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Dealers in UarUware, Furniture, KeaJy-Made
: Counts, Oram, clour, iron, steel, coal. Aaiu, Ola-.
J mutts sud ous, bail, Carpet". Uirrors, &c. 2eai
Hie Deyot Rutland, Vt. ' 62tl
COULAlAN ot HANUKK,
MARBLE AND SLATr, UOllKS,
FAllUiAY'iO., VI.,
s AVUs'li remoted our tiutmetw tu tUe large, uew
JJ OuiiUlUjj lately occupied as a k uuiug Jtult, au
; luiuiaig Auuuia Allen's Mat blv 1 att, we are pie
pared lo inauutactuie,
'.lUiNU MEK I S, HEADS lUXEs
SHAH I Lfcr-l'l Ki. ta, 1 Alii-h-lot'-i, tc,.
It la every variety- ut sty it- auu tiuieli, of the
i BEST VERMONT MaHBLE.
Ainu, Aiarolcized ilate Hurt u! ail uesciiptiou-,
4uuu at
I AiN at-flECtS, 1'ABLE litiirJAIJ TOi'ti,
lii.Acivtn bahLVta, em.
iairliaveu, V t., Sept. iSU'J. ay-Cm
FBACIS FEINN,
Whole-ale aitd i.ctaii I'lii.ui, Aiam
tree!, iiul
o4 laitU, Vt.
- Ul!,lKY F..SsMUil, Al. D.,
Toy-iciau kuU urtfeou,Ca.-iietou, Vt- utliee No. 2,
"- Luton Block.
vv. a. .utsK i' & co.
VVuole.-ale aua lieiau Dcttiero iu k lour,tork, Butter,
Jlieese, lara. t i.u, lieaus, tggs, Apples, (Oryanu
ireeu, 1 aa, sat, joilee, Jlylasncn, Huiil, auu
itil aiuun ui uuuj.1 usual. y Kpt m tlie traUe, titi
, A. F. Sl'FiiSCEK & CO ,
' Dealers iu KtaU-.Maut LiolhiSK, liats. Caps,
H atcues, Jeeirj , CiotHs, Noiioiit,. &c., tie. &o. i
Voraius' liiock, Kutiauu, t '"
r-ralers iu .IdKirtua-, t u ru it uie, uiuiiifMour.lruu,
js4ei, Cuai, Aalis, oiasj, I'aititsaua (ill:), oii. Lai-c-.
lti, jiin uci, ucar Uie uepot, KutiauU, t
1U. J. Ut.MIA.tl -tfc:il.
i 1.86 -Mil Dr. CooK., ou .Vlaiu alret-i, iCutiaud, Vt.,
.aovme- .-jjc'lai alU'utiou to lUe irfutlaent oi Dl.-ta.-.es
ft ti.i- i niuai anu Luuh. o
"V t'IKlii'OliN 1 iSi jSl(JiHLb,
Attorue at L.i.v uua .-solicitor.- iu Cliancri
MCaruuauin lioA. Uultuutl, Vt 6i :1
HUBJir 1'lKBfOlKT. W. T. KlCUuLfl)
C. E. GKAVES,
,i,xturi;e at Jaw, Oiiiue Ao. a AlercliantB" itow. ovei
th tore ol Ueo. Uravei te'o. o: ly
MAUl'lA' G. EVEKTS,
' -Attoreey aud Couneelior at Law, anil Solicitor
liuauctry . Utiice iu the Court iioue, iiutlaua, V l
" ulrJuliENllU iTlllALL
A:turuey auil Counsellor at l.art, bolioitor iu
jrhauuerj , Aent lor l'eiiusioiiern, liouuty Lauds, 4c.
OUice, ill story Thrall's Ulock, Kutlaud, Vt.
EUGEKTUN & HODGES,
; Attorneysat Law and Solicitors in Cuauuery. Otlici
Jfer l"n;rcr St atearu siold Uuiouatore, (Kutlaud, V t
JtUVVlN fc-UOKUToa, 14 SILAB tl. HoKOKS.
SUELDOA'S Si SEASON,
ltuccssors tu aUeldono, Morgan & alaoon, Marble
talcr. West Uutlaud, Veruuiit. L. aheidou.CUa
Stleidou, U. A.alieidou, Cha. H biasou. lu,l)
DK. E. V. N. HAKWOOD,
Deatul Surgeou. V aslniigtou St., Kut
. il ,.i.wrM.i.i. i u.rtnrn.il III
acar'eti.i .-kii:tal & tuorouL ma-iiitr
D. V. FKIME,
"at tuu resideuce ol J. Kosseter.oijosiii
kSurgeou Dentist, iiraudon, Vt.
orlict.
th Urauuou.iiouse. 1V1
- (3"l7ake"& BiioiiiEUsT
p'talem in Waiohes aud Jewelr), Clocks, Silver
VVsro, taucy CiuoUs, &c. Kepairiui; ueatly dune at
inert notice. Auuuia tor the .-ale ot Colts aud nid
ir itevolver. .'di-rchaiits hxcliauge, Kutlaud, Vt
H U. - LAUi A. W. CLAUli. N. Clakk..
"T K KHttlt "fi7 "
Jt;.Eli and dealer m ow.-vl Mu-ic, iliifital lustru
t iuuts, Jiu.-iu IScKiks. t luckeriux a and Uoarduiau
Grty & Co. 'a t'laiiotortes, Ko-o f Morse's Melodeons,
' 0rovr St. Baker's Sewing .Vlaclmits, Ac., &c
. AlercUAUts' Uovv, Uutlaud..Vt. 17tf
Ult. I. It. PIPCU,
Muryicui uuct .'lirhunuai len-
rOl!icecor. Merchaut's Row and ti est
Streets, Kutlaud, Vt. liltt
"T W- W HI HI A HI), M. D.,
feurgieul anl .'It'cLatiical Dentiit,
Ulllct tir-t door Suulli ol the beiuiiiarj
i'uuitutv. Vt 1-ly
4 1 1 If M T K 1-' K T .
I) li. M .
.Sutdcal tu.d Mecicul Dentist,
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1 i,4il uty , UICV, ou Qour CM
... 1 .1 .I...... St..r
tmm. icuiovtrd aud'le'u UlUd Willi tiold without
huSUiK I he jmtieut. o"J-ly
Jttul. t-'onndry ami .tlaihiue Miop,
; .Near tue K. & K. it. J-'reigul Depot.
C!tlUis ot every description, Mill auu jlachiuery
Work, lui uisiieu proiupuy aud at low prices.
Order-respectlully solicited.
U0WA1A-N k JlAIaHLLD
a-tlaud. Kt. IS, li(.y. i
It' AH'iltl and J li W Mi IU '.
5 t'LAKa & llKOirlbKi)
AVli just received another new aud still largei
iX Stock ot Watches ot all kinds; beauuiul pat
tarn oi jevve.ry ; silver apooun aud iorks; aiivc-i
Plated Ware, opectacles, L-U-cks, Colt s Kevoivers,
fialunx lackie, Kitles, Shot Uuus, aud Fancy Goods
ot wvery desuriptiuu. All bought lor casU, and will
t sold lower tuaucan be bougnt iu Boston or 2vew
l'ork.
Watches, Clooks, Jewelry and spectacles neatl)
retired, as usual.
B.l.'UHa. A. W. CLARK. N. CLAKK.
'1) Merchant's Lxchauge, Rutland, Vt.
FETEli 0. JONES
5 VVUULLSALL AND KhiAlL
ViA F hi li WAKEJiUUSE,
ftei Yater, Cor. ot Devonshire st., Uostou
Int. coutanti on band aud lor sale a large asson
msjat ot ail kinus ui
1 A r v. li .
Book, News, Manilla and i'ress Paper, mauul'actured
to order at snort iiuiitc, aj. lur omii h t t'ETtus.
... . ... . i i
Kuaiueied Cards aud Card a beets.
10
CAKl'ETS, OIL CLO 1 11 & U FHOLSTr.lt Y
it ilAUBLk Uall, 472 Broadway, Albany.
J. VAJS' GAASBEEK Si CO.,
Importers, Manutacturers, aud Dealers iu Carpets,
tm Ciotiu, Window tyfiailfs. Curiam Materials and
IttmmiHft, Miitra.ssts, i't .i, ClmrrK Cushions, ana
SJinoUU'y OooiH oi every kind, W holesale aud Retail,
lata JobuVauUaasbeua.Cltv Carpet stare,U4Ureeii-stJ
Jf AH UAAKUKKK. Il ly U. U. WATSOil.
VA2Q0
A YEAR .MADE 1A' ANY
one with SIO Steucii Tools. Siivei
VAoua! awarded. Samples tree. Address
T:ly A. J. FL'LLAM, Springheld, Vt.
Ci7a HEMONT aM AN UFAUTUltUiGCo
M AN0AC'TL'8KKB OF
YAVm AND BOOKS,
VCrJLlSUEKS. i'lllMEKS AND B1NDKKS,
.Jfuolesale and Retail Deuurs m Bookx aud Station-
iy, auu a uruiwiB va . muis i x aper aiutra.
tf, aud rurcuasen
L'laremout, N . 11.
a-iy
C A I MS IS I K U
TTAS got " The l ea.' add is determiued to make
Ja. JL "IS tncuuB uc.icv c 11 , auu umj noAa litem iy iry
kk, auu I UK y Wl.l ucner. ,t uo" judi cwi ru a suieu-
iXid assortmeut ol choice ud selected Uieu aud
JsMack Teas, aud especially a superior grade oi Black,
or Ooioug Teas, tree from impurities, cr artitlcial
coloriug.
Also, a good assortment of Sugars aud
aati theia some ol the very choicest Uolden and
suar liouse Syrup, aud Buck H heat Flour to ac
compauy Jt.
Aud also, a large assortment of
"Christmas Toys !
To iucrease the ;oys!
v Ot all happy girli and boys."
' (Cash will buy auy ot the above-named articles.
I) Y & K N I C II 1 ,
XJ Wbi
.'holesale and retail dealers iu al! kinds of
t
R E S H 1 S li .
S el as Halibut, Salmon. Blue Fish, Mackerel, Hake
ou. uauuoca, r louuaers, ate
g in part
. Herring.
-ters,
eget
Jigars, to-
i uvea qui
luK at our
i t v -u,t uauuoca, louuaers, ac , &c.
. ; n , " kinds ot SA Li HSll, couistin
'jJi t,.";l,4"u.Cod Fish, Mackerel, White Kish
iit ' : iiaiioui: uesiues i ripe, rigs i eet, Uy
( -r,' r'v neese, t.gg, I'oultr, I'otatoes, aud S
SifJ? i : vt an aiuus. anlv, lobaecu and!
vJivw ' "iihmany other things wtitcb we
t 1 i 11 -fl. but wh.ch mav be founa on call
K-b"2vCa.s OLD SI'OKE," being the hrst north the
. vir.. 'n u ......... a. . . t ra 1,111 ifiii, tr ,i.ni.n n u
1 f KS1&-Xl!llSlreet
Jifnr ar. eddy.
SILAS KNIGHT.
46-tf
in-'
Il5.'ARK'S QUADKILLE BAND'
tt.J'm-K MunriM Vt. Consistlnir of
AMD 3ui VIOLIN,
CORNET aud
BASS.
nlahtj. for Farties, Balls, ft o.
r. jTTFABJt, or will Allen, Brandon.
86,1860.
48-8w
LEIGH S. Gentlemen of Rutland
S
v,tmtv an vicinity: i wouiu nay
?!,.lSutiti1ui! avn RI.V.IRH BUSINESS
. -arried oi at the stand lormerly occupied by
i? I Jt J. D. Mo-bb, in FAst roultney, where you
iill tlnd wo asrtment of
nAriRLK JKTt RINfiLE SLEIGHS.
.Ma nnon lasv Bars' in stvle. finisb and dura
ISp". HARRIS MORSE.
vR i'. A. Ji DMorse, Agent.
Jt'foultney, Pec, I8ti0. bl-
TTr.OX & ChiBS SEWING MA
PTmSB. What .ierg aay of It. "It is In-
I Jli n4W:A" v' tuar aay comparison imtk
VV-..T tMMi wonder Scieutifio American.
Sin.
VOLUME 67.
THE LONELY CHILD.
"Father! dear father!" the young child said,
As she stole one niht to the lonely bed ;
" Father! ob come to my room with toe,
Aud three beautious angels you there will see.
Just now, as I lay with oalf-closed eyes,
1 beard a sweet song from the sparkling skies,
And as I was wondering what it could mean.
Mother, Mary and Willie came gliding in ;
They hovered around m little bed.
And each laid a hand on my acWing hd
The tears from my eyelids fell like pearls,
But they wiped them away with my golden curls,,
1 '11 tell you, father, why I cried
lTu.au h.,,.. n-;tV. .ham tvo I.a.t r.t .1 .
Aud I thought when they'd gone how lonely 'twouR!1
To dwell all alone here just you sud-me. .
'"Tis a dream! a dream! my precittitfefcU'' ' 1
l our acning neaa makes yourrracy wiiu.'
'(A dream! oh no. that cannot be',4
Fordreama do not come and talk with me
And they did talk filter Marv sattl
Iter spirit was blest, though her body was dead ;
A nd. she said that but on e the flowers should die,
And Td find my borne in her own bright sky
And little Willie, as h sto"d there,
With his mild blue eve and golden hair.
Lisped, amid smiles I yet can se ,
4 Come, little sister, and ive w ith me!"
But my gentle mother's eye grew dim.
As she said, ' Let her stay aud comfort ftu-. ;
To both but a lew mouths of sorrow are given
We'll soon have them, Willie, with us In Heaven.'
I hastened here, then, for I thought that you
Would wish to come thers and see them too.
Hush! do you hear that mournful lay f
They're coming, dear father! they're coming this
way
'Tis my mother's lay! she lulls me to rest!"
And the child sweetly slept on the lather's breast.
TUE WIDOW AND CHILD.
BY AMKED TKNJiYPON.
Home they brought her v arrior dead.
She uor swooned, nor uttered cry;
All her maidens, watching said.
' She must weep or she will die "
Then they praised him. soft and low.
Called him worthy to be loved,
1 ruest friend an ! uoblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place.
Lightly to the warrior stept,
Took a face-cloth from the lace;
Vet she neither moved nor wept
Rose a uure of ninety years,
St-t her child upon her knee
Like summer tempests cune her tears
" Sweet, my child, i live for thee '
illi. WOO I) BRIDGE'S
MENT.
JNVKST-
BY H K.I. IN FOREST OUAVF.S.
From the New York Weekly.
The fiery crimson of tlio storniv IS'o
vcinlxT sunset was staining all the hills
with its luriti glare the wind, innrmuritig
restlessly amoiifr the dead leaves that la
heaped over the woodpaths, seemed to
mourn, with an almost human voice. Hut
the autumnal melancholy without only
served to heighten the cheerfulness of the
roaring wood' fire, whose ruddy glow
danced and quivered over the rough ratt
ers of Farmer Woodbridge's spacious old
kitchen, sparkling on the polished surfaces
of platters and glimmering brasses, and
sending a long stream of radiance through
the uncurtained windows out upon the
darkening road.
"Yes, as I was savin' afore," observed
the old farmer, rubbing bis toil-hardened
hands together, and gazing thoughtfully
into the tire, "it's been a capital harte-t
UU year. I wouldn't ask for no better.
So, wife, you jit pick out some o' them
yaller pippin apples, and put 'em into Jes
sie's baket am'n when she calls arter it."
"Won't the little red 'uns do as well r
I calculated to keep them pippins tor mar
ket; Squire Benson says they're worth "
'I don't keer what they're worth," inter
rupted the farmer, as his helpmate, a spare,
angular woman with a face ploughed with
innumerable little lines oi care, fingered
the yellow-cheeked apples dubiou-ly. "I
teJI you what it is,Ketury-folks never lo-t
anything by doin' a kind thing. I never
could make vou believe that, unless the
pay came right in, in hard cash ! Now
here's Jessie Moreton, as likely a gal as
ever breathed, teachin' school day in and
day out, and her raarra sewin' to hum',
earnin' a livin' by the hardest liorn ladies,
both on 'em. Don't vou spose these ap
ples '1! be worth more to them, if you give
'em with a kind word, ttian they would be
to that pesky tight-fisted agent upto Hard-
wiehe Hall, if he gave a dollar a bushel .'
"Charity begins to hum'," said Keturah.
jerking out the supper table with an odd
twist of the face. "Not but what Jessie s
well enough but you'd a plaguy sight
better scratch your pennies together to pay
up that mortgage, if you don't want the
Hardwiche agent foreclosing on you. And
them pippins is just as good as so much
money. There they be, anyhow, in the
basket one of your investments I guess!"
'One of my investments, then, n you
like to call it so, Ketury," said the farmer,
banishing the annoyed expression which
bad overspread his face when she alluded
to the mortgage. "Come 'long in Jessie,
my gal '." he added, cheerily, as a light
tough souuded on the door latch. "Here's
the basket all right, and some o them
golden pippins tucked into't. Maybe
they'll tempt your mother's appetite."
Jessie Moreton was a slender, graceful
girl of about seventeen, with satin-smooth
bands of chestnut h$ir, parted above a low,
sunny forehead, large liquid eyes, and
cheeks which Farmer Woodbridge always
declared, "sot him to thinkin' of them vel
vet looking Jarsy peaches, that grew on
the tree down in the south medder '" She
tojk up the little basket with a grateful
smile, that went even to the flinty heart of
Mrs. Keturah,
"O, Mr. Woodbridge, how kind you al
ways are to us ! If I were only rich if
I could only make some return
"Don't you say a word alxiut that are,"
said the farmer, rubbing his nose very
hard. "Jest you run home as fast as ever
you can put, for its getting most dark, and
the November wind ai. 't no ways healthy
as I ever heerd on. And J say, Jessie, if
it rains to-morrow so you can t get to scliooi
handy, just you stop here, and I'll give
vou a liti in my waggm.
"Dear old Mr. Woodbridge," sollilo
nuized Jessie Moreton to herself as her
. 1 i 1 1
lmht footstep pattered along ou tue iauen
leaves, "how many, many times I have
iiml cause to thank his eenerous leurt.
And to think that he should be so dis
tressed about the mortgage by the agent
at TIrdwiche Hall."
She paused for a moment to lex k up to
where the stately roofs and gables of the
nail rose darkly outlined against the crim
son that still burned stormily in the fky.
On a commanding height, and nearly hid
den in trees, many of whom still retained
their brilliant autumn foliage, it seemed
almost like an old baronial castle.
'There it stands," she mused, "shut up
and silent, year after year; its magnificent
rooms untenanted; the flowers blossoming
ungathered in its conservatories. Si&ce
Mrs. Hardwiche died twenty years since,
mamma says the family have been away
and now the only surviving heir is travel
ing, no one knows where. I wonder if he
knows how grasping and cruel his agent
is ? Oh dear," she added softly, "money
does not always come where , it is most
needed. If I were the ' mistress of Hard
wire Hall T
She started with a. flight scream the
next instant, as a tall figure rose up , from
a mossy border by the road-side, directly
in front of her.
"Pardon me," said a voice that instantly
reassured her, for it was too gentle to
come from any but a gentleman, "but I
am 3ot certain that I have not lost my
way. Is this the Elden road ? I was
waiting for some one to come and direct
me."
"Tbis is Elden road, said Jessie, all
uncoiTscious that the last gleams of the
fading sunset were lightening up her fair,
innocent face with an almost' angelic
beauty, a.s she stood there -among the fall
en leaves.
"And can you tell me the shortest foot
path to Hardwiche Halt? I have not
been in the neighborhood since I was a
little child, and I am completely at fault."
Jessie hesitated a moment. "I could
how you better than tell you, for it is
rather a complicated road, she said, "and
if you will accept my services as guide it
will not be much out of my way."
"I shall feel very much honored," said
the stranger. " Meantime let me carry
your basket."
It was a wild and lovely walk, winding
among rnoss garlanded trees and hollows,
sweet with aromatic incense , of dying
leaves. Jessie could not help admiring
the chivalric manners and polished cour
tesy of her companion, and he was more
than pleased with the blooming loveliness
and girlish dignity of his young guide. A
few adroit questions respecting Hardwiche
Hall and its neighborhood, sufficed to
drfiw forth a spirited abstract of the char
acter of the Hardwiche agent, and the im
positions he was won't to practice upon
the tenants and neighbors, as well as an
arch description of most of the charac
ters" thereabouts. Then he continued to
learn all about Jessie's little school, and
her ailing mother, and he smiled to him
self, in the. twilight, to observe the pride
of her mein. when she alluded to the high
position from which unforseen reverse
had compelled her mother to descend.
"Then," she said, suddenly pan-nig with
il feeling as if she had been too communi
cative. "If we could only cross yonder
lawn, the gates are close by, but we shall
have to go a quarter of a mile round."
"Why?" asked the stranger.
"Mr. Talcott will not allow travellers
to cross here he says it is private prop
erty." I fancy I .-hall dare Mr. Talcott's
wrath." said the gentleman, laughing, a
he pu.-hed ojwn the wiiegate that defend
ed the forbidden space. "It is perfectly
absurd to make people go a quarter of a
mile out of their way for a mere whim."
Thev had scarcely entered the enclos
ure when they met an unlooked-for obsta
cle, Talcott himself, who was prowling
over the ground- on the q'i rive for trespasser.-.
"Hallo, here I" growled he ; "just turn
back it you plea-e. This i-n't the public
thoroughfare."
The stranger held Jessie's arm under
his own a little tighter, as if to repress her
evid-nt inclination to " beat a retreat."
He was disposed to maintain his position.
"I don't see any reasoable cause why
we -houldn't go ahead," he said, pertin.t
. ...... ,
ctou-ly. mere is a natti here ati'i I sup
pose it was made to walk on."
"Not for ij'tv." said the agent, contempt
uously, "so go back as fast as you ran!"
"Is it possible that people are made to
travel a circuitous and unpleasant route,
for no other earthly reason than your ca
prices, sir ?" asked the gentleman, looking
down at the little man, from the altitude
of his six feet, with a kind of laughing
'corn. "Did it ever occur to you, my
jjood friend, that others had rights and
conveniences as well as yourself i"
"Can t help their rights nothing to
rne, snarled the agent, planting nimseit
obstinately in the path. I forbid all pass
ing here .
"But I suppose Everard Hardwiche
may have the privilege of crossing his own
land ?" persisted the stranger, still present
ing the half contemptuous smile that had
from the beginning made the agent so un
comfortable.
Talcott grew, not exactly pale, but yel
low with consternation.
"Mr. Hardwiche sir, I did not know
we did not expect"
"No I know you didn t, my good man.
Be so good as to step aside and allow me
to pass'with the lady. Miss Jessie, don't
forget that I need your services a few
minutes yet. When we reach the house,
I prolong my walk to your cottage. Nay,
don't shrink away from me are we not
to be very good friends ?"
" The prettiest girl 1 ever saw in my
life," was his internal comment, as he at
length parted from her at the little gate,
where "burning bushes and dark green
ivy were trained together with all a wo
man's taste.
The Christmas snows lay white and
deep on the farmhouse eaves the Christ
mas logs ferackled on the hearth,where
Mr. Woodbridge still gazed dreamily into
the glowing cinders, and Mrs. Keturah's
knitting needles clicked with electric
speed.
"That mortgage bothers me it bothers
me," he murmured, almost plaintively.
"Well, I spose it ain't no use frettin ; but
I had thought to live and die in the old
place where my father did,afore me. The
Lord's will be done, though. Somehow
things hain't prospered with me I don't
seem to get along."
"You'd ha' got along well enqugh, I
guess," responded Keturah, who belonged
to that class of people known as "Job's
comforters," " if you'd only looked after
your p's and q's as I told you. You al
ways was too free handed, and now you
see what it's brought ye tew."
"Well, well, Ketury, we never did think
alike on some things," returned the old
, ., 11 -.1 nl.......l,tUH ..l.
Jlall. I AH $ laiH -auoui a ji;aain.c ouu-
ject. What do you think about our
school-ma'am's marrying young Mr,
Hardwiche to morrow 'i Didn't I always
tell you that Jessie Moreton was born to
be a lady? I may be onlucky myself, but
anyhow, I'm glad to hear of little Jessie's
luck."
"You'd a great deal better keep your
sympathy for yourself," growled Keturah.
What's other folk's luck to you, I'd like
to know ? There some one's knocking
at the door see who 'tis ?"
It was a little note, brought by one of
the school-boys under Jessie s care;
"Where's my glasses ? I cau't see as well
as I could once. Shove the candle this
way, will you, Ketury ?' And fitting his
brass bowed spectacles" upon his nose, the
old roau unfolded the ; note , and read, in
Jessie's delicate chirograph; j ?
"Do not let that mortgage disturb your
Christmas Day to-morrow, dear father
WoodbriJge It will never haunt your
nKvNj aA i ;l 'V V v
RUTLAND, VT., THURSDAY
hearthstone again. Mr. Hardwiche will
.-end you the papers .soon, to destroy.
This is Jessie's Christmas present. I
have not forgotten those 'golden pippin'
nor all the other kindnesses.
"Aha, wife :" said the old man, smiling,
and trying to brush away, unseen, the big
tears that would come, "what do you think
of my investments now
Keturah's reply was neither eleguiit,
nor strictly speaking, grammatical, but it
was significant. She said simply,
"Well, I never !"
From the liurliugton Times
THE VOICE OF PATRIOTISM.
RING OF THE TRUE METAL.
The name and fame of General John E.
Wool, of the American Army, are, while
he yet lives, (and long may he live !)
among the honored treasures of American
history. No more gallant deeds, no high
er wisdom or skill, in strategy, no nobler
tlaring in battle, hare distinguished any
name in our country's annals. From the
'bloody heights' of Qucenstown, in lrtl'2,
to the 'crowning carnage,' of Btiena Vi-ta.
in 1817, General Wool has gone jniri
passu, in higlv renown, and in the deeds
which justify high renown, with his illus
trious, superior associate and friend. Scott,
and now loth these veteran chieftains are
found, where their lives have been spent,
defending and upholding the Union.
We give, below, a straight-forward, pa
triotic letter from General Wool, recently
addressed to a friend in Washington. . In
tone and sentiment it is the counterpart of
the one he addressed, on the Oth of De
cember, to General Cass, (Secretary of
State.) strongly urging the reinforcement
of Major Anderson, the sturdy defender of
American honor in Charleston harbor. If
war ami blood-hed follow the treasonable
action of South Carolina, it will be be
cause the counsels of that letter were not
heed 'il by Buchanan.
It must be remembered that General
Wool, in his political predilection-, ha
ever 1
en an unwavering 'democrat.' Butt
to the true patriot, at such a time as thi
party politics are less than nothing Gen
eral Wool illustrates and interprets the
united sentiment of all patriotic men. His
letter is as follows :
Troy, Dec. 31, 1800.
My Di'ar Sir : South Carolina, after
27 years, Mr. Rhett says 30 years, of con
stant and increasing efforts by her leaders
to induce her to secede, has declared her
self out of the Union; and this too with
out the slighte.-t wrong or injustice done
her people on the part of the Government
of the United States. Although she may
have seized the revenue cutter, raised her
treasonable Palmetto flag over the United
States Arsenal, the Custom House, IV-t-o'iiee.
Castle Pickney and Fort Moultrie,
she i- not out of the Union, nor beyond
the pale of the United Slate-. Before she
can get out of their juri-diction or control,
a reconstruction of the Con-timtion tnut
be had r civil war eii-ne. In the latter
case it would require no prophet to fore
tell the result.
It is reported that Mr. Buchanan lias
received informally the Commissioners ap-j-omted
by iln.- rend- ot oiHli Carolina to
negotiate for the public 'property in the
harbor of Charleston and for other purpo
ses. It is alo reported -.that the P.' si
dent disapproved of the conduct of Major
Anderson, who, being satisfied that he
would not be able to defend Fort .Moultrie
with the few men under his command,
wisely took po-scssioa of Fort S iuiter.
where he could protect himself a'.d the coun
try from the disgrace which might have
occurred, it he had remained at Fort Moul
trie. Being the commander in the harbor,
he had a right to occupy Fort Sumter, an
act which the safety of the Union as well
as his own honor demanded. It is like
wise stated that apprehensions are ent-r-tained
that Major Anderson will be requir
ed to abandon Fort Sumter and re-occupy
Fort Moultrie. There can be no founda
tion for such apprehensions, tor surely the
President would not surrender the citadel
of the harbor of Charleston to rebels. Fort
Sumter commands the entrance, and in a
few hours could demolish Fort Moultrie.
So long as tin; United States keeps posses
sion of this Fort, the independence of South
Carolina will be in name and not in fact.
If, however, it should be surrendered to
South Carolina, which 1 do not apprehend,
the smoothered indignation of the free
States would be roused b:yond control. It
would not be in the power of any one to
restrain it. twenty days two hundred
thousand men would be in readiness to
take vengeance on all who would betray the
Union into the hands of its enemies. Be
assured that I do not exaggerate the feel
ings of the people. They are already suf
ficiently excited at the attempt to dissolve
the Tnion, for no other reason than that
they constitutionally exercised the most
precious right conferred on them, of voting
tor the person whom they considered the
most worthy and the best qualified to fill
the office of President. Fort Sumter
therefore ought not, and I presume will
not, be delivered over to South Carolina.
1 am not, however, pleading for tlio Fruw
States, for they are not in danger, but for
the Union ami preservation of the Cotton
States. Those who sow the wind must
expect to reap the whirlwind. The lead
ers of South Carolina could not have no
ticed that we live iu an age of progress,
and that all Christendom is making rapid
strides in the inarch of civilization and
freedom. If they had, they would have
discovered that the announcement of ev
ery victory obtained by the Hero of the
19th century, Garibaldi, in favor of the op
pressed of Italy, did not fail to electrify
every American heart with joy and glad
ness. 'Where liberty dwells there is my
country," was the declaration of the illus
trious Franklin. This principle is too
strongly implanted in the heart and mind
of every man in the Free States, to be
surrendered because South Carolina de
sires it in order to extend the area of Sla
very. With all christianized Europe and
nearly all the civilized world opposed to
Slavery, are the Southern States prepar
ed to set aside the barriers which shield
and protect their institutions under the
Uuited States Government ?. Would the
separation of the South from the North,
give greater security to Slavery than it
has now under the Constitution of the
Uniou ? What security would they have
for tie return of runaway slaves ? I ap
prehend none, whilst the number of runa
ways would be greatly augmented, and
the difficulties of which slaveholders com
plaiu would be increased tenfold. How
ever much.individuals might condemn Sla
very, the Free ' are prepared to sus
tain and defer guarantied by the
Constitution. . ,
y la conclusion, I would avoid the bloody
and desolating example of the Mexican
MORNING, JANUARY
States. I am now, and forever, in favor
I of the Union, its preservation, and the rigid
! . r - i , . ... . f.
maintenance or tne rights anu interests oi
the States, individually as well as collec
tively. . Yours, Sec,
- John E. Wool.
LAWS.
The' following arc the laws relating to
Rutland village, whica 'were passed at the
late session of the Vermont Legislature :
No. 77. An Act in amendment of an act
entitled "an act in addition to an act in
corporating the Village of Rutland," ap
proved Nov. 16, 1858.
It is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont, as follows i
Sec. 1. The appointment of water
commissioners, provided for by an act en
titled "an act in addition to an act incorpo
rating the village of Rutland," approved
November 10th, 185S, -hall hereafter be
made at an annual meeting of the village
of Rutland: I'rovid.d, that if any vacancy
sha'l occur in the office of water commis
sinner, by reason of the death, resignation
or removal of any water commissioner al
ready appointed, said village may, at any
special meeting called for that puqos
fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
unexpired term for which said commis
sioner was elected.
Approved November 20 1800.
No. 78. An Act in amendment of an act
entitled "ait act to incorporate the Vil
lage of Rutland." approved Nov. l;'ih.
117.
is hiitby enaeed, JfC. :
Sice. 1. Section two of an act entitled
"an act to incorporate the village of Rut
land," is hereby amended so a- to read as
follows :
An annual meeting of said corporation
shall be holden on the last Wednesday of
May in each year, at six o'clock in the af
ternoon, at the court house in .said Put
land, or at such other place such or
jioration shall hereafter appoin ; of which
notice sliall be posted at two public place
in said village, and published once i iUiv
newspaper printed therein, at feast ten
lays previous to said meeting, which no
tice shall be rigned by the clerk of said
corporation, and in case of his failure, by
the trustee,; and whenever five legal vo
ters of .said corporation shall so quest
the clerk, and upon his neglect or refusal,
he tru-tee, may call a special meeting of
laid corj (oration, giving like not ire of the
iiiie, and specifying in such notice the
dject of said meeting: au 1 at the meet
iigs of said corporation none but inhabi
tuits qualified by law to vote in town
ni-etings in said town, and who ehall have
resided f..r one year within the limits
htrein or hereafter established for -aid vil
U'ge, shall Ik' entitled to vote.
Sec. 2. Section eight of the act to
viiieh this is an amendment, shall le -o
amended a- to read as follows :
I he corjtoratidn may, at any annual
meeting, but at no other meeting or time,
lay a tax on the jiollsofthe inhabitants of
-aid village, and ratable estate within the
saute, whether of re-idem or non-residents,
ti.tr any ot the puro-'s mentioned in this
act : and tie-tru-.-e- -hall make out a rate
bill accordingly, and deliver the same to
the collector. Who
pOWel to Collect sue
. 1,.
!!..,.,....' .1...11 l .1... .....
.itatt tti. -.,i.i.
i tax a the collector
ot town taxes; and may. in like manner,
sell property to satisfy the -aine, and tor
the wiuit thereof commit an v per-on against
whom he ha- -ucli tax to j.til : I'rorided.
that n tax or taxes exceeding in the ag
gregate twenty-five cents on the dollar ot
the li.-i of the poll of the inhabitants of
said village, and of the ratable estate within
sa d village, shall be voted or authorized
at any mevtinir of said cororution.
S;:c 3. The trustees of .-aid corpora
tion sh.ill be penally liable for any claim
or liability incurred by them in behalf of
said eo-iMration, beyond what is provided
tor by tax.
Snc 1. No money shall be expended
by any person for or in behalf of said cor
poration, except the trustees and water
conimi-sioner.
Sec. "j. Th'" :l,'t shall not be con-trued
so as to prevent said corporation, at any
annual meeting duly warned and holden
ti.r that purpo-e. from voting a tax of any
amount, when the -atne h:ill be nece--ary
for the purpo-e of paying any indebted
ness or liability ol said corporation which
may have accrued previous to the parage
of this act.
Approved November 24, lO".
No. 7'J. An Act in alteration of and in
addition to an act entith l"an act to in
corporate the Village of Rutland," ap
proved Nov. 15. 1 JS."7 .
It is hereby enacted. St. :
Sec. 1. The Village of Rutland may,
at the next annual meeting of said corpo
ration, divide thj territory within the cor
poration limits of said village, into seven
wards, and define the 'boundaries thereof;
and therefore the legal voters residing in
each ward shall, at the annual meeting of
said corporation, elect one trustee of said
corporation.
Sll. 2. All acts and uarts of acts in-
consi-tenl with this act are hereby n
1H)).1.
iec. 3. I fits act shall not take effect
unless the majority of the legal voters pr
sent at the next annual meeiing of said
corporation shall, by their vote at said an
nual meeting, assent to this act.
Approved" November 27, 180"
Exot'iiii fok one Bed. Emigration
to the State of Michigan was so great du
ring the year 135-0 that every house
was tilled every night with travellers
wanting lodging. Every traveler tiiereat
that time will remember the difficulty of
obtaining a bed in the hotels, even it' he
had two or three strange bed fellows.
The Rev. Ilosea Brown, an eccentric
Methodist minister, stopped one nig'it at
one of the hotels iu Ann Arbor, and in
quired if he could have a bed and room
to himself. The barkeeper told him he
could, unless they should be so full as to
render it necessary to put another in with
him. At an early hour the reverend gen
tleman went to his room, locked the door
and soon retired to his bed, and sunk into
a comfortable sleep. Along towards mid
night, he was roused from his slumbers by
a loud knocking at his door.
"Hallo!" you there," he exclaimed,
"what do you want now?" particular
stress on thejast word
"You must take another lodger, sir,
with you," said the vjice cf the landlord.
"What ! another yet?"
"Why, yes there is only one iu here,
is there ?"
"One ! here is Mr. Brown, a Methodist
preacher, and mystlf, already, and I
should think that enough for oue bed even
in Michigan,"
The landlord seemed to think so too,
and left the parson to bif repose.
10 1861.
FROM THE HOME OF LINCOLN.
Correspondence of the N V Tribune
Springfield, 111., Dec. 22, 18G0.
On my arrival here, I find Mr. Lincoln
cheerful and hopeful for the ultimate fu
ture. He retires regularly at 10 o'clock
takes breakfast at 9 seeing no visitors
until 10 in the morning, when he appears
at his rooms at the State House. A few
hours there, and again be seeks auiet at
home to read his letters (all that ojght to
be read) and the papers ot the day.
Those remote from here who fear more
that Mr. Lincoln will be murdered by his
friends than his foe , (if he has any,) do
not know his excellent wife, "who will
most certainly interfere whenever danger
comes in th u direction. A party of South
erners called upon the President the other
day, and one among them, hailing from
Mississippi, wore a cockade. No sooner
had be reached the, room where Mr. Lin
coln was than he made a desperate effort
to hide it, but it was no go, to the mortifi
cation of Mississippi, and the infinite
amusement of those looking on. Does not
this indicate on a small scale what vve may
expect by and by on a large scale ? only
with this difference : they will deeire to
hide themselves along with their cockades.
Mr. Lincoln does not credit the rumor
that Mr. Buchanan has ordered the fort
of Ctiarle-tou to be given up.
The family will leave here toward the
close of Fein uary, and proceed to Wash
ington as quietly as possible, avoiding our
Northern cities where formal receptions
would be likely to take place.
A niece of Mrs. Lincoln a beautiful
and accomplished young lady of eighteen
will grace the presidential party on their
journey, and wili become a member of
the family at the White Hou-e. I ought
not, perhaps, to mention this biUer inter
esting fact, lest it might attract -o many
young Republican, to Washington as to
make our friends down south think it a
Wide Awake procession !
To-day Mr. Lincoln received a present
of a very beautiful hat. fitting him exactly,
from a lady in New York, a desce udent
from one of the old Knickerbocker fami
lies, and who-e paternal am e-tor was a
member of the tir-t American Congre-s.
which met in Philadelphia, in 1771.
A soft travelling hat came with the
other, both in a very elegant and sub-tan-tian
case.
Young Lincoln, the "Prince of Rail-."
now at Harvard College, ami who is high
ly -joke!i of at Springfield, will join his
parents on their way to Washington.
If patriotism, intelligence, and virtue
shall be appreciated at the seat of Gov
ernment, then hall this ino-t excellent
family occupy a position second to none
which has preceeded it.
Cromwul.
The Convkmence or Slavfky.
We have found a race who were less war
like, and Its- energetic shopkeepers than
we; who have very little skill in trade.
We found it very convenient to keep them
at work, since, by the aid of a little whip
ping, we could get th- ir work for nothing
but their board and the cost of whips.
What if it co-f -a few unplea-aut scene-on
the coast ot Attica? That was a great
way off; and the -ceties could be endured
by some sturdy, unscrupulous fellows,
who could go for high wages and bring u
the men. and r.eed not trouble our ears
with the di-areeable particulars. It any
mention was made f homicide, madness,
adultery, and intolerable tortures, we
would let the church-bells ring louder, the
church-organ swell its peal, and drown the
hideous sound. The sugar they raised
was excellent ; nobody tasted bltxnl in it.
The coffee was fragrant ; the tobacco was
incense ; the brandy made nations happy ;
the cotton clothed the world. What! all
raised by these men, and no wages ? Ex
cellent ! What a convenience ! Thev
seemed created by Providence to bear the
heat and whipping, and make these fine
articles. Emerson.
Greatness is in Mot.vk, not in Ac
tion. We are accustomed to sp..-ak of
certain actions as great, or noble ; but
what is it that con. titutes the greatness ot
an action .' Is it some striking reult ac
complished in the outward world? some
triumph of genius, 0r even of Christian
effort, to which men may point, and say,
"this is the work of a hero, a philanthrop
ist, or saint .' Is it this alone .' Surely
not. The greatness of an act often lies in
the noblt motive. It may be known only
to the secret heart, and to its God. It
may be it.iply the triumph of Christian
principle o'er some emotion of selli-hnes
anger or envy, unspoken, but struggling
tor ulteraiic" m word or deed. It may b
the forming' fa firm lesolve, which chau
ges the chaitcter of the life: vet so slow
ly that it i- oilv after the laps of month
or years, that he world sees tlie full result
of that fir-t fiosrot consecration. Deed
ni. iy be great, but motives, the hidden
springs ot actio:, are greater -till
SilEEl'. Mr. James S Grenin-ll. of
Greenfield, Mass., .'the board of agricul
ture, has prepared f long official paper on
trie sheep husbandry giving a history ot
the different breeds, aid discussing their
several excellencies aid defects for Amer
ican growth. His eoncfision is that the
most profitable sheep are qse which pro
duce middling and coarse wools. Iu 2
vears the number of sheep in Massachu
setts has decreased 265,0MA Hid the num
ber is now but 112,000, and te same as
the number of dogs. Of the dors, 33,000
were licensed in 1851', producing a gross
tax of 3 6,001); an tquaf nnnber it is be
lieved were destroyed by tluir owners as
not being worth the tax, whiltall the bal
ance escaped both the tax aud u-ath. The
dogs are believed to be the great obstacle
to sjeep raising, and the thorough tiifcrce
ment of the dog law the great Jimdy for
the evil. In Ohio, in a single y the
dogs killed $140,000 worth of sheep. One
ram is known to have propagated I'lOO
lambs in a tingle heasou.
Montesquiec Iu a little sketch if
himself which he left with his family, he
has drawn the picture of a perfect consti
tution that was 6eldom abused :
My machine is sq happily constituted
that I am impressed by objects sufficiently
for them to give me pleasure, but not for
them to give me pain.
" Study has been for me the sovereign
remedy against all the disgusts of life, hav
ing never had a chagrin which au hour's
reading did not dissipate. . ''-
I awake in the morning witn a secret
joy at the prospect of seeing the light ; I
see the Iiglit wun ecsiacy, uu an tue -jr
lon2 I am contented. 1 pass the night
without waking, and in the evening when
. j :
I retire to bed a species of drowsiness pre- J of Egypt's kings ever bore on their proud
tenu my thinking.'' ' "IfjnmSta..
NUMBKH 2
Anecdote of Old Ironsides. TW
following is well calculated to mikc the
rising generation proud of the noble spirits
i. : i. i i i t s
men tutu no mucn lustre on their coun
try s name during me memorable war of
I01A with tue then proud mistress of the
seas.
The most brilliant naval action of the
last war was undoubtedly that of th u
American frigate Constitution (44) ccm-
1 . J ... r , s '
-nucu uy vvommoaore Stewart, when
idle captared the two British corvettes,
Cyaune and Levant, of a greatly superior
lorce, each of them being equal to the old
fashioned thirty-three gun frigates. The
handling of the American frigate through
out was scientific and unexceptionable.
Ry no manajvering could either of the
British vessels obtain a position to rake
the Constitution, ehift their ground as they
would. Old Ironside3 was between, blaz
ing away ujwii both vessels at the auie
time. During the whole; action. Stewart,
instead of mounting the horseblock, sat in
a more exposed situation Ltrida the ham
mock netting,, the betteij to observe the
mancevering of his antagonists. The
Cyanne was the first to strike to Brother
Jonathau not an unusual thing with Brit
ish ve'ssels during that War. The flr.f
lieutenant catne iu haste
dore to announce the tact
to the Coiamo-
"The starboard -hij 114,
said the officer.
;ru k, -ir,"
"I know it, sir," replied the Commodore
" I he battle is just half w ,n."
"Snail I order the b;
Yankee Doodle. s;r ? -IUI
riant.
nd to strike up
lired tlie lieute-
Here the Commodore tUk a huge pinch
of Shuttarid iheu aiis-.vereil quickly
Had we not better whip the other first.
Ay. ay, -.ir." replied
the lieutenant,
to his quarter.
taking tlie hint, and went
. i . -.. - i
... .-iiorm,iiuie anerwJM-. the Levant
I o l . p. , . .
lowered tlie cross of ol J
stars and stripe-, and the
ed. The lieutenant belt;
buked at his premature
England to the
battle was cm!,
r somewhat re-
exultation !lMHI
the surrender of the fir-t vks-el. was rather
dry of nj.jiro idling hi-
:i!ii:!i'
-r again,
id wish a
but Stewart beckoning to
him. -:
-mile :
"Don't you think the
.and had rVtter
sinrve up I atiKee U'KMiie niow. sir r
In an in-tant that -
t that spirit-stirring str
the bi'eei". plaved a-
train
was tlo'itiiig ou
no
other than a launce ban.
can play it. and
the gallant crew shouted
rth their cheer-
of victory a- no oilier thfiha Yankee crew
can -hout.
The Dead alive
:ain. The -.
ly living in the
h- since set off
':oiue frequently
l'-t'ers cea-ed :
hi- mother had
itli the ("alifor-
of a respectable widow I;
il - r v
e-t IJivi-ioil, some hioii:
for California. He wrote
at fir.-t, but suddenly hi-:
on W.-dne-da v. howc-er
. .in p!a ;el in her hands 4
nia n.'-t mark on it. SI.
b o-ned the cn-
veIot.e. glanced at th:
Ohteiit-. gave a
heart-piercing shriek, aiid II
iioo i the
floor in a state of in-en-P
to red to cons.'ioustiess.
My poor boy ! They !
ilitv. When le-
she exclaimed.
IVir hu e liiin !"
shir of paper contain
e.f ill the . J ef
read a- follows :
LTN' III P. Day befoj-e ycterlay the
(o!v ot a oiimi' man wa- li-c.. . r.- l tci'iir-
ing to the limb of a tree il,e p.i i lead
ing from San J to i;-- i ". about
five miles tVo'u the to.-i;j- r !ow:i. Upon
his bre.t-t wi- a (i.i'i. l with !ii- words.
" Hung tor hor-e -teao .,'." I . paper
found in hi- pocket, it w.is -upp.i.cd ili tt
th't name of the tiiih ippy yo ith wa J.i:u-
, formerly ot C-dcago. 111. His i.udy
was buried beneath the :iee on which he
whs hung.
This was wh it -o agonized the heart of
the mother, but it struck the by-: tr: lers
to farther exatniue the tni-sh-. I: wa
from the suppo--d dead :i;i i.i.a-elf. and
rea 1 as follsw- :
Deak Moth:. K-Fearing that yi -night
-ee through some channel, the in- t ed ac
count ot tnv execution, I i'iclo-e i! to you,
with tic- remark that it is utf-ry ?ai-e, a
these line- will -auViently prove. I have
never been arn-tej, or even suspected of
horse tealing, and Live never been hung.
Ever since I la-t -aw yd I have be -n up
in the FiHZer river country, where I have
done exceedingly well, and have ma le so
much monev that I have resolved to co-ne
home, and go into some business in Chi
cago I am now on my way. and will bt
at home three weeks after you receive
this. The rascal who was hum was a
fellow name I Murphy, who stole from me
a satchel which contained -oin-- of your
letters and s(ll!le other papers of mine,
which no doubt were in his pocket when
he was found tu the tree; and litis led to
the belief thai he was
Your affectionate son.
Javi::s .
The iov of the ton
1 mother an 1
'iher t
l...r."..t' fl. family. ni:lV If better ItU-
MTined than described. ': James return is
.mw looked for A'ith jovous h arts by the
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M NsiTiv i Pi on f. There is no help
for being sensitive, but it ought to teach a
person tenderness toward- others. It .i-jes
not. however A great many H-ople who
pride themselves Uon their - rankness.
and always ' speaking their mind, are the
very last ones who will hear the same
things from anybody else. They never
are untrue t their convictions not they.
They mean to be faithful and do their du
iv. and so thev ar, always daring your
faults in the liiost ofivnsive manner. But
go to one of these people, say tolnm
-Mr. Hetchel, I feel it my dutV to tell
you that your tcn, r is not the sweetest;
that your children behave bad at echool,
.i,.., I,..,, lie. pinch, play ttuant. and are
dirty into the bargain," and lo . you have
disturbed a whole wasp's nest of evil pas
sion, and probably your family and the
Hctchels w ill lie put on non-intercourse an
the rest of voiir life. Speaking one s mind.
with these" Pi le, means the privilege of
sticking needles into every one's feelings
they choose, whereas all tnc neignoornooa
must lie sweet as eummor towards them.
The power of everything lies in its
truth. It is a divine thing, Truth. Men
do hoimge to it whether they will or not.
Truth is precious because it is indestruct
ible. Yon can't burn the truth. You can
bum the mrtyrs, but you cannot burn the
truth the truth that came from their lips.
It is immortal. The martyrs live in the
immortality of the truths they discovered.
They are preserved in these truths, as I
have seen a beautiful insect preserved in
the midst of golden amber. They are
written in the truth, which is a monument
more enduring than the power aud wealth
' MICELLANEOUS. . ... ? ,
Ink is a caustic which barns often?
the finger of thoee who use it.
Every art is tent tatrght by 'example ;
good deeds are productive of good friends.
An envious man repines as much at tlx
manner in wh;ch iiU neighbor live-;, ai if
he maintained them. .
It is little trouble that wear the heart
out. It is easier to throw a bonju-stbell a
mile than a feather even with artillery.
Every man cherishes in hU heart wne
object, some nbrine at which bU adoration
is paid, unknown to Li fellow-mortahv
It is a great deal better to nay less than
half what you think, than to tbiokoa!'
half what you say. -,.-.'..-
Vice atings us even in oar plea-tire ;
but virtue consolls as, even ia our pain.
Coeton.
Good temper is like a sunny day, it
sheds a bright nes over everything; it is
the sweetener of toil and th ooth.-f of
luquietud.
" A sufScient explanation. Tom
What ails your eye, Joe? Jo I told -a
man he lied.' .
With many, it is a rare circunvstanea
to hear a thing as it is told, rarer still o
remember it as heard, and rarest of all to
tell it as remembered.
He is a fool who reeks that which ha
cannot find ; he is a fool who seek that
which, if round, will do him more ham
than good ; he is a fool, who, having many
ways to his journey's end take the wort.
The influence of men is not to be con
fined to the circle of . their acquaintances.
It spread on every side of them, like the
undulations of the smitten water, and will
reach those whom they never 6aw.
Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and
equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn
forms and awful penalties, and alter all it
is nothing but a lie. It rots a land and
corr jpts a people like any other lie, and
by and by the white light of God s truth
shines clear through it, and shows it to be
a li.
An old man said " For a long time I
puzzled myself about the difficulties of
Scripture until at last I came to tbsoon
elusion that reading the Bible w.rs like
eating fi-h. When I find a difficulty, I
lav it aside and call it a bone. Why
diould I choke on the bone, when there is
so much nutritious meat ?"
A country couple, newly married, stop
ped at the Gibson House in Cincinnati a
few days ago, and the groom called for
some wine. When a-ked what kin I of
wine he would have, he replied. H'
want that kind of wine where ihe cork
jx.p out and liquor loils up like soap
suds." The civility of no race inn !e p. ifert
whilst another race is degraded. It is a
doctrine alike of the oldest anl of the
newest philosophy, that man is one. and
that you cannot injure any memle-r w itho it
a sympathetic injury to all the members.
America i not civil whilst Africa is bar
barous. It often appear- in a family as if all the
qualitie- of the progenitors were potted in
several jrs, sorue ruling' quality iu each
son r r daughter of the boue, and some
times the unmixed temperament, the rank
unmitigated elixir, the family vit is
drawn ofF iu a eingle individual, and the
others are proportionably relieved.
ert on.
Our culture is very cheap and intelligi
ble. Unroof any house, and you shall
find it. The well-being coiisist-'m having
a sufficiency of coffee and toa-t. with a
daily new-paer; a well glaz-d jwrlor,
with marbles, mirror, and center latde ;
and the excitement of a few parties mi l a
tew rides in a ye.-.r. Such as one house,
such are all I.'merson.
ILe English travelers complain that
tltey are sohunie l in our hotels and eo
ii:tle in our stage coaches, A Irish trav
eler took a different v.ew of the case. Hon
est Pat came iu at one-o'clock and was
called up in a half an hour. - And wluu
will ye charge for the bit of lodging?
Twenty five cents," was the reply. "And
sure, 'twas kind of ye to call me 0 airly ;
if I'd -lept until morning, I'd not had the
money tu pay the bill !"
If fate is so prevailing, man is !o part
of it, and can confront fate with fat. If
the universe have tbee avage aeci lent,
our atoms are as savage in resistance.
We should be crushed by the atmosphere,
but for the reaction of the air withiu the
body. A tube made of a film of glass can
resist the shock of the ocean, if filled witu
the same water. If there b omnipotence
in the stroke, there is omnipotence ot recoil.
E person.
I BeaI'TT, That beauty is the normal
,' state, is shown by the perpetual effort of
nature to obtain it. Mirabeau hxlan
uly face on a hm !ome ground ; and we
M-e fac -s every day which have a good
type, but have been marred in the casting ;
the proof that Wr are all entitled to beau
ty, ahould have been beautiful, if our an
cestors had kept the laws as every lily
and every rose it is well. Bat our bodiet
do nut fifus, but caricature aud aatiiize
us. Thus, short legs, which constrain us
to short, mincing steps, are a kird of per-
,.ui iiiiulf Mini contumely to the own
er ; ati'l Hug stlll-s again, pui mm at
al jj-aJvaiitsg",
and force him to
to the general level of mankind
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Martm! ri.Iw ules a gentleman oi ins cry
whosf oiinteiiance resembled the tkoe of
a swimmer m-cu under the water.
Snadi descriles a schoolmater o
ugiy and crabbed that a fight of him
would derange the eestaeie of the ortho
dox." FaiHi are rarely true lo any ideal
tyK but are a record in Mrulpture. of a
thou -and anecdotes of whim and folly.
Portrait painters ay tlat most face and
forms are irregular and unsyrnHlricJ j
have one eye bin and one gray ; th- nose
not fctraight; and one feboulder higher
than the another ; the hair un tjuaiiy dis
tributed. Ac. The man is phyk.a)ly a
well as metaphysically a thing of shreds
and jmtches, borrowed unequally from
good and bad ancestors, and a misfit frou,
the start.
A beautiful person, among the Greeks,
was thought to betray by this feign mmuc
ecret favor of the immortal god ; aud we
can ardon pride, when a woman po ae
es such a figure that where-ever she staods,
or moves, or leaves a tdiadow on the wall,
or nits for a portrait to the artist, fcbe con
fers a favor ou the world.
No iO. An agent of th Palmetto na
tion is said to have appeared in Wall street.
New York, to attempt the sale of some of
the new State bonds just issued to the
amount of $100,000. The broker were
all polite, but declined to take the article
al any price, and those known as "friends
of the South' did no better than tLe oth.
ers. The agent cursed Yankee, btupidity
aud left. ;
We talk now of j Lenomena. and of the
chain of events as if all things happened
by machinery as if the world were a hue,e
clot k which had been wound up in ek-rui.
ty , and continued to work without a present
0 od- Spurcjmu
J, R. BAENES.
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