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My Old Coat.
Translated from Beranger.
Stick to me stilf.old coat, beloved though
' poor!
-' Alike we feel this coming on ofag;
Ten years my hand hath brushed thee
, and what more
Could have been done by Socrates
the sage?
If cruel Fortune to thy threadbare stuff
. Should new encounters send,
Like me, philosophize, to make thee
tough:
We must not part, old friend!
Good ia thy memory: I remember well
. jThe very time when first I chanced to
don thee: .
Sy birthday was it, and our pride to
, swell,
My comrades, singing, heaped ap
plauses on thee.
Despite thy seedy, creditable air, '
" . : Their arms they stil! extend:
And still for us their kindly fetes pre
pare: ! We must not part, old friend! ;
Thon hast a patch behind I see it yet
I Still, still, that scene is treasured in
my heart:
Feigning one night to fly the fond Li
. sette,
I felt her hand forbid me to depart.
This outrage tore thee; by her gentle
side
I could not but attend
Two days Lisette to such long work ap
plied: We must not part, old friend! -
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Translated from Beranger. Song.
Air—"Bonnie Doon."
BY MISS W. J. WHITMAN.
Father, my heart from thee has strayed,
' And sought an earthly idol here!
Hope's wildest vision round me played
-. It left my heart so cold and drear!
Take thou my erring spirit back.
Revive it, Father, by thy smile!
The storms which swept its earthward
. . track,
Dimmed its resplendent light the
' while!
Thus like a tempest driven back,
. On ocean's cold and restless wave
J sink and rise! What visions dare
, Hide .the sure refuge of the grave!
Thou, whose beloved son did'st tread,
" The darkest paths of human woe,
Spare tis the throb of grief, the dread
- The wasting care we shrink to know.
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. Eich. An exchange says, w h 3 n
Jenny Lind first appeared at the Ladies'
ordinary, at the Irving House, New
York, she had no comb in her hair while
every other lady wore a comb. The
next day she said she wished to dress
fee American ladies, and went to dinner
with a comb in -her head. : On glancing
up and down the table, not a comb was
tob seen. . ..
Paper from tow is stated to have been
invented and made, at Berlin, sodifficult,
if not impossible to be counterfeited,
that it 'will Supercede all other fabrics
for bank notes, stamps, &c.
. , .-The: way to be happy, is to pay the
Printer, love the gals, and always walk
in the sunshine. The latter will keep
you -in spirits, and the former in good
appetite. " "
' -A' fugitive slave lately' appealed to
two leading abolitionists for aid, and re
eeivaitronr one five i-and the other six
cents! This is nearly as bad as hiding
fiNTitives . ia the cellar, setting them to
sawing wood,' and cheating them out of
their breakfast. .
.'eakWloses of washboard are now
L.Mit.MilKl br Tjh-vsScians for ladies
hb.-?compIaiB of dyspepsia; ; :: .Young
ium troubled ia the same -way can , be
cured by; If strong preparation of ood
jJafly fuffollt, the" celebrated" race-nag,
fias won $40,000 for, fceriaster, who
purchased her,' riginany, for 1 It.
fehe is now IS years' oldi and valued at
t5,000. ail .".,...-o";.t -' i
. 'RnfW tha llissisaiDDl end Wisconsin
ii vers are Jrozen oyer so as to bear load-
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From Arthur's Home Gazette.
THE DESTINY OF AMERICA.
Self laudation has become promt
neat as an element of American
character.. . The rapid growth and
almost unprecedented expansion
ol oar Domical and commercial im
portance form themes upon which
our count rvmen build theories, or
advance speculations concerning the
"manifest destiny" of American prin
ciples and American power; thrus
ting forward upon every occasion,
till their idolization of country has
passed into a proverb. Whether
we view this subject in the light of
our past history, or examine it in a
spirit of vain elorv or exuberant pat
riotism, we are alike liable to leave
the regions of sober sense, and soar
alolt upon the wing oi an excite
imagination. Speculations concern
ing our political influence upon oth
er countries, . or aauiaiory expres
sions relative to our present position
as a nation, form appropriate themes
for Fourth', of July orations, to that
purpose we willingly confine them.
The present attempt to note a sin
gle item in the future of our. beloved
country, is undertaken in no such a
spirit. Ours is not a destiny in
which speculation form a basis, nor
is it one in which theory takes the
place of reality. It is an end poin
ted out by the truthful hand of prac
tical wisdom; the evfOent tendency
of our great system of labor and en
terprise which is now unfolding it
self in rapid strides.
Our history, thus tar, has been one
of progress. Brilliant, like the mete
or, we have moved forward majestic
as the mi"bJr eemet; till our scintil
fations of liberty have enlightened
the world. So rapidly has the re
public, yet scarce a generation old,
assumed importance and respect,
that enemies have attributed to us a
precociousness that argues a speedy
downfall. Lovers of the "hereditary
righi" prophecy our approaching
end. The growth of American in
dustry, enterprise and power, con
tains no element of precocity. Our
country is vet in its infancy. Her
advancement ij but the legitimate
pconsequence ol a proper appreciation
republican institutions. While
to the eyes of monarchical Europe
she seems to have sprang, Minerva
like, completely armed, from the
head of her British Jupiter, we be
hold nothing but a vigorous growth,
the spontaneous up-springing of a
living acting principle. .
America contains within herself
germ of her prosperity. "Liber
ty," sajs another, -is the American
policy; liberty is her glory." A tru
er sentiment has seldom fallen from
the lips of an American. Liberty,
the true sense of the word, is at
once, not only the policy and glory
of America, but in a more exalted
view, it may be said to be the very
altar from which the orsaions of her
free people ascend to the God of the
Universe. Republican principles are
but developing the internal resour
ces of her exhaustless fountain of
wealth and power. The contempla
tion of what we have been, and
what we are, pictures on the dark
back ground of the future, what we
must and shall be. Compariiively
but a small portion of our extensive
territory is at present inhabited, and
even that is but thinly populated.
Yet see the immense resources with
in these few acres. Electricity and
steam are careering over it, playing
fearful game of strength and speed.
a : i
An iron net-worn oi railway Dinas
manufactures and commerce; a sin
gle thread of wire brings the remo
test parts or our country within a
flash of each other; a stronger than
tripple bars of brass cements our
union.-and fastens it round with
bonds of intelligence, and might.
The fabrics from our clattering mills,
moved by every stream in the land,
borne on the swift wing3 of the dar
ting steamer that pushes its prow
through our many rivers ere they
are a day old find themselves toss
ing upon the waves of the wild At
lantic Yet, there is a power be
hind all these; an agency so intimate
ly combined with others, so acting
upon them all, as to become indispen
sable as a motive powerrr-the Archi
medean lever with . which this new
republic has moved a' people of - un
cultivated forests and barbarous peo
ple the press.- Every' tillage has
its newspaper; every party its organ;
and every author its publisher.- Jiow
eagerly the pub'Jd ize upon the
(beet yet- damp from! the press, to
acauaint themselves with events
which, eleven da vs 'before were
transpirine' .three thousand f'miles
jtway... In, a country where every
touhrj mat Jg a publics writer; eve
ry 'tenth man1 an inventive genius;
every twelfth man! a public orator;
and every man a living volcano of re
sistless 'energ and insatiable, ambi-
a
It
its
to
us
its
a
so
in
tion, it is not strange that in pictur
ing its future we become enthusias
tic. . '
The present position and circum
stances of oar country are but an
earnest ol what she is yet destined
to become. The pathway to ner
present eminence was throogh no
flowery fields of ease, or bright gar
dens of luxurious repose. The child
of persecution, from the first, the
strong hand of tyranny was upon
her. In infancy the svren song oi
Wespotism lulled her to repose, till,
like Hercules, in fabled story, she
crushed the viper sent to destroy
her. and stood alone. It was by the
development o1 her own internal re
sources. Wot by the old and slowly
accumulating process of ages past,
but by a new and bolder way.
By -creating means as circumstances
require them; by shaping events to
meet the wants of the age;" by untir
ing industry and unconquering per
severance, and by individual energy
of her resistless and unsatisfied pub
lic mind. When we see what has been
accomplished in so short a space of
time, with nought but mind and skill
to plan and to carry forward, what
will be the result when the same
mind, skill and energy,- aided bv the
developed and developing resources
of science, knowledge and wealth is
applied to that vast expanse of our
domain, hardly yet reclaimed from
its original owners?
The pursuit of wealth is another
characteristic of our country and
age. Its application to our country
men, Mas become universal, ana we
are half suspected of carrying .about J
us a faiisman that converts every
thing we touch into gold. To this
practice, disreputable only when car
ried to excess, we owe much, if not
all, to our national greatness. This
haste to be rich has opened a new
era upon the world the era of la
bor. The epoch of idleness, when
bloodshed and a worthless aristocra
cy ol birth and a hereditary wealth
of broad acres and slavish vassalage,
was held n check only by the strong
arm of despotism, has given place to
the age of laor, where the only
aristocracy is that of honest toil, and
the only wealth that bequeathed by
the earnest and enduring labor, up
held and sustained by a free govern
ment. Labor is the richest blessing
country can posses?. Without it
there can be no wealth, nor enjoy
ments. Destitution, misery and
want reign where there is no labor.
is a people's greatest treasure,
and it has given to our institutions
their firmest prop an enlightened
and labor-loving citizenship. The
universal desire after riches, which
has become so engrafted upon our
population, although it often leads
votaries to irretrievable ruin, yet,
like other pursuits which become
i t i i
evns oniy when aousea, nas Deen
turned. to some good account. It has
made us eminently a nation of la
borers; that labor has raised our na
tion to its present position; entailed
upon it a hardy race of laborized
supporters and bequeathed to us a
destiny which laborious toils and
painful effort only can fulfil.
Our form of Government fosters
and protects this spirit. With the
conventionalities of rank thrown off,
each man may aspire to equal his
neighbor; and wealth being within
the reach of all, each pursues the
golden bubble as best suits himself.
The mania for accumulation builds
our cities; it loads our merchantmen
and sends our canvass to whiten ev
ery sea; it drives our mills and erects
our manufacturing villages; it hur
ries our inhabitants across.the coun
try, breathless in its pursuit; it anni
hilates time and space, and fastens
a single thread of wire the whole
artillery of heaven. In this very
pursuit of wealth lies the grand se
cret of our unparalleled prosperity.
The acquisition of territory the de
sire for national . wealth in broad
land and extensive domain, entangled
in war, at least questionable in
justice. The result ol that war
has opened to the world a- treasure
house, inexhaustible in its supply,
and to our money loving population,
new mode of satisfying their de
sires in the gold placers of Califor
nia. The infatuation which has led
many respectable men into this
dangerous and uncertain search for
gold, is gTeatly to be deplored: yet,
when the effect which it is evident
ly destined to produce upon the des
tiny of the country is taken into con
sideration, it becomes almost a mat
ter of regret that it was not sooner
opened to our energy and perse ve
ranee: " ' ' -' ' " '.'-'
. West r of the Rocky. Mountains
ties a vast extent of territory, equal
alt respects and superior In many
to the soil this side of them.
The resistless energy of American
character and influence . is already
beginning to- be felt there. ' Farther
- .
is
is
it,
es,
so
oft-quoted
in-advance.
on, and beyond this region borders
a great ocean. Within and across
that ocean we find an archipelago
and continent . From those islands
and that continent emanates the most
extensive trade in the world. Hither
to that trade has been th property
of other nation, carried' on across
a vast extent of ocean, aadoocupy-
ing a long period ol lime, in the
transportation. Bufelhe moment is
at hand, when a change is to be
made in the direction of; that coin
meree.. The money-geniusof America
that has overcome so many obsta
cles, will s6onmployihi energies
upon that object. America is destin
ed before many yeartto" bectne 'the
grand carrying place between Ju-
rope and the East Indies. ; American
ships will transport the merchandise
across the Pacific; American, rail
roads will carry the same goods
from one side to the other. of her
own continent; and American ves
sels will again receive them .to bear
them over another ocean to their
place of destioation. ' i Y
Cities will spring up on the shores
of the Paciilc: railroads will .cross
those Western praries in-, all direc-
tions; the clatter of machinery will
be heard alone the stream of Ore
gon; the lightning will speed across
the Rocky Mountains; and the Sab
bath stillness of those wide-spread
solitudes will resound one day iu the
week to the echo of the church-going
bell. Then who will say that Cali
fornia emigration, as forming a'nu
c.Ieu? around which may cjusjjf
one oint of the vast mercsstlie road
wij iJ.AflTC.rje3 fsdesiined to become,
will not be of advantage?
Tnii is no vision of a heated imag
ination. Already the grand project
on foot. A railroad to the Pacific
no longer a visionary scheme.
Men of mind and men of influence
have given it their attention, and
pronounced it practicable; every one
sees its importance, and it will be con
structed. .Many plans tor its accom
p'ishment are already before the pub-
hc.awaitmg or.lv the sanction of pub
lic acceptance to be carried out. The
immense trade of the Pacific; China
and Asia itself, will eventually reach
Europe mainly by way of America.
The natural energy of our inhabi
tants will not allow this matter lon
ger to remain unquestioned. With
the wealth of India flowing into our
coffers, and our immense western
world filling up with republicans,
what American citiztn can contem
plate the destiny o! his country with
out feelings of pride and satisfaction?
Many years may, and probably
will elapse, before this will be ac
complished. : Generations ol men
may yet pass away, but come it
will and rome it must. The grand
idea which led Columbus across the
ocean even so many years after he
has gone to his last account, will
eventually be carried out. The
search of a nearer ' passage to the
wealth of the eastern world, which
gave a new continent to the old
hemisphere, will finally be rewarded.
The grand problem which Colum
bus based on the rotundity of the
earth, alter so many centuries have
passed away, and the continent he
discovered in attempting to establish
rivals the one which holds his ash
in wealth and powet, shall be tri-
umpnantly solved.
What a thought it is, thai after
many ages have notched tneir
passage upon time's eternal calendar,
and the . very names of those who
sought this. .great blessing have gone
into oblivion, that strangers, foreign
both to the discoverers and discov
ered, shall accomplish the idea which
tl:em to peril wealth, reputation,
and life itself. Little did Colum
bus imagine, when unknown to him
self, even, he discovered a hew con
tinent, that so many, years alter,
when his bones had decaved in the
grave, a new race of beings spring
ing up almost in a single nignt, ac
tuated by motives of selfishness alone
should solve the problem, the very
proposition of which brought upon
him ridicule and persecution. But
such are the inscrutable ways of
Providence. Never, perhaps.has the
passage from the world's
master-hand, been applied with more
truthfulness than in this connection:
"There u a divinity which shapes out enifa, '
Hough hew tbem bow we ilL' . .
This, then, shall be the destiny of
America: -To carry out the project
conceived by the bold Genoese,' and
attempted by his hardy , crew, of
discovering a shorter passage to the
wealth of the Indies.' . .
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Old Fas. On New Year's day,
the editor of the Washington (Pa-) im
porter was presented by a subscriber,
with complete files of that paper tor the
seventeen years Immediately preceding
1851. - The editor was very ' glad to
present the gentleman, in return, with a
receipt for tho paper for seventeen years
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72
Isabella II, of Spain.
Th letters written by the young
Queen Isabella are the most charm
ing things in the world; to say not
only her courtiers, but her enemies,
and those who have read them, de
clare tnat'if her Catholic Majesty
was not 4ueen ol bpain, she would
very certainly be a blue stocking.
Besides, although a sovereign, or
rather because she h a sovereign Isa
bella II, is a veritable lioness; not a
lioness as understood in the fashiona
ble world, but in the true accepta
tion ol the word, a lioness like the
noble partner of the king of the for
est. If the young Qnsen ever loses
her crown, she will not do it with
out, having defended it sword in
hand. She fences like Grisier, and
it is her favorite amusement.
This is the way she employs her
time. At three o'clock, not in the
morning, but in the day, she rises.
As soon as dressed, and her toilette
is the least of her- occupations, she
orders a very elegant, light equtp-
page, a present from her roral s'w
terof England, and goes out alone;
but sometimes she is accompanied ny
her husband, to his great despair and
terror, for he believes it a miracle ev
ery time he re enters theoalaca safe
and sound, for lha vonno OiiMn is
her own driver, and generally
on her horses to their full speMr
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She dines at 5 o'clocJ--"eatg very
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in ue ana very ijtsattd as soon as
her repasJJfioishedY she exercises
oiss-time with the sword, then she
mounts her horse and takes a ride.
These exercises ended, she bacomei
young and pretty woman; she dan
ces, sings, and in fact, takes all the
possible pleasure of her sex and age.
Rut when one o'clock strikes, the
Queen re-appdars, and, Isabella as
sembles her council, over which she
presides in person i he council is
prolonged more or less according to
the gravity of the affairs discussed.
When she perceives that, without
respect to her, sleep has invaded the
brains of her councillors, she sends
them home, and remains till seven o'
clock in the morning, the hour at
which the Prince, her husband, rise
and then alone she retires to bed."
To these details, which are perfect
ly exact, we give a trait which per
fectly paints the character of this
young woman.
A few weeks ago, as she was go
ing to attend a State ceremony, the
Queen left the palace in the royal
carriage, esccrted by all her suite.
young officer, belonging to ons of
the hrst (amines of (Jastile, ; rode by
the side of her Majesty's carriage.
About half way, he fell from his
horse, and was killed on the spot.
The Queen showed no sign of emo
tion; but ordered the cortege to pro
ceed, without paying any attention
the event. On her return, she
ordered the young officer's horse to
brought to her. The courtiers
opposed her wishes, telling her that
the horse was old and vicious, bhe,
however, would listen to no opposi
tion, and the horse was brought.
When she saw him in the court,
she descended, and in spite of the
supplications of the King and her
terrified courtiers, she mounted him,
made him gallop, trot,- pace, walk,
and, in fact, obey her wili as if she
had been the most expert of grooms;
then, when she re-entered the pal
ace, she said with the greatest sang
froid, "You see very well it is only
awkward people who get killed."
This was the only notice she took of
the unfortunate young officer.
I could relate many such- stories,
showing Isabella II to be less a wo
man than a Queen, and less a Queen 1
than a woman.
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One day last month, from sunrise
almost noon, the people of St.
Paul, Minnesota,, witnessed one of
the most superb solar exhibitions ev
er yet- seen. Three suns of equal
brightness, and too dazzling for the
naked eye, apparently rose at once,
the horizon, and the ground being
covered with snow, poured a deluge
light, by far more intense than is
usually witnessed. . A stream of
powerful refracted ravs was blazing
down from the real sun of the centre,
like the blazing beard of a fiery com
while on each sice ol the sun, like
the segments which . form a paren
thesis thus ( ; ) hung a brilliant sun
dog, with a local point in the centre
each, intensely luminous, so that
these two suns, the offspring; of the
true sun by refraction, shone in equal
splendor, all In a row with the great
ather oi Light.
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si Bkateh. There is a
family in Muskingum co., containing
fourteen children. The husband is
years, old and the wife 42; the
ages of the children being 21,20, 19,
16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 6, two : boys,
twins, 4 years, and two daughters,
twins, seven- months old, which wt
think bears off the palra.'-'-'
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Isabella II, of Spain. From Lake Superior.
urcei.idr5o"!d on,T bo effected in years of
The Green Bay Advocate of tne
Uih ult bas news from Lake Supe
rior, derived from Mr. W. H. Stevens,
who came across the country from
Green Bay, on his way to Washing-
ion? . . -
"The mines ' are represented as
doing weU this year.. Fifteen hun
dred tons of copper have been ship
ped, of which the Cliff Mine, the
largest, shipped SOO tons. The
whirlwind of speculation and fraud
has now passed over, and there are
no 'fancy' operations; and every company-organized
has got a real loca
tion, and is doing an actual business
in getting out copper. - ' '
-une of the creates! expenses In get
ting the copper ready for shipping is in
me cutting it up into moveable masses,
which Is effected by a tedious process,
wun cnisei and hammer. V arious have
been the expedients devised to facilitate
this operation. The miners are now
about trying a new plan; they are con
structing a gigantic furnace to nelt the
masses anorcast them in such pieces
as can be handled.
The traces ol ancient mining continue
to be found,- and in greater numbers
and extent, and these prove of great
service to the miners-f.. 1 1." "mt dax.
br directing tohe best locatVons, and
,n. to the mioer excavations
laoor.
Tho people there estimate their
age to be at least two thousand years.
In regard to' tbe route from Green
Bay, the Advocate says: "A road from
Green Bay to the most southerly point
oi iveewenaw would be less than 200
miles in length, and while it would
shorten the travel over the present route
least 100 miles, would open one of
tho most beautiful and fertile sections
the Union a section which wiil re
main unknown and unoccupied until
such a Toad is opened bv the govern
ment The Lake Superior people need
most especially for procuring sup
plies, driviisgcattfe, &c. The traveller
finds the whole distance to within a few
miles of Lake Superior abounding in
every resource which will make a coun
try wealthy and prosperous. Clear,
beautiful lakes are Interspersed, and
these have plenty of large trout and
other fish. Mr. S. informs us that
speck'ed trout a foot in longth, are found
tnem. w ater and water powers are
every where to be found, and the timber
oi me best kind maple groves,
oeecn, oax, pine, ore.
"Slavery among the Mormons."
We feel it to be our duty to define
our position in relation to the subject of
slavery. There are several men in
the Valley of the Salt Lake from the
Southern Statos, who have their slaves
with them. There is no law in Utah to
authorize Slavery, neither any to pro
hibit. If the slave is disposed to leave
his master, no power exists there, either
legal or moral, that will prevent him.
lint if the slave chooses to remain with
his master, none are allowed to interfere
between the master and the slave. All
the slaves that are there appear to be
perfectly.contented and satisfied. When
man in the Southern States embraces
one faith, and is the owner of slaves,
the church says to him, if your slaves
wish to remain with you, and to go with
you, put them not away; but if they
choose to leave you; or are not satisfied
remain with you. it is for you to se'l
them, or to let them go txee.as your
own conscience may direct you. The
church on this point assumes not the
responsibility to diiect. The laws of
land recognizes slavery; we do not
wish to oppose the laws of the country,
there is sin in selling a slave, let the
ndividual who sells him bear that sin,
and not the church. Wisdom and
prudence dictate to us this position, and
trust that our position will hence
forth be understock. Frontier Guar
dian. .''.-
An Excellent Custom. In Munich,
Germany, all the boys found in the
street- asking alms, are taken to an
asylum established for the purpose.
Soon as they enter the doors, and before
having been cleaned or their dirty
clothes removed, a portrait of each one
taken, representing him in the same
form as when found begging. v hen
portrait is finished, he is cleaned,
and presented with a new and neat suit
clothes. After going through a reg
ular course of education, appointed by
directors of the asylum, they are
put to learn a trade, afier they have
earned enough to liquidate all their ex
pensefc from the first day they entered
institution. When this is completed
they are dismissed from the institution
gain-their own livelihood. '
A the same time- the portrait, taken
when they first entered, is presented to
them, which they swear they will pre
serve as long as they live, in order that
they may remember the abject condi
tion from which they have been redeem
ed, and the obligation which they have
been under to the institution for having
saved them from misery, and given
them the means of feeding themselves
the future. Such an institution
might do good in this country. - - .
Three Englishmen, who had been
on luck buffalo hunt on the head
waters of the St. Peters, returned to St,
Paul's Minesota, on the 10th nit, bring-
Intelligence of the massacre ; oft
twenty-five Western Sioux, by a band of
Assmaboine Indians. ,
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to
and
Mas. "Swissa slat's Ortsiow or thb
.Gbsek SLArB'Every woman should
see this' statue, look at il a' Jong Cmpr
and try to learn the outline of the hu
man form 'divine. ' See; that "beautiful
sweeping curve down the side from the
armpit to the hip and note the difference
between tt and a whalebone bodice, with
the wedge-like seams now ia vegua-f-note
the. proportion of the waist tothe
neck. We regrefceeding!y (fiaf it
not sometimes exhibited in draoerv
thai it fs not nsed, in fact, for a model
by a fashion-plate artist, i v Modet&b
should be compelled to fit their contri
vances on a form of th'is mould, and
then let your sketchers and engraver
'follow copy. This. plan. would aave
an incalculable amount of sarsaDarninl
cod liver oil tonic, cosmetic aoaoa and
dyspeptic: pilla, to say nothlny oh
coffins, bombazine and crape. If ev
ry woman had a waist like the GreekV
6fve. consumption and, d yspepsia
would go but of fashion; and manv
other diseases would become decidedly
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Lost Child. About the latter natf
of November last, a. little irl, about
thirteen years of are. ' named Marv
Prances Atkeaon, a daughter of the Iat
Capt. William Atkeson, left the honstr
of h? r uncle, Thnm A'VfTMiJll-Mi-
son county, Virginfaas is 'supposed,
tor the purpose of returning to her rel
stives near Lexington. Mo- Since that
time, nothing has been heard from beis
She left without money or any oi the
other necessaries for such a journey.
Of the causes which led to this despe
rate effort it is unnecessary to speaks
Any one who will restore her to me or
Mr. John M. uffner, Broadway, below
the "Newman House, St. Louis, will ba
liberally remunerated for trouble
JOHN BOYLES
I he grandfather of the child Ifvee
near Lexington, Ma . and will make
good his undertaking. - - -
Lexington (Mo.) Repub.
Tbb Hexoins, Mas. Bailxt, dxadI
We are indebted to a gentleman who
came a passenger last evening in the
steamer from New London, for the sad
intelligence, that this old lady was burn-
ed to death yesterday, at her residence
uroton, opposite In ew ; London.
This futal accident was caused by her
clothes taking fire,' while her attendants
were absent. Mrs. Bailey was renown
edfor her patriotism in furnishing means
for the prosecution of the battles of bee
country, end has received many per
sonal marks of respect and considers-'
tion from almost all the President and
distinguished Statesmen who have visit
ed New England since the important
event alluded to. We are not fully
aware of her age, but understand It to
be upwards of ninety. if. T. Paper j
Robbing ths New CossTrrvTiojr'
As Judge Holt, member of tho
Constitutional. Con v en tion, w a 4
quietly sleeping "the midnight hours
away," at his boarding house (Mrs.
Perry's) on Western Row, on Tues
day night, some villain entered the
Judge's room and appropriated a
splendid gold watch worth $200, a
pair of gold spectacles, a gold pencil,
and $40 in money. The thief has
not, and probably will not be arres
ted until some time after the' "Judi
ciary Bill" is adopted under the op-
perations of which, it is hoped to con
vict him.- Cin. Atlas.' ' ' : 1 '
The St. Louis In'elligencer of the
7th instant contains a list of. ths
steamboat disasters on Western and
South Western waters during the
year 1S50. The whole number of
accidents sum -up-124, of which 49
occurred irom sinking, by striking
snags and other obstructions in tho
river; . 13 from collapsing flues; 9
from explosions; 8 from collisions'14
from fire, and 26 from other causes;
The number, of boats lost sum 53.
Lives, (as near as ascertained) 324, of
which 8 were the result of collisions,
from collapsing- flues, 115 from
explosions, and 156 from fire. ,
The St. Louis papers announce
the arrival of large numbers of tho
citizens of . Missouri who went, to
California by the overland route.
They 'returned by the way of the
Isthmus, and seem perfectly satisfied
with what they have seen and suf
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Recent intelligence irom Port an
Prince, represents the Coffee crop as
almost a failure probably falling
one-half short of an average cropj
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Documents have . been I presented
the United States Senate from Mr.
Todd, American Minister" t the
court of Brazil, oh the slave! traded
going to show that the American
flag is used in that inlamous trafjej
Americans are engaged Ja.it.
The Report gives shocking details cf
cruelly practiced by the captaias
and crews of slave traders. .'! ?,'-":.j
A bill exempting from execution
and sale one thousand dollars of real
estate, has passed the Senate of fl!r-
noia.'! Its fate in the : House i tot
yet certainly known, but the roppc
siuoo is uu win pass. ... . f