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BRTLET.r HVRRM GOULD .. .District Judge. , Senator. llepresentattve. , Probate Judge. Sheriff. Clerk- , Auditor. Treasurer. Recorder. Pros. Attorney. Coroner. Surveyor. Auc.ioneer. J. O. WOrlALIjM, J. V. WH1 r.VBY, H P.. DENTON, ( School Examiners. J. V. WHITNEY M4R9H SMITH- Commissioners. B. B. WOODBURY H. C: D(Ul.AtW, GEO. MANLY, A. RICHMOND. V Directoisof Infirmary. 1 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. "",011.1 mIbride, Eclectic Physician, CHARDON, OHIO, Who selects from Nature's B rtanical roanitrecs iho Safest, Mildost, surest anj Deal n.eiiisui sill efijet a Speedy uecovory. March 11, lo 'a "... " ST&N DART CO., Importers find Jobbers of Dry Goods, S3 IVABREN STREET, N Y. A T rm A sunrttnAn t of Cloths. Cawimerei, Vestings. Tweeds. Dress Trimmings, fiibbons. White Goods. Hosiery, Yankee Notions, ovc. March II, 1859. 478-lf WILLIAM ROBERTS' Doot and Shoe Shop, Ovta C. K.WWI.F.S' HiRNtss Suor. Chardon, Fob. 11, mi. ' """PHELPS AND THRASHER, Attoroeys-at-Lnw , Orf tct on Mais Street, Opposite Chase's Hotel. Chardox, Ohio. Jan 9S, 1859. 47Z l' W. 0. JOEEIST ATT 0 RN EY AT LA W, TVTOTICE. Tho undersigned, having I 1 ...t.LJ...nn f mm ilia firm (if "lliirtotf. Korrisl i wiiiuii w ii imi v. ... : r f & Hathaway," has opened an office in the suit ol rooms lonneriy occupiea oy tn.. ... way," immediately over the Store of Wilkins. (r.lL r.hnrdon. O .whore he may at all times be found by his old clients and by all others who may 1... ...l.mnr. as an Atloruev and Solicitor. A contiimaiice of former confidence and business is respectfully solicited. w.u. rusin-.o.. October 23th, 185TN 408 '' TT. K. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT L A W. Office with W A O. Forrin, Immediately over the fatore ol tv.lt, in. V Kuller. Chardon. April I, 185S 37if Is. W. CAMl'-IISslf ATTORNEY AT LAW, will practice in all the r r 1, j :,-,uu nnd .flioinins counties. a n the Store ol llexford & Canfield, Chardon, O 4111 '? tjjit.WIIMS k KELLEY. General dealera in l.'ioceriea. Hardware, Dye Stuffs, Flour, Fish, Yankee Notions, d-c, Slorr, Union. Block. Chardon, Ohio. L. PATCH, DENTIST, ILL be in Chardon on the first Tuesday ol , I. o m .1 fh...', Ifnlnl w eaco mumu. nuum .w. . lCY mir sTsrrkrsnsT W PHOPKI ETOH. S3, 21, 26, Seneca Street, North, CLEVELAND. Ohio. UUA1NABU fc BirHIlIDE, Engravers, Lithographers, and Herald Hlock, Cleveland, Ohio. . CEEIQH10N, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufaotarer, HBBAUU BUILDINU. OLBVELANU. OUIO. ArBlauk Books Ruled and Bound to Order Old .. 1 O l I . I I -L. L17 - ,J ttooas Iveuwuiiu. nii.vi. .,ibii,cu Patent Office Agency. rnllE 8ubscrilers transact lor loventorsand A others any ousinessreiaiiug .u uivenrii ents, or thefateni Laws. No., P.O.Buildiags.Cleveland.O. W.H.Busridue. Jihu Bbainabd March 16. 1852. E XTK GOLDEN AND IMPERIAL BY Kurd, by Nov. U W1LKIN3& KELLEY TUB BEIT TEA FOR 4s., warranted to suit, Not. II WILKIN3 Sl K ELLEY. WANTED, Sheep Pelta.Grain, Butetr. Rags, and Cheese, for which wo will pay uie highest market price. Nov. 11 WILKIN3 &, KELLEY. A LARGE Assortment of TRUNKS, VAL 1SES and FANCY HAT and BONNET BOXES, on hand by Nov. 13. WILKINS Sl KELLEY. TVTORTQAGE DEEDS Just printed J-"X at this Office, Mortgage Deeds suitable for iinor nevs to atlacb to toreclosures; also, a large quantity of the same of the common size. COHlf AND OATH, for Rale by JST. V WILKINS it KELLEY. eye his tnati near As ana liitlo and ho ed li'e, down this near overy row uud tho in our caps poor tf rich. good a the but Ins the in to I and old rod. and For the Jeffersonian Democrat. SPRING. SPRING. T. C. R. Spring, I hall thy ushering 1 'I hou'rt come wiih balmy breezes, And frequent genial rains which bring A fragrant nir that plenses My every sense Thou doHt dispennt New life to every shrub and tree, And rouse to active life the bee. Nature's minstrels-tiny things Exultantly full chorua raise, Until the forest londly rings With warbling, sweet harmonious lays, Attuned to thee, Thut thou dost free All things from Winter's thraldom sore, And biing them sunny dsysonce more. I delight in thee 11s lliey, Enjoying much thy bracing nir: I love to see lliy zephyrs play, When calling forth the flowers fair, From beds of clay, To light of day. That they may, as thuy pass them by, Receive sweet odors as they fly. s Earth is donning once again," Her beautiful rich dress of green. And winding through each vale and glen, Pure, pearly, pebbly, brooks are seen ; The Icy lid, 'Neath winch tlioy hid, Is lifted, and their murmuring song Thy welcome sounds, as they dance along. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? BY MRS. M. A. DENNISON. poor man il at his window no ! nm wrong j it was tho window of his hi rod house. It whs a small mansion, a little ten ement paintod white, mid surrounded by richer cstublishmonts that seeinod to lank down with a sort of crimson comtompt upon their humble neighbor. The occupants of thtiso stately houses wuro very mtieh unniiy od by the simple little house, and tho sim ple little children that plnvud 011 the steps. atidgoiiorally kept their curtains dosrn on the gulo that looked toward them. uut, ns 1 said uotnre, a poor man snt at of the windows overlooking the street. was a tnnroiiguly noble Inokini; man with handsome Roman features, and an eye like ahnk. U'ilh tho exception ol course clothes, ho whs much more gen tlemanly and dignified in his appearance tnati any merchant in that pnncelv row A pile of bricks had been emptied quite near 111s uonrway; nifly woro lor repairs. this man looked out, ho saw two or throe children with his own little ones, humming Duzzing bdoui mo bricks. Their dainty liitlo hands woro eager to fashion houses bridges, and all sorts of momentary ar chitecture. Suddenly the poor mun bo- thought him of a pasiimo of Ins own when wus a child, and his heart having retain the pure and swoot emotions of youth through the cures and hardships of mature li'e, ho hastily throw on his hat, and going down he tntiiiht them a now trick. It was this : to pluco a row ol bricks on end. quite near to eucn 01 nor, forming a linei bv touching tho last 0110 an impetus is given to overy brick by its next neighbor, and the row is presently swept down in regular order. The children clapped their hands, uud shouted so loudly thut sotno of tho rich neighhnrs.coming to their windows, saw how tho little ones woro employed, taking lessons amusement irotn a poor ant almost un known man. " What a fool !" said one snoeringly 5 " I should think tho man was an overgrown baby. Soo him laugh I . Son him play I Khuuio on him) a grown man; wo must call our cniitiron in, And from all those windows went the laugh and tho sneer. Mun with gold lasselod caps set on perfumed locks, laughed the poor man to scorn women in beuutifully embroidered robes turned down the corners their pretty lips, and tbo aliildruu wore speedily called in, Years pussod tho poor man had grown rich. Wealth had como to him, though not through toil ( but it did not corrupt his good hoart, hisstmplo tastes. Still he loved children and thoir sports. He built himself splendid mansion, however, and lived in the style nis great revenues permitted, Again, as in nays ot yore, there wus a groat load of bricks loft in tho vicinity ot his home. Again little children gathered to pluy house,' and again the man sat at his rindnw watching them. Yes. it was his window now a window whose glass was costly plato and he sat there tin longer the tenant ot a lured house, in coarse clothes but attired in the richest of broadcloth. Again, as he looked at the busv. beautiful group below, his heart kindled with the memories ot old, and be telt himself com polled to go down and teach the juvenili s Ins brick gamo. bo, In a minute alter, he stood in their midst, and stooping picked up the bricks.arrangud thorn, and thou set them in motion. How the children laughed and thoir bright eyes sparkled I The noise brought the ar istocratic neighbors to their windows. M Well, to bo sure 1 There's Mr. B , that wealthy gentleman opposite, playing with tbo children. Ian t it pretty sight, dear ?" " Yes, and what a fine looking man he is, to be s ure. What freshness of heart be muBt have to enjoy their little game witb so niuoti zest 1 1 declare, 11 s quite touching ! " So it is j thoy say he has all of two mil lion. llasn t ho a fine r-ure ; " Splendid ! do suo him clap his hands t I declare it roolly brings the tears to uiy ores. " Wipe 'cm away wipe em awuy, Mut tie ; they're crocodile tears ? cried a young stripling of seventeen. His sister, maiden lady of an unutter able age, looked round indignantly. " Fact, sis : they're real crocodilo tears, and I'll prove it. When I was seven years old that same gentleman came out of a little white bouse and taught us childrou thesatno trick. And. sis, you and mother bulb called hlin an 'old fool,' as I distino ly remember ; and I. for one, received a tic mondous injunction not to spoak to his chil dren or notice them in any way," M Nonsense, Fred 1" said bis sister, turning rod. " I knew it was nonsense, but you did it. You called him all sorts of names' a ridic ulous nld goese,' a 'grown up baby,' and I don't know what. Now here's the same old fellow up to the same old nick j and oh. gracious I there never was such a beautiful, charming and delightful scene I Really I ouebt to write a Doem on it euess I will. and entitle It Tdiooaud now?' or, 'The Fool Brows wiser ni hn crows richer t' which wnnlil hn ttiH brat, lis "Hold your tongue I" sobbed the lady. Fred's sarcasm was not misplaced. Whnt is called the poor man's simnlinitv. entitled Iho rich, man's sublimit v. It was iho same nnoln, fonder, loving, proat lioait standing by iho little one in hit course oust jut-rod nl and insulli'd wiih impunity. by tho neii, mat now Ih ik.s Ins lino broadcloth to the dust in Older to be on a Invnl with the littlo ones ; hut not to tho neighbors 1 Poor, all his nobleness was hut dross in their oves. Rich, and his woaknnem would he hnnvmily losiros, since thuir otfjot was the aliniehtv dollar. Natural Beadtt. What inconceiv- able wealth of beauty must reside in the mind which, without copy, first called lortn the numberless hues ar.d shiides that relieve each other and melt into ench oilier in the vast whole of nature which devised these countless form of vegetable liie.irom the WBj-side flower that blossoms to-day and withers to morrow, lo the for est giiinl which outlasts the rise and fall of nations and of empires which meted out the heavens, measured the courses, and arranged the harmonies of the stars, spread the ocean, poured the river, tor rent and water full I What nn infinity of resources uo we bchuld in the hlternnle phuses of the outward universe, each el winch seems too beHulilul to he replaced by one of equal loveliness, and" yet yields a. once us nincieu pre-eminence 10 us suc cessor ! Thus, who enn sav which is ihe more replete wiih beauty dr, with all its revealing light, or nighl.wiih its count less centers of fainter radiance ; Spring, wim its ouyusninj; irom every lounutnol life, iis promise half hidden, hnll disclos ed, its lienli, thin field and forest dupe ry ; Summer, with its richer, deeper ver dure, its gnyer forms and more festive aspect ; Autumn, with its parti-colored foliage, and its piles of gold and crimson in the western sky ; or hoary Winter, in Its simpler, purer robe, with Its delicate frost-work, and its icy stain ites? Go where you will, you escape not the rtign of beauty. During the long polar night, the northern fires bathe heaven and earth in splendor more corneous than day. The torrid rand waste still lies beneath a ulo rious sky, and is studded with oases rich in nil the tokens of creative love. Wreath es and fillets of nxure melt the bare mountaiu crags, while about their sum mits the Signs and wonders of the element Utter lor th Uud, and till the hills with praise. Mancfactcre of CAnrKTS An examina tion of ordinary velvet carpels shows that the back, instead of presenting the saino pattern as the front which tho ingrain does is apparently a web of nothing but hotnp. Tho process of making velvet car pots ill this way is of comparatively now in vention, and has contributed innro than any thing ulso, to the groat reduction in the prtee ot such tnhrica. In these carpets, the wool is all worked upon the front, and the hempen threads all thrown upon Iho buck honcu thoy can be manufactured at a grout er economy than Kidderminster curpots, in wnicii, tnougn thuy also huve a velvet sur faco.tho thread is carried from back to front and from front to back. Tho latter de scription of fine carpets aro necessarily made of fine wool, and consequently are much too snitost, wear longer, and do not whiten in the suums. But on tho other hand, thoy cost cnnBidorublomoro.nor can they bo inado with so many colors, being woven on a Jao qua red loom. The finest Eurnpean caipots are made at the Gobelins, Puris, to which the famous manufactory of tho Savounnuire has been transported. Tho royal Wilton carpets are also very boautilul. In thuso, Iho pilo is raised higher thun in the ordina ry Wilton. All Wilton, Kidderminster and velvet carpels havo tho pilo cut. Inlhe imperial Brussols the pile is raised ubovo the ground, and the pilo of tho figure cut, hut tho ground is uncut. In the ordiuury BrusBuls,tho pile is left uncut, both in figure and ground. The costly rugs, exhibited at carpet stores, on which the figures are de lineated almost as delicately as in paint ing, aro not woven ; but the threads are laid horizontally ono by one. as straw in an nst ler's cutting box, so that their ends form iho pattern, and they are then piossdJ tightly and tho surface shaven oven. Suun Affectation. There is nothing more beuuiiful in the young than sim plicity of character. Ilia honest, frank, and attractive. How different is affecta tion ! The simple minded are always nat ural. They are at the same time origin al. The affected are never natural. And as for originality, if they ever had it, they have crushed it out, and buried it from sight utterly, lie yourself, then, young Irietad I lo attempt to he anybody else is worse than folly. It is an impossibility to atthin it. It is contemptible to try But supposo you could succeed in imita ting the greatest man that ever figured in history, would that make you any the greater ? Hy no means. You would al ways suffer in comparison with the imita ted one, and be thought of only as the shadow of substance the echo of a real sound the counterfeit of a pure coin Dr. Johnson aptly compared ihe Itenr'.less imitator lor such is he who affects the. character of another to the Empress of Hussta, when she did the freakish thing of erecting palace of ice. It was splen did and conspicuous while it lasted. Out the sun soon melted it, and caused its at tractions to dissolve into common water. while the humblest slone cottage stood firm' and unmnrred ! Let the fnbrlo ol vour character, thouih ever so humhla be at least real. Avoid affecting the char acter of another, however great. Build up your own. Be what Ood intended you to be - yourelf, and not somebody else, fcuun aiiectauon. Wateb.--How beaulilul, how sublime, how terrible is water I Smiling in rain drops that dance in the sunshine, bubbling; .1. LI.- .l.LI ! .! . .w over toe wuue pennies in me mountain rill, dashing and flashing and roarinn; in the sea. Sweet, wholesome and refresh ingsalt, sickening, poisonous giving life to myriads or creatures, sustaining commerce and aiding civilization, cooling ;he fevered brow of care and parched P ' disease, fructifying the plant and (refreshing the flower. THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. To wetiry hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest angel gently comes) No power has he to hanigh pniu, Or give us bsck our lost again ; And yet. In tenderest love, our dear And Heavenly Faihor semis him here. There's quiet in that snjel's glance. There's real in his still countennnce Ho mocks no grief with iillc cheer Nur wounds wiih words the mourner's tear, But Ills and woes he may not cure, lie kindly trains us to tndure. Angel of Patience ! sent to calm Our feverish blow w ith cooling bnlm; To lay the storms and kiope and fear, And reconcile lifeV smile and tear; And throbs of wounded pride lo still. And make us own our Father's will ! Oh, thou who mourniM on tho way ! With longings for the close of day, lie walks with thee, that angel kind, And gently whimpers" Be resigned I Bear up, bear on, the rtid shall tell, Tho dear I,ord orilerih nil tliinns well !" as to-dav, at the I A Melting Story. ; ! 1 country -er. in tho Green Mountain tsm'to, was about closing his doors lur Iho night, and while standing out in tho snow ouisidu. 1101111117 up the window shutters, ho saw throuuh tliu glass, a lounging fellow within, crab a notind ot Irosb butler from tbo shelf and deposit it, his hat. J ho act was no sooner dotectod than tho revenge was hit upon, and a vorv few min utes lound the store keeper at unco indulg ing his appeiilo for fun to iho lullest ex tont, and paying off tho thief wiih a face tious sort ot torture, lor which ho might nave gamed a premium from tho old iuuui- siiinn. I say Seth I" said tho storn keener, com- ing in and closing tho door alter him, slap ping uis nauu over In sliouldurs and stamp ing tho snow off hi, loot. Soth hud his hand 011 the door, his hat upon bis heud, and tho roll of butter in his hat, anxious lo make his exit as soon as pos sible. "I say, Seth, sit down ; I reckon nnw on such a e-ta--hal night us this, a leo'lo some thing warm wouldn't hurt a feller." Sotli Colt very uncertain, ho hud tho but ter, and wus exceedingly anxious to hu oil', but tho temptation ol somuihing warm s ad ly interfered with his resolution to go. Tins hesitation, however was Boon settled by the rigni owuur 01 mo nutter taking riul.'i by tho shoulders and planting him in a seui close to the store where ho was in S'leh a manner cornered in by the barrels and box es, that iheru was but one wuy possible ol getting out, and right in this, suiu enough the store keeper sut down. "Soih, i-e'll huvo a liitlo warm Santa Crux," said Union .Mountain Grocer: so he opened tho si.-ve dour and stuffed in as many sticks as tho spare would admit ; "without it you'u freeze go'ng home such a mgni as inis. both already felt the butter wottling down closur to his huir, and jumped up.tid declar ing ho must gn. "Not ti'l you vo had something warm, Seth, so come. I'vo got a story to lull jou too, sit down now ; and Koth was again pLsh eu into ins seal ny ins cunning toniii'iito. "Oh ! it's tu darned hot here," said the poltv thief, attempting to rise. "Sit down sit down don't bo in such a plaguy of a hurry," retorted the grocer, pusning mm iuick in 11 is chair. . "But I've got tho cows to fodder, and some wood to fcplit, uud I must ho going," said tho persecuted chup. "But you tnusu't tear yourself away Soth, in this manner. Sit down j let tho cows take care of themselves, uud keep yourself cool 1 you appuur to bo fidgety, said the roguish grocer with a wicked leer. Iho next thing was tho production ol two stinking glasses of hot rum toddy, the very sight ot which, in iSuth's present situ ation, would huvo iiiudu thu hair sluud unci on his heud, had it not been well oiled and kept down by ihe butter. "Suih, I'll givo you a toast nnw, and you can butter it yourself," said tho grocer, with an air of such consummate simplicity that poor Suth still believed himself unsuspect ed. "Seth, here's a ChrUtmas goose well roasted and basted, eh ? I toll you that it's ine groaiosi euiing in creation. And. Both, don't you never use hog's fat, or common Cooking butter to bastu with come tuke your toddy. Poor Both now began to smoke, as well as melt, and his mouth was hermaiically sealed up as though ho hud been dumb. htreuk alter streuk ol tho butter catno pour ing from under his hut, and his handker chief was soaked already with the gruasy o voi How. Talking awuy us if nothing had happened, the grecur smiling thu wood into thu siovo, while poor Seth sut bolt upright, with his back aguinst Ilia counter, and his knees almost touching tho red hot furnace before. "I'iagued cold night this,' said the grocer. "Why, tielh, you seem to perspire as if you were warm I Why don't you tuko your hat oil'? Here, lot mu put ynur hat awuy I" "No I" exclaimed poor Seth at last, with a spasmodic effort 10 gut his tongue louse, clapping bmh hands upon his hut. "No, I must go, let me out, 1 ain't well j let mu gof A greasy cataract was now pouring down the poor fellow's laco und nock ; and soak ing into his very boots, so that be was liter ally in a perfect bath of oil." 'Well, good night, Soth," said tho humor ous Vurmouter, " if ynu must gn !" adding, us he tuft, "neighbor, I reckon the fun I've had out of you is worth nine-punco, so 1 shun't charge you for that pound of butter." " u ! Increase of Lonokvitt It is a prevail ing impression among many that long life was more common in the time ot our ances tors than at present. Facts would seem in prove otherwise. In tho latter part of the 16th contury, ono half of all who were born died undor fivo years of ago, and the aver age proportion of the whole population was but eighteen years. In tho seventeenth century, oiie-hulf of the population died un dor twelve yenrs. But in tho first sixty years of the 18th century, one-half of the population lived over twenty-seven years j In the lattor forty years, ono-half exceeded thiriy-two years of age. At the; beginning of the present century, one-half exceeded forty years. The average longevity of those successive periods has been inoreased from 18 years in toe 16th century, up to 43.7 by the lust reports. This increase in the dura tion of lilo is believed lo be the result of improved medical science, improvement in tbe construction of bouses, drainage of streets, and superior clothing. FUN ITEMS. said the eccentric divine, "yon are such uut-of-in the-way siutirrs." A MiTF a thing that holds a young lady 1 hand minimi 'M('('iin II. Pima I if K, who wis lately splitting widi laugh ter, has Ikm'ii p!ici'd hy the parson. Tin: lady wli had n " spark" in her eye has kindled a match" without truiihlii. " Anr you looking for any one in particular t" the rat said when lie .aw the cat watching hit:. Why should a man whoi in want ol juvinl so ciety go to llahvlon I lic-aiuo there are such a quantity of 4r lound there. " TitEiti:'s something satisfactory evjn in being poof," us the loaler said when his pocket was pick' J of an emp'y pocket book. " It's not proper for you to play school, my dar, for it's Sunday." " I know it, mother." replied the little puss, "but Its SunJay school I'm playing." It is said that bleeding a partially blind horse the nose, will ri-stors him to sight j so much lor horse. To open a mall's eyes you must bleed him at the pocket. A serin miser having relented so much as to give a liegiiar a sixpence, sudilcnlv dying soon otter, the attendant physician gave it a his opin ion Ihat it wa. Iroin enlargement ol the heart. SfsAN was desirous of pu-ehasing a watch. The maker showed her,am-iog oihi-rs. a bcautit:il one. remarking "that jt wei,t lluriy-six hours." "In day I" asked ioor fiunan. " WrtAT makes you look so glum, Dick ?" "Oh, have had 10 einiuro a sad trial to my feelings." "What on earth was it i" "Why, 1 had to lie Kmnia's hunnei white her ma wus looking on." ' How does this razor cut t ' said a borber the other dny, while shaving one of his customers. Pretty well. 1 should think." was the iinmcilinte reply ( 41 lor you've cut nie in twopluces already " "O.Mr. Him.," said ono of the Rev. Rowland's how is it that you sav so many ont.ol the.wnv' tilings 111 your sermons f ' " necaiise. The Key Family. The Keys re a family unfortunate in llieir personal differences. I have refer red lo the case of an elder brother of Mr. Key who whs killed in n duel about twen ty yenrs ago. It has been erroneously stated iu a Washington print that the qumrel was about a woman. It was a boyish caprice, and yet the caue and course of il were characteristic on both sides. &herburne and Key were young midshipmen together. 1 hey sailed in the B nine ship on one of the long and use less ciuises prescribed for the exercise ol our navy. tlr. S'lerburne was Irotn New Hampshire, quiet and unobtrusive. Mr. Key was a M.H) lander, cotmcc'ed with the most aristocratic families of that Si ale and Virginia. He took a dislike to Mr. Sherburne and pursued him with cense- less insults on board sup. A parly ol young midshipmen attended nn eveuing party given by a Congressional mess, at a lasliiouubie boarding house here in Wash ington. The middies louk their wine 10 gelher, but Key was observed to leave his wine untHFJted. He was called on for an explanation, and gave it bluntly by say ing that Sherburne was a coward lor not resenting the indignities lie had before inflicted on him, and he could not drink with him. The poor young-man was at ienglh aroused, lie looked steadily at Mr. Key, also setting down his glass, and said : " 1 understand you. l'ou have made a mistake. You ought to have known me better. I will correct your mistiike." He then bowed to Ins com panions, excepting Mr. Key, drank lo them and retired. The next morning, Sherburne sent a message which produc ed a-meeling at Blndensburgh. Key was shot through the kidneys, and lingered two days-iii intolerable anguish. Key's niarriHge was also attended and preceded by evidences ol the same strong and erratic temperament. Col. Charles May, of Palo Alio celebrity, hud courted the beautiiul Miss Swann, of Baltimore, and been accepted by her. lie introduc ed Key to her ns his intended bride. The two fell in love at first sight, and the gal lant enptain ol dragoons was left to mourn the inconsistency ol the female heart. He ol course challenged Key. The nfftir produced an awlul tumult in Washington. Key nnd May were pursued by the po lice. They barricaded themselves in sep arate apartments, and defied the civil power; out ul course tlie aeeu wns pre vented. The Captain went to the wars where he achieved fame on the field, and Key hnviiig married the beauty, was up pointed through family influence to the office which he held at his death. The lady, one of tho loveliest 1 ever saw, died two or three years ago, and it is thought by tome that Key, Irom the oddity of his dress, and the singularity of his behavior, afterwards, became partially deranged by the bereavement. But this was an un founded conjecture. His friends had known him always to possess an unbalan ced and extravagant mind, in which vio lent anger and passiooute tenderness a! leiQiiled. Tub Different African Races At a lutu mooting of the Bostou Society ot Nat ural Hisiorj, Dr. Bohichon, a resident of Algeria, in Alnca, piessuied a paper ol great interest on iho races ot that country. founded on nis own observation, lie staled Ihat there woro two white races; one inhab ited tho mountains, the Nuinidiuns or Ber bers, nnd tho Arabs. The former wore small in stature, warlike, independent, dem ocratic, polygamous. Thoy dwell in villa ges and plain vineyards. Thoy are fine sol diers, able to coin polo with Europeans. Thuy are not governed by laws, but refer thuir difficulties to the first man that chan ces to pass bv. Lr B. considures them an indigenous race. Tho Arabs are a lull race, of (lark complexion, equostriuti, nomadic, warlike, ruligious, poetical and polygamous. lliey uivkio tiietr limo about equally be tween fighting and praying. He ulso refer red to a mixed ruco ot Turks, and Ihe wo mun of the different tribes of tho country which, 1101 having tho stamina of tho parent race, are last disappearing beloro Iher reiicli. Hu found in tho intunor of Africa a Ger manic raco, with blue eyes and light hair, which are probably Ihe duscendoiits of the ancient Curihaguuians. They are polyga mous, and unlike all other nations, the fe males are sovereign bolb in family and slate. Tliey also possess Ihe characteris tic superiorly of while races the enslaving of tho neighboring blucks. t'elicina (La) Vein. No dnubt there is room enough In tho world for men anu women, but It may be a serious Question whether the latter are not taking up more than their share of it, just now, IN THE RIGHT BE STRONG. Go boldly forth and fear no ill, When lirreo oppressors riae, Let menial strength, abounding still, Knell puny fears despise. Though slung wiih many a bitter word, And icrsrcuieil long, Yet let them pass ss it unheard, And in ihe right be strong ! The noblest caues ever known Have met w iih senfTam! j-cr The brave though journeying alone, Should never yield to fear ! Go onward up the rugged steep, B.-yond the lagging ihrong; Thy own heart's conns-els wisely keep, And in the right be strong '. Although grown weary, strive not less, No duty leave undone ; Soon will oppressors join to bless The deeds thy daring won. The strife once over, then will earth f?end forth her sweetest song. To laud and bless the noble worth That in the right was strung ! Have fniih have courage never fear. The promise is in sight; The Lamp ol Truth is shining clear, To banish Error's night. Though trials gather thick ond fast, And all the world be wrong. Onward, still onward to the Inst, And in the ri.jlit lie strong ! CHOICE VARIETY. Acts ofTove and kindness naturally conciliate erteem. Wise men minglo mirth with their cares, as a hold either to forget or ovorconie them. To resort to intoxication for the ease of one's mind, is to cure melancholy by madness. What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine. The river of God is lull of water; but there is not one drop of it takes its ri-e in earthly springs. Thk barren fig tree was not cursed because il bore bitter fruit, but because il bore no fruit. Tim vanity of human life is like a river, con stantly parsing away, and yet constantly coming on. TiiERr. is no occasion tojrample apon the mean est reptile, nor to sneak to the greatest prince. Insolence and baseness are equally unmanly. Every human being is sensible to soma infirm ities of temper, (says llluir,) which it should be his caro to correct sad subdue, particularly in the eaily period of life. The water that flowc from a spring docs not congeal in winter. And those sentiments of friend ship which flaw from the heart cannot be fruzen in adversity. SrniNtis are Utile things, but they sre sources of lorgc streams; a helm is a little thing, but go verns the course of a ship ; nails and pegs are lit tle things, but thev hold the large parts of mas sive buildings together; a word, a look, a frown, all are liitlo things, but powerful for good and evil. Think of tins, and mind the little things. Divisibility of Matter. This is a prop nrty possessed by all bodies, and means Ihmr capability to bo separated into parts It was formerly a question, among philos ophers, whether matter was capable of being divided ad infinitum, or whether there was a limit beyond w hich matter could be divided. Thu question is incapable ot direct solution, und fortunately science does not require that it should bo known ; but tho extent to which subdivision bus been carried in the arts is prodigious. In the gilding of but tons, five grains of gold, which is applied as an amulgam wiih mercury, is allowed in a gross; So ihat the coating left must not bo more lhan tho ono hundred and ten thou sandth part of an inch in thickness. If a piece of ivory nr white satiu bo immersed in a solution of nilro-miiriale of gold, and exposed to a current of hydrogen gas, il will lie covered witli a bui fnco ot gold not exceeding the ten-millionth of an inch in thickness. A single giain 01 Dtun vitriol will give an azure tint to five gallons of wator. In this case, iho copper must ho attenuated ten million times, and jot there is sufficient in each drop of water to give it color. Odors are capable cf still further diffusion ; a single grain of musk has been known to scent a room for twenty yr-u's. Animal matter likowise exhibits many in stances of wonderful subdivision. The milt nf 0 codfish, when ii begins to putrefy, has boon estimated 10 contain a billion of per fect insects, so that thousands of thoso little lives could be lifted on the point nf a needle. Una of tho infusorial animulcula found in duck-weed is ten million limes greater than a hemp-seed; and unother.discnvered In ditch-water, appears in tho field nf a mic rofcopo a mere atom endowed with sontient lifo. nnd millions of them play like sun beams in a single drop of liquid. Popclocsnsss of Japan. Every houe in Japan seemed to be overrun with chil dren, in some of which I counted ten or a dozen, and all about the same tizt ! The birds in a nesl, the chickens in a coop, the frogs in a pond, are not more compact and crowded lhan these human bee hives seem to be, and I may add, more happy. The average number of the inmates of each house in Japan, is estimated at be tween thirty and folly 1 It is a fruitful country in more senses than one, and can support 80 dense a population only by the simpie style of their living. They cut but little meat except fish, which abound in these waters, both in the bays and in the sea, and are easily procured, as well as being very fine. A gentleman told me that, as lie believed, from his most cure-1 ful observation, not above one iu finy of j the people eat any other animal food. There are few she.-p ; a cow is rarely teen ; goats, which might have a fine range and the best paslurnge iu the moun tain tops, now unaccupiud and unculti vated, are almost unknown ; bogs are seen ouly in the cities, and these are raised mainly to sell to ships ; while wild game is seldom hunted or taken. Poul try and ducks are abundant, and eggs, also, which, however, are not obtained at a cheap rate. Fish and rice are tbe main article of food, wiih the garden vegeta bles I have mentioned, though bread is unknown, small quantity of wheat, millet and buckwheat being produced in some localities, but which are not liked as well as rice. An ox or a horse would require land enough lor iis living to sup port the population of little village. Lttttr to 7 Journal of Comtntrct, The Student. nnd toiled earnestly and loo long. Like nn imprisoned bird, his spirit, strug gling for a more perfect freedom, had beat nguinst iis prison-bars, and now ils earthly tabernacle whs shattered. It is melancholy to see the cVcsy, the gradual drooping, nnd premature death of the young and strangely gifted. How many hopes how many affections, clus tered arountl nnd clinging to such an in dividual, Hre wilhcred and crushed by the blow Ihat lays their object in the dust I The altar is overthrown, and the offering profaned 1 The student snt alone. Hi task wag done. One pale cheek rested upon hie emaciated hand, Hnd bis eyes were fixed thoughtfully upon the volum before him yet the page whs to him but a blurred and confused mass. His mind was away among earlier days and brighter scenes. lie thought of the past, and a fninl smile lighted up for a moment, his pallid coun tenance. There were hopes, and joys, and aspirations, and anticipated triumphs. Hint came thronging upon his soul, io that brief retrospect, and his strong ambition awoke again lo die,! The panorama passed. The realities) of the present were before his eyes ; and he signed to think thai the brilliaci promise of his morning hnd departed ere noon. The object for which he hnd toiled was ur.ailained. Ease hnd been foregone, health sacrificed, the springing affections ef his heart crushed down and strangled in their birth, but the prize lie sought was still unwon. Oli, Fame I thou mocker of the sanguine heart 1 how much ol life, of love und pence hath been immolated upon thy altar in vnin ! How few of thy vo taiies win the meed for which they toil 1 Solemnly passed the night. The blushing dawn looked timidly over the earth, and the birds were musical among the trees. Men carao forth to labor, but Ihe pale student came not with them. His J.ist labor was done. Iron Mokk Useful than Goto. "I have in my hand," said Edward Everett, "a gold watch, which unites beauty and use in happy proportions. Ils bands, facer, chain and case are chased and bur nished gold. Ils gold seals sparkle with the ruby, tapnz, sapphire, nnd emerald. Open it'and find that the works, without which this elegantly furnished case would be but a mere shell, are made of brass. Looking farther, and asking what the spung, which puts ail these wheels in mo tion, is made of, and I nm told it is steel. I ask, What is steel ? They tell me it la iron which has undergone a certain pro cess. So then I find tbe mainspring, without which the watch would be always motionless, is not of gold, (that would not do,) bu. of iron. Iron therefore is tbe most precious metal, and this watch is aa emblem of society. Ils hands and fingers, wliich tell the hour, resemble the master-spirits of the age, to whose move ment every eye is directed. Its works of brass are the middle class, by whose power and intelligence the master-spirit of the age are moved ; and ils iron main spring, shut up in a box, always at work nnd little thought of, is the laboring class, whose constant labors are absolutely ne cessary lo the movement of society, sad who, when injured or disordered, bring loss and disorder upon every other class." The Other Like A Beactifix Illustra tion. If a child had been horn and spent all his lifo in tho Mammoth Cavo, how im possible would it bu for him to comprehend .he upper world I Parents might tell him of its life, and light and beauty, and It sounds of joy ; they might heap up tho sand into mounds, and try to show mm ny stuiac lilies, how grass, and flowers, and trees grow nut of the ground ; till at length, with la borious thinking, the child would funcy he had gained a true idea of the unknown land. And yet, though hu longed to behold it, when tho duy cumo that he was to go forth, it would be with regret for the familiar crystals and rock-hewn rooms, and the quiet ihat reigned theiein. But when be came up, somu May morning, with ten thou sand hints singing in the trees, and the heavens bright and blue, and full nf sun light, and tho wind blowing sofily through the young leaves, all a glitter with dew, and tho landscape stretching away green and boautilul to tho horizon, with what rapture would ho gazo about him. and see how poor wore all tho funcyings and the interpreta tions which were 'mado within the enve, of tho things which grew and lived without and how ho would wonder thut he could ever have regretted to leave the silence and dreary dutknoss of his old abode. So, when we emergo from this cave of earth into thai land ahero spring growths aro, and where is eternal summer, how shall we wonder tbal we huvo clung so londly to this dark and barren life I Trre Settino. A printer accustomed te sol typo never thinks what the letters are which ho is to put into his stick. He nev er looks at rne nf them as they'go in. But when he first began in set type, it was s very different thing with him. Hit looked and read, "And as they departed thence,' etc.. and so began, "And" a; and then be had to see which end was tp 1 He puis la a ard then comet to n. He takes up e wiong letter 1 Hu puts that back and guts the right one, nnd niakir-g sure about it puis Ihe right one in. Then he gets 4 and puis that in. Then ho thinks, now there is space wanted, and ho divides the word from the next one. Thun comes ihe next word, and ho looks at ilia types letter by letter, and makes mistakes at that I But go a year after, and let the man sot up the same verse "And as they departed thenoe Jesus began to say unto the multitudes," he reads us much as that, and Ihon oli. k I click (click ! it is all done I What made thut ? How those different faculties of tbe hand the muscles all work I What M immense amount of trial and discipline baa been condensed ento that automat io power! This is a wonderful element of human mindl It. W. Deechcr. An Indian has been diseoveied In Cali forma, five feet and a half high, and weighing only $ixten pounds. being mere skeleton, but in good health nd lively. a This is supposed to be the rentable "Lo, the poor Indian."