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PUJBLISKSD mSBS irsa>NE§I^‘S. 0 . 0 . BDIXOK ^2»I> FBOFBIEXOR. --------- U> --------- T l S I t l V l S ? Pablishef. BAXM QB AI>TBB1ISIK<5; ii i & 3 == s i s s s f c One saitarojDneyear.... ■■••11' :r i o o THE HOTHBE’g PEAXBS. They sleep. A thw art m y w h ite, iloon-m a rbled casement, w ith h e r solemn mein Silently \ratching o’er their rest serene, Gszeth the star-eye^ n ight. My g irl, sedate o r wild By turns—as p layful as a summ er breeze. Or g rave as n ight on s tar-lit Southern seas— ~ Serene,strhnare woman-ehild. My boy. my trembline statl The w h itest lam h in A p ril’s tenderest fold, r The bluest flower-ball ia the shadiest wold. His flitting emblems a re. They a re b u t two, and a ll My lonely h e a rt’s arithmotie is done When these are counted. High and Holy One, O. h e a r m y trem bling c a ll! I fi! k not wealth norfaia«^ ^sr, myewels- j I>i^dem and t ^^ie not tho ^ Koi’cooli / I ask not length of life, ^ o r earthly honors. IVeary a re the ways The g ifted tread, unsafe the world's b ast pra And keen its strife. to'take town of CJptine, which ]place- mands the entrance to.the Penobscot River. Shortly before' the ap ival of the Rnglish. squadrqh, Samuel Tucker had’ beei to peiiobseot Ba ' Lean coasters, and ■ailed ur — For my j Soo|^e ne t tho aching brow that throbs beneath, ' 'a fever-flame. I ask not that to me Thou spare them, thonah they Than rain to deserts, spring flowers to Or sunshine to the sea. But, kneeling at their feet. While smiles lifcesummer-light onshadedstreams Are gleaming from their glad and sinless dreams, I would my prayer repeat. In that alluring land. The f u ture—whore, Amid green, stately bowers. Ornate w ith proud and crimson-blushing flowers. Pleasure, w ith smooth, w hite hand. Beckons the young away From glen and hillside to her baniiuet fair,— Sin, the grim she-wolf, eoueheth in her lair, Ready to seize her prey. The bright and purpling bloom. Of Hightshade a n d Acanthus c annot hide The charred andhleaohinghomes that are denied Tstpev*, a n d dtrisixi:, n n d tomb- liord, in tbis midmKbt hour I bring my Iambs to Thee. 01 by Thy truth, Thy mercy, save them from th’ envenomed And tempting poison-flower! Comtoodofe 3U sent around protect the Amei*- while the British ip Cagtine, h© lay Thomas* It was a schooner that the Cotomp« dore commanded^ but she was a h eavy Que, well armed and manned; and that she carried' the true Yankee '• ' jnemy 1 ' too mi many proofs. O n the m o m f n g o f 2Sth of August, a messenger was sent down from Belfast with th«intelU* geuce 'that the British frigate wa? coming from Castine to take him.— Tucker knew that the British feared him, and also that Sir John. Sher brooke had offered a large amount fo r h i s cap tu r e . -When the Commodore received the iutelligence, his vessel was lying at. one of\ the -low wharves where he would have to wait two hears for the tide to set him off; but he hastened to have everything prepared to get her off as soon as possible, for he had ia s no desire, to The schooner’s ed from the n 0, Crueified and Crowned, Keep n s! We h ave no shield, no g u ide b u t T h e e ! Let sorrows com e^ett hope’sope’s lastast blo!ssom By h l blo be tempest drowned— B a t lead nS by Thy hand, 0, gentle Shepherd, till we rest beside The still, clear waters, in the pastures wide Of Thine own sinless land! BE HOT AFFLICTED, HOE AFEAID. My sqrrnwing friend, qxise-and go About thy houso with patient care; The hand th a t bows thy head so low W ill b ear the ills th o n eanst n o t b ear. Arise, and a ll thy tasks fulSl, ind 03 thy day thy strength shall bo; d th e iU . aeto thee, d storm encompass thee. nor afraid; Thou knowest the shadow could n o t be, • Were there no sun beyond the shade. ,yy beloved,loved, deadead andnd gione,« For th be d a g Let swee t, not bitter, tears be sh( Nor “open thy dark saying on Tho harp.” as though thy fait ith were dead. Ceuld thon even have them reappear In bodies plain to mortal sense, How were the miracle more clear To bring them than to take them hence ? Then l e t thy sonl cry in thee thus No more, n o r let thine eyes thus weep ; nothing can be w ithdrawn from ns T h a t we h ave any-need-to- keep. Arise, and seek some light to gain Frbm life’s dark lessOnday by day, Hor just rehearse its pe^ca and pain— A w earied actor a t the play. Horgrievuthat will so much, transcends Thy feeble©owers, powers, butut inn contentontent Do what thou canst, and leave the ends p b i c canst, ai And issues w ith th e Omnipotent. Dust 03 thou a rt and horn to woe. Seeing d arkly, and as through a gli He made thee thus to be, forlo I H e m a d e the grass, a n d flower o f g The ’tempest’s cry, the thunder’s mo! The waste of watera wild and dim, The stili small ■ All. all alike Arise, my fcie Thydarkone Yield not one jot to fear nor doubt, But,baMed, broken, still repeat: “ ’Tis min< The soul Evefl time rork. a n d n o t to win— must wait to have her wings- ia but a landmark in if things. , ?he g reat e ternity ” Is it 30 muck that thou below, O h e a rt, shouldst fail o f thy d esire. When death, as we believeahd know, Is but a eaU to come up higher?” THE BASTDrO- HOUE. rthly planet, w-drop, in the snnshine, a solemn day for me, efnlful h o u r o f midnight, tt dawnn in mist. A t this wake I I behold i da- Ahd-1 hear a sdand of sobbing. Through the dartness-hist I oh, hist! In a d im a n d murky chamber, I am breathing life away; Some one draws a curtaxns'ofUy And I watch the broadening day. As it purples in the zenith. As i t b rightens on the lawn. There’s ahush of death about me. A n d a whisper, H e is gone !” A MOEmg se o e a m ; A nestling in the little crib, A spfr hand laid upon my head, A gentle whisper in my ear— “ Mamma, I ’m turnin’ into bed I” ” 0 n o!” I said, “ ’twill never do; Now shut th030 little peeper? tight. A n d sfeap-And dream ’till m orning breaks t '' Then you may come—when, comes the light.” Again a nestli&rin the crib. As dpwfl to fe?)? my bi?fli« l»y; I listened, for T thought she, spoke-t ” Huddy up. Light!\ J heard her say. Then a il woe stiD- We idept again ’Till d awn l it n p j h a eaatwm-nfar- - ?hen.iangm y b iidiy » w e e tw ii«l»h y . ' ■ ,-1, ' ‘^ 9 w iy tb .th * * ttw . and jojbaa.Ji\- . I S V ' sitrr' rrineD e i s ] JaVta Y ^ r s afterward we ascertained th« to giy« h im jm opportunitj o f TgSZYEQF A¥8Aa|.B, ^ Th© eyes syf a ll bards hare a pseuli- .ari^jOf s tctt^ r e wbqvh •nahies thei TQiOTE O T B . t h e W s ^ e r i ^ ^ ke, the latter BB being tbe.Cri}ver»or o f BT^vaSco-f i, .had been seat with a heavy force 'take possession^ and occupied the ie, which Oarti*. S e had been- one o f these Who pbjected to the coffin’s , b eing broagbt on board and hence, h e 5 ^ j^edisposed to' look ve^Tfavqra- ■ lowner-, Thewo e schdpner’s,rdec qutfehness,* ahd'*Clairter ‘ eyed larply. Sdoh she went t o ‘the; taffrf^i'add looked over at the steih boat and thea she came and stood, h y the p ianaele agaip. , '“Look-Out, of:yQu’ll gib the boom,\ uttered the jpassenger. • ' Cafter started and found that th( !nain|sa4 was shivering. H e gave the helm a couple o f spokes a^ort, and 1 bast h is eyes again upon the wo- “ 5 rather think so,” said Tucker, lookifag a t tb&-eorapa80.''':-“ L ook out, look |>ut, Charter I 'Why ’m a n . a live, ants to the southward o f you’^ two poi! youi^course ” “ Blow me, so. I am,”f said the man, ;inging the helm smartly aport.— brinl B i# say, didn’t y e notice peculiar about the old the frigate, keel .was just nd one of the men ju elear- •tere^ed _______ . f‘^o I am, Commodore, an’ so ia m aboiftthe coffin, too. Wouldn’t it be welljfbr you and I to overhaul it ?” “ Pshaw I you are as scared'' as a •4 in a graveyard.” had been sent upon the lyharf to cast ' dine,line, whshen ’rawn off the bow w a wagon d one horse came rattling down to I spot. The driven, a rough looking countryman got out* upon the wharf, and then assisted a middle-aged wo man froxn th© vehicle. The lady’a first inquiry was for Commodore Tuck er. H e was pointed out, to her and she Stepped upon the schooner’s deck, and approached him. “ Commodore,” she asked, “ when do you sail from here?’’ W e sail right o ff as ble, madam.” • “ Oh then I know you will be kind to me,” th© lady urged in persuasive tones. “ My poor husband died yes terday, and X wish to carry his'eorpse toW iscasset, where we belong, and where his parents will take care of “ But, m y good woman, I shan’t go Yiscasset.” I f you will only land me at the mouth of the Sheepscot, I will ask no “ .Ko, not a bi Thai ’oman ain’t Just hark a bit. no ’oman.” The Commodore pronounced the tame of his Satanie Majesty in m o sfem i' “ It’s the truth, Commodore— can swesffwesff too it.t. I purtendeduri there was ! rubbed *, as soon as possi- s t i I p spidlr on. her hairj hand agin her face if itiwasn’t as roujgh an Bolystone. Toi body 2” asked Tuck- to take me up.” “Where is the “ In the wagon,” returned the lady, at the same time raising the corner of her shawl to wipe, away the tears. “ I have a sum o f money with me, and you shall be well paid for the trouble.” “ Tut, tut, woman; i f I accommo date you, there won’t be no pay about The kind-hearted old Commodore was not the man to refuse a favor, and though he, liked, notthehother of tak ing the woman and her strange ac companiment on board, yet he could not refuse. lYhen he told her he would do as she. had requested, she thanked him with'many tears in her Some o f the meii were sent Upon the wharf to bring the body on board. A long bufelo robe was lifted off by the man that drove the wagon, and beneath it appeared a neat black fiof- fin. Some words were passed by the a they were putting the cof- ivhich went to show lat the affair did not It may have been ’n ------- bile, whei Sn on board, wl ■etty plainly tha :aetly suit them, but; prejudii---------rejudice p once i a while, when consider theffidny stern realities .they have to encounter. “ Hush, my good men,” said the Commodore, as he heard their murmured remon strances. “ Suppose you were to die away from home—would yott wish that your last remains might be carri ed to your poor parents ? Come, hurry tid no more, and ere lonj laced in the hold,^ shown to the' The men sai more, and ere long the coffin was placed in th e h and the woman was shown to t In less than h a lf anhpur, the schooner was cleared from the wharf, and stand ing out from the hay. The wind was ght from the eastward, but Tueher ad no fear of the frigate how that he was once out of the bay. In the evening the lady passenger came on deck, and the Commodore assured her. that he fihquld be able to land her early on the next morning. She;eHpressed her gratitude and satis faction, and remarked that before she retired-she should like to look and see grai h e l light g o down into the hold. “ I declare,” muttered D aniel Car ter, an old sailor who was standing at the wheel, “ she takes on dre’fu lly !” “ Yes, poor thing!” said Tucker, as he heard her sobs and groans. “D ’ye notice what’n eye she’s got?” continued Carter. “ No,” said Tucker, “ only ’twas swollen with tears.” “ M; ■, when she compass.” Tucker smiled at the man’s quaint earnestness, and without further re mark h e f m t down to the enbih, '^hen the womau cam© up from the'hoM, she looked about the deck then £ upon th e wo- fcures were lighted by ele lamp. ’e ma’am',”- said Han. “Ha> hold |>n—why, b l ^ m y soul, there’s a big;smder right on your hair. * N o -not there. ' Here—r i l —U g h !” This last ejaculation Dammade as e seamed to pull ©oraethiing from the ‘ ich h e threw upon above men .7 ■ Shprtly after the passenger beio^, a^d ere long Tucker cm went came on n ’oman anything \YlTiyjDan.yon seem greatly in- 1 about her ?” chilq in a graveyard.’ and I rubbed my auB. B y Sam Hyde lU and bearded ’he -L-old n e s toll howfl’d let the boom gibe i f I d looMout. I knowe’d there w ^ n ’t no ’Oman there, and so I tried her. Call somebody, a t the wheel, and let’s go and {look at that coffin.” The Commodore was wonderstruck by what h e had heard, but with that calm presence of mind that made him whas h e was, h e sat coolly to think ing I in a few minutes he called one of the meii aft to relieve Cf theij he went down to look passenger. led am “ tero noise, now, Carter; follow me as though nothing bad happened.” The two approached the main hatch, and; stopped to raise it, when Dan’s hand touched a sm all ball thatfleemed have been pinned up under the af- r break of the hatch. “ I t ’s a hall of twine,” said he. “ D o n ’t touch it, but xun and get a ianfern,” replied Tucker. Carter sprang to obey, and when he retmned a number of the men had thered about tbe spot. The hatch sjraised, and the Commodore care- ly picked up the h a ll of twine, and fouqd that i t was made fast to some thing belpwi H e descended to the hold, and there he found the hall of twipexan in beneath the lid of the coffin. H e had.np doubt |n his mind noWj that there was mischief boxed up belqw, and he sent Carter for some thing that might answer for a screw driver. The man soon returned with lyer. Ih e man soon r itqut knife, arid the Commodore set to work. H e worked very carefully, however, at the same time keeping a bright lookout for the string. ^ A length the screws were out, and th e lid very carefully l|fte<Lfrom its place, ’ , - “Great God in heaven 1” hurst from the lips of the Commodore. “ 'EyBara H y d e !” dropped l|ke a thunder clap from the tongue^of young Sairi.- “ God bless you, D a n !” said the Commodore. “ I knovfd it / ” uttered Dan. l$ ie men stood for a moment, and gazed into the coffin. There was no deaij man there, but in place thereof, there was material for the' death o f a --one* The coffin was filled with g iwder and pitchwood! Upon a li frame work ed TO! ------ - inti pistols, all itering the ter were arrang- iGcked and the , ^ irefuUy- unwinding the •ing as he w e n t& n g '; then to* have' it into'the boat, cut the falls, and as Would have followed. I should not have g ot and you’c - ------------------------------------ world iniffidrt ordef. A n d ’all 1* cab say, is that I ’m sorry I didn’t do it,” It, with much.difficulty that the) CoiUmudore prevented this men from killrngthe yniain dn.the spot, H e proved to he one of *th© enemy’s offi- and biirnin’ ‘ the poor 3 'on the Eastern coast/' idore with isoles aboi The prisoner was carried 'pn , deck ■and lashed to tharnmn rigging, where he was told to remain .until the .vessel got into port. “ W h at a horrid death that, villain meant for us,’' Uttered Carter.' ‘' • “ Yes, he did,” said Tucker with a shudder. . v '“H e belongs to the same gang that’s been robbin’ and biirnin’ ‘ the poor folk’s houses 'on the said one of the men. “ Yes;” said the C nervous twitch Of the his niQUth. , ' A bitter curse from the prisoner now broke on the air,, and with a nlutohed fist the Cnmmodore. Went be- low. ’ . In the-morning when Tucker came, on deck, Seguin was in sight upon the starboard bow, but when he looked for the prisoner h e was gone. \ ' “ Carter, Whete’s the villain I lath ed here last n ight?” ■ ‘ “ I ’m'sure’ ! dont’ know where he is. Commodore. \ Perhaps he’s jumped overboard.” * - ' ' n . The old Commodore looked sternly in Carter’s eyes, and h e saw a twinkle of satisfection gleaming there. H e hesitated a moment—then h e turned aWay, and muttered to h i m s e l f i - i ' “ W ell, well—I can’t blame them. I f the murderous, villain’s gone to death,; he’s only m®^; n ' These,words were .all repei intervals', and the one speaking them could not have been more than seven’ ars old; She stood in a dark place; y W,ere p # s |ng, the night ^as threat ening, no policeman appeared to b e thceyenihg. ' ; ■ ’ r , AYhal.shduM I ’d o f V ' ' * Y I . h^d beem accustomed to dismiss yagged^eMIdtenj: pofi'wldotsi^^old men, and the whole disgusting creW, “ F obom el” \ How the .words smote me. ff a little girl of'mine should some time he thus desolate\ and alone, and ihould cry out; in- h er anguish to pass ing Btrangers unheeded. Thethought pavement. I t ■to never to unforfcuni i^tcrew ,ipre UUEIOuSYdsTAOxljIBTIOsP' There are over 25,000 Post Offices. in the IJuited States, and the Post- Office Directory is dry reading; never- ,Kings to be found in it. W;e hnd that there are 350 Post-Offices with theprefixBuuthT’ 400 with East, 500 North, and some thing over 500 W est, evidencing the growth of the country to the' WeSt- and Horth. > j Oar propensity t© exalt public men is shown by the immes o f many o f these Post-Offices. Eifly-fbur a,re nam ed for Franklin, 53 Jackeoii, -45 Jef ferson, 31 Dincoln, and 28 Grant,-r- Nearly 600 Post-Offices have the pre fix of Hew, M Hew Albany, &c.,' 250 have Mt., Mount or Mountain. 120 are named for , the various Saints. The trees come in for their share—. 150 have the prefix Oak, 7fi W a lnut’ o r . Hickory, 40 Maple, &c. _ Forty are named for the Beaver, the great- representative o f the ingenuity and industry of our peopled ; 150 are White, 90 are Big, 47 .are Blue, and 114 have the prefix o f tPleasant, show ing the estimate in which they are held by. their inhabitants.- 11 ■ h a v e ... dared to apply the aame.o.fB.G.8ton to ' ices,ces. than,han,ffie the 'while,u btd me-. other pla l /tun, w n e , one has dared to rival the great ^ tremoUs\ ^iirid. call ftself N©w Yprk, . Very curjops names some of thesi 25,000 offices.have- Strange, -unpro nounpeable^ Indian name?, and many. ridiculous, common-place names-:— Peripsjlvan|a has an Applehacksvilhe, means ridiculous, Peripsjlvania has an Applebacksvill South Carolina a 'Bachelor’s Retreat, W est y irgiuia a PostrQffice with the; euphonious name o f B ig Skin Creek, yirginia Burnt.Ordinary, Missouri a G^teBaiM Dessien^, whatever; that , ns, Indiana a Delectable H ill, led evidently by„spmo enthusiastic reader pf Bunyap’s allegory. Among the many other curiouA frames we no tice, m.glanping over the pages, ,nre Dry Toifn, Grizzly Bear.House, Broad Axe, Gadfljr, Haholochittp, Kinnick- kinnick. Mud 'Lick, Nine -Eagles,. Hinoty-8lr, Faddy’s RuSa, Fa Fa, Me, Scalp Level, ,Tarr Farm, Travellers’ Sfatiori, and W « lf Trap,' alas are the only hepre. itring entering t coffin from ■with out, communicated with the trigger o f The first movement o f the Commo dore Was to eall for water, and when it Wfis brought, he dashed three or fiouf buckets full into the rnffirrial con trivance, and ihen he breathed more “ No, no,” he uttered, as he leaped from the hold. “ No, no-'-men. Do nothing rashly. L et me go into the cabin ftrst You may follow me.” Commodore Tucker strode .into the cabin, walked up to the bunk where his passenger lay; and grasping hold of the female dress, he dragged,its The seven Xemas are th e onw repre. senlativea of ■the inital X . in ' most les there are ttvo Or more Fost- ices of the shme name, and it is iirefbre very desirable that in. writr Iresses .the County -and State h e written very plainly, the name. ing add] should well as ih e nai Vly e y e s ! hut they shone, tbongh 1 she stood hero looking at the wea,rer out upon the floor. There was a'sharp resistance, and the pass disew a pistol, but led away- an4 a man came forth fro) nants o f calico and M m i, The ffillo whple plot h disew a pistol, but it was quickly knocked away—thegown Was tora off and a man came forth from the rem- was assured that hi© ;d h w n discovered; and at length he ow u ^ that it hi iana, and upon i , during amhrder ii srowd was pr®ent to the idred, a board icasion, tiofr, while a crowd was j number bt about two htin< of eight jiidges were appointed; whtit sat upon one side ofjihe taMe in the church; where -the- - exammatloh was' mad&i while the entire crowd wei marched singly past the bddy, one being required tb touch tha body^^ ider the idea that-wnen the guilty on© touched St the blood Would fle afresh from the: wound; hut no Wood “ ■No komer, ^aaihSirie ..^‘IfqhQm e”;^ .. ... .. . ■ '.* r; ^1 watt hurrying. aloiig.lEanddphF Btreet, ’ Suithe* ci-ty;-«£y Chicago,' ;Ber/ - - ' TifTTirv^'TiW'* ■ o n carried to*th©\'greatest perfeetion in th t bird of prey. 'When we recollect than a n eagle will ascend more than IM h lS B S >w than* my dear ^ iUty,.ju^ twelva'years old Sejenty-fiye' thoweahd dollars in- o f this g irL ' I Investmerits irifresh and hlqqff.inade-in. the .right spirit—-not. fpr-slfivery* but for emancipafion-- 7 are,. Baffled-.in on© another. Aside EAEL FItEZW lK|U^^D . THE fiOlIEglP A farmer called, on the Earl. Pitz- in-her anguish to pas in g Btrangers unheeded. Thethoug went to my heart like a-knife. - I stopped, almost by jm p u ] auld see n.o person, in sight. -no footfall on the' p a v em ,..„ was impossible that her cry was g©n- uifte, as some good souls by strangt circumstances get drifted ip with out Lsts! ^ from ^ ■ society. -Berhaps,, qls© LIS little girl, wa^, uttering an ,h.onesi cry. among the thousand false voices. ' I thought theff 'thafc'Tt'was hettef. to be decefted b hee in a while, than astist' tb and yet so al t thi UUAUXhUUaLC. ^ A tiiUU^UU £>U^ a u u cannot tell Why I thought so 4 particular tip e , sihee T had bee istomed to' think dli'ec suppose'it wasthelop< house during the few days preceding, wife and child absent, had something to do with it. . . ’ ^ “\What i | the matter, my little one,” She shrunk hack as i f afraid of the sistanee she had invoked. Perhaps did not speak as kindly as I imagin-, ed. I had not experience in address ing bhildrenunder such circumstances.- “ Where d o you live,- bear,” I skid. \ Donft c r j, npw> my darling,, and. —- --,r ri I don’t want to, I hanft g o t any home,- s i r . , Mamma died, and aunty c u t t y and destroy- ed - l l a t i p some parts he could not -hope; for any produce., , “ W ell, my friend,” said his lordship, “ I aware'that we hi that j field, and that we hi consffierable injury; and if you ean an estimate of the loss you stained I will repay you.”— ner replied, that anticipating hip’s Consideration and kind ness,' he had requested a friend to as- fiisfc h m in^ eatimating the damage, |L„,_ ___ ___ J more than repay Mm. earl immediately gave him -the n As the laryest, however, approach- 1, the wheat grew, and in those parts ■ the-' field Which' were most tramp led the corn-was strongest and most limuriant. The'farmer, went again: tq jiis lordship, and being introduced auntj who wi 'I turned't ay from a kind, to correct her. The child sobbed. I could not leave her in the dark Street alone, to suffer, worthy or un worthy. ' “ W ill you tell me your name, lit tle one?” I-asked. “ L uty.sir.” . ' “ W ell, Luty, ‘dear, I am going with you to your aunt’s . ' I guesS she won’t whip you any more. I f she will take icollficted tbe circumstance. _ _ ___ , my friend, did I not allow you suffi cient to remunerate you for your loss?” '“ 'Yes,.my, lord, I find that I the crop m o st' promising, and I have therefore brought the fifty pounds back again.”- “ A h !” excla.imed the vonerdbl.e earl, “ this is what I l i k e ; this is as it should be between man and man.” H e then entered into' ith the farflaer, asking: itions about h is family many children he had, <ke.— H is lordship'then went into another ■ ’ \ 'i ted -the farmer with a check for one hundred pounds, saying, “ Take care o f this, present it to him, arid tell him the occ^ion that produced it.\ W e know not which to admire most, the do|s, I w ill take you to my-home, tw a lkfl t show me the way.\” .. 1! g a v e her n o time to reply, , hut- took her by -the hand and led hter along thepavement. • ' “ Down this way, sir.” I follSwed, \Where ahe led the way in among ,a row of small wooden houses, set \on posts. The houses were not o l d , nor. rickety, but they' were small and cheap, with mud nnmeasurable quantities all aroui and underneath them. I 'had pretty much made up my mind that i would, test the-truth of the little girl’s s to^ , -then leave her or take her home with rue, according as -the st< (cc^ion th a t aioW not whic ___ honesiy - o f the farmer on the one hjand, or on the other, the benevolence and the wisdom displayed by this il- i;; for.whileor.while doingoing Instrious m a n f d a no ble a ct o f generosiiy, he was handing story. ove true or false. ' ■ ' “ This is where aynty livqs, sir/ she said,' stopping before a hou?© whi,oh looked respectable among jfe, fellows;- I doubted‘the truth of her account more than ever, , a t .the. same time re membering'that cruelty exists in ©Qu- nectiou with goodcjrcfrmstmnces should h gopd circfrmstn some- permit snotlohgfin this state df riiind re- gardmg th© plan, for in two minutee after”\the door closed on little Luty, it was opened a ^ i f f by a coarse woman, apd; the child pushed down the steps.. There, yoU lying little heathen, don’t show your face again till you iggt theh moneyoney F’^ knew then precisely how the ease T fin e m ! t knew then precisely ___ , . , . stood. This coats© aunt was teaching .. hut jt ndw/ tent f©r 500, perse _ _ . ’revioua tJ ,1857. the .carria^^^^ business a t Amesbury, Mass., was very ' furnishes employ- There-are 19 r the*child td h%, exercising the inhu man treatment to accomplish her ob-’ jecfc. She *reqaired-a Stipulated sum every night. I did not suppose thai the' woman-could b© cruel enough t© hhdhild a l l ’ n ight in the street j en t ffir 500, person^. There *ar hat i t h a d ^ e n - establishments ffi operation and Sev- hifl'plM to turnout i u ' $ h e o o « o f eral more will b e started this year. ■’ ' ’ ' -’ — Id of thnhSIror It is'cstimatea therew illbe 4,Q00 eari the!CUT- ih©-importanc©of b r in in g ic ^ a r y amount in future. ■“ steps leading up to .th© I . wa$ hurt . badly froi? t h | ,ov«rficnn^^ i j a # '2 ! i on'.- direction, vrja took le from , the. reward, >ride was in- ig the person whOj onreyes, piricticed such >peri frauds. Gne day I ' saw a lady laying fo r -a b il l - o f gpodB with a heck. Before she had time to leave- the store I obtained - - - - i6r,‘and was satisfi ine. S till I w a s ___ ________ ___ lady was deeply .veiled a n d lw a e s u b - jected~to the alternativ© o f following her. This I did and traced her home. • I t was a beautiful little cottage, with a large yard and garden. Taste and .culture had fashioned the graveled walks and trained the dense and beat tiful &ila as novel over th* portico ana trailed along the network o£ the gallery. The white and red hollyhock bloomed at the gate, and the margin o f the walks was bedded with violets, and the sweet sented verbena. The perfume o f or- H is lordship'then went into room, and rOtUrni ]srith a chec iQunds, saying, “ 'Tab ,nd when your eldest iresent it to him, ari( generosi do-wn ©.' lesson of integrity to i geheration.-rGflld(?n^A^res, anothe: T vpe - t S izeahd NAME.-7Thelarg- 5 t metal types now cast are ten-line ica, which.is the standard size , type, nd is one -rixth of an inch long.-^ Smaller thanfhis comes small pica, Fica is known b y the French as Oic^ ero, because his works were first set up J n this type. The next li English, is for the 3 same reason k LUgusti used in printing breviaries. Mi nonpareil, jest, i printing hrevianes. M■••\ion inion was so called because it was the small est type then known; as St. Augustine. Brevier was first ^\ all- _____ ______ nonpareil, be- ise the maker thought it couldn’t be equalled. Peari was the produc tion of klTamhitious die-cutter. Dia mond was cast in a Baltimore found r y ; and lastly, brilliant, in. which it takes-4,000 o±' the letter to make a- “ I don’t want to, but I w ill. You is real .good, sir,” ■ She stepped into the house -wlule I remained inthn «treet. She-was no so'oner out of sight, than the .plan which I had adopted appeared to me to be anything but judicious. I f she should W abused, I could n o t see i t ; and more than likely she would n o t be permitted :to come and tell me. I a type-cutter in Berlin. It is 'said, however, that there is Prussian mi croscope type smaller than this/which has never been brought to tbia coun try. We hope irnever mayTie.' Marrying old me »ney does not always ti rdingtothe expectatioi Not'many y< comffiauitywei A female foeoeb . fix. A nEot-EenVE. ars ago, the mercantile; ^ annoyed by an im- wer© ^r^eiTi signed by th andjmoheyi ihgto nearly fifty thol obtained upon them. The-peculiar circumstances of the case disclosed ^t|^e fact that the forger resided in' the: city and for. months we were on the jwi w w to dqtect the criminal. Eve ry new free, eVery strangeri whose occupation and pursuit were not thoi oughly understood, Were subjected t . .a most rigid* seriitiny. StilL-w©' -were sat fahlt. I t is not difficult to find out th© pe'fsori who, is not, guilty o f an offenSe j the frouble is to discover who is;- And thus our search went on.— L dollars back to the place where the check -was passed,. a,nd i t had al- idy been ascertained that is was ged. \We had now obtained a clue, which i f carefully pursued, we were satisfied would lead to the d< when he looks at a very near object the little bones press together, and the ball o f the eye Is thus squeezed into a rounder and more convex form. The effect ia very familiar to every body* A person with very round 5 is near-sighted, and only sees . irly an object that is close to him ; and a person -with flat eyes, as in old e, can see nothing clear except at a itance. The eagle h y the mere will, ' can make his eye round or flat, 'see with equal, clearness at any tance. ------------.— the detection of the criminal. We waited until moi Was then determined ti visit her alone. I ig, and It th at I should >r alone, i did so, and found lady seated in a pleasant little tarlor looking out on a miniature refinement. It was fitted up as a pl< music room. Beautiful paintings hung from the walls, and in 'a recess was an Tear it was a staute ne, and op- 16 creation oi dance-loving Terpsichore, and the center of ’ ing desk rose a. nmia, with her finger pressing gant piano. Near it was a sta the Goddess Mnemosyne, and i posite to it stood a tU! the dance-loving T< from the centerenter oi f thh ee c o t richly- itting desk rose a. beautiful lips, brimming with s( Gases filled with boi ■ichly-carved ling t^e an easy chair, and received the announcement o f my Evident embarrassment. red m e with great po- aud inquired, “to what cir cumstance she was to attribute m y business.” Gases filled with books, and vases of Arabasque of gold, filled with flow ers, were scattered through the room. The lady reclined in an e and received the announcen name with evident embai Still she received m e with great po- Vx.. ------- —J : --------- :__J “to what attribute “ I do not know, madam, that it is 3 you, as y e t ; but may I inquire if our husband is in ?” “ I am a widow, sir.” -“ But you \have a bUsmess “ No, s ir; I live alone on annuity.” “ Indeed!” “ I t is true, sir; but you ■will par don me i f I inquire the purport o f these questions f ’ “ Madam,” I rejoined, “ there is no doubt some mistake about it, but the age!:nt.” ^ draft you _ H . & Co.'S a forgery.” ay to Messrs. , “ S ir!” the tone was indignant, and the face was white with terror rather than passion. “ I t is as I stated, madam, here is the paper,” and I took from m y pocket the check and showed it to her. “ W hat is the purport o f a ll this 2” “ To enquire from whence you ob tained it.” “ That I cannot tell you, sir.’ \ I trust, madam, you will reconsid er your last remark, for otherwise it ■ will be m y duty to arrest you criminal.” “ And you would do this?,” “ I t would be myy duty.”uty.’ m d H er eyes lost ou the instant their mger look and she turned aside her bead. I could preceive from tbe srkmgs o f her pounce , ity, and when we see the saine bird scrutiniz ing With microsopic nicety an object close at hand, we shall at once per- '“‘ive that he posse his sil powei >^ente.q At tb© pyirimpai banks |nommodating & s sight to distance in by the firms o f prominet houses, » maimer to which our eye is unfitted, oney rn the aggregate amount-, and of which i t is totally incapable. . it is totally incapable. • I f we tako.a printed page we shall find that there is some particular dis tance, probably ten inches, at which we can read the woTds. and see each letter with perfect distinctness; but i f » move a page to the distance o f rty inches we shall find it impossi- } to read it at a l l ; seieStific men would therefor© call ten inches tha fociia or fecld difltanee of onr eyes. Wfi cannot alter this focus except b y -tbe aid o f spectacles. But an eagle has the power o f alter ing the focus o f his eye a s he p ie c e s ; le has only to look at an object at the distance o f two feet, or two miles Bciorotic bones. They form a com plete Ting, and their edges slightly '-lap each other. ^hen h e looks a t the distant oh- this little circle of bone expands, the ball o f the eye being relieved from the pressure become flatter, and i GOOD WOSB FOE IHE OlIBIEB. Thomas M , Brewer, writes in the April number o f the Atlantic Month- ly : “ One rainy day, the past summer, as we sat by the window looking out upon the flower-bed, our attention was attracted to a catbird, apparently bu ried head and shoulders in the soil, and ^ i n g to extricate himself. Our first impulse was to run to his rescue, supposing him to be in danger from some hidden enemy; but we soon dis covered our mistake when we saw him gradually emerge, dragging out with him, not without some difficulty, a o f eating the roots of our favorite cranium. The offender was forth- ith pounded to a jelly, and in this condition home off to the bird’s nest hard by, where i t no doubt gladdened the heart of one of his nestlings. Our good opinion of the catbird is confirmed by the recent experience of President H ill, of Cambridge. A fa vorite elm near b is house, was attaek- eb. last summer by a large swarm of the Vanessa caterpillar. They rapidly devoured its foliage, and threatened soon to despoil the tree of its beauty. One day when he was about to bring [adders ai ’ ----- ---------------------- ’, ladders* and attempt their removal and was considering whether this was practicable, he observed to the tree am id begin 1 latbird fly itroy the caterpillars. Seeing this unexpected relief, he deferred any interference and awaited the result. Nor was he disappointed. In a few days the cat bird entirely cleared the tree. The writer was an eye-witness to a similar (ult, 'but in this case the tree attack- by the vanessa worm was a poplar, and the birds which cleared them out were Baltimore Orioles.” C ount D ’O rsay .— F rom the crown o f his head to 3(the soles of his feet, where his wonderfully cut -trowsers met by. means of small gold chains, he ■was the most perfect specimen of a faihion all his own. It was the digni ty of ^ndyisra which distinguished his coal »wn bad buttoned across his'chest,. alike fitted him and nobody e ls e ; his shirt wrist- him. H is jewelry, sparse but perfect; at handsomely thrown hac’ iross his i body e ls e , bands turned back over h is sleeves of d e p f , his gloves were spotless as lin en. \His cab, his horses, his groom. In all his ■ing old men for their turn out ac- ipectations o f bloom- I ing young brides. A n exchange re- e- ports a case where, forty years ago, a charming g irl o f sixteen married an old gentleinah for his money, under the confident expectation that he would soon die a n d leave her a wealthy young widow. L a st week the disap pointed bride died in the fifty-sixth ear o f h er age, leaving four children nd a husband about one hundred years old. The other day a prisoner - was tric'd at Independence, Missouri, on an indictment foristealing a p ig.. The Jfrdge deeided that “a' hog” was not “a pig,” and qsthe animal was proven to hog,” the Judge ordered the prisoner to* befrischarged, ,.. . .. tions, first o was thinking intently—rapidly. Emo- ; o f terror, then o f determin- eutreaty, the ra- md beautiful linen, were as unruffled as i f they had h< steel; h is gloves werespe eii. H is cab, his horses, were of the same pattern. puisuitshe was the sam e; and whether he drove or rode from the Marble Arch to the State, or met the stag-hounds at Ascot, he was nnapproachahle in the fastidiousness of costume. The style was by no.means universally popular rom thie even among those -who could have fel- that she lowed in his wake with a , then o f determin ation, and then of entreaty, rith . brother hesmokei^ Amen.” wcini n—'evincing ar, o f entreaty, chased themselves over her face pidity of thought. I t face—noble in express! intellect of no common o I could not believe she was guilty. 1 did not, until she turned to me with the words; “ Take me to jail. I alone am g u il- ^ “ B u t, madam, reflect, you are con demning yourself.” “ I know it—^lead me away— say to you again, I am gnilty.” It may seem strange to you, but even despite her words, I could not believe this strangely beautiful lady w ^ in earnesTi, .There was to my mind a great wrong somewhere; the lady was sacrificing hereelf to save some one else. ^ S till I had no alterna tive but to teke her into custody. I placed her, however in charge of an officer and still left her 5a her own house. While I was gone to the ci^, hnt a few hours, sht contrived to send is wake with a prospect o f success; b u t it had this great advan tage over every other o f the day—that it was perfect of its kind. A man who dresses in this way might be im moral, or indifferent to the claims of hi* tradesmen; but he could be no more forgetful of th© duties which he owes socially to tbe other sex, or to his own,' that he could forget the du ties of the toilet a t such times as the customs o f good society make them necessary.— T m p h Bar. \When the “pledge” was being circulated at a Temperance meeting, a decidedly inebriated indi-vidual pre sen t ^ him self and offered his signa ture. The Chairman remarked, “That is a. very important step, my friend, and I trust you realize the responsi- bilUy you are .asBuming.” “ Oh, I can stand the (hie) ’sponsibility,” was response; “ Fv& done it lots o f timei before,” WSff' \W h e e b is I t ? — A medical student says h e has never been able to discover the bone of contention, and contention, and a note away. It reached the penos deeirett to know whether it is not ritaa- it was meani hoo? afr«hriadi|lid very u » ?
