Government which he young brother had laid down his life. Yet half sworn to uphOld i . atid was now endeav he:knew 'that his uncle could ill spare him. oring to overthrow. ' Thus ingratitude, per- The shop was full of workman; and he (young • jury, Wicke&rebellion and elms - dices murder as he was) had the-oversight cif:them. How were plainly'elirgetible'agaitastiim, andltrit could he ask to be released The struggle, to be rebutted by any plausibles,ophistry.— in his mind wore upon him; he grew thin and We do not premed' to say . t that no eircum pale, stances could ocent which Would justify a , 'Uncle David Watched him closely, though mitiister of the 'gospel in ‘takin4 up arms; James never suspdcted his observation. At lint Ave.. feel very sure that no Such justifica• length he spoke. `.l see how it is, Jamie : tion-ebuld be urged in the 'case Of Bishop thee is pining ler Alarry's musket ~,V. h y Polk. 'honor, truth, litimanity:'on,d• right does thee not go, even us he' did ?" eousness should have in'an apposite --.4--want to go, indeed" „uncle; you haye direction. He resolved to lake' the surnik rightly guessed. But how. can you go - itHhoßias-perielted.--by—theLsWord'.' What long without me ?" "Well, Jamie I've been th'uklng abeut it; and o l do .not feel free to keep„ther, front thy duty. Perhaps the rest of the koys would -- like to leave the shlip,,too. I don't hold to war, thee knows; and it would ill become me to turn recruiting ufftter. But if the, Gov ernutent must fight, surely it had. better all the men it needs. And 'eu, Jamie,,,if the shop-boys want to go, I'm not the Man to say them nay. We will shut up the factory All the war is over; and then, all of those, ,who are spared to. come back ,shall have their places again, if the Lord will. And,„Jatnie, here's say bankbook; leouldn'tbuy. p,owder and shot, thee knows; that wouldn't. do for a Qua ker.But; surely ; i ddenAo_feed_ the hungry and• clothe the naked, so , thee May liuy as many, blankets and rations as thee pleases. . • • James Eaton led a gallant and . weil-cqUifs isle& company .to the war. When he was bad ly,wouaded, Uncle David thought it right to go and. tend 'to him ;And now : that he', is a gain service, he has refilled the emp tied purse, tind'bid him God diced. Some wag tells a story of au old gentle man whose eight . or.. ten clerks bored •hitn continually wit!? eiitindrums. tioini; home Onci evening; he was 'Stopped in 'front 'of closed, store; A,' cotintryniani web ,askod '.'Gan yolk tell me, , my friend ; wl9',,this,gtpre •.'s closed ?" "Go to blazes,"erted he, "with your conundrums. , been hoied tot - death with 'em these three weeks. 49. Mlstaxs.Sreiacr' istmactictsx. Nietilztt•tkl _ 1L.:7 I'WAYNEBRO, ; FRANKLIN COU . NTI;FENNSYLVANIk•,rkIDAI.-1161N •, 1 !, Na il 7 Vf A. Opint witt!.*a: History: .1; At a- reeent neintlily,boadereat Perk street' One of our city elergyMiiii: who has- been a Chitpinifi'in'the'iney in . N6rth Caroline;4liie in one of the • pews„.a.od said, in i sitbittinee, *that hle.hild a. eiltereliiii_of the nominat'val nil of twerityffritt bents;, which he wished to give to ForetWMissions. - He'preodeeded to give, thiiifistofy of' this piece of silver: More than 'forty years ago a s i,;tug oilfired man, was held its ailave in or near Newbein. He knifed. in attachment With a 'yoiing„fetnale, as 'a slave, on'the scale plantation, and by permission 'Of their feas ter, they were allowed to live together as husband - ' . . Not Many:years elapsed before the *nog man - was sold by his master to go to 'Virgin ia; leaving his wife still la her home in North Carolina. Before theyliarted . , after mutual -pledges and many tears, the huisbana presen ted her the silver quarter of a dollar, request in; her to keep it sacredly, and to pray for him as he would do for her; and expressing a hope that God, in'sotne way, Would bring them together agaail: Years rolled on, and the answer to their mutaal prayers. was long .deferred Their faith' aid 'confidence in God did-nut_fail r ner_did_le "forget the prayer -of the humble:" . IV hen the loyal 'Union-loving army March ed itito Virginia to quell the rebellion, this ...voting Man, now More than half a Century old, was among the liberated 'contralAnds.— Free himielf; his heart beat to look after and learn the' fate of his' long lost companion. ' And *hen the advance of our army ,oPeti ed Newbern and made it accessible, lie made his way thither inquiring for her "Whom his soul loved!' Ned he found' her ton! Yea, found her faithful and true, after'h lake of forty years. What they said, as they poured out their hearts in gratitude to God, cannet be knniin till the final day. - The first step they took after becoming re united, was to seek a clergyman, to - adminis• ter to them the ChriOan right of marriage. The chaplain before alluded to *as invited to perform the service.' 'After it wag "over the venerable pair,'now wedded "according to the laws Of—God7tTed—el-,-tive—common wealth," sought to'present an offering to the Lord, of the first fruits. They brought out theldwitical coin'pre4trited by the bridegroom to his wife, full thirty yeah before, and ivirieh-she-had_ke ',Laurin 2 . all that lo n_ 'e- riod, .tied up in the corner of her haralte . F.- - chief. It had been to her a talisman,-- and bad been prayod'over and wept 'over uncoun ted times in those long tedious years; and now she wishes it to go into the Lord's Treas ury. After the service was over; several linger ed to look at such a laieice of money It 'is an American coin of 1818, is perforated - With a small hole, and has a foretell in the form of an x on the face, but, it is true-silver and no copperhead. Ode man sent ap his little boy to say be would' giVe l h 'for it: Another said he Would give ten dollars to possess another twelve, and another twenty. It is not let parted' with ;, and - if any . one wishes to see it, or to "redeem it'viith'iribrieY," I doubt not the worthy Treasurer of the A. B.M. F. pi., in Penitiertoti'SqUare, put' iii way to gratify the'largetkdeilireS ofhis heit'rt. —Congregationatist. , - :t' ' _ _ • , right.minded•thinisti of Christ could sz7, "Oh that .my soul 4rere in thY steare - Surely it was an unhappy finish toliis course toThavvi o - rsirketriricifed—afficeOmd--thu to die in 'upholding iniquity:' As far,awthis world is concerned, posterity w ill . not pplixtui his heroism or honor his grave. SI,IN.I9ULARTIVASENTIMENT OF DEATH.- The Wilkebbarra Record says : "Mrs Scho rer, wife of our ; toWnsmari., Christ:nu Sche rer, died last,Thursday, after a short illness. Some years ago,. Mrs. Scherer dreamed that she should die in„ ten years,. and with phol• era. As time passed she carried the womb. .r.y.of.,this, singular Arum with her ' and; as her father had a similar warning, which was varifiedi - alte - had-titith—inits-doesurnmatibn. Week befere last, she told •her husband thnt the, time was approaching s and -, she , desired him to go with,-berto ! the'eometery to select a 'lot.. JIG ..ivaded matter .for a time, hoping 0 01)700 her- mind , from' the. rnelan. chely,subjeet,..but elm could not ''forge!: it. Oa ,F,r4day,they: appointed .to .but were prevented,,and,on Saturday spur something interfered. ,On, Tuesday- Mrs. .SChercrstras taken siek, cntl 09-,Thursday she departed:;''' A GOOD 111141T,—Send your little child to be d lAPPYLAYhe.tee4K.P4res§ltrePs:gi3l 6 ,..A a swarm good night kilts as-it goes to its - pillow. The meelf!Mi 0 4'1'4 11 , 13 1'0 ( P 04100 31 3'1leerd which' fate may have in. store fur tiro,: little otieovidi li,ko.Bothiehem's star to the:he wildered shepherds ItiSilii6o*illiiit; : . 110111Ei„.. ,-; f ' • - •f. How door to •,eackt here ch . ildbortil'e gay. hours, Their* bright' satiny skies aver 7 gcbsto bowers * , • Ere ilia dark Berl was tirOwrip,tlnit..-bid, from :our siert. • Fhturity's ple.tutei do idtied'Oriti true; • i• • Wligri'ibb'etih toile 'iliiwi4lkinttVel,Of ploy , We ireicheii 'the elisiltivvie of twilight so" grtiy; 'Our hCarte trio, each aellgtli; t • , "Kies me gootl-tilght, motheld s me gou rught. Kiss iiM,g4l-night; Mothert•hies me goeidnigirti" tow often Memo WOrtle4initl the'danger Of strife. From the day. dawn of love _till thetloneet of lifei ; •So plaintive midmild, as if dropped ;from above, • 1 •Fall on the heart likelm,eeho of..lovet .Ahl moth' rs• •Slae! inivaihldo‘limoum.• • • Those halcyon day- of peace•to return; •'t •• ' To be but ti , chill egaini.lhapioy 'end. blight:— "Kiss the good-night, mother—kissrl goc9.l!ight! Kiss ins good.iiight; !die Irrits'good-night!" Allccivy — .**gei. • The Safi Francisco Alta .Califerida-gives the following account of a strangely eohoti- Auted•wager. , •About ten months ;sinceowo gentlemen; of that city agreed, to the; follow onditions.- If.the Federal forces did capture Rich mond within thirty days from that date, he was to give his opponent atingle sound eata ble apple; if Richmond held out _sixty days he was to give him two apples, and soon, doubling the number for each month until Richmond was Attken—to the end-of time if that.event did not occur.before. - Nine:mouths have passed since the first apple Was_hatided over, and the list of ,apples ,dolivered'at the end of the successive months is as follows: 1. 2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 250—total 511. htts •fat; it is all a good jtike i aed the:loser has paid forfeits regularly, with a good grace, but yesterday it ruined alllo piece to Meet the demand, (apples are, 15 to 20 ' , cents per pound, and it took a- fifty pound Should-Richmand be takert_stiAirr the !res ent month. lie- would get back all the apples he has lost and one moreywhieb as the price _will_then_be at the vet' highest notch would ma e um more t an evenk itiCs is.m7l out a: year longer. and he continue to 'pay his losses, his last payment would; cost him $40,960, and he would be $81,900 out; in in three months more, he would:be out $686, .340; -- and-Should-the , war-last from this date as much. longer as it has already, lasted since ite•commencement, no nation (An ,earth could begin 'to meet the terms of . the, wager, even allowing it to be , reduced to a cash basis, and the payments .to be made in greenbacks. • GREATNESS iN,LITTLENESS.—Now, read er, prepare. Eros a large story; but be assured that it is true,,tind_that my 'hands have han dled-and wy e,yea'seen Ate things of which I tell you, 4t the age' of 71; Dr. Scott' of Buffalo, N. Y., wrote upon an enamelled card with a stile,ou a space exactly equal to that of cue , side el' a three.centpiece, the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles'•Creed, the parable of the ten Virgins; the parable. of the rich man and Lazarus, 'the Beatitudes, the fifteenth Pslam, the one hundred and twentieth Pslam, the one hundred and thirty third Warn, the the one, luiddred , and thirty first -Pslam,'and the . figures !..1800."/ Every word; every let ter, and:.evety poiat, of all these pillages was written exquisitely on this minute splice; and that old man hot only, sae, every mark he made, but had the delicacy of musculai- no tion, and steadiness of nerve, to form the let ters so beautifully that tboy 'abide , the test of the highest magnifying power. They were of , conrie,• written by microscopic othy Titeofilb. Mow:v.—Men work fyir, it, fight for it, beg for it; 'steal• for' it, , startre for it, lie for it, dud die fur it. And all Vie 'while, from the cradle to the :grail) ; Nature aid God lire thundering in- our ears,' the'soletun question —"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and• lose his own - sonl?" This .madness for money is the strongeSt''and. the lowest of the passions; it is tho itijatiate MO loelisof the human heart, We're 'whitish ""re -morseless•alter''all the finer attributes orliti tinnily ar'ereaorifieed• It makeir'inetelitin• (Ilse of all that' i l ki'stierod . in buiriatiliffeetidnii; anil•even trafth,s in 'die awful "oOleMnities of the•etetnal world/. •' ' P, Art ExcirtENfili;r:tl:”lo o tnixedelin 'ation . " ett sine .loud atitin Newton "1 . kis ti,geett:rute to - ,kay - iet urtg, Nvi Oititio; . te - the disatWatittige Of others'."' ,The same writer says: "I,gas once in companj where-very-severe_thing,_l_3 ' - when ono . persoU,.sei that though. the Lord, ViqS 1?1 conversion atick,fetliOcation ; by u ,variety of ineatis, ho. bud never 141,etvrt sany.ene.eonvin ccd Of error by what. was "said of him behind his back . This svas'about thirteen years ago, an,cl it'has been:en my tuintl, au ;a useful hint eVer.Since."i' : ~• . . The instant the, head.is laid on the pillow is that in which conscience delivers its de crees. If it lias noiieSifod any' design, it is surrounded-by thorns: The softeSt'elowa iFiliiirtrutidertheileStleseltea4-of-the_Wicked—' le•oider to*Ere , htipPy; ',one *pittSt• be' teirns. with one's fer the' nightly lc. preaches it can snake mist' bd'heard; yot 'it is' never s. d'elioiceityk'o trtifilitil; . •ati•alier a day in which' onelies perfs . triue'd act, or when ono is conscious of liiiing•spett it in , soice ,use.rut_or 4'044;30A1 ,erepley ton t. Wealth -and, rank and-beauty niarforrn brilliant aettinS to , tliti!diarnonct, bnetheyont ly, e.sppse • Wore, nakedip the At'alsci girryo.;of p00t9,,.01 „ . The hearts pfyounggirls; likeriew wooden vessels, a; 4iist let everytliing.dro p .throutti; until in time, the vessels swell nudiAlias 're 61u:their- emit 6itt=, . tf C - 00421ka i riLeligi COXLii WM, I Ail Just beftire the'cormlnsiott 'of -the itar 'of 181 a; as Ono ..bliitpky *die at labor 7 iifelifir lag a piece of ;wood' lax:rd.-Im. saiva -1 . bill In died approaching hint from the tvoods with a rifle on his shoulder. .4i.s he came 'nearer beltmjght :be seen , around 'his slitifit in _which waa,a tomahawl,c,ausi,_ scalping ; knife, that was pittfirrliy . e6ireCale4 het o4erhis' • "Which way aro- yoti 'traveliag Murphy, "Dotekknow, the .I ; ntlittn..,., "Where do yon live ?". inquired" . lllstiplry. "There," returned' lndian (pointing toward Canada Dttatl where di) you live?" Down here.' ' • ° • .• • iiTlp;yowlsnow c old ISturphy r was the lackfii "W6ll---viellL-yee !" - was retiporiSe "Where does lib live ?" "Away:off—yondeti",(pploOngio'n wrong 4 1 f9etjon ;) but what,di).ypm,w4u.t.ofilitu,?" "011.noihino , i said the aiiparently enThafraii§ed J.": • 1 .. , r - :•lil'urphy-zwas. &wicket - I.okt devil."' said the Indlan, "he kill tpylroth erhe kill Indian— ht say he witch, he shoot slian no hit him—lie kilt good many Indians —but hp iot kill . Murphy's blood began to boil, but he con cealed his excitement as• much as possible, and.remarked : -"You've a very good rifle Ahem." - • "Yes." "Dhlyou ever sllbot h a mark ?"'' '"Oh, yes—Lib you shooliieermark ?" --- , "-Well,Lauppos(Lwe try," said Murphy. The Indian ran off some distance, and Tut ting up a.mark against a stump, returned. "You shoot . first," said:the'lndian. "No," said lilttpliy, "you shoot first."— , The Indiairthen shot, and tbe-asfonish meat ormurphy pierced the .centre of, the mark. The rifle was then reloaded, and on 'Mtiipliri,:receWing it 6'l)oM:idea back ex llairaing• : "I. am \liftphy !' • The savage _gam a yell oat reierberatea through bills, and drawing his hunting knife -spran ,, P 1)1/11rdg itrphy÷blt-e-FeOle-relobed-hlin,a 1-all-franiLthe-ritle-entered-hisLbreasi. A Iffutiltat& Poultice. The following storyi-which we do not re member to have seen in print, is now 'circa atinc.--A-t-a-furnaus_waterM., emplace -a _en ° Heiman was severely - afflicted with a pain in the Stomach, which neither giti not other nor dials could remove. letvasuightnnd he was in bed. . His loving wife unwilling to wake the derma tios,. descen.ded- to the kitelien, and prepared,'a mustard pou;tine, tyttiCh sho.spread on her awn tandlmehief, and proceeded With it lc; her distressed, lord. Before lees ing.him she - left a light dimly burning in his apartment; but c:toply impressed with anxi ety, she was not as• careful as slienxight,paye been, in noting the number of her. mem.— Guideci,by a light sliC e insi shining in.a.cliain bet.'' gild which she 'supposed was the and she had left, she :eptorett and `4;ently raised the &is.; laid the, warm poultice up on ti`e;tomach, blit not the stomach of her lord. "Hallo, there! .What "the--;—are you ,about?',' shouted a vpiee of thunder, 'and the hedy,,and Sleeves, whence it issned, sprang 'out' et bed. - 'tire lady screamed and ran;-her husband rushed to the - rescue from the next room;‘theowniters jeined,, and 'a 'SznallWcene ensued„,much to .the amusement of all con cerned. The poulticed . gentleuran had indis creetrYleft a light room, and this had hired the` lady from. 14i,path . . Her husband was so amused and cieited by the .'mistake thatihe quite forgot his pains, hut with; Iris wife• and trunks left for parts unknown. ,The paulticed man still retains the 'handkerchief -7 a beautiful cambric,t-nith L theladica name on ii, which ,he,einsiders of rare value. '.1661 ?gayer: From tit many friends, andiron) things'at lam entis e Good Lord Deliver us. From a wife who .don't luv us; and from children, who,don'•t look ; like us, Good Lord deliver Us.' . ' Vrom snaix in the grass. frbm'snaix in our hoots, from ,torch•lite processions, rind horn all nu rum, Good Lord deliver la. From-pack podia - I:5, 'from young folks in luv,lroptiOklatuats wit/iota tnogeT' t and from kolera ninr.loiti t Wod - 1.941 dgliNtgr, an. From welth without phatitee„ frp!fi pride without sCne&,..froiti ribtlifirt)'eg Worn out, an d' all iidh toluslruut ' good IMT uusepflii4e4 . and fr mi pills that \i•fisick, froO:fentsiis who Faint • and. from m—wilo-flacteiAibitLord• deliver us. front virtu without flagrance, from but ter that amolls,.frownigger kamp-meetinnq, and from cats that alletortin, Good Lord de liver us. ' • From bther -folks sekiet; and - froiti oar own,,front mormonsi find megrunes, and wim min e3mmittees, Good Lord - deliver .From pollyneians who pra, and from saints who tipple,from ri'eoffee, red herrings, and all gtass.widders, Gdud Lord ddlivet us. . Front folks who won't laff, and:from theiu who giggle, from tits bootsi. easy .virtue, and rani mutton, Good Lord deliver us. 7.10104 POVERTY . AND, 11,1,c1tEs. r -Tliere. is not such, a tuisility c:ifferenee ai:setne-may:imag inct betrieei - the poor and the rich.' In po , up, 'show, and 'opinion 'thereis sreat' tat Attic as,ttn the pleasure and ,convdnienees.:lol -enjoy.. same „ea, .and an heat en hunwer lira thirst ma)ce tho poikr "tritit'ei fable ;and alt I - 1143'10'3'6r of`a poor wand is more healthful, and many times morn plow- i ant, t oo limo: - the aid: and lus,ury .ot, the. ' «r 1: _~ .I...•The'3lo`rnaoni'boastiltat; with tin~~Ch,nfr Olov.sand• l onple Ktalt Allem is not m single drinking salo)n, table, or:. bp.w alley. L•J` 'I 'ot ==== .- 71S ‘; • " 17 " " ' • ) 11/011WWIlr IZ . , ("At . • rt:. qENERAL EE S * ' Jog are sums-of the-articles beloopking to the personal estate of.Gcnietial have. been condens!u ed 'phq, #4,e,dn ota,te 4 , Dia-' mot Court", ati4 ,areAdverfised, to be-sold in. .A•lexandrin, on the - 1 9thinatant,,tisi (Be Ifni tod Btates Marshal, wiz i • t"Bleiteri befaitiot tom chairs ; font - red TWA' seat Brussels carpet, threerred plush., seat sofas, seven large paintings, .one eitensiort . ,tahle, •• oUe large painting of Vitasliihgf,bir, hags Of Fashington's gerteials on bsittle=ield, four book cases; cane-bottiim chairs,' bed steads, wardrobes matresscs, stands, centre tables, bureaus, side boards Lair, shuck,' and . • straw; =tresses, candlestielcs, fanev glass eases, oil paintiiig;'engravings, and aluicst • every variety of ornaments, gilt firifi,ies, set rotaries, three large bexes of boai, L„ "gtOires, " 7. carpets, &e., &c. •-• The Most of tfieaSe aiticieS are' FIE . . the most elegant deseriPtion i 4-soni ture • and , val • ' ,______ ••ipir - _• •: A sturdy sergeant of One of the. 3fasSa ebusetts regiments ! Wpg Aliged to submit jo - tbe-amputation4rf his_band,the surgeon offered,lo elitoroPriu as usual but -•the •i•eteran''Yeftise4, cutting was to be done he wapted:to aee it," Awn:tying his arm outtlic table,, ,Bubmitted• to . the operation ,without a sign. of — tiatir,. ex eepilho tiriner, setting; of his, teeth as . the aid Struek the The'.OpelitoiS, es he finished, looked athis victim y ration, unct remarked : : • g 'Yea "ought' liaire -beeti a : Sitrgieii my man!' • • ' '4 was the,nest thin to one afore_t en listed," said : the hero. - . "What Was that ?" asied the coder. • "A butcher!"' respendid the' sergeant, with a grim smile , whieb, 'despite the - 'sur rountiings; •eommunicateditself -to the. 14- Slanders: . - .n • .11 ~: :,..' t - ' 1 71 - 27' --- : ---9 , 0 M -- 7 - 7 --- rz -- 7 ,—, • :: : .11111.TIE-MARK.---4t 'C'diiitilltria• : papar, - published in Arnador county, „gives a -,yery • curious physiologieni.fact. In the southern por ion .. , iihrtniy-liies=a4rnio_i haq• been in the habit' of abusing his &roily- A , few- days since. he, seized a, hammer, '.and threatenettio_tailhisAiiie; That night Ae giive Mitt to ti stabbreroßslfi fore4tirl -*as th 4 kilt of a hailinti.'l: Lt eteateti'conside - table exeitementin the neigh- ' 1 borbood, and it' a justize had ,been there the I monster-would havebeen .arresteci. . A , dist iN., , uislied New York sisrgeon-W ose love of art was such that ,he would at• AAy time sooariiiinpufate hig* thin eat his din ner, had performed a ve4 den geroue operation at Bellevue :arid was • 4ixra tiating,,to some'frientis the.esquisite beau ty of the, job. ,It was the. most ; successful, he, said, that he had ever 'Perferrneci.. "'th,en the 00641i - 14 reeciiietinfi ?' Said hYStinid er. '4l,ecoveriVe God - bless' you iriiite't" said-is doctor, ."no :pativit4stas ever 'knew rb to survive' that,operatiou„ The- petit?* js.ss. dead as Julius emsar, but the operatiop,mas. beautiful—lovely •,- •• • , ATEAT PROM VIE ,is a start. ling fact that if the earth were 'dependent a lone-upon the sun for heat; ii would riot ge tt heat enough to ,keepexistenee is animal - and vegetable life upon its surface.„ It, results fro: the researches of I'ouillet, that the stars furnish heat enough in the course of the year to rublt a crust of ice Seventy-flirt' feet thick—almost as much as is Supplied by the sur.. ° This may appear strangewhen we con.- sider how imprasurably small must .be , the amount of heat frOni airy" one Of tia* rilis tant bodies;• But the surprise vanishes When we remember that the whole firrnamentle so thickly sown with stars r that in some places thensand are crowded together within a - space o neater than that' occupied by_ the full muon. The eye cannot see more thee their, sand ut the same time, in the clearest. beta-. en, yet the number, is . probably infinite Prom the first to the sixth, magnitude, inclir- Sive, the total number of visible 'stars is 3, 7 Larcleter. TltuTll.—Says a Swiss proverb, "II takes a good. many Shovelfuls of earth to bury the truth. , For bury it deep as, men,nyty,it will have a resurrection noiwitlistanding.. Whey may roil a great stone, and seat the septichre, on which it is laid,.,andl set a Fetch npuu •it; yet still, like its Lord, it cornea hush' again. at its appointed . honr, It zannot die, being of art immortal nee; for, as .the Spanish''pi'n 'verb nobly declares, 'The truth is the dairgh• ter of erticll!•"=.- - - Teench, ' . 1 , • • "Will you give inq them, pennidPiletlir'?" :laid a bifi'newsboy - t4 one, after him a severe tifumping. - "No, I wont: •• • ' "Then I'll*give you 'another IliSunt "Pound away. 'bin and Dr. Franklin a grees. Dr. Franklin says, hike oare:of the. poncei'a.nd the- poundsvill take care of them. , • Dnaiel. Werley, of Weisenburg - township, Lehigh. county, was drafted last August,. and was discharged. by ,payittg „commutation mo ney. - lie was again dxaftc,d,un, the',irst of - Jane, when it was decided' by Najer frad- . (leek, Prevost Marshal 'of This 'district; that he was again liable 19.. service. Application itiudtrn - aultingtan,:blever, Provost ___ 11faisbal General Fry; has 4ectded that the pa3rient threePyears,;famt the. hot! payment , mast be .rPfutrdo4-,: •: . 1;10 , J:: .; .. • ' t lti ttia fear:lB36; -soul& 0.1.4610:Fia .what -itpeerpoastea iptoap,dita;pil t Ward tirogtess 'eoretnellPea":, rn - 1840 tto populationi ha& tneic3ii4,-th '4.813: r „It : now u umbere 'Emit far , *am' 11170;000.' : ', • A. pop,ular,yrrite.r. says drat !neap ohil dim], "are pleas.i with a,rattle."...No.txtudh., if it is on the tail of a suako, 'LI I I '7F _ =NMI . jNIMBER 9.
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