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Tlic most - - -e.ttPtisive r.ml varied assortment of Ito.e. wood I'innn Kortes, idain ami ornamental, elegant I iialternselahnrnlely carved, nml highly finislif d with 1 J'earl keis.all of oiirnwiiinaiiulaclure.and warrant. 1 nl inevery narttrtilar, ran he lonml at our Ware rooms, 301 Ilroadway, New Vork. Ill'NNKTTA CD. Sept. 8,1 8.52. wly New Books, LAY VRD'S PECOND EXPEDITION. IISCOVHUIKS ninoii llto riiinsnf Nin. II eveh and llnhylon, w ith travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and llie Desert, heing the remit ot a n-c-ond rxieditinn hy AiiMiu II. l.ayard, with .Maps, Memoirs of the f the Queens ol ll.-nry the VIII, am Olizaheth of Y ink, by Agnes Strickland his .uother. I Yusel a Crusade in the Kast, hy J Koi-s llrnwtie. Illustrated. Il irry f'overilales Courtship anil what came of it, by the author ol ".Marrving.Man," etc. Kwiysiinil Miscellanies, Choice Cullings from the Manuscript nf (irat e Agnilar. The loriunes ol tlic Colville Kiiinlly, hy the au thor ii"I'raiik.KnrleiKh." 1'Vrn I.eaveH Irom I'nniiy's I'ort folin." Tor sale by N. WAKP.KN.Nn. V, Hank lllock. June 13, 1853, iKtwtt 5000, His. i'inls(oiicK 5000 lbs. I'innn Chain ; 1011 setai Ijlakc's I'umn Cnsttnus: lot) Chain I'umps complete, fur sale hy DAVIIY it AU.HN. MaylQ. wl7wtl SILVER SPOONS. I Oood assortntpnt of Silver Spoons ol il bcanlifiilmaiiiilacturcanil finish, and warranted nnre aBcoin,at Mnrcli 10. ditwtl Shed Jjcnd and head Pipe, llllilj ut Bum aa iuiiii a. llie cneliprsl liy May!! I A (i ,-lillOM! iliVwll !.. OETItr. 1'nwi the Lmim Ifr J,mninl. llolMI.s AXI) l'KAltf. Our hopes are like the wreaths of foam 'J'h.tt glitter nn eaeli shining wae, When with a gti-diing sound they conio The while and thlisty bench to hue, The waters pint the lipples gleam A Immicnt nn the silent shore, And MinNh, as the hopes that seem A moment bright ami are no mine. Peeking for hive, for fame, for power, To the frail thieiuN of life we cling, Tor li'tpr will cull a vitliirnl llower And tune a harp with broken string, And hope will shed a glimmering lay (If light on pleasure's ruined shrine, 1'or mouldering column, still look gay When summer sunbeams o'er them shine. Though severed he hive's magic chain, Still to its broken charm we tried, And Ivijir to mend the link's again, AVhen grief lias eaten them like rmt. 1'rail u the bubbles on the beach That hope may be a transient hcnin, Hut reft id' joy, 'lis sweet to tea'di The heart to lmli its grief and dream. Our hopes are like the Mowers that bloom I'pon the mountain's erdant side. The mountain's lieait a burning tomb, I lelt by the l.i vn eoreliing tide. They spring and llouti.-h, fade and die. Like human hopes as trail and fair, While iUCiichlc-' fires beneath them lie, Like 1 1 il ma 1 1 pa'sinns hidden there. Our fears are like the clouds that shed Their gloom across the Miuiuier sky J AVhen lite l fairest, sonic wild dream Ifgiiefis eer hovering nigh. The gloom may p:i-s the shadows fade And sunlight only seem to reign, Hut still theie ' a liugei ing shade, A fine that clouds will come again. Where the blight wells of gladness spring, Hope will the youthful heart decoy, Hut fear is hovei ing there, to lling A shadow on the path ofjov, A cankei-woim within the Irilit, A serpent in thu linnet's nest, A sentry cut grim and mute Isfear within tlic human hrca-t. A rainbow never span the sky, ISut Mill' 'lark spirit of the storm, Witli sable plume, it ho ering nigh, 'Jo watch it sott and fairy foini. Hope never eh. int. her angel song, Or IdiN n re. I beneath her wing. Hut fear witli all his phantom thtoiig Is in the di-t.iuec hovering. We seel; the l.iurel-wre.ith of fame, Andall her liekln favors tru-t, And live perchance without a name, And liud the chnplct turned to du-t. Lite wear away, 'mid niilc and tear-1 The wedding peal, the funeral toll ; Hut though o'ersh idowed still hy fears, IIijii is the sunlight nf the soul. ii.s'iTETil7Nv. '"! Chttitihi r.,'.v .Annil. '1'hc Voil;room tYntclinr. It is now twi-iiii'i-tliirty yrnr- since I wits foro-wiiiiitin witli .Miiilaino I i 1 1 . Tinie ore tiini'li (dmti";i'il .-mri1 tlion : !itnl Mr. .luiies niul 1 IniM1 lunl our ow n ti'iitt'ili's. ln-itiiiij; nil niul f't 1 1 1 nj; ilecesitly in the wm-lil thrro irls illlil two buys, nut til siioilk nf konpiit"; 11 fiicrnl simp ; lint .-till Miiiii'tiino- think nl' a stntti";o nccitrrcnci) which hiippeneil nun 1 hi .xy night in tho wnrk-rooin. Mmlttiiie I ji ullis cstiihli.'-limcnt, wits in IMcciiilillv, nml ;i lictti'f liiisini'ss cinilil nut be liiiinil in I.iintlnn. .She lnnl sci'iii'oil the jLitninng.1 iiTii cevtnin liuircliiiini'ss, who then 1ml tin' court in lii-v train ; nml no ilros was thought ri' si'tifahh' that had nut lu'cn niailc tit madman's. During the season, there were ah,ts ton fir-t. and twenty second hands kept hcMes mailman's apprentice: never under a dozen ; and she to ik noun who were not clever with the needle. Thu linitvo had four floors and the hase inent. It was a double one. running; from Piccadilly backward to Woodbine Court. The front of the ground-floor was nearly oc cupied by n ware-roiiin fitted up in the I'r'ench fashion witli iiiiimiii. mirrors, sofas covered with rose-colored velvet, glass wardrobes, and beautiful lay-ligures of wood and wax work, standing, sitting, and in dancing postures to shew niadauie's cut to advantage. Hard by was a handsome ball door, always attended by a foot-man in blue and silver; on the first floor whs ii inon, for what madaine called consulting oii-domcr.-, with the newest I'reneh prints and novels on the table toamuso theia. There were dressing-rooms on each side, with all sorts of glasses and toilet wares. Itehind were ni.idaine's faintly apartments for ber M'lf and two nii-ees. On the second floor slept the forewomen, the apprentices, and the first hands; and in the titties six servants ; our second hands were always sent home to sleep, be the liour what it would. Hut all sewed together in the great work-room, which, excepting space for a b.iuk-hall and staircase, occupied the whole back purl of the house, and looked out on Woodbine Court. I cannot say that ever woodhino grew in Woodbine Court. The house was altered long ago, and the court is gone ; but when 1 was forewoman, the latter wasasiaall square of little crazy brick houses, with nothing but a pump in mo i itte : it was said to lie tho oldest corner of May Pair. That quarter is still fashionable, but then it was the verv hight of ftsliioii : none but the tiptop fami lies lived there. Throughout the season, with their balls and parties, there was noth ing resembling night; and when the season clo-ed every house was shut up, and evcrv body oil' with the king to Brighton. Tho' people of Woodbine Court were, one and all, ipiiet attendants of fashion ; there were darners of luce, clear-starchers, and fine scourers ; among the last mentioned were two elderly women, whom we called the Misses Carey1 Simo said they had been ladies in their day; but I think they snuffed, and liked something stronger than hyson. However, their equals Ibr fine-scouring vvero not in the West Dud: and niadaiae had occasion fur their sen ices at times on old stock, for which reason there was a back-door to the court. It was wonderful what ribbons, white satin, and ciahroidery were brought out quite new with their help, Madame l.avello had an eye for every sixpence, though her stock was generally in sured at CIKl.tllM). and replenished twice in tho season from Paris. Sim was a brown, solid little woman, with u high color, for she wore a trifle of rogue. Her dresH was al ways as highly fashionablo as that of on ii ol tho warerooin wax-works ; and although she laid been twenty years in business, no mortal could perceive any dill'erenco of ago between her and her two nieces. All three vvero htced, roughed, capped, and curled exactly tho same. They vvero nil widows too. How that happened, I never heard, mnybo it was from the war. Put three smart women were they for this world , never oil' the watch for prolit, never cold, never tired. I have seen them in Mtr'.i du - mi l ilk leckiu" a ( (instinns, and bustling about all day long I Well, this had gone on for three weeks alter hall a week s sitting up in the busy sea-1 all was made to the bridal-dress, which had , ,. , . , , , , ! ,IL,L'11 1,,'t to 'lie 'nut, because. Lady Itos.ilind Madame l-.iueon I think sho was tho elder could nut decide hetween an Indian muslin o the two nieces managed tin' trimmings, 1 flowered with gold and a while satin hrnead. Ma. amo lj.iset cut the best milinery, and ; cd with silver. I heard there had been three Madame lnello hersell tho first corsets : nimveolj m, .,.. i. ut.,.,:.. i..: , ..... while, besides the general itso of scissors on all comm. in wares, I had the superintendence of three assistants in tho bonnet, mantle, and dress department, and the government of the workroom. The last mentioned was a troublesome trusty Keeping forty girls in order is no joke in the easiest time, and fifty could not bave done the work with any convenience in my last summer ut Madame Lavelle's. The heat set in early, and our London air was thick with dust, but the mourning for ol.l (Jtieen Charlotte was just over, and tho west end more than usually guv. Kails ami fetes of all sorts camo oil' so quickly, that our most considerate customers grew impatient for their dresvs. There were numerous mar riages in high hie, and several outfits fori India, but the worst of all was the lioii.isiittt ' of La.lv Posalin.l Adelaide Cottrtenev. Ladv Rosalind was tl uly child of the' Ivirl and Countess of Limerick. I was told :..l. I her father's Irish estates had as many mort gages and judgment debts upon thenf as any property in Minister. That did not trouble the Pari, liv the law of entail, his onlv daughter could not inherit an acre; anil having nn old quarrel with thu heir-at-law, it was Lord Limerick's desire to leave him the land worth as little in possible. It was said his dealings with the Jews were wonder ful ; but Limerick House was one of the gayest in .Mav Pair : in their vouth. the i-,.irt nan linen a sportsman, anil Ins Countess a neauty. -Now, lie liked expensive cookery, site was given to Preiieh hazard, and both were occasionally troubled with the gout. They were thought good parents, for Lady ltosalin.1 was their glory. Prom the time shu lirst came out that'w.is full four years agone Iter ladyship had been reckoned the belle of ball and party. Our ladies said that such grace, such brilliancy, and I know not what, had not appeared since the Duchess of Devonshire; but Lady Rosilind was among inadatnu's best customer's. The finest things, the newest patterns, were sure of a purchaser when she c.iine to the warerooin. Indeed, it was tin untler-tnod matter, that her ladyship should have the first of anything particularly choice, and niadame hail the same understanding with all her wealthier patrons. If the plumage make the bird, no wonder that Lady Rosalind look ed fair; but I think she would have done so in any dress, 'fall, slender, and elegantly formed, with line features, fine coiupleviou. and beautiful hair, she had that appearance of high breeding, and what they call aristo cracy about her. that made one feel it right to call her my lady. There is no place out of the irreat world where news of it may ho hail so readily as at a fashionable miUinei's. All mulatno's firs' hands, nt least, knew that L-i.ly Rosalm l Irnl many oilers iin.l more admirers; hut the carl anil countess ruuhl not make ut) their tniinls ! to part with her till the ol.l M irquis of 'JVcc.l- dale catne lonvar.l. lie was rich as a Jew, near sixty, and without heirs the former mar chioness having- brought linn largo estates, nml left no children. Moreover tho tn ir.piis had been right-hand man to (Jeorgo IV ever since llto king was Prince of Wales. lie had stood hy Cast'ercagh, ho h id fished for evidence against (lueon Caroline, and most people tho'l Ins hearse would be ornamciilei! with the ducat cornet. 'J'ltcro was an honorable Mr. Pinch ley, as well horn a In'isolf ho was a Inroti's son, though it younger brother who paid marked attentions to Lady Rosalind, and, it was said, hail been well received, till the itr- ipus mule ins proposal. Lveiyhody called that strange circle ol worn, haggard ghastly Mr. Pinchley a ptomising young man. Ho y"img faces, reposing apparently more in undo brilliant speeches in the IIoti--e of Com- i death than sloop ; and then goodness knows inoiis whore he .sit, by his father's aid, as j I'ow or why I found sense mid strength member of Old Samm, and o , peeled a gov i enough to take her ladyship by the arm, out eminent nllice some day. Lady Rosalind wa of the workroom, through the back-lmll, not twenty-one, and had never known might oeross Woodbine Court, and down tin; alley hut luxury and splendor. Attention nt home, I t In back-door of Limerick House. There and admiration abroad, were the sum of her' s'"' ''''' ote, muttering that she had been dis hfo's experience; yet her ladyship had that I turbod, and would reward my goodness, keen sciisc ol" worldly advantage; which seems i ' :iw her walk quickly in, tin. I hurried in a manner pectili ir'to the titlod classes. Shu 'l;lt'k myself. The half hour had elapsed ; the know the earl won hi have no portion with her. j .'look struck one. It was sad work waken and por! aps thought tho prospect of being girls. Sally had slumbered on her called duchess might not cninn often in her ' V""1' when went down, but the green tea way, for youth and beauty could not last ; so ' ready in fifteen minutes more. When the promising young man' was loft to wear tho ' madame came down at the usual London willow, and the old marquis was accepted. morning, the silver brocade and the- lace Hither tho ladv was itc in inakitur mi her ! mautlo were in the fair wav of making their I mind, or tho Jews particularly close-hamlcd, for Madame Lavellc got the order scarcely three weeks before the wedding-day. Hut it was a mienilicent one. Aunts. cnn.-ins. nml experienced fiiends spent nearly a week in the i warerooin, selecting ; and the expense of trim- ming was more than many a good girl's dowry They arc nil gone out o'f fashion, or I would 1 describe the dresses. What a Citiv their top I sleeves, short waists, and narrow skirts would ' make ono look now ! We had dreadful work to get litem finished. Madame had taken sov- cral onlnrs for the hall at St. .T.-imosV l,i,.b camo oil" two days before that fixed for the ' wedding. iNo extra hands could he found, even had she been w illing to engage them ; every house was busy as it could ho 1 hat was always the way with George the Fourth's season ; nml his tnajcstv had no such loyal subjects ns the leading milliners and tailors of London. To suit her customers, however, madame laid on extra hours, and no future employ ment was to be expected by any who rclused them. All that warm ,lune, we commenced work at six o'clock, sewed out and cut till ten, when there was a breakfast of dry toast and green tea to keep us lively ; half tin hour was allowed for that, then to work again till two, when madame, being reckoned extreme ly I.. l!l .... .1 ..it .. l.i , i r i- i . l. libcial, all, vv e,l a hot joint lor dinner, hut ,'ir, w. ",! ",,.,k,,t.t"" ,rl.S Wm" .Irowsv. At seven in the evening, we had green tea again; at nine o'clock, light san.l- ii mi. oini niiiri nil pii I mt, a MTi; I Si up to make us more green tea and dry toast' . . . at one ; but I nia.lo it a matter of conscience to allow a do.o of liftecn minutes in tho workroom before that hour. All the time, I stood sentinel with my watch on the table before me, for we could not spare a minute, and we got no sleep till three in the morning, when the girls were dismissed to be in their places before six. Madame and her nieces sat with us three nights in the week ; it was all thoy would stand ; and I used to think Saturday would never come on that night we gave up work at twelve. What the rest did I don t know ; but wo that were in the house dozed away all Sunday, and then fell to work again after midnight. The daily risings at six were terrible ; so were tho two hours' work from ono to throe; but at last nothing was so hard on mo as that fifteen minutes' watch. Tho dead sileuco of the house, tho ghastly faces of tho girls, and the rich work which I must see, for if my eyes had closed, I should have slept though stand ing .Soiiii'tiiii' ,i I dream ol'it vet, and bne i ay in ' in in m ileep JJUJltl.l'BW, FIS1UAY, AUUI'ST suiicet, hut at last the satin was chosi lOHI'tl. It was the night of his Majesty's bal . and we were uiion tho dress. There was it to lie a demitraiti in tho fashion of the day, lined with rose color, and laced with silver; a laee mantle trimmed with tho best Orleans, and looped up with bunches of orange buds. Madame had given a solemn promise that the whole would go home at noon, to "ive her ladyship timefbr trial and alterations. The heat of that night was sufToctttiii" ; we sat with doors and w indowss open ; even the door to AVoo.lbino Court was ajar. Madame an. l iter nieces had gone to bed worn out, leaving mo in charge as UHitnl ; and for hours there was nothing to be heard but the roll of carriages going to the palace ball. All Mav Pair had gone, but not Lady Posalin.l ; i't wjtlhl not have been etiquette for lier to nimo'ir in ,oilil!i. u., ...... I..... ,...l.i:.... .1 However, tl lei!' W'lls 11 vrrli rrrlif iit,im. ,);. .1. ' t . , . i .. . . . .1.1. ' "t'1'.ii nan lateen away tne ol.l earl anil his son-in-law, and a card-room, from which the coun tess could not stay. The .Misses Carey (they had an uncommon knack for making out matter) had heard from her maid tha? lite lirnle was not quite comfortable in her niiii.l ; it might have been so for there were old reports raked up about the dead Mar chioness ol 1 weeddale, and what sort of hit band she had. Oh ! tho work of that ni.'ht ' j thought we never should have got through it. 'flic girl's lingers were soilint? the luce with the boat their eves were closing where they sat with sleep and weariness, and at half-past twelve I laid my watch on the table, and thought for mercy's sake, I would give them the half hour instead of the quar ter maybe they would work the better for it. I "very noodle was laid down, and everv head back as I spoke. Oh, but the silence was deep! There was not a carriage in the street now, nor even a sound in the sunk Hat, where Sally should have been preparing the green tea. I low I hated the sight and smell of it ! At nit" side, on a great table, lav the pi!ed-up dresses for Lady Rosalind a glitter ing mass of Mlk, mid lace, and embroidery. All round me were the sleeping girls. I never felt less inclined to sleep in my life. There were faces there I could not help'look ing on, and thinking how many of them would come back next season, for every sum mer we missed some. There was one right before me, the cleverest of our first hands. She had an only sister who used to come with her, but tin; girl was in other and worse company now. I can't say whether it was the shame or the hard work maybe both together were breaking down poor ("irace. Rut as I looked up, a long rustle made me turn round: the door was slowly thrywn back, and a tall woman, in what I at first took to he grave clothes, walked into the workroom. .My blood ran cold, and, as I live, my belief was I saw a ghost ! There was. however, something in the motion and the ligure which I had seen before; and as it came nearer, I saw with almost as much terror that it was Lady Rosalind in her night clothes. Sleep-walking she must have been, 'fhe li iek of Limerick House opened on au alley leading to Woodbine Court that's all I know. Why her ladyship should have walked to our workroom, or why she walked at all, is a question beyond me. She stepped in (.!ii)..is,'illy and proudly, as if to her own drawing-rooin ; but tho next moment her look changed to one of fear and horror, for Lady Rosalind seemed to awake. I think she would have screamed if she could. tw- nor stopping iia.-K aim kick, still gazing on T stepping hack and Mack, still gazin promise true: but a servant from Limerick House came in witn news, that tne .Marquis of Tweeddale had been seized with apoplexy going home from the palace supper; and he ''vim1 four-an.l-twcuty hours after. The dresses, however, were all paid for, before ,'al'1 eountess with their daughter unt (,'ermany as i it was said, to get the sf'ief over. They commenced the journey on tl11' "'Rowing I rulay; and late on Ihursilay evening, Lady Rosalind's Prcnch maid, who managed everything for her mistress, had a word with me ill Madamo Lavelle's back par ,,)r where she put into my hands the gold watch I still wear with my best things, and four five pound notes, saying, her ladyship knew my discretion could bu depended on ; and before I laid time to say I had done no thing fiir so much money, and it wasn't my way to talk of private affairs, she laid down on the table a small paper parcel, and went on Lady Rosalind requests that you will divide this among the work-girls as they most require it, but she hopes none of them will know from whence it came.' I kept her ladyships commandment, merely saying tho money had been left by a generous lady, mid niadame was In know nothing about it.' Rut to some of them money could do little good when that season was over, and I never again I ..!. ; .1 1 i . i .. ii INI ai ii in mo woimooiii, i.auy Jiosa- i:., , ,.,, ,,r ,.,,, ,, ll:11.t - , lIn Sbo was as gay and admired as over for s mie . ... .. i .i i .i n .Mr. I-1 ii.li lev, who was made comptroller ol .1.: no ... . I i .1.... i t i iv Ml I1CLI 11''. 1 I 11V II III l lll HUH III'! I IICN till was long ii belle, and then took strongly to cards, like her mother; but one thing was remarked ol liur that sho never hurried ti dressmaker. C..m:t Mi:i:tin. The Troy Daily Times records tho following ninongst the inci'. dents nf tho recent railway trip from that city to Montreal; "A funny thing took place last night. The New Yorkers and others hero had become tired out with the solicitations of these cab drivers, and while walking through the city in tho even. ing, they engaged every cab driver and cab they met, to meet them at the barracks at 1 1 P. M. Over "no hundred cabs were thereat tho appointed time, nml such a tiiu-.s you never dreamed of. There were great fears of a riot, and tho ytitli regiment of Caiucroni.iin were in readiness to ipioll any disturbance. A crowd of police were on baud, and with a great num. Iter nf curious cili.cus and travellers who were attracted by the cab. met meeting ; llin con v ll'l 'll I'I'tuh wj ; quite an in'ui. Uw all'jir," 1., 1W5. Reminiscences of President Juchsou. 11V . P. TlllfT. Abridged from tho New York livening Port. Shortly after becoming his Private Secre tary, (at tho period of the dissolution of his first cabinet,) I accompanied him from Wash ington to the " Rip Raps," mi artificial mound of stone, formed in the Chesapeake Ray, opposite to Point Comfort, as the foun dation for Ctislle Ctitlinitn, ono of the defences of those waters, then in tho process of erec tion. One evening, after 1 had parted with him for the night, revolving over tho directions ho had given iibotit some letters I was to pre pare, one point occurred, on which I was not lorfoetly satisfied as to what those directions nail been. As the letters were to bn sent oil' early next morning, I returned to his cham ber door, mid tapping gently, in order not to awake him if he had got to sleep, my tap was answered by " come in." He was undressed, but not yet in be.l,ns 1 supposed he must be by that 'time, lie was sitting at the little 'table, with his wil'e's miniature a very large one, thou for the first t i nits seen by me before him propped up against some books ; and between him and the picture lay an open book, which bore tho marks of long use. This book, as I afterwards learned, was in- prayer book. The miniature he always wore next to his heart, suspended round liis neck by a strong black cord. The last thing he did, every night, before lying down to his rest, wtis to read in that book with that pic ture under his eyes. In Washington, where the servants brought by him from Tennessee had not, any more than their betters generally are there, boon proof against the influences' under whieli so many of low grade and of high, become what, in homely phrus1, is called "thoroughly spoilt anil utterly ruined," on going on.; day into the President's ofliee, I found that I broke in upon a lilr n tile between him and Charles, his negro driver; Charles was look ing the culprit to his best; that is, as well as he was permitted bv a lurking smile, which betrayed his consciousness that noth ing very terrible was coming. As I entered, the O'l'iieral was s-iying, " Charles, you know iflii I value that carriage. This is the s-eoitd time it has happened. And if ever it hap pens again, 1 will send you back to Tennessee." This lecture and 'threat, Charles had brought upon himself by having left his coach box ; as the natural consequence of which, the horses had run away, and broken the carriage. In this scene, 1 was struck with the fact that the (icneraPs thoughts and f'olings dwelt upon the carriage, upon the injury sustained by it, without turning tit till iim the expense or the injury to tho horses, noble dapple greys his favorite color of his own rearing, and descendants of his famous horse Iruxton. 1 tit once inferred that this "why had reference to his wife; mid upon in.iury of Col. Ragle, my conjecture was verilied. Reeause the carriage had boon hers, it was better than any new one; it must never be given up, but always repaired and made as good as new, though the cost might be great er than that of a new one. Such was this " roaring lion " as, by the world outside, he was believed to be for all around him always " ripping and tearing," as 'tis termed in western phrase, and " l!y the Lfriril " ever in his mouth : a habit, by the by which I have in vain taxed my recol lection for tl single instance of. Such was he, habitually, regularly, and without shadow of turning. To all about him, what ever the relation in which they stood, and in whatever capacity dependent upon him and his humor for their comfort and happiness, he was this always never anything else. T here was more. if the woman in his nature than in that of any man I ever knew. Of course I do not mean to s.iv that he was not subject to auger, and at times to the most vehement outbursts of passion. I have no doubt that he could be, and has been a per fect volcano. Though I never witnessed any thing of the sirt, there was that about him which told that he could be si, and confirmed what you heard of the tearfulness ol his wrath." I speak of what he habitually was. Of the numberless eases which might be col lected, corresponding to thus., above related, of the impression made by his manner, I will mention ono now because of the idea it affords of him under another aspect, which was quite ti c mimon one with him, namely, a dry archness in administering, ag'ntle rebuke when ho thought it called for. One would expect something of the kind in his composi tion, on being informed that, with him, the book of books -ifter the bible, of course was the Vitnr of Wulrjiihl, The incident 1 am about to give occurred tn Mr. Ruehauiin, bv whom I have heard it related. i An American ladv a daughter, I think, of I Charles Carroll ol I arrollton on her return 1 from a residence in Pngland, during which ! she had associated on the most familiar foot I ing with the highest aristocracy of the island, among the rest the "Duke heing .lesirous of seeing (icneral Jackson, an hour was ap pointed for him to receive her. A few minutes before the time arrived, Mr. liucha nan, who knew of the arrangement, or per-, haps was a party to it, u"in going into the President's ofliee found him there, immersed in work, and, very contrary to his wont, not at all neat in his dress and personal up-' p-arauee ; he laid not even shaved, and had a ' slovenly look otherwise, which he had never befor" seen in him Alarmed at the ell'eet this might have upon the expected visitor, Mr. 11. ventured upon a bint to the ell'eet that the hour being come, it would be advisa ble to engage in making preparations for tho visit. I " Mr. lluchanan," observed the (icneral, " I once heard tell of a man in Tennessee, who got along very well in the world, and finally made a for tune, by minding his own business." Saying whieli, he nrosi and left the room. In ii very few minutes ul'terwards ho walked into the parlor to which Mr. It, ' had repaired, presenting as neat an ap pearance in every respect as if he had pissed hours at his toilet. , The lady departed, expressing the same ad miration of his manners tlnit hundreds had : experienced before her. I A Chow s CoimT Maktiai.. Well. I Invo hoard tho crows talk to etch other, and seen Ihein plant sentries out w hen they seed men watchm'of then, and once I nclilly siw thein hold n court martial. Tho old veterans came from all th" ports about hero, and from all tho islands, mid Mull", nml shores, up nml down ; and the culprit hung his head down, mid looked fool ish enough you may depend. Whit he had done, 1 don't know. Whether ho had run oil' with another crow's wife, or stole a piece of meat, or went to sleep when ho was on guard, or what, I don't know, but arter consiiltin' together Ihey turned to and fell on Inn), mid killed linn; and then ndjourned the court nml ibsp-rscd, liit'ui mnir il Uv-t. s - V II u Sw IVewv A Dinner l'nrtyor Celebrities. made up a liarty to dinner, of Charles Lamb, Wordsworth, Keats, and Monkhotiso his ' I -...,., .... ll"M llllll Iricml, niul ti very pleasant party wo had. J wrote to Lamb, and told him the address ''22 Lissoti (irove North, at Rossi's half way up, right hand corner.' I received his char acteristic reply. 'My dear llay.lon, I will come with pleasure, to 2:2 Lisou'( irove Xorth, at Rossi's halfway up, right hand side, if I can find it. " Yours, C. Lwin.' 20 Russcl Court, Co vent Garden Hast, halfway up, next corner left hand side. On December 2Sth, tho immortal dinner came oil' in my painting room, with Jerusa lem towering up as a background. Words worth was in lino cue, and wo had a glorious sot to on Homer, Shakespeare, Milton, Vir giL Lamb got exceeding merry, and ex quisitely witty ; nml his fun in the midst of Wordsworth's solemn intonations of ora - tory was like the sarcasm and wit of tho fool in the intervals of Lear s passion. Lam! soon got delightfully merry. Ho made a speech and voted mo absent, and made them drink my health. 'Now,' said Lamb. ' you old lake poet, yon rascally poet, vvliv do von -..11 . .1..II 1, 1,- 't.1 , K , I ... . can v oiuurc nun vv e an ueionue.l Morns- worth, and affirmed there was a state of mind when oltaire would be dull. 'Well,' said Lamb, ' here's Voltaire the Messiah of the Prcnch nation, and a very proper one, t ' Ho then, in a strain of humor beyond descrip tion, abused me for putting Newton's hen. I in my picture, 'a fellow,' said he, ' who be lieved nothing unless it was ns clean sis the throe sides of a triangle.' And then he and Keats agreed ho had de stroyed all the poetry of tho rainbow, by re ilueingjt to the prismatic colors. It'was impossible to resist him, and we all drank Newton's health, and confusion to mathe matics.' It was delightful to s'o the g 1 humor of Wordsworth in giving in to all our frolics without iill'ectation. and laughing as heartily as tho best of us. !y this time other friends joined, among them poor Ritchie, who was to penetrate by Pozzan to Timbuctoo. introduced him tn all as 'a gentleman gi ing to Africa.' Lamb seemed to take no notice ; but till of a sudden ho roared out. ' Which is the gentleman we are going to lose!' We then drank the victim's health, in which Ritchie joined. In the morning of" this delightful day. a gentlemin, a perfect stranger, had called' on mo. lie said he knew my friend, had au lithusi.istn for Wordsworth, and bei"'ed 1 would I rocure him the happiness nriiiMntro- duction. He told me ho was a comptroller of stumps, and niton hud correspondence with the poet. I thought it a liberty ; but still, as he seemed a gentleman. I told him he i might come. AY hen wo retired to tea, we found tho comptroller. In introducing him ! to Wordsworth I forgot to say who he was. i After a little time, the coinptrollor looked 'down, looked up, and said to Wordsworth, j 'Don't you think, sir, Milton was a groat genius'' Keats looked at mo, Wordsworth looked at the comptroller. Lamb, who was dozing hy the fire, turned and said, ' Pray, sir. did you say Milton was a great genius V ' No, sir, i asked Mr. Wordsworth if he were not.' 'Oh,' said Lamb, ' then run are a sillv fellow.' 'Charles, inv dear Charles,' said Wordsworth; but Lamb, perfectly innocent of tho confusion ho had created, was oil' again by the lire. After an awful pause, the comptroller said, ' Don't you think Newton a great genius '' I could not stand it any longer. Keats put ids head into my books. Ritchie squeezed in a laugh. Wordsworth seemed asking himself, who is this ' Lamb got up. and taking a candle, said. ' Sir. will you allow me to look at your phrenological development1' He then turn ed his back upon the poor man. and at every question of tho coinptrollor he chaunted, j liiddle ili'Idle dumpling, my son .lohn ' Went to bed with his breeches on. The man in office, finding Wordsworth did not know who he was, s-tid, in a spasmodic and half chuckling anticipation of its-iired ' victory, ' I have laid the honor of s into correspondence- with you, Mr. Wordsworth." 'With me, sir'' said Wordsworth; 'not that I remember.' 'Don't you, sir' I am a comptroller of stamps.' There was a dead silence; the comptroller evidently Clinking , that was enough. While we were waiting for Wordsworth's reply, Limb sung out j Uey diddle d'iildle. , The eat and the fiddle. ' My dear Charles,' said Wordsworth. I Diddle diddle dumpling, my sou John, I ehauiitod Lamb; and then rising, exclaimed, '' Do let me have another look at that g'title nian's organs.' Keats and I hurried Lamb , into the painting room, shut the door and gave way to iiuextinguishable laughter. Monkhoiiso followed and tried to g.'t Lamb away. Wo went back, but the comptroller was irreeoueileahlo. n o sootlieu ami smiloil, and asked him to supper. Do stayed, though his dignity was sorely afl'ected. How nor, being a good-natured man, we parted all in good humor, and no ill ell'eet followed. All the while, until Monkhous. succeeded, we could hoar Lamb struggling in the iinting r.iom, and calling tit intervals, ' Who is that fellow' Allow mo to see his organs once more.' Life nf Ilmjilun the Viiinttr. (inventor Morris in his will, made a short time before his death, after settling upon his wife a liberal allowance, says : " And in case my wife should marry, give her six hundred dollars inoro to tlolny the in creased expenditures which may attend the connection." Now had that been my husband I wou'.l not have married again if it had most killed ino to live single. Dear generous ol.l soul! Pro viding for all his wife's little wants tint way alter no was gone ; ii m iucs my eye, as reu , ; ro.-n f W-ia Republi.-.m the following . lis as a rabbit s to think of it. 1 n No, Pd hive worn bhek In the tip of my nose, nml kept guard over his dear ashes the mat nffiii. timrtril nil rrrioll irn. I In sbnllbt ll'lVO hid n fancy tombstone all carved over ith have found it also entirely new to others to cherubim and scnphiui. I'd hive tied a piece , whom I have communicated it. All those who of black crape on tho pump liiri.lla, and 'liave had Irtnt bitten by the curculio, have Rut 'six hundred dollars and anew husband!' probably noticed ti little brown spot on the An awful temptation ton lone female; hut i inner edge of tho crescent-shaped puncture, then tho dear deceased old (ioyenmr ! Oh, That little brown spot covers the egg left liy I wouldn't have done it; nt least, 1 don't think the bug. and the puncture seems to bo made 1 would. (Hope no ono would ask meat inv for a place of safety lor the young worm when fate,) ' hatched, and also to facilitate its operations U hit do you suppose possessed the old gen- '" boring into the fruit. Persons hav ing plum tlemaii to ho so uncommonly disinterested. It trees, and leisure, and wishing to preserve a makes mo suspicions. It's my opiui m on few of the fruit after it has boon bitten, can second thoiioht, tint he was a judge of fe.n lie "itli the point of a penknife, or with the irituro nml thought if lie gave her 1-ave to thumb and linger nail, easily remove tho spot perpetrate matrimony, the wouldn't want to from its place, and no harm will come to the Shrewd old "fogie!'"' I'd have put that six bun- ' i'niit except the sear left by it. dred dollars into my pneket and (inventor ' Morris, No !, in my nflectinns, quicker tlntr fjy Ofliccrs Paul and I!ownian seized a you could say .lack Robinson. I'd hav' harrel on its landing from the steamboat lat obeyed his last w'nl and Icstainent to the h-ller, )M.,lt, tvliioli purported (n ho poik, but upon Pd have been its h ippv as n buuini'n;r bird in n " ' . e , . . . hly cut. diow.v with hon.v dew' see if I ex:.mu.....o ,t w:u found t contain a mI wouldn't PannvPirv barn I i ask ol "ti nh bin ' ir K Si'vii's, Vol. 8 IVo. 8. Wo take the following article from ono it, The Apple Orchards. IiV l III lIVMi, lll-.r.liy, (T. Much of late years has been written and said itlmut apple orchards and their cultiva tion. ()n most nil farms of any extent in tho Pastern or Northern States there aro 'ooi r less of old apple orchards. These, Ibr the most part, have been left to grow up and take care of themselves, which, in tho long inn, am. units to just no care at all. The (otisequenoe has been, that they have become, by this neglect, unthrifty, scrubby trees, fttllofdoad limbs, the trunk and limbs covered with moss and rough bark, present ing an unsightly appearance; and in eight or ten years, tho farmer, in early spring, would mount thu trees, axe in hand, and cut and slash oil' largo limbs and small, lcavins' tin; spurs sticking out from three to six inches long from the trunk, while tho treo would he so much relieved from wood that it 1 v"ul1' "ko il .vears to get back t where !l 'Vils at t,ll! time of jiruning so that, in tho iioig run, mi iiiiuk mat tno " lot aiotio sys tem " js much preferable to the ten yoiirs' trimming plan, although both plans are what every reasonable good farmer should bo ashamed of Now. what thoso old orchards want is a ''"".'oxf-h renovation in the shortest possible notice. I'ho first tiling to ho done, is to cut off the old top of the growing trees and set on a new one by grafting. 'I bis call be done best by the common mode of " cleft grafting." Those limbs that are tho sizo of a " hoe handle," or nn inch and a half in diameter, should bo selected, as they soon heal over, making the limb sound. The " grafter" should commence in the top of the tree to saw oil' limbs, and so work down, taking care to graft every tier of under limbs at a longer distance from the trunk, so that tho grafts will have plenty of room to grow and not in terfere with each other. To have this work done in a business-like manner requires three hands ono to saw oir the limbs and pair the stocks ; another to set the scions, two in ti stock ; and the third hand to put on tho wax. All old trees that have a good sound trunk, however many dead limbs they may have, should bo sawed and grafted. Rut many old trees require different management. Some, by bad pruning, have grown their old tops up very high. To graft these old tops at such a distance up, would bo a difficult job; at the same time, they would make an un sightly appearance in growing. Such trees should bu " headed down " that is, tho large limbs sawed oil" at such distance down tho t,'w' t,l,,t wl1 1,10 now "''"ots tint out they !'m.v '"m 'i Initnl-oinp top. these sprouts, if they are of thrifty growth, may be grafted the second season, or " budded," as the ease may be. Old large trees of slow growth should not, in all cases, have their whole top taken off at once, as tho shock might kill them. Put in these cases, tho .south half of the tree might bo taken oir first ; then, sty in two years after, tho north half could lie treated in the same way, and tho treo saved. As to the time of pruning apple trees, it may be done any time from May to October ; an'd it should be done regularly every year, and then only small limbs w ill betaken off; but in the case of old. neglected orchards, more or less of large limbs must bo removed. If I were to advise whether to plant a new "-"" ;... ..,......,..,. n. ........ ,s.v , renovate the ol.l one first, by all moans ; be cause your labor can bo made to pay a great deal quicker on the old orchard than on tho new. In from throe to four years' time v-our newly grafted trees will begin to bear, and so continue to increase from year to year, while, at the same time you have made a handsome improvement on the stock of your orchard. Old orchards that are kept permanently in grass should have the soil dug up around tho trees everv season ; and if done as fir as tho branches 'extend, it will be all the better. Manure should be dug into the soil occasion ally, as tho case requires. Where orchards are near the " piggery" it is a good plan to lot the swine have the run of the orchard through the warm season, as they will eat and destroy most of the "windfalls" under the trees, and also keep the soil stirred up in search of worms, ,S;c. Much is being done at present, by farmers and cultivators, in set ting out yo'ting orchards. This is commend able work, and shows that the right spirit is at work among our farmers. Rut the setting out of a young orchard, and then letting tho trees take care of themselves, is a " loose business," which too many cultivators still follow to their own loss, 'fhe siil in an orchard should be kept under cultivation the whole time, until tho trees shade the ground so much that it will not bo profitable for hood crops or grain. As to tho distance apart, tho trees should stand, it will depend something on the trees planted. My observation tolls me that, as a general thing, apple orchards aro set to i close on the 'round. Tho trees should be set at sue'i I distance apart that tho trunks will grow to at least eight"eti inches in diameter before i tho branches approach each other. A Cow Tiivdi:. D. I). Warren of this ci'y Ins recently sold a cow to Wells P . Ilodgctt, on conditions tint will interest our farmers and dairy men. The price of the cow is to ho decided ns follows : Mr Warren is to have tho privilege of feeding the cow for thirty days, and Mr llodgett is to give for the cow nt the rate nt" $ 1(1 a quart for tho milk which she averages over sixteen qu irts per day, for tlic whole thirty diys. Thus if she averages only sixteen q'larts a day, he is to give nothing for her. If sho averages twen'y quarts, he is to give $((), and if twenty-five quarts $!0. Marvelous sto ries arc in circulation in regard to this cow, and wo shall make it known to our readers. Spring, Hep. Ci K. i i.io. S. Maxwell, Jr., communicates cov cry : "I have within a week discovered a fact about the ouroulio which was now to me, and