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THE iEGIS & INTEL LKIENCER $1.50 PER ANNUM. 100,000 SHELTER TENTS 10,000 Wall and other Large Tents. 10,000 PIECES NEW AND OLD CLOTHING. JVFAVAJS'D OLD BLANKETS! NEW BLANKETS—Heavy—SS PER PAIR. NEW SHIRTS & DRAWERS, HEAVY SOCKS and BROGANS! j ALSO, j-NriKW PANTS, At $3 Per Pair! Men’s and Roy’s Jackets, $2 Each! OLD BLANKETS, Shirts, Drawers, Pants, COATS AND OVERCOATS! ALSO, 100,000 SHELTER TENTS, suita ble for shoe-makers, mechanics and housekeepers for different purposes.— These tents arc in excellent order, being nearp. new. The Wail or larger Tents are also in excellent order, suitable for wagon-covers, awnings, window cloths and many other purposes. All persons wishing to purchase any of the above articles are requested to call and examine them. FOR SA'iS! X.OW, Wholesale and Retail. JOSHUA HORNER, Corner Chew and Stirling streets, decß Baltimore, Md. .Manufacturer of Tin and t>lieet Iron Ware, Main hired, nearly apposite Post office, mi mx so. fj’ilE subscriber having located in Bel Air, 1 respectfully informs the citizens of Harford county that he w ill manufacture and keep on hand every variety of TIN WARE AND HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES, Of a superior quality, which he will sell on reasonable terms ROOKING and SPOUTING attended to, in the best manner and with despatch. j*sr TURN ACES and FIRE-PLACE STOVES put up and repaired a' short notice. jZSS" MILK CANS of superior quality manu factured to order. Give >1 u a Call I T. KERR, jans Main street, Bel Air. iiw stm THE undersigned have just received a * large and well selected stock of Goods suitable for the season. They are con stantly making up the neatest work, and the newest and most fashionable style of gp BONNETS, 'ftp E’er the Fall St Winter. To which they invite the attention of the citizens of the town and the sur rounding country. They also desire an occasional call from their Baltimore friends, when they want something of ex tra style and finish, as they are aware that the undersigned can and will take pleasure in putting up work of that description. In addition to all styles of Bonnets, they keep constantly on hand a variety of LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S ftflK&Mb VAKI, Such as Ribbons, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, P i.rulers, and many other articles in iiu otion line. Thankful for the liberal patronage here tofore given thefirm. they expect by strict attention to business to merit its continu ance. M. J. WRIGHT & MITCHELL, Washington street, two doors north of >hc Railroad, and next door to Nixon’s Hotel, 11 avrk-w e-Grace. sep2o ■RATS MADE TO COME OUT OF THEIR HOLES TO DIE ! ST ONEB RAKER’S Rat, Roach and Mouse EXTERMINATOR! E invite the attention of the public to the VV above preparation, ns being one of the most effectual preparations ever introduced for the destruction of the above vermin. We war rant it a DEAD SHOT FOR RATS I Try it— only 25 cents a box. J£ J &'For sale by A. 11. GREENFIELD. Ag’t, corner Main street and Port Deposit avenue, Bel Air, Md. Bcpls-6m Stray Sow. CAME to the farm of die subscriber, on the first of December, a white SOW ; no mark in the ear; a cut on tiie hind leg. The owner is hereby notified to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take her away. OTIIO W. MAG NESS, Near Eminorton, Harford Co., Md. dec29-3t fURCULARS, CARDS, BLANKS, MAND rPTM.S. he., neatly printed at (Ml oflfee “ LIST US CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION AS THE MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK WHEN THE NIGHT AND TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HlM.’' THE /EIIS AMD INTELLIIENCER IS PUBLISHED | EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, MT A.. W. BATEMAN, AX One Dollar and Fifty Cents Per Annum, IN ADVANCE, OTHERWISE TWO DOLLARS WILL BE CHARGED. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square, (eight lines or less,) three inser tions, SI.OO. Each subsequent insertion 26 cts. One square three months, $3.00; Six mouths, I $5.00: Twelve months, SB.OO. j Business curds of six lines or less, $5 a year. No subscription taken for less than n year. poetical. MEMENTO MOHI. All streaked with shining threads of gray, I hold within my hands, to day, A little lock of hair ; Of one who, while we sadly weep, Is sleeping his long dreamless sleep Beyond lie reach of care. It cannot he that he is dead— That rests within its narrow bed The head from whence this came, That he is lying in the ground, And that there is on earth no sound More empty than his name? 'Tis bitter to believe it so, 1 It ssems so short a time ago That lie was with us here ; We did not think that God would send So soon a summons to the friend Who was to us so dear. Forgotten he will never be, His voice we hear —Iris form we see In each familiar scene ; And in the future’s coming years Will tall a shower of friendly tears To keep his mem’ry green. And holding in my bands to-day, This lock of hair all streaked with gray Of him who is at rest; Through sol's and tears I truly pray, That God will at the lan great day Raise him among the blest. ' IlliSfClliUUOtlS. For the. jitgis and Intelligencer. i DRESS. 1 "Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, | But not express’d in lancy; rich not candy, i For the apparel of t proclaims the man?’ Such was the advice given by “Polo nitts” to his son, when sending "Laertes” j I forth into a foreign laud. Advice, which 1 wc all may profit by, in our outward ap i pcarance, and our social happiness. No adventitous circumstance has so much in i fluence on mankind, as the mere fact of being well drcsse.it. Take two persons of equal attractions, yet if one be negligent, the other particular in his dress, it needs 1 no seer to predict which of these persons i will exercise the greater influence in their respective stations. The reader may start at tliis reflection, and deny its application to him. A little consideration will, how * ever, convince him of its reasonableness. s j Dress lias a moral influence. It assists Lrnan in that elevation of thought, from j,| which flow refinement of manner and deli | cacy of language. Look at this unshaven i \ —this specimen of humanity—whose col | iur is like tho shades of "Erebus,” he | looks coarso, repulsive, and his manners i I are similar to his looks. Meet this same -1 man again, when itis beard is shaven, and j 3 ] his linen spotless ; lio’is another being. | 3 j His dress don’t make him feel utean —so | -1 tie don’t act meanly. His dress is not I repulsive — so ids manners are not beastly. i Dress has renovated the man—has con ferred on him the dignity of knowing , that he does not appear to the world a I mere animal. But gamblers and cheats often are most particular in their dress. Yes, and they are known to the wise by their dress.— | , Tito Cape May diamond' may glitter, but j i connoisseurs can distinguish it from that j precious gem which, formed in the depths . ■ of the sea, the diver has perilled his life, t that it may adorn the human form. So, -! gamblers are known by their tinsel.— And, pray, what do you call being well; dressed'l That is the very question I f made provision fur, when I placed those , | lines of Shakspeare at the head of this ar ■ tide lit the first plate, the length of the purse is lire invariable criterion we I should take, of Lite costliness of our dress. No exhibition of co-lly dnss, however tasteful, is pleasant la the beholder, if it suggests the thought, “How could he af ford this Every one can dress well, in the sense „ in which I use the word. Perfect clean-1 e linesa, quietness in the selection and com- | r billing the colors of our dress—these are * I the two essentials of dressing well, which we all may reath. The sempstress, in , ' her calico and spotless linen collar and 1 culls, I call as well dressed a woman as you heiress in her delicate silk and poiut lace. But reverse the dress—give the seuipstress tiro silk, and the heiress the , calico, and the properly of (ircss is over . thrown ; they are the objects of ridicule, j and contempt. It is only “lino birds’’ , that become "flue leathers,” The man 5 of wealth and leisure is expected to pre sent in his dress the most faultless ele gance He is not i cell dressed, unless lie is fashionably dressed. Of the farmer, wo only oxp.et clean clothes and ckan linen ; not that he should luok as if ho . spent every other day, except Sunday, in 1 a pig pen BEL AIR, MD. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12, 1866. The grt at men of the world, with a fVw exceptions, were well dressed men. I| will merely mention Aristotle, who was ' a notorious fop. Alexander Pope, in one > of his letters, tells us what a neat gentle man he was, and the reason he always dressed in black. He thought it made want of height less conspicmus. Gen. i Washington was the perfection of a well dressed man. Ail celebrated authors have recognized the effect 01 dress and have always used | it, in painting their heroes and heroines. Mark how one of Maryland’s (Ed. Pink- 1 uey,) sweetest poet's describes "The In- \ dian’s Bride "Look on her leafy diadem. Enriched witli many a floral gem; Those simple ornaments about Her candid "row, disclose The loitering Spring's last violet, And Smnmer’s earliest rose ; But not a flower lies breathing there, Sweet as herself, or hulfso fair.” Now, you will notice that the imago j thus presented to the view, is that of a woman who knows and uses the appropri- 1 ate "ornament” of her station to enhance ! her loveliness. In “Ivanhoe,’’ “Rebec- 1 eu” is always presented to us, in all the ! Oriental splendor of dress, except in that I scene where she is tried as a sorceress.— ! We are told the Templars had robed Iter; in a white coarse gown, which took away I from the magnificence of her beauty, \ though it could not destroy it. Who that j has read the closing scene in this greatest i of novels —“Rebecca’s” visit to "Lady ! Rowei.a,” when the latter hasitecotne the I bride of “Ivanhoe,” who does nol notice, i I hat much of its beauty is owing to the impression Soott gives, of the character- j iblio beauty of their dress. “Rebecca’s” I noble form, we are told, was partially con-! cealod by the veil she wore—yet could ! j not hide its superb proportions. When | j the two raise their veils, and “Lady Row- [ j cna" blushes with the consciousness of her own charms, who must not see, that i if Soott had not conveyed to us an idea of her queenlike style of dress, we should uot have had a true idea of the character ! of “R iweua ?” All great painters have recognized the | influence of dress oven on canvass, — "Tiutoret or ‘‘Rubens,’’ or “Claude,” or "Reynolds,’’ or "Raffaelle,” would nev er have become famous, if they had not j paid attention to the appropriateness of j the costume of their human portraits.— i They would have painted a "Queen’s” 1 dross different from a beggar’s ; a shep herd from a nobleman ; an apostle’s dress I would have differed, in their pictures,! from an aldcruiau's.' And this attention ) i to t lie dress of the subject of their por- j | traiture, would be founded on their j knowledge of the influence of dress. Let no man, therefore, think it the | sign of a weak mind, to notice dress, and | to be personally particular about it. It ! betrays the greatest vanity in a man, to j think it does not add to bis influence, whether he is dressed well or badly True, "we cannot add a perfume to the violet,” nor can we conceive a shade of purple more suitable to its delicate beau ty. If we considered the loveliness in which God has clothed the flower, “which to-day is, and to-morrow trodden under I foot,” we cannot but reason from it, that the human form should have the benefit of any decoration that will make it more lovely. Nothing in tire pathetic character, which Shakspeare has drawn of Catherine of Arragon, has so moved me, as that di rection of the unhappy Queen to her scr vant— "When I am dead, good wcnelt, | Let me be us’d witli honor ; strew me over j With maiden flowers, that all the world may l know I was a chaste wife to my grave. lay me forth ; although unqaeen’d yet like i A queen and daughter of a King, inter me.” It is as true now as when it was first written, that— " The jewel that we find, we stoop and take it, Because we see it; but what we do not see, W T e tread upon, and never think of it.” M. Our New President.— Wo have had j a President Taylor, and now wo have a j tailor President. Little did the present j incumbent think, when following the peaceful profession of his youth, that his [ goose would otto day hang so high, and j that he, who once aided in dressing up his southern patrons, would one day be I called to assist in dressing down the same individuals, and in giving particular (its to so many rebellious customers. The war has come to its close (clothes ) The "re-possession” of the southern forts has left enough dead men in the breaches— let all breaches now ho mended. Our! President’s previous life has been but i sew, sew ; but if he pants for fame, he is ! vested with sufficient authority to clothe i the nuked and bleeding South with the | j garment of mercy, so that our peace may j ! not prove to boa patched-up one, but a ■ blessing to all parties. Although not of a character so benign as Itis predecessor, may e conduct his administration with | such vigor as to make it appear that there be nine men in the Presid ntial chair, in stead of only the ni- th part of oue.— Puck : Saifrancuc i Paper. The Reason Why.— The wedding ring is put upon ti e “fourth” linger of the woman's left hand, because, it is said, in the original formulary of marriage it was placed first on the top of the thumb, with the words :— “ln the name of the Path- j erthen on the next finger, with the j words :—“And of the Son then on the \ middle finger, with :—“And of the Holy i Ghostand finally on the fourth, with ; (h “Amen,” A Malay Wedding. As marriages are events which create no smell degree of excitement even among those not immediately concerned, so that people of all ages and sexes are seen rushing to their doors and windows to view a wedding cortege as it passes, some readers may possibly feel interested with the description of a Malay wedding at which I happened to bo present several years ago. Feeling rather tired of the somewhat monotonous occupation of walking about and seeing little new at Singapore, I was heartily glad when one day meeting with a friend, be told mo that he bud been in vited to a native wedding and asked mo to join him. Not having witnessed anything of the kind before, not even an English one— ; for I had entered the navy when very ! young—l was much pleased with the op | portunity thus afforded me of gratifying | my curiosity, and therefore gladly accept ed the invitation. Accordingly, at six o'clock iu the | evening, rny friend and I started on our expedition. The bride’s bouse was situa ! ted in the country, about two miles Irom 1 the town. The evening was tine, and a ■ cool breeze had succeeded to the intolera ; b!e heat of a tropical mid day sun. Wo 'jogged on quietly together, smoking our ! cheroots and enjoying the balmy fra j grunco of the breeze, which brought with I it a pleasant odor of tropical flowers and ! fruits. My companion, who had been for some | 1 years a resident on these islands, gave me ; h little information respecting the mar- j i riage ceremony of tho Malays. “Mairiages amongst these people,” he I | said, “are conducted in quite a different | ! manner from those of Europeans. There j [ is no religious service performed, except-! [ log that the bridegroom has to pay to the ; [ chief priest a certain sum of money, ae- j i cording to his means, in return for which I he receives a written document, which is | I equivalent to a marriage certificate. — j ( There is neither outward show nor pro- ; | cession of gaily decorated carriages and j gaily dressed people. The bride remains i at homo, where she awaits the appearance of the bridegroom, who in duo time is es corted to her house by his friends. As wo approached the house wo could I hear tho sounds of festivity ; the native ! gongs and tambourines were heard iuter j mingling their discordant notes with those of ihc more civilized violin, on which in- I strument the Malays are expert peform- j ! crs. The house was large, built ot wood, and | erected some few feet above the ground on | piles or posts, as is the prevailing fashion i witn Malay bouses. On entering we were ushered into a ! spacious and well-lighted room, in which I a mixed company had already assembled, consisting of Europeans, Malays, hall- I castes, and a small sprinkling ot Chi- '■ uese. I was introduced to tho host and hostess, and of course apologized for my appeearanoe, I being an uninvited guest ; but I was immediately placed at my ease by their assurance of hearty welcome. I looked round tho room fur the bride | and bridegroom, but none could I see who came up to my imaginary ideas of a happy newly-married couple. I was disappoint ed at not seeing them, but was soon reas sured by the host, who had evidently ob served my inquiring glances, and told mo that X should be presented to them iu duo time. Tables and chairs ore articles of luxury i not much indulged in by Malays, their I favorite mode of resting being to squat down cross legged on mats spread on the ! floor, A few chairs, however, were there j for the accommodation of tho half caste I ladies of the party, who in their white muslin dresses, disdained tho before men tioned primitive mode of repose. Of ta bles there were two or three, spread out | with various kiuds of fruit and sweet i meats. Tno Malays and Chinese, staid | moneymaking porsms, were squatted on | tho mats, chewing tho betel-nut, (without j which both Malays and Chinese seem out !of their element,) and talking over their j different bargains, or quoting tho prices of I opium, silks, uud other articles of trade. At ono end of tho room was grouped a 1 | knot of the Joghut or dancing-girls of the | | country, who decked out in tinsel and 1 flowers, were dancing to tho sound of the \ tambourine, which they struck as they danced, at the same time improvising songs in praise of the happy pair. After the guests had all assembled, tea I and cakes were handed round to them.— ! The bride and bridegroom had, howe<fer, I not made their appearance, and I began to j imagine that some unforesoeu event had i occurred to prevent their appearing.— j After u short time, however, 1 observed that several of the guests bad been taken, i two at a lime, out of the room by the host and hostess, and shortly afterwards return ! ed. At last tho host approached me, and I speaking in the Malay language, said tha be would now introduce mu to the hero and heroine of the day ; and accord ingly I followed him through a sidc-uoor into a long narrow room. Along the whole length of this room were spread mats of various gay colors on which were laid out every description of j edible, including even basins of rice, as ! also the presents brought by the guests, | and friends of the bride, and along tho j the whole length of the matting, on both I sides, were arr ugod tall candles. At the upper end of the room, and at i : the head of this well-spread banqueting- | ■ ground were seated, or rather squatted, 1 ' side by silo, the bride and bridegroom, j iOt looking particularly happy, but, on he contrary, very wretched, tired, and leepy. They were dressed in colored ilks, profusely decked with gold and jew- Is, their hair adorned with jessamine dossoms, and their faces daubed over with vliite powder, which gave to them a hide us and ghastly appearance. They bowed .lightly in acknowledgement of the intro motion, hut did not speak. They were 'cry young, the bride being not more ban fourteen, and the bridegroom about eventeon ; but it is usual in those cli uatea to marry at an early period. In 'lornco proper I have known girls to mar yat twelve; and even the half-caste la lies marry at fourteen ; consequently they •coked old when a little over twenty years -fago. But to return to my story. I inquired .f my host why the very unhappy looking lair did not join in the festivities given ip iouor of themselves. He replied that it vas contrary to their custom ; that they had to sit there for three days and nights nd, moreover, that they wore not allow id to speak to oaoh other ; that after they had gone through that ordeal, aud not un til then, they wero considered married.— No wonder they looked wearied and dole ful I We shortly afterwards returned to the festive hall, where I found the European portion of the company were endeavoring to got up some dances —not a very seemly mode of exhibiting superior civilization ! Some had no little difficulty at first in se ; curing partners —for the fair, or I should ; say the dark beauties, wore either very shy, or assumed a still', dignified aud rath er stand-offish demeanor when requested : tho pleasure of dancing with them, being naturally unwilling to dance with stran | gers. At last, partners being secured, to \ tho scraping of a violin, which sounded villainously out of tune, they commenced their performances, greatly to the umuse i merit of the beholders. They had not danced long, however, before it appeared ■ that the flooring (whatever it was made 1 of) was giving way under their feet, anil before they could make good their retreat ; it broke through, and but for the matting which was spread over it, they would have been precipitated into the mud, and have disturbed the ducks and fowls from | their midnight slumbers, the under part of Malay houses always furnishing an abode for domestic feathered tribe. The plunge and mud-bath were averted by the company hastily removing to tho other i cud of the room. | As tho festivities proceeded, tho fine night had changed to a wet morning, and the rain was pouring down in torrents.— As no carriages of any sort oould bo pro cured at such a distance from the towu, this was rather an awkward predicament for those wtio had a long distance to walk, more especially for the female portion of ! the company, who, iu their light and airy i gaimcnts, were far from being able to re sist the encroachments of tho rain. They did not seem to mind it, however; for I could hear peals of merry laughter min gling on the silent air as the several par ties dispersed in different directions. ■■■■ . The Emperor Constantine. Handsome, tall, stout, broad-shouldered, lie was a high specimen of one of the coarse military chiefs of the declining em pire. When Eusebius first saw him, as a young man, on a journey through Pales tine, before his accession, all wero struck by the sturdy health and vigor of bis frame; aud Eusebius perpetually recurs to it, and maintains that it lasted to the end of his life. In his latter days, his red complexion aud somewhat bloated appear ance gave countenance to the belief that he had been affected with leprosy. His oyo was remarkable for a brightness, al most a glare, which reminded his cour tiers of that of a lion. He had a con temptuous habit of throwing back his bead which, b) bringing out the full pro portions of his thick neck, procured for him the nickname of Truohala. Ills voice was remarkable for its gentle ness and softness. In dress and outward demeauor the military commander was almost lost in the vanity and affectation of Oriental splendor. The spear of the sol dier was almost always in his ham), and on j head be almost always wore a small hol i met. But the helmet was studded with jew i els, aud it was bound round with tho Ori ental diadem, which he, first of the empe rors, made a practice of wearing on all occasions. His robe was remarked for its unusual umguificcnoe. It was always of the impe rial purple or scarlet, and was made of silk richly embroidered with pearls and flow ers worked iu gold. He was especially devoted to the care of his hair, ultimately adopting wigs of false hair of various col ors, aud iu suuh profusion us to make u marked feature ou his coins. First of the emperors since Hadrian, be wore a short beard. He was not a great man, but he was by no means an ordinary man. Calcula ting and shrewd as he was, yet his world ly views wero penetrated by • vien of re ligious sentiment, almost of Oriental su perstition. He had a view of his difficult position as the ruler of a divided empire and divided church. He had a short, dry humor, which stamps his sayings with an unmistakable authenticity, ana gives an insight into the cynical contempt of man kind, which be is said to have combined, by a curious yet not uncommon union, i with an inordinate love of praise. He I hud a presence of mind which is never 1 thrown off its guard. He had the oapa,T I city of throwing himself, with almost fa-; YOL. X.—NO. 2. oatioal energy, in whatever cause came before him for the moment. One in stance, at least, ho showed of oouiummate foresight and genius. Wo have seen from bis dress, and we see also from bis language, that be was not without the wretohed affectation which disfigured the demeanor of the later Em perors Against one great old Roman vice, that of voracious gluttony, he strug gled, but struggled in vain. The Chris tian accounts all speak of bis continence. Julian alone insinuates tho contrary. Il was only as despotic power and Eastanr manners made inroads into tho original self-control of his character, that be was betrayed into that disregard of human life in his nearest and dearest relationships, which, from tho same causes, darkened the declining years of tho Greciau Alex ander and the English Henry. The “Berner'e Street Hoax." The maddest of Theodore Hook’s tricks was that known as the “Berner’s Street Hoax," which happened in 1809, as fol lows : Walking down Berner’s street one day Hook’s companion (probably Mathews) called his attenJoa to a particularly neat modest house—the residence—as was in ferred from the door plate—of some de cent shopkeeper’s widow. “I’ll lay you a a guinea,” said Theodore, “that in a week that pleasant, peaceable dwelling shall be tho most famous in all London.” The bet was taken, and in the course of four or five days, Hook had written and post ed one thousand letters, annexing orders to tradesmen of every sort within the bills of mortality, all to be executed in one par ticular day, and nearly as possible at one lised hour. From "wagons of coals and potatoes, to books, prints, toss, feathers, jellies and cranberry tarts,” nothing in any way available to any human being bat was commanded from scores of rival dealers, scattered nil over the city, from Wapping to Lambeth, from Whitechapel to Pad dington. It can only be feebly imagined what the crash and jam and tumult of that day was. Hook had provided himself with a lodging nearly opposite the fated house, whore, with a couple of trusty al lies, ho watched tho progress of tho melo drama The tflayor ana his chaplain ar rived— (hero to take the death-bed confession of a speculating common-coun cilman. There also came tho Governor of the Bank, the Chairman of the East India Company, the Lord Chief Justice and the Prime Minister—above all there came his Grace the Archbishop of Can- _ terbury, and his royal highness the Com mander-in-Chief. These all obey the summons, for every pious and patriotic feeling had been most movingly ap pealed to. They could not reach Berner's street, however, —the avenues leading to it be ing jammed up by the drays, carts and carriages, all pressing on to the solitary widow's house ; but certainly the Duke of York’s military punctuality and crim son liveries brought him to tho point of attack before tho poor woman’s astonish ment bad risen to terror and despair.— Most fierce were the growlings of doctors and surgeons, scores of whom bud been cheated of valuable hours. Attorneys, teachers of every kind, male and female, hair-dressers, tailors, popular preachers, Parliamentary Philanthropists bad been all alike victimised. There was an awful smashing of glass, china, harpsichords, coach pannels. Many a horse fell never to riso again. Beer-bar rels and wine barrels were overturned and exhausted with impunity amidst the press of countless multitudes. It was a great day for pick-pockets, aud a great godsend to the newspapers. Then arose many a fervent hue and cry for the detection of the wholesale deceiv er and destroyer. Though in Hook’s own theatrical world bo was instantly sus pected no sign escaped either him or his confidants. Ho found it oonvonient to be laid up a week or two by a severe fit of illness, and then promoted reoonvales ounco by a few weeks tour. He re-visited Oxford, and professed an intention of com mencing bis residence there. But the storm blew over, and Hook returned with tranquility to the green-room. The Ruling Passion Strong in Death.—A New England officer, who had been wounded and was dying, sent for an embalmer and enquired what he would charge to embalm and enooffin his remains. “Ninety dolars is the charge for officers.” “Can’t you take eighty ?” “Can’t deduct a dollar.’’ “Take eighty five then ?” “No.’’ But finally a bar gain was struck at eighty seven aud a half, the embalmer promising the officer that his body should be sent up by the next morning’s boat. And it was sent np—so says a responsible voucher for the truth of this last, last bargain. jHatr It is said that George 111. used to confuse his royal intellect very much in trying to solve the difficult problem of the apple dumpling. He was at a loaa to know how tho apple got inside of the dumpling, and to bis dying day never ar ranged the thing completely to bia satis faction. “What ugly, oarroty-beadad little brut is that, madam ? Do you know his name?” “Why—yes —that is my young est son I” “You don’t say so—indeed ! why, what a dear, sweet little dove-eyed cherub he is, to be sure!”