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ft irM occupied all day;
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L pon the hearth the dyntC le anils,
Th dr latest radiance shed;
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Her hair, which long UNorimpt had lie***.
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And might he mi again,
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The tlickering light is fiidnw tas.
Yet t ares Hot she tor mortal thing*—
For in her busy brain
Tbe novelist's iiiiaginingH
Nrr acted o'er again.
lint, while in tlnsdclh ions nap
lit r willingwuisv is bound,
The liook. escaping from her lap, j
Falls Itiiiihoring to (he ground, ,
She wakes;hut *tis, alas, (* see
The randies quivering lieanr,
Nor in the blackened coats t-,u she
llovive one friendly gleam. ,
Then groping through the passage far,
.Slic-jle-ili AlJjli noisfb’ss trend—
And leaving even doitr ajar,
Creeps liivering tohcil.
Mist i:ij, \ > cm s
Th ftilH nt ni'i'i Dixon 11. lictvi^ol
ALilKima, is the largest man in Congress.
He weighs ItiO pounds. He did not take
his •eat in the House until the !ilst—his
mormons weight having deluyed his ar
rival. The correspondent ol the N. V.
Herald says, that on snmr of the rough
roads in Alabama, when? the learns are
liglil, the roaehes had to go twice for
him. lie is the greatest man in the
Moqse.— I tfffigc Rcconl.
Ih man Happiness.—“l have lived,’'
Raid the indefatigable Dr. Clarke, *io
know (hat the great secret of human hap
piness is this, never sutler your energies
to stagnate. The old adage of Moo many
irons m the fin?,’ conveys an abominable
fal seh mill ; yon cannot have 100 many—•
poker, tongs, anil all, keep llnitl all go
ing.”
The N. O. Courier, says;—That the
nullloriiK'-s of Jamaica have contracted
the conveyance of all the while va
grant* mi the inland to some port in the
I >|it.-il States, at the rale ol SB’ per head.
DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, THE USEFUL ARTS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
GENTILITY.
iiv t. s. afmii n.
"Didn’t 1 see you walking up the street
with a young lady yesterday, William?”
said Anna Enfield to her brother, who had
■ but a few days before returned from New
1 York, after an absence of some months.
"Ferhaps yefti did; i{ was in company
1 with a young lady in the afternoon,” re
plied the brother.
"WelU who was she?” I did not see
you until after you had passed the store
, I was in. and then I could not see her
1 face.”
■ i was Caroline Murry; you know
I her. I i;ppose?”
-C.'.l’ljie Murry! Why brother! what
vvi 'i v'.lng in her company?” and
Vnt: d* lb.-' expressed unfeigned astonish
ment.
"U by. n ally, you surprise me,sister; I
hope there is no blemish on her charac
ter. Bin what is the matter? 1 fed con
cerned to know.”
"There’s nothing nw.-'h flic matter,
brother; bin, then, Caroline Murry is not
genteel. We dont think of keeping her
company.”
"Indeed! and yon don’t associate with
her because she is not genteel. Well,
Anna, if I am any judge of geiniliiv, Car
i dine .Murry is about as gewed and Ir.dw
! like as any girl I know—always exccpt
| ing, of course, my own dear sister.”
"Why. brother, how you talk' Vow
I don’t certainly pretend to compare her
w ith Ernestine F.hcrly anti /.cphcrinc Filz
w illiams, whom you have seen here sever
al limes.'”
"Vo, 4 x4o not,” repttat tile brother
emphatically.
"Well, they’re what I ea?l ■genteel; and
I Caroline Murry vvinild’nl he tolerated in
| the society where they visit.”
“And why not. sister?”
"Ilav'nil mid yon? Because sheis not
considered genteel; that is the reason.”
"But I don't understand what von con
sider genteel, Anna. Il 1 know that gen
tility moans, as fur as that is concerned.
Caroline is in every way superior to F.r
nesiinc F.hcrly or Ecphcrine Fitzwil
liunis.”
"Now, William, that is too bad! If any
other man had said that to me, i would
never have spoken to him again as loim
as I lived.”
"But seriously, Anna, what da vou
mean by gentility?” asked the brother.
I •I’li.ii’j .1 cj-u—.mii 111! C. casih asked
; than answered, but you know as well as 1
i do, wil,at is meant by gentility. Everv
j hody knows.”
-1 know what I iiiian by it, Amin. But!
| it seems that we don’t agree on the sub-j
, jeel; for I cull Caroline Marry genteel;
| and you don’t; so you see that difli;reiit
things imy he called by the same name.
: "Now. v\ hat I wish to know is. what
1 precise meaning yon attach m ihe word?
or, vvhv you do not think Caroline gen
letl?”
"Why. in (he first place, she don’t go
into genteel company. People of the
first rank won't associate with her.”
Here ensued a pause, ond the brother
said—
"Weil, why won’t they associate with
her, Anna? 1 hope she has not been guilty
of improper or immoral ettiidllet.”
*<Hi, no! nothing of that. I never
heard tlie slightest reflection on her char
acter,” replied the sis’er. “But, then,
gi niccl young ladies don’t work in the
s'i' hen, like hired servants; and she docs. ;
'ml, beside this, call on her when you '
may, and she is always doing something.
Wby 1 am told that she lias even been
seen at the chamber window fronting on
the public street, with her head tied up. 1
sweeping, and making beds! And Clar
rissaSirigglcr says that she saw her once, 1
with tlio parlor windows open, sweeping ’
and dusting like a servant! Nobody is
going to associate, or be seen in the street 1
with any one who has’nt the spirit to be 1
above the condition of a hireling. And, 1
beside this, when she Was invited to ballsy
or parties, she never would stay later
than ten or eleven o’clock, which every |
body knows to be Vulgar. Somebody
bad to go home with her, of course; and 1
the choicest beau in the company was 1
almost sure to have his good nature anil 1
bis politeness taxed For this purpose. Once 1
1 heard her say, that she considered the
theatre mi unlit place for any young lady; 1
she oll'cnded die whole company, and has |
never been invited to a party illnolig gen
teel people suite.” 1
“And is that sill?” Enfield, 1
taking a long breath. 1
“Yes, and I should think that was 1
enough, in nil conscience,” replied the
sister.
“So should I, Anna—to make me res
pect her.”
“Why William!”
“W hy, Anna?”
“But seriously, William, you cannot
be in earnest?”
“And seriously, Anna, arc you in ear
nest?”
"Of course I am.”
“Well sister, J am afraid my old fashion
ed notions, for such 1 silpposcjyou will
rail them, and your new tangled notions,
for such I must call them, will not chime
well together. All that I have heard you
ullcdgc against Caroline Murry raises, in
stead of lowering her in my estimation.
FMiTOA, AID., S VTIKDAY IIOIIMVB, AUGUST 7> INI*.
So far as a gentle, and truly lady-like de
portment is concerned, I think her great
ly superior to the two friends you have
I named as pinks of gentility.”
’ Anna looked info the face of her brother
I for some moments; her countenance ex
hibiting a mingled expression of surprise
and disappointment.
"Hut you are not going to walk with
'her in the street any more, I hope?” she
at length said.
‘‘And why not Anna?”
“Because, as 1 have said before, she is
not gen—”
“Genteel, yon were going to say. Hut
that allegation, you perceive, Anna, has
no weight with me; I do not consider it t.
true one.”
“Well,we won’t talk tiny more about it
just now. (or it would he of no rrso,” said
the sister, changing fecr Voice and manner;
“ami so I will change the subject. 1 want
Vow to make a call or two with me this
moiiiiiig.”
‘<■>ll wfront?”
“Wit Miss Ebcrly and Miss Filzwil
liams.” ’ |
“It wonld’nt be right for me to do so,
would it? V oil know 'I don’t consider
them genteel,” said the brother, with af
fected gravity.
“Oh, nonsense, brother! why wffl you
trifle so?”
"Hut, seriously, Anna, I do not con
sider that those yonng ladies have any
very strong claims to gentility; and, like
yon. I have no wish to associate with
those who are not genteel.”
"It you talk in that way, William, I
shall get angry with yon. 'l cannot hear
my most intimate friends spoken of so
lightly; and at the same lime accused of a
want of gentility. V oil (wil si ’remember
that you are reflecting upon your sister’s
associates.”
“You must mil-, and I know yn will
not, get angry w ith me, sister, for speak
ing plainly; and you must do me the jus
tice to believe that in speaking as Ido I
am in earnest. And you must also re
member, that, in saying what you did of
Caroline Jinny, yon spoke vine with
whom your brother has associated and
with whom lie is still willing to associ
ate.”
Anna looked very serious at ihi*, nor
could she frame in her own mind a reply
that was satisfactory to her. At last she
said—
“ Hut seriously. Brother William, won’t
yon call on those young ladies with me?”
“Yes, on one condition.”
“Well, what is that?”
“Why, on condition (hat you will afler
j a aid call with me, and see Caroline Mnr-
I O'-”
“I e,nmol do dial. William,” she repli
ed, In a positive tone.
"And why not, Anna?”
■ “I have already to!<! von.’’
“I cannot perceive the force of that
reason, Anna. Hut if yon will not go
with me. I must decline going with you.
1 lie society of Miss .Murry cannot be
more repulsive to you, than is that of
Misses F.hcrly and Fitzwilliams to me.”
“Von don't know what you arc talk
ing about, William.”
“That is my impression about yon.—
Hut, come now, sister, Jet us both be ra
tional to cni'li oilier. lam willing to no
with you if you will go with me.”
“Yes, but William, you don’t reflect
that, in doing as you desire me, | will be 1
in danger of losing my present position m
society. Caroline Murry is not esteemed 1
genteel in the circle in which I move, and
if it should be known that 1 visit her, I 1
wil! lie considered on a level with her, I
would do any tiling to oblige you, but, in
deed, 1 would be risking too much here.” I
“You would only be breaking loose,” 1
replied the brother; “from the slavery you
are now in to false notions ofjwhat is tru- I
ly genteel. If any one esteems you less
for being kind, attentive, and courteous to •
one against whom suspicion has never '
dared to breathe a word, and whose whole ‘
life is a bright example of the pure and '
high-toned principles that govern her,
that one is unworthy of your regard.—
True gentility docs hot exist, my sister, !
merely in a studied and artificial elegance 1
ol behavior, but in inward purify and 1
Uislc. and a true sense of what is right, all 1
exhibiting themselves in their natural ex- 1
ternai expression. The real lady judges
ol others from what they are, and neg- ‘
Jcels none hut the wilfully depraved.— <
True, there are distinctions in society,
and there arc lines of social demarcation, I
and all this is right. But we sliohld be 1
careful in what social sphere we arc 1
drawl), mid how we sufler ourselves to be •
influenced by (lie false notions of real
worth which prevail in some circles that I
profess a high dbgrCb of gentility. I hold
that every one, no matter what Indy be his 1
or her condition in life, fails to acta true I
part it not engaged in doing something 1
that is useful. Let me put it to your na- 1
lural good sbhsc, which do yotl think 1
most deserving of praise, Caroline Mur- 1
ry, who spends her time in doing some :
thing useful to her whole family; or your
friends the Misses Eberly and Fitzwil
liams^ mill those constituting their parti
cular circle, who expect scrVlCcS from
others, but never think of rendering any,
and who carry their prejudices so far as
to despise those who work?”
Anna did not leply, and her brother
- said—
“l am in earnest, sister, when I say,
1 that you vsirriol confer a greater favor
upon your brother, than to go with him
• to sec Caroline Murry. Cannot I induce
• you to comply with my wishes?”
“1 will go,” she replied to this appeal.
ml then hurried away, evidently no little
disturbed in her feelings.
In half an hour she was ready, and, tak
ing her brother’s ami, was soon on the
way to Miss Bines line Eberlv’s residence.
The young lady received liiem with all
the graces and fashionable airs she could
assume, and entertained them with the
idle gossip of the day, interspersed with
an occasional spice of envious and ill-na
tured remark. Knowing that her brother
was a close discriminator, and that he was
by Wo means prepossessed in her friend’s
favor, Anna hcrsell observed her more
narrowly, and, as it were, with his eyes.
It seemed to her that Miss Ebcrly never
was so uninteresting, or so mal-apropos
in what she said. The rail on Zcplierinc
Fitzwilliams cn+ne next in turn. Scanning
'her Wlso with other eyes than her own,
Anna was disappointed in her very dear
friend. She looked through her and was
pained to see that there was a hollowness
ami want of any thing like a true strength
or excellence of character about her. Par
ticularly ’was she displeased at a gratui
tous sneer thrown out at the expense of
Cs rol'hvc M Wry-.
And now, with a reluctance that she
could not overcome, Anna turned with
her brother towards the residence o'f the
young who had lost caste, because
she had good sense and was industrious.
"1 know my sister’s lady-like character
will prompt her to right action, in our
next call,” said the brother, looking into
Anna’s lace with an encouraging smile.
She ild not reply, yet she fell somehow
or other pleased with (lie remark. A few
minutes’ walk brought them to the door,
and they were presently ushered into a
neat parlor in which was the young lady
they were seeking. She sal near a win
dow, ami was si wing. She was plainly
dressed in comparison with the youim
ladies just called upon; but in all that con
stitutes the lady in air and appearance, in
every way their superior.
“1 believe yon know my sister,” said
Enfield, on presenting Anna.
“'Vc have met a few times,” siie replied
with a pleasant unembarrassed smile, at
the same time extending her band.
Miss Enfield took the prollbred hand,
with less reluctance than she had imagin
ed she eo'dd but a few hours before.—
Somehow or other, Caroline seemed to
her to be very niiieli changed for the bettor
in manner and appearance. And she could
not help,during all the visit, drawing con
trasts between her and flic two very dear
friends she had just called upon; and the
contrast was in no way favorable to the
| latter. The conversation was on lopi'-s 1
of ordinary interest, but did not once ‘dr-1
generate into frivolity or eensoriousm .<■• I
Good sm.se manifested itself in almost
every sentence dial Caroline uttered, and
this was so apparent to Anna, that she
could not help frequently noticing ami
involuntarily approving it. “What a pity,”
Anna once or twice remarked to herself,
that she will be so singular.”
The calf was bin a brief one. Anna j 1
parted with Caroline under a dillerciit im- j
pression of her character than she had j 1
ever before entertained. After her return ! 1
with her brother, he asked her this abrupt
question. I
“Which of the young ladies, Anna, of *
the three wc called upon this tuorning. ’
would you prefer to call your sister?” :
Anna looked up bewildered and snr- '
prised, into the face of her brother, for u I
few moments, and then said: 1
“I don’t understand you, brother Wil
liam.”
“Why, I thought I asked a very plain |
question. But I will make it plainer.— ,
Which one of the three young Indies wc .
called upon this morning, would you ad- ;
vise me to marry?” ’ |
“Neither,” replied Anna, promptly.
“That is only jumping the question,” lie
said, smiling. “But to corner yon so that ,
there ran be no escape, I will confess that .
Fhave made up my mind to marry one of |
the three. Now tell me which you would ,
rather it would boi”
“Caroline Murry,” said Anna emphati
cally, while her cheeks burned ami her
eyes became slightly suffused. (
William Enfield did not reply to the |
hoped for, though rather unexpected ad- |
mission, but stooping down, Tie kissed
her glowing check, and whispered in her
ear—
“ Then she shall be your sister, and 1
know you will love one another.”
He said truly. In a few months he
claimed Caroline Murry as his bride, and
her gbbtl sense and winning gentleness of
character, influenced Anna, and effectually 1
countcraelcd the false notions which were
beginning to corrupt a good heart, and to
Overshadow a sound judgment. It was
Hot long before she was fully sensible of
the real iliflbrniee which lliercJwas be
tween the characters of the two friends,
and that of her brother's wife; and also
between true and falsegentility. Although
Caroline Murry bad been proscribed by
a certain circle in which false pride, in
stead of principle, was the govering mo
tive, she had still been esteemed among
those who knew how to look beyond the
, surface. As the v ilc of Enfield, she at
r once look a position in circles where
i those who had passed her by as nnvvor
■ thy, would have sought in vain for an ad
mission, and in those curies she shone as
a bright particular star.— United Slates.
'Flic following incident may afford a
■ timely rebuke to those lads who think
themselves degraded by dirty work, and
those young ladies who allect to be in
horrors if their mammas set them about
"house-work.” Here they will sec that
even (ieneral Washington was not asha
iimd to work hard when il was necessary.
— Messenger.
'Fin- Cou eon a i..—During the Ameri
can revolution it is said that an oflicer,
not habited in his military costume, was
passing by where a small company of sol
diers were at work, milking some repairs
on n small redoubt. The commander of
the little square! was giving orders to those
who were under him, relative to a slick
ol timber which they were endeavouring
to raise to the top of the works. The
timber went up lintrd, and on this account
the voice ol the little great man was the
oltencr to I'd in his regular vociferations
ol “Heave away! There she goes!—
Heave ho!”
'•Five ollii'er before spoken of stopp' d
his horse when lie came to the place, and
seeing the limber sometimes scarcely
move, asked the commander why he did
not lake hold and render a little aid. The
latter appeared to bo somewhat astonish
ed, and turning to the oflicer \vith the
pomp of an 'emperor, said, “Sir, lama
corporal!”
"J ou are not, though, arc you?” said
the oflicer, “I was not aware of that.” And
taking of! Ids hat, and bowing, “Jask your
pardon, Mr. Corporal.”
Lpoii this he dismounted his elegant
steed, filing the bridle over a post, and
lilted till the sweat stood in d 1 ops upon
Ids forehead.
When the timber was elevated to its
proper station,turning to the man clothed
in brief authority, “Mr. Corporal Com
mander, “said he, when you have another
such job, and have not men enough, send
to your commander-in-chief, and I will
come and help you a second time.” The
corporal was thunderstruck! It was
Washington!
THE WAR ENDfcD.
Pompeii. —Well Dirk I’spose you
know wcgwy.’ng to hub war uid de Jng
lish.
Dick. —l dont know dal; wer Ito spress
my pinion on dis subjiek I should say.
nu mar?
Pompcy. —Bony strange dat you should
spress sich pinions when you see de great
pre pa rush tins dat arc gwving ou mong
d. sojurs for de war.
Dirk.—Hah! dat the Averrv tldnr pre
. cut Idln. Sposc job heard some lime
ago ol de Inglish war (vessels at de pea
pateh—dem Inglish ate wide awake 1 in
form yon. So dry come up to de peu
pateh to look out if we wur ready for a
'■> !> ■> am! some ob dem went off to Fldl
!|>' y and some to New-Vawk pretendin
to Lr ou ofijeeks ob scientific, but it was
all a trick to slip ober to Elkton to sceil
our famous military were asleep, but dar
dey missed a lignr, dey found our Blues
and Grays and Light fnttod Hess all ma
kin ready lorde action so dev scamper'd
back to de pca-pateh like de debil was
artcr cm, and dey up wid anchor and
wanced back to L gland to tell Wictorv
and Lord Miiburn dat no use to make war
wid us'ccpt dey want aU dier sojurs kil
led fore dey’d say Jack Robinson—So 1
tell you Pompcy, de war’s oLcr.
= :r ~—- i
How to Rii\ A Sox. — Let him have
his own way. 2. Allow him free use of t
money. 3. Sufler him to go where he :
pleases on the Sabbath. 4. Give him full i
access to wicked companions. 5. Call
him to no account for his evenings. (5.
Furnish him with no staled employment.
Pursue either ol these ways, and 5 011 I
ill experience a most marvelous deliver
ance, or will have to mourn over a dc- 1
based and ruined child! Thousands have
realized the sad result, and have gone i
mourning to the grave. :
Life is full of trouble; men a promis
cuous crowd, and lliicr cities like hives ol ]
bees, where each lias a sting to wound
his neighbour.
Absence cools moderate passiohs and in
flames violent ones, just as the wind blows .
out a candle, but kindles the lire.
Take it for a general rule that the more
ugly the women are, and the duller the 1
men, the easier they arc to be fluttered in- I
to a belief of their beauty and wil.
G iiahatiox. —Shakespeare lias well ilcsrribil the )
gradation of drunkenness, and the changes j
which it produces in the mental energies of
an individual, hy saying,—“Now a sensible niu;n
hy aad hy, a tool; and presently, a beast." (
Urrirmf.n r.—r-To stand in some conspire-
ous place, and make remarks on every lady Dial
passes Ity.
“Truth,” said Napoleon, “pierce I Krone ii lUc
clouds, it shines like the sun, and, like u, is im
perishable.”
The Mrchanh:. —inhere is any man ih
I society upon whom we look with esteem
’ anti admiration; it is the bopcst 'anti ‘in—
- iltislrious merhanif, who by his own un
- aided exertion has establishei! for him-
sell a rcspcclahle station in society; who
commencing in poverty, hj' Ins skill and
assiduity, surmounts every obstacle, over
i comes every prejudice, 'and succeeds irt
establishing for himself a reputation whose
value is enhanced for those Who come af
ter tihit, 'Such a man we prize as the no
blest work ol which human nature is ca
pable, tbo highest production she cun
boast. And Jet it-ever be borne in fnifd
by the young mechanic, just entering on
the stage of public life—let it ever lie at
the foundation, and be the moving spring
to all his cllbrls, that this situation he
must strive to attain. 'lt cun be attained
by all. Untiring industry and a virtuous
ambition never tail of their reward. They
never yet were exerted in vain, and never
will be, while honesty and justice arc left
in the human heart. It was well remark
ed by an eloquent writer, that the me
chanic, who bad no inheritance but health,
no riches but virtue, is the sole king
among men, end the only man anion?
kings
From the New York Times nutl Star.
Comparison oJW'cn- York with the prin
cipal cilirs afKiirnpi'. —The population
ot the city ol New Voik, by the census
of 1810, is 01Only six of the
European cities now surpass it, as id
lows;
1. London and suburbs, 1,630.000
Paris, 1)00,000
3. Constantinople, 000 000
1. SI. Petersburg!), 430,000
o, Naples, 30-1,000
Vicuna, 333,000
1 he cities next in population arc—
Lisbon, ‘ 260,000
Moscow, 2-50,000
Berlin* 240,000
’Dublin, 201,000
'Glasgow, 202,000
Amsierdato, 201000
Madrid, 201,000
'Manchester, 187,000
'Liverpool, 183,000
Palermo, 173 000
Lyons, 105,000
'Edinburgh, 102,000
'Home, 131.000
'By the census of 1831 this was about
the population of these cities. The cen
sus of'Great Britain fur ISII, now be
ing (alien, will show a great increase.
From the World in a Pocket Book,
lit.rt nines or Europe. — BesidesSwif.
zerland. the chief of these was formed
by the I lanse Townes, a powerful com
mcrcial and political association in Ger
many, commenced in 1211, and very
nourishing to the 17th century. Since
1630 the Hanseatic League lias been li.
unfed io Hamburg and Huber. These
having a vote in the German Diot, on
questions ailecting tlicir interest.
San Mari.no.— A small republic of 22
square miles in Italy, with 7000 people,
a revenue ol 811.300, and army of less
•ban 70 men. The - capital bak a noiui
lalion of 500 _ It has ekisied
years w itli a mixture of aristocracy, and
democracy, under the protection ‘ot the
Pope. Religion, Catholic.
A.nuora.—A republic in (he Pyrense,
containing 200 square miles find R 5 00(1
people; Andoia, the capital, lias 2000
inhabitants. Governed by a chiefmagi
slratc, who is elected, and two oll'icfe 1 ?'
one appoinlerPby the bishop oM reel
and the other by (be kiqg of France.
CracoW.— A 'small Polish republic,
iorrned and protccled by the allied kings
in IS!3, 300 square miles, and lias 12?,
000 inhabitants; Cracow, the capital,
lias 27.000 inhabitants. A mound at
Cracow, erected to the memory of Ko
sciusco, is 310 feet high. Religion Ca
tholic.
Newspapers of the Wori.p.
Spain, 12; Portugal, 17; Switzerland, 30,
Belgium, 6S; Denmark, SO; Austria, 82;
Russia and Poland, 84; Holland, 130;
1 ntssm, 28S; Great Britain dud l--luiv.l.
J 80; other Germanic States, 308; \ U s-
Irallia, 9; Africa, 12; Asia, 27; United
Nates, newspapers 1555, periodicals 303
World nr a Pocket Book.
Wc rcckbil as haw the Cecil Whig adds one (e
', ,r °r de<l 1101,0 ,lav ‘kicked Iho
bucket since tins list was made out.
The estimated cost of the Croton Wa
ter Uoi ks is 16 millions of dollitrS;
During the last ten vriars; gbods to the
ainotlnl of 8130,000,000 have been im -
ported from France.
Fi NSt s the .United States.— The Ma
disonian publishes the otlicial census, accorilimr
to which tile total population of the United Stales
is 17,069,1 id.
Charles F. Mitchel, the forger, has
been admitted to bail in New York, hi
the stint of $6,300
She who makes hei husband and lief
children happy, who reclaims the one
from vice, and trains up the otliet- td
virtue, is a much greater cbsracietlbaii
•miles described in romances, whose
"hole occupation i the muiderof o an
kiitd with shafts from the quiver of theif
cy cs. —Col l-ntillt.
IVO. I.