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PUBLISHED W.JjlE&LV. I VOL. 8.--NO. 4. UOUNTI V FOR :t;860. . -oo- Gounty Tudge-HENRY rlRonHJ;:AI>. JR. l J !.Mllis n Ba<>wN. :Tus .. of Bess.lO'lU, 5 DANtEL L. DECKER. Sheriff-Ana A \HAM A DEvo, J'a Under Skerijf-C><;A&-r..F.s BRODHEAD Ja~;lo.r-DU\MQND ELMENDORF Cot,n:ty Olerk-StLA.S SA.XTON Clerk's Depu.•lf-ABM. S ScHooNMAKER Surrogate-JAMEs M Coo:P.ER. ! Distnct .111torney--JosEPR D SRA.l'ER Treasure> -liuR \-M HA.sRttoucx, New Paltz Deputy Treas -J !.CoB H Drruors, Kimgston Supertnsars\' Clerk-How A.B:D CocKnunN C if~ TH :'.:.DDDEUS HUT-, Modena E om 8 0 JosEPH H TrrTHXLL,. Ellen:vtlle ~xc.1.se. FRANCIS A VooRHEEs, Km.gston Do Cle>k-D !.NUlL L DECKER, Kmgston Oo • .4.1# y-NICNQ4A.S ~ <l:E\- ~HA.l\1 1 Km-gsto-n c 00 EITHAN p AR1\0Tl' 1 l\'Itlton1 2 sn. l t.I)A,,.\ I Vi!.l'!l?V\E\' ;Kmi'iston, dos 1 Oom, EPHRAIM DEPUY t Kyserike u 3 Sup't of P<lt.i~-lh:NJ I FREER, Gardmer Poor-H01tse Keeper-Mo•E• Cm:<sTABLE. Do Ph!fStc<mt-ABM DEYO JIUl do EDGAR ELTINGE { JOHN v~DDE:lt Sauge-rtte-s .. 0Txs OauacH, Rosendale Colener• IsH.C STAPLES, Marlbotnllgh JosiAH Dusors, Jit Rondout Cuunty Sealer-G.:o M. EMMET Rqndout ~ H B. Fo-w:t..ER,. El-lennlle P,Jan!r !Wad ToH\ p Du-MOND, Krngston. inspectors, l\i 0>:3-TERHOUDT, SAiugert1es I N PURSUANCE of an order of .hmes M Coope:rJ Sarrogn.te of Ubtc.l\ Oou01ty, notlce i~ hereby g:inp to t:ttll persons llf\Vt;ng el:.um.s a.Cf':unst the estft.te of Abx n.h:1m Young decen.sed l ~te of the town of 1\(n.rlbnro.ught 1n said county, t.hat they are required to present thmr cln.nns, With the vouchers m support thereof \0 Stephen T:1ber, one of the :Sxecutors of sa.nl est11te, at lp:s re-strlence In a~uJ town.. on or befo:re the 1st uay of ,\.uguot ne>:t Dated Jo>nnary ;lSd, !860 HE:XIW D YOG:XG, SOLOMON BTRDSUL, td!lm S'l'EP:HEN TABER, Executors P UB,SUAN'Tto \'n order of hmM M Cooper, Surro.,.....t.te of Uls.tev eounty, nntlCillS here 0 l • by g1vcn t-o a.ll persons hn.vtng c a1ms o.g~unst the estate of Elizabeth Crans, deceMed, late of the town o-f Sbn.wa.ngunk, 1n satd .county, that they are requ1red to present the1r claims to the unlcr•tgued admmtstrators of sa1d es ta.te, at t-he office of James G .. Graham, 1n sa.~td town on or before the 18th day of August. next Il>te<.l Fe1h uary 16th, !St>O J 'DIES CR \:XS \lmmi\tutnr ---- n UR~U \:.~T to :1n order of James M Cooper J::\\\ Surrog \te of Ulster- connty notlce 1s here by gtven to ll.ll p'rsons ho.vmg cl\'rms agamst tl:e estMe of John C Mackey, deceaseol, late of the town of Pllttekt!l,m saul county, th:tt they are re'l;utred to present the same, wtth the vuucher~ 1n support theteof, to the undets1gn eLi, a.duumstra.tnx: ofsatd, deoeasedt on or before the ll<th thy of July next at her res1Jence m s~tl town D'ted Fehru~ry 6~h, J!lGO A L \IIR. \ M \GKEY, A<lm1mstrntnx --- I N pursua.nee of an order o~ J.a.mC\s Nf Cooper SurroO\a.te of Ulster c0:unty 1 not1ce IS her~::by gtven to ~H persons h tvmg: clwtms agatnst the est!l.te of Henry R Krom htte of the town of Ohve, 1n s u l county, tleceased, that they nre requn•ed to present the same wtth the vouche1 s 1 n support thereof to the un lers1gned executor ot S!-1.111 estate n.t hts resnlence tn the sa1d town of Qltve, on or before the Hlth daJ of July next D tted J 1nu~ry 9th 1860 6ma47 JOHN J BOIGE Exeontor [ )U!tSUANFto nn order of Jo,mes M Cooper Surroglte of Ulster county~ nohce ts here by grven to all persons ha.:v1ng chums nga.mst the estate of Abra.ha.m Elttng deceased~ late of tb.e towu of LoyJ, tn saH.l county, that they are required to present therr churus to the nn ler fflO'ned admmtstrn.tor of the estate ~f said de cc~sed' a.t ins residence. 1n the etty of Pough keepste., Dutehess county, on OL' be.tore the ~J d 'Y of Soptemb•' ne~t Dnted l\hreh 1 18ti0 LUTHEll. ELTING Atlmm1strnt~ T....- PURSU :\.:'WE-of >tn oruer of J >mes M ..E Cvoper, Sur-rogate of Ulster couuty, notice IS he-reby gtven to n.H persons havmg cl ums ag'l. 1 nst the est,n.te of Oath 1.rtne Cb.wson lu.te of the t<»wn of Olt ve, 1n sMJ county dece:tsed tltat they are reqmreu to present thmr cla1ms to- Sando Beach, one af the l.Jteeutors uf said es tA.te nt hts resiJence rn Sfltd town on or before the i5th day of September next D\ted Match H 1800 SANDS BEACH, ' BENJ B SUU'Ell, 35& 6m Executors I N PURSUANCE of an orJer of James 111 Cooper, Surrog \.te of the county: of Ulster, nottoe 1s hereby gtven to n.U per ons hn.v10g @\la 1 ms a.\n.tnst the estat-e of Df\nie-lllh:ut, late of the tow.:' of Plattekill tn smd countyj, deceased that they ate requue l to present the1T chm1s to the unders1gned~ arlmtntstrfl.tor of :::und es tBte~ at h1s re ... t lence ln th!J sn.Hl towo, \On or before the 21th d ty of September next D •tcJ M&reh 22J l8Ilfl JA\IES H HAIT AdmmlstrRtor POET'S DEPARTMENT. w ntt.en for tho ProBS LINE S1 The foUc.cmg hn01 were ougge•ted l7y rea«mg tlLO htm>ry productwn • <if tile one for whom lh\1f1D\< compos<il Pray chtde me not 1f I presume T<> pl<>y upon yonr Nom De Plume, Bo sure 'tis only now aDd tbent We read the thoughts of Lon•• Q!epq Thro' bye gone yen.rs I travol back, And v\ew life a desolated track, One there was who mot my ken, She's now become our Loulf.) Glenn Wb1le turntng o'e1' hfeJs vo.ried pngo 1 Wb1ch speaks of m.atron and of sa.go I m glad to say that uow and then, We road the thought • of Lou•e G!er'J 'T1s true w1th you I cn.nnot v1e, 1 Tls true c kmd wards can never dxe .,_ When H Benct.hcts n confoss1on's pcn- Wo know they come fiom Lou1o Glenn .And your port lcgonds, and your lore 1 We've lMd them safoly up 10 store , Moro shall wo look ft~r now and then, From a lov d friend our LoUie Ulcnn My wl1Ilt of sk11I you must excUc~!:C, And theae few bnes do not refurce , 'Tho I meld not so bbthc \'pen Ao our ktnd fnead, oar Lomo Glonn II l! Wr1tton fo1 the Press YOU ASK ME WHYI'nHlADTO•N!GHT. BY T.JE Lr'iE RA.TID You ask me why I m sa.d to mght- Why tonrq of sorrow fall, Why I am wrn.pt m gloom profound 1 Lrko ~ he&vy, manUwg p~U 1 Why JOY I!Jld peaeo have left me, And I gneYe a.nd pm.e a.lone '1 1\ by I do not leave th.s land, And seek my c.hlldhood homo '1 I'm sad bec:tuse I feel I have no home on earth, I cannot 1n1ngle m the rcenes Of !:'evehy and nur!h I cnnnot wron.th my lips m smt1es 1 And Llanee and la.ugh nnd S'ng,- Oh scenes of m1rth a.nd gatety EnJoyment cannot bnng I have no home my fr1cnd~ ha.vuone To rest m chmes above- My father, mother, stster dea.r, Now roam the lanA' of love , And she the one I loved so well, The 1dol of my heart, Whoso vo1ce was ~tt!lC to my ear Anti rapttue to my heart- Has sunk to root m death a embmoe, \\a laid her neath tbo sodt The angels bore her spmt pure Unto 1ts maker God I vc pln.nted flowers above hear grave, And wa.tored them w1 th tears, I ve watched them bloom and fade, } or many sorrowmg years '1 h-en ask me not why I a.m sn.d 'Why sm1les do never pla.y Around my hps, and I soem not Aa yoathfu.l a.nd ns gay As my compamons and I seek To shun the gtddy throng, Who love to ba>k m pleasutc ol ght Anti JOin m mert y song Brook!) J N Y , 1860 Wnttcn for the Pros~ THE DYING BRiDE. BY LAURETTA J BEAVER The gentle zephyrs ltghtly fanno1 Her pale lLnd burmng brow, As soft she ~:ngned, I'm gomg homo, I've naught to hve for now, He a proved fttlse and broke hts vows, .An :I I am broken hearted - Oh I thu.t we hore had never met, For then \VO d ne'l' er pa.rted HlB hen.rt 1s coltl or he'd not slight A love so pure as tnJ'le , Dut I forgne I m pas~wg now, Calm us tbe dny s declme I soon shan bo m heaven where Tbero IS no \hghted lo~e I ll JOin tho b1 nd from .sorrow ,reo In thlt br•ght world aboH ~_._,GSTON, N. Y., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1860. nut at that moment h1s eyes were ar· I Van Sprackdal rose as 1f md1gnant, then is there now, in the market, rn the third stall rested by the unfinlllhed sketch, and be 1 seatmg h1mself, be appeared to oorultdt h1s col· a.t tbe left, choppmg meat,\ stopp~d. league m a low l'O!Ce. Suddenly he sa1d to \What do yoa thmk of it~' sud be, turn• \ Arc ydu the autbor of th1s sketch ~' ho the Jailer mg toward his colleague. asked, after a moments pause. \Take the prisoner to the earrlRge. We \Let them find the man,\ rep bed the other \Yes sir.\ ire gomg to the JI.Iertzorstrasse.\ 1 m a grn•e tone: corner! of the Rue des Trnbans, op- \What IS the priCe of 1t !' I wag placed m a carriage With two pollee. Somo of the keepers went out to ob~y the Clla,pql of Samt Sebald, m Norem• \I do not sell my sketches. It rs a design •en One of them on the way offered a order, The judges remained standmg, look sta1\~\ a little inn, tall and narrow, for a picture.'' pmch of snuff to hiS comrade. I extended mg at the p1cture. I sank down upon the 1!otcl!ied nnd d1m wmdow panes, \Ah 1' sa1d he, and hftmg the paper w1th I my fingers mecban!Cally to tho box. lie straw, With my head between my knees, ex sulqmou'nl<•d by a plaster VJrgm h1s long yellow finger, took an eye glass from drew 1t quwkly back The blood mounted hausted w1th excrtement the sadd~st days of my 1 h1s watslcoat pocket, and beg!Ln to study 1t :into my face, and I turned away my bead The noise of steps beneath the resoundmg to Nurembnrg to study the attent!Yely, The s1lence was so great that I to conceal my emot1on arches of the corr1dor aroused rue. The man m!~~t,ers, but the want of money beard d1stmctly tho plamtlve buzzmg of a fly \If you look out of the wmilows,\ satd entered. Van Spreckdal pomted m silence to c~tllif>elted to have recourse to pamt caught m a •p1der's web. the man of the snuff box, \We shall be the piCture. He looked at 1t a moment, turn such portraits' Fat gos· \And what w11l be the d!mons!ons of thiS obliged to put manacles on yon ' ed pale, then, With a roar that chrlled us w1th on theh knees a!dermen p10ture, :Master VcnlUS 1n he sa1d o.t length When t.he ca.l\naso stopped, one or them terrQr 1 he struck out h1s enormous arms, tpd bQrlnm.,••t•ors m thr~Q cornered Without Ioolung o.t mo. lllighted, wh1lo the otlulr h~ld me hy the Wllh onll bound ho W!IH ouL of tho door,- lllumt With ocre O.nd vcrm II \Three feet hy four \ collar ; and seetng hts comrado ready to re There \as n fearful contest m the corrrdor \And tbe pnce ~' ce1ve me, he pushed me out rudely. We en· We heard ths pantmg r~sp1rat 1 on of the I descended to sketches, \F1fty ducats\ tered a narrow alley, wt!h broken IJTegular butcher, low imprecatwns, brwf u ords, and Van Spreckdall01d tho sketch down on tbe I pavement. A yellow1sh m01•turs stood on the sound of struggling feet It was all over table, And dra.wmg from hts pocket a long tl1e \all• exhahng a fettd odor I walked m The man re-entered llts bead was bo\Ved, noth:jng m're pttw,bletbanto have purse of green stlk, began to sltp the rmgs I darkness w1th two men bebmd me. Farther h1s eyes bloodshot, h1s hands bound bebmd heels\ landlord\ 1th thm nlo~g \F1fty ducats,\ ho sn1d, countmg 1 on appeared the hght of nn mter10r court hts back He fixed h1s gaze once more tJpon SCircn,miiFI$ VOice, and an 1mpudent tur, them out , \here they are\ As I advanced, 11. feohng of terror took pos the p1cture, appearmg to refiect, then, m a a chance to call out ' \rc Ilc rose saluted me and departed wh1le I sesswn of me like th~ unnatural horror of a 1 tow voiCe as 1f speakmg to hlm&elf, he gatd n1c soon, mons1aur 2 Do I s~t stupefied, ht:itenmg to the clmk of b1s mghtrnare I recOiled mstlnctlVely • Who could have seen mo 'l-at nudmght ~ uch your bill amounts to 1 tvory•hended eane upon the stll.orCllse \ Go on I' cned one of the pohcemen be I was SllVed I Pn'\''\ tb1s does not trouble you and sleopa qutetl) - ca1 e of the httlc spar only two hundred florms A mere tnfle uot u-orth ln<ml,lOI\lllg ' never henrd th1s gntnut When I had recovered !rom my stupef&c hmd me, puttmg brs hand on my shoulder 1 Illany years have passed smce th1s tert~ble twn I sat down to fim•h my sketch. A few \march.l\ adventure 1 no longer cut profiles, or paint strokes of the ponctl, and 1t would befimshed l\fy terror was no longer mstmetlve, \'hen portra~ts for burgomasters. By dmt of labor But these few strokes wore out of my power. I s:tw before me the court whtch I hnd sketch nnd perseverance, w1th the blessmg of God, I The mSplr!l.tlOn u-as oHr The mystenous ed the mght before 1ts !lalla garmshed w1th gam an honorable subslotenco by snch labors murderer would not d1songage h1mself from hOGks, the wood p1le, th\ ladder, the rabb1t as alone can satisfy the asp1ratrons of a true the convolut1ons of my bram. I trred agam hut, the hen coop, etc Not a sky-hght, great artist nut the retnembrance of the noctur and agam I forced myself to draw , but the or small, h1gb or low, not a cracked wmdow- nal sketch, has never left rue Sometimes m 'lho love of art, •magma results were as dtoconlant as a figure of Ra. pane, not a smgle detarl had been omitted the midSt of my finest efforts, the thought of thusmsm for tho beautiful phRel m ll. Dutch 1nn of Temerg I waB thunderBtruck at this strange revela· tt returl\S, a.ud I lay down my palette and hi'Gllth of such 11 r11~cnl and t1mld , you lose even your personal d•gmty, and and respectfully, tho burgomasters mg not a sou m my pocket encd 111th a pnson by the llapp I sllt doll n on my gave myself up to reflectiOn $uicidie entered my head and the more dcs1mbl~ such troubles appeared m my and convmcmg were rts favor wh!Ch thronged dared not look upon my ra Irr]~lStiOie force of logtc should cq\nwa bankruptcy by cuttmg last I blew out my candle, mv1s<Jlfon the bed With a determm· a dec•swn the next day usually of the abommable 1ro was to get money, that m••selfof h1s od1ous presence- smgular revolutron took In about an hour I arose, rrh·selif m an old gray coat, I paper a rap1d sketch m the coHect m a gutter, obstructed the shambles The hght m com••ijfrom above, where ch1mneys we,at]flelCCO,Cis;S, and storJCd roofs of houses r~l'iev<ld aig!IJlnS< the angle of the sky At a shed , beneath rt a wood IS a ladder, and scattered ropes, bundles of straw, a hen coops past serv1ee. heterogenous deta1ls come in cannot tell. I had no re any such place, and yet every seemed b,y 1ts very trnth copy. Nothmg waswantmg t a ~01 ne1 of the sketch I d1d not know what to put d1•quteted, ag1tated, as I s'uJdcHly I saw a foot-but At thu1 moment, Rapp, a.ccordmg to h•s l!3n llreo.w to• hour~. pra1seworthy custom, opened tho door w1th Nea~ the well wero the twg Jlldges. At How could a cnme, co:nm1tted by a ma1 I out knockmg Il•s eyes fell upon the p1le of tberr feet was tho old woman, lyms on her d1d not know, m a place w!uch I had ucvor dncats and he shr10ked back, her long gray hatr stragglmg over her seen, be reproduced under my penc!l, even to \Ah ah 1 I have caught you, monswur form, her face hv!d, her eyes unnaturally 1ts smallest details~ 'Was 1t a. chance~ No 1 pamter ! You pretend ) ou had no money ' ' w1de, her tongue between her teeth. It was And, bes1des, what IS chance, after all, but and be extended Ius crooked fingers w1th a hornble spectacle 1 the effect of a cause of wh1ch we a1e 1gnor that nervo\s tremblmo whioh tho ••cht or \1V oil r' RR!d v !ln Spreckd!!.l m n selomn .. ut ~ gold allmys produces m a m1scr. tone, 'what have yeu to say~' Schiller was r1ght when he sa1d \The 1m lhe remembrance of ~ll the msults I had I was s!lent mortal soul does not share the Imperfections Ruffered from lnm, exasperated me W 1th a D<> you confess that you threw th1~ wo of matter, when the body sleeps 1t unfo'ds a smgle bound, I sc1zc<l h1m, and tbrustmg man, Theresa Becker, mto tbls well, after 1ts rad1ant wmgs, and u-anders, God knows h1m over the thre•hotJ, flattened h1s nose havmg strangled her, ihat you m•ght steal whither.' Nature IS bolder m her reahtms w1th the door The old usurer shneked her money 1 ' than the J!nagmahon of man m 1ts u-1tdest ! ! b ! \No I crre ', \ no I do not know th1s \l\Iy money tb1ef ro ber! my money u fliJ!cies t 1 Jl every lodge• m the house ran ont, aokmg woman I have never seeu her May God =========-- ' What ts the matter I' I opened •he door, help me'\ ORIGINAL MISCELL~NY quiCkly, and w1th a smgle stroke of the foot \That IS enough,\ herephed m a dryvo1ce, 1 sent master Rapp rollmg down the sta1r and departed With h1s companwns I was -~-- -- -~ earned back Ill a state of profound stnp1drty I knew 110t What to t)lmk. :My consCience, even, began to trouble me. I fSked myself 1f I bad not realty assaasina.ted the old woman I passed a wretched mght of doubt, bewilder· For the Press case \That IS the matter,\ I sa1d ; a.ud closmg my door, I double locked 1t, while the shouts of laughter from the ne1ghbors saluted the old m1ser m h1s progress down starrs Ihts ad1'cnture had msplttted me, apd I resumed my work wtth some prospect of sue· cess , but an unaccustomed notse aoon 1nter ruptcd my labors. It was the chck of arms and the tramp of men ascsndmg the staucase A cold ch11l ran over rue Can I have broken the rascals neck 1 nod are they commg to se1ze me 1 There was a knock at nty door, and a rough voice ~td \In the name of the law open' '' I tho11ght of escapmg uy the wmdow over the roof , but a -vert1go seized me at o. mere glance at the dtzzy hmght A gam the sum mons came. \Open or we w11l break down the door 1 1 turned the key and saw the chtef of po· !tee. \ I arrest ) ou,' he sard, and made a s1gn to two men, whtle the others rummaged my garret \ March 1 ' was the ned order, and I descended the staircase, supported under •ach arm, ltke a consumpt1ve m hiS th1rd stage of 11lness ment and despatr Wrth the dawn some of my black thoughts disappeared I felt more confidence 10 my self, and at tho same time, P. destre to see what was gomg on m the world WJthout Other pnsoners hefore me had chmbed to the oar row aperture They had dug holes m the wall that they m1ght mount more easily. I cltmbed there m my turn, and then, stretch· mg my neck forward, I saw the crowd, the hfe, the movement, tears flowmg abundantly down my cheeks. I thou!';ht no longer of sn 1C1de I experJenced th.e strongest des1re to hve. 'I hey m •ght condemn me to tho haTd- est labor, m1gbt attach a cannon ball to my leg, 1f tbey would only let me hve, to hve was to be ltappy. Interior View of tile Atlantic Gal'· den, Bowm·y. BY JOliN H WEA \ ER The snltry days are agam m our m!dsl- starmg us m the face, as 1t were, and urgmg ns (1f we would act m a JUdwwus and salub11 ous manner) to seek recreatiOn elsewhere than on the glown>g pave of a dense and populous Clty. Reader, Jet us take a stroll np the Bowery and, to av01d the mtense heat, enter at No. 50, next door to the Old Bowery theatre We enter the Atlantic Garden There IS a bar at the entrance, and the smell of lager b1er IS already !ipparent, to say noth ng of the Ger man brogue. We Will not stop to\ take a drmk\ here, for perhaps you are st1 wly tem· perate, and do not feel mchned to mdnlge so near the door, (whatever your mchnatlons m1ght be belm>d tt,) but we will pnss on and take an mter10r vieW of the place The catiopy JS composed of wooden and canvas awnmg, WhiCh shelters from the beat hundreds of human be1ngs, who have rettred th1ther for the purpose of refreshmg both the u 1nner\ a.nd ''outer man \ • ------- ---- BY DANIEL BRkDBURY • WHOLE NO. 368. makes them I<Jng to viSit the country and once moro \!,!lve the J>lea~nre of rambling among the h!lls, upon which the sweetest smiles of nature are bestowed in eop1ous pro· ruston. Underne&th th1s ma.gmftcent scenery may be seeu 11 small cavity, where a bar IS also kept, and from wh10h fiow1ng mugs of lager are mcessantly rnakm; tha1r appearance, and empty ones censtantly d1sappearmg. At the south east end, near the entrance of the Garden, may be seen smAll groups of the sons of Germany engaged m games of various kmds, such as throwmg diCe, &c , for gold (so-called) watches, chartll!, and other trmkets The Germans seem to enJOY themselves, m lhmr way, better than any other e1ass ofpeo pl~ \' \l><i> W<>tl<'l. It seems jltrl<D!)\' to ~~e, at sucft plaw, how eager they are to go on tbmr homeward journey with full stomachs and empty pockets. In the mght, when the Garden is il!umma- ted wtth gas, 1t ,r.resen ts a most bnllnmt aspect. And my mt~nhon m wr1tmg tbil! •ketch IS merely to gtve a faznt idea of C>t;r life. After havmg taken a mght v1ew of the Atlant1c Garden, I find 1t qu1te drfficult to conclude th1s sketah w1thout mtroducmg an old stanza, •ltgltf!g altered, wh1ch was sng gested wh1lo stand mg at the entrance ' A hund••d light• ocr• gl11.n•m$ In yonder 6-arden fa.rr) ~ .Aal many tongu.f!:.B &re danolng ImpeUed by Lager-bur The Splendor of\ Damascn@. Damascus IS tha oldest c1ty 10 the world - Tyre and Sydon hava crumbled on the shore, Baal beck IS a. rum ' Palmyra IS !Juned m the s!lnds of the dos•rt , N tnevAh D.nd Bn.bylon h10vo Qlel>J>p\\rell £.-om th<> 1'>;ns an<l Eo. phratcs , Damascus remams what It was be fore the days of Abraham-a cent,\~ of trade and t1 a vel-an 1sland of verdure m a. desart- •' a predestined eap1tal,\-w1th martial and sacred assoc1at10ns extendmg through more than thll'ty centurws. It was \ near Damas cusn th.a£Sa.u.l of Ta.rsm; saw the n hzh4:. ~m heaven above the bnghtness of thg sun, the street called Stratt, m whlCh it waa sard \he prayeth, still runs through the c1ty .- The caravan comes and goes as 1t d1d a thousand years ago , and there are ntfl1 the sh01k, the ass and the water-wheel , the mer chauts of the Euphrat,a and of tho :Medtter raneo.n sttll \occupy\ these\ 1th the mnlll· tude of the1r wares ~ The City wb!Ch llia· homed surveyed from a ne1ghbonng height, and was afra1d to enter, because 1t IS given to have but one PaTad1se, and for b1s part he was resolved not to have 1t m thts world- 1s to th1s day what Juhan called \the eye of the East,\ as 1t u-as m the ttme of Isamh, the head of Syna From Damascus came the damson, our blue plum and the dehetous apr1cot of Portugal called damasco, damask, our hftau\Jfnl fabnc of cotton arul sllk, w•th vmea and flowers ra1sed upon a smooth br1ght ground , the damask rose tnirnduced 1nto England 10 trme of Henry \III , the Dama&- -cns blade, so famous tbe world over, for 1ts keen edge and wonderful elast1c1ty, the secret of wh~se manufacture was lost when Tamer lane earn eo! off the arts mto Persm, and that beaut1ful art of mlaymg wood and steel With s1lver and gold, a k md of Masarc-engrnvmgs and sculpture umted-called Damaskeenmg, wtth wh1cb boxes and buroa.us and swords and guns are ornamented. It lS st!ll a c•ty of flowers and br1ght waters , and streams from Lebanon the \rivers of gold ,\ still murmur and sparkle m the w!lderne;,s of \ S yrah gl!.rdens.\ . Astronomical F~ts. Two persollS were born at the 2ame place at the same moment of bme After an age of fifty years they both <il1ed, also at the sam~ place and at the same 1nstant , yet one had ~ hved one hundred dftys longer thRn the oth- If you are ool!ll!l.J5, why don't ;you come along' Y ou need a. new h -.t ba.TI. enough and tt requtres but a. smn.ll sum. of mGnny to get n. new hat at BEST'S He b. loS a..U thOJ newest styles m mn.rket, and. 18 alw•y• oa h\'nd to wart on his. frtontls and Angels are hoveung ncar she sa.td And cast a look on lngh, One snlllo one stgh 8.lld then the..v hvl e Her sp1r1t to the sky We latU her lD the cold, cold gro.ve, Tho roso whose leaves wc1o sere But 1 edt assu•ed sho • hn ppy now In yon celcstwl sphere posrtwn, and detached Sp1ts of 1ts tmorobab1hty rnsp1rat10n, and sketched rt withl011t stop,pij•g to account for my fancy- They put me mto a hackney cvach. I asked what I had dona hut they only ex· changed Sl!bJllficant smllea. Soon a deep shadow enveloped us , the steps of the horses resounded under a vault, We had entered the prtson The Jatlor shut me np m a cell as h anqutlly as 1f he bad been puttmg a pa1r of stockmgs m a drawer, tbmkmg all the time of somethmg else I looked around m my ee!T h had been newly whttewashed and there was l'lothmg upon tlie wa:lls bttt It rude sketch of a gobbet, drawn by my prods cessor The ltght camu from an aperture nme or ten feet from the floor, and the fur mture consisted of a heap f'f straw, I sat down upon the straw~ w1th my hands. around my knees, and gave myself up to despair. I had k11led Rapp He had denounced me be fore dy mg I should be hung as h1s murder er I startcli up, co«gbmg, as 1f the hempen cravo.t already pressed my throat. The old market nppos1te my wmdow, w1tl'l 1t!l roof hke an extmgu1sher resting on heavy pillars, offered a fine spectacle. The eld wo· men, seated by the1r baskets of vegetables, the1r cages of poultry and !mskets of eggs be· hmd them, the jews, old clothes dealers, w1th faces the color of box wood , the bnteh- ers, w1th naked arms, choppmg the meat at tbetr stalls, the peasants, With large felt hats planted on tho napo of the1r neck, the1r ha.nds behmd theor backs, and smokmg tranquttly their pipes, then the no1se, the tumult of the crowd, the tones of tho vorce, the expreSSIVe gestures, the unexpected attltndes, whrcb be· tray at a d1stance tho pr0gress of a d1spute, or pamt the character of an mdl'ndual-all thIS captivated me, and m s!>lte of my sad posrt!On, I felt happy to be m the world Thera are numerous seats and benches, and about nmety or a hundred lager brer tables, whiCh are well patromzed, u-h1le wa1Lers are constantly movmg to and f~o. cry1ng With a vmce loud and clear, \cakes pntzels' pntll els, cakes I• and boys \every i\ClW and then'' poppmg a bunch of flowers under your nose, excla1mmg-\ have a boquet! ' while the Ger mans Inexorably shake tbe1r heads, seemmg to thmk the fragmnce of a. boquet wonld spot! that of the•r dehmous beverage Above the entrance, on :he JDSldc, IS a m1ngled mass -of German nnd Enghsh rcadmg thus \Ezngang zum B!lhard Saloon,\ (entrance to btlhard sa loon ) On the sonth west s1de lS a Shootmg Gallery, where boys eapable of supportmg huge whiSkers and fionr1shmg moustaches are trymg the1r dextertty w1th the\ shootmg st~ek , ' there 1s Jtls<i a stage, decorated w1_th a beautiful pa~nting m the rear, upon wh1ch a band of mus1cmns are se:rted, who occas10nal ly str1ke up tha most soul st1rrmg musw nn agmable-whwh rarses tho very barr on one's head and causes mere l\'ger to be ordered 1m ruedla.te(f. er, How was tbi~ possible ~ Not to keep l)ur fr1ends in suspense, the solution tur!lll on the curtous, but w1th n very httle refi1lctlon, a very obv10us pomt m crrcumnav1gat10n A person gmng round tb~ world to the west, loses a day, and towards the east, he g11.1na one. Snppos1ng then, two persons born to· gether at the Cape of Good Hope, waenee a voyage round the worlo may be perform ed m a yea.r ; 1f one J!)etforms thiS constantly towards the west, ut fifty years he Will ba fif ty d .. ys behind the statiOnary mh:!:bltlmts , and If tho otber sari equally toward the east, he w11l he fifty days 1n advance of them.- Onc, therefore, w1ll have seen one hundred days mere tha11 the other, th~ugh they were born and d1ed m the same place and at the ::;a.me :mom~nt, and even h'li ed contmually 111 the same lat1tude, and reckoned by tbe same pMro~n~·~~~~--~-------;~~~------ Walk along, John' ,\ ND stop In at BEST S I>UU get that now bat for fi tha.t old one of yonrs lS abo~tt 'played eut' -- - - - --- ---- ~HILDRE:X'a IIATil AND CAPS -Lod>es w11\ C finll at BEST'd the finest stock of Children s and Infants lla.ts a.nd C 1.ps ecver- offered m th1s laee Mothers wtth good lookmg bo,b1es (the hand p t hild thn.t ever wa.s born,) are Inv1ted to ca.U eoUleo c t t ~ Cb.ildl'en's Bnd oxammo my elega.nt a.QB.or men. 0 ~ :f'aaey hats and caps J UST n.s true a:!:i the Book of Job f all good loolnn~ men mva.rta.bly purohase thell' hnt$ at BEST ;;s All mea llttle boys buy therr c»ps at BESTS All handsome little ba.bi.eS ~:u:e fitted wtth n. ne'W hn.t at BE:-;T S pocKEr IIAT-Just recewe<l, :tt BEST'S Dr. Ro~ectansc•s Celebrated PAIN EXTRACTER. rnfiiS medlctne lS the most ex.tra.ordmary dtseo:ver '1. ed;; lt mll rehove tho pam of th-e worst burns s.nd sea.lds: tnstlltlltlyr and heal wtthout l~avtDg a scar r it will eil'eatun.lly cure fovcr--soros, rherlmn.tl.sm, scaltl hea:d: sora thros.t, qmnsyl sore eyol;j, pl es, nngwoFm, felon& bt:.oken broost, chilblaJIIS1 corns sore w.fi lea 'old sot:es, spraut.s, bruunss, P~LlnB m ...t c £ k std'e a.nd chest1 ~n.mpst .n.gue lU the face spmal re tt stifi' JOlntS bo\IS outaueons eruptions, &c 1~~~ 8,~~6 for Salt Rb;e~m: Scrofula, E'rysrpelas eho.pped hands, &o W· , 1 St 2QO John St r Kmgston, non.r ~ Latest Fashions---~ew ami Nice. J UST RECEIVED a large stook of Marserlles Bosom Shtrts at REJyf.flRKABLY LOW PRICES FaY cash :.lso, a 1\nc n.ss~~tmant ~f g.entlemen's N<:ol<- ties Marse~lles (Jollars, and a g_l;plt'ita.-l a:;~sort,;n.~nt dt FurnUihtnrr goads at the MfLITARY HA~L A:h dRt!'fG AND FURNISHING ESTAllLISHMEN'T, ~~N Front St Kmgston AB.Mi; V.AN KE\=r- _ WU\VYCK ltUlUL CEllE'l'ERI ASSOCIATI@N. T1ue Conteo;tnueut. In th;s age of re•tlessness and\ 1ld lat1on, when so many are searchmg eagorly for hnppmc<;!s, and s1ghmg, after numerous dtsappOintmcnts, \\Vho w1ll,show us any good 'l' 1 1t 1S 1 eft'eshmg to m~et With n. con tented Chnstmn heart, wh1ch has found true peace by hvtng m constant commnmon w1th God Among our exchanges, we find the ful lowmg Smd a venerable farmer some e1ghty years old, to a relattve \ho had lately VISited lnm, • I have hved on th1s farm fo• more than half a century I have no des1re W be any ncber than I now am. I have worsh1ped the Gnd of my f11thers w1th the ~c.me people for more than forty years Durtng this t1me I have mrely been absent from the sanctuary on the Sabbath, and have never lost one com munwn sea•on I have neve! been confined to my bed by swkness for a smgle day 'I: be blessmgs of God bave been richly spread around me, and I mado up my mmd, long ago, that 1f I w\hed to be happ1er, I musL have n1ore rehgton ' A Jli'ertailzea• t\ot• Strawbm•rtes. T ilE Sorlp or the above AssOOJ.Mion can b~ had. of Wm M Hayes, at SZZ 60 per sh,.re, wh•ch on ..... to 400 feet of ground by the pay An exponment made last year may not be aiD\t:iS a.t thus tnna for the growerS\ of straw- bernes. I procured a half hogshead tU'b, fill ed 1t Wilh 1am water, fnto wluoh I put one qtlartel lb. of ammoma, and one quarter lb of comm<>n mtre, let them d1ssohe and stand m t;he open a1r eX'posed to the sun When my strawberry plants were commg mto blossom, I gave my b..d• a sp!l!llilmg of thiS solution at evenJng With u. waterpot tw1ce a week, \'h1lo the fruit was growmg, and the result. was dou· ble the fruit W'bere the hqutd fertthzer was l441-Ws on surrender of the m,~ii etllry D W>lson, Esq , B deed ~te illlluod W lHJlHNG'l:ON, l'r~s 00-DS-Comu nnd sea them at DRESS G MERRITT & CROSBY s I d to that produced s1de by slda, whar<1 app re , [O it ~as not ap!Jhed or. ajppe,nr<,d, and a portwn of the the whqle figure appeared haggard, wau, disheveled, on the edge of a well, strug stron;l hand wbtch grasped that I was sketchmg ! from my hands fhe old wo contracte<l by terror, her form ma,r.,•.n of tho we11, both hands of her mnrderer-ter11fled t look at her. But the man ·muroie1:~r-to whom the arm belonged It was 1rnpossrble to rops stood upon roy brow. \ I I satd But little remams to complete rt to morrow , and VlSion 1 I ln.y down aga.1n upon five mmutes slept profoundly. o.s 1 was about to resume resounded o.t the doof. I called out , ll.nd a man m years, tall, tbm, and appeared upon the thresh physwgnomy of the man- Agam the Jatlc! appeared, and ordered me to follow hrm lie conducted me through long gallenes to a sombre hall, w1th benches arranged m a sem1 Circle, oppos](c Which on a.u elevated seat, were two persons, w1th the1r backs to the light, and therr faces m tho Sh adow but as one of them turned to h1s . ' ., compamon, I recogmzed the aqmhne prcule of Van Spreckd:tl Beneath them, at a low table, was seated a clerk, licklmg the hp of hrs ear wtth the feather of hIS qmll. \Chnstlan ~em as,' satd Van S'preckdal, \where d1J you get th1s sketch~\ showmg rna my nocturnal work, of whteb they had taken possess1on at the t1me of my ar rest. \ I am the au.hor of rt .\ eyes, h1s large h1s lofty, broad, and bony l)r,~w+---na·rt \'qm.etlring severo and rmposmg- 'fhere was a long silence. The clerk took down m'y answer, and as I listened to the scratchmg of, hts pen, I wondered wbat tll:in the artJst ~\ he bad to do w1th the k1ck I had gl'~en to Rapp. gravely Ventus, \ Yon are the author of 1t i\ said Van name, str \ adhng Frederic Van Sprecrkdal.\ Spreckdal , • where d11l you get the sub Ject~\ \ It 1s a fancy sketch ' \You havo not cop1ed the details any· where~\ Wb1le I was lookl!t!l; on, 11. man passed, With h1s back bent, bearmg an enormous quarter of beef GJn h1s shoulders H1~ arms were na- ked, h1s ~!bows m the a1r, and h1s head m chned on brs breast Hrs :fl.oatmg barr, hke that of Salvater's \Srcambro concealed hm face, and yet at the first glance, a thrill ran through my vems. \It lS he l' I excla1med Th9 b tood rushed to my heart. I descend ed mto my cell My whole frame trembled • It rs he !• I stammered, w1th o: half-chok· ed voJC&. He IS ther.,-tbere-and I-I am about to dm to exptate h1s cr1me. Whatsha11 I do~\ A sudden thonght from Heaven inspired me. I put my ba.nd mto my pocket-my crayon• were there 'l'ben, springing to the Willi, I began to trace the scene of tho murder wrth almost supernatural energy No more uncertnmty, no more hes1tatmg experm>ents, I knew the man I had seen hrm. I reprO· duced h1m beforo me At ten o'clock the Jailer appeared m my ell!! IJ:is owhsh stnpldrty gave pla'Ce to ad· mn·atton. \Is 1t poss1ble! ' he erred, standing on the threshold \Go seek my JUdges,\ I sard, pnraumg my work w1th mcreo.smg exn\tatton. \They are wa1tmg for you m the crrminat ball,\ he replied \I w1sh to x:Iiake some revelation,'' I con-. finned, puttmg the last tQucb to tbe myster>· ous parsonage. In a few mmutes the two judges came. m my poor garret of thiS of the crltnlllnl court tmpPess- I threw a glance upon my ~o:rn 1 :mr~, tattered draperieS and nnd Mt h1'1m1hated, bnt Van to pay no attention to \No srr, I ha.ve rmagmed them all\ \And thm woman,\ pursued the Judgo, who rs murdered on the edge of the well , have you 1magmed her, also 'I ' They looked on stupefied. W1th \)Ue hand extRpded to the p•!!ture, and trembling m BV· ery 11mb I called out. ''There ts the assn.ss1n ''J Va.u Spreckdal, after a moment 'll silence, asked hJS name. \U udoubtedly.\ \You baTe never seen her ?\ \Never.\ \ I do not know 1t,\ I answered, \bnt he Together wt\.h numerous globes that enClr cle tlie tnbes from wb1ch th\ g:m emanates are about e1ghteen or twenty l;tusts and stat· ues, pale as death (and some of them m a nude state,)' wh1ch !iilds ml%'ch to th~ novelty of the .scenery • At ths north-west or utmost extremrty of thtrGarden IS as beautrful a landscape pamt- mg as one's <tye would WISh to linger npon~a perfect ka!OJdQscope, wb1ch reflects much credit l!ll the artist, and shows boo to have been possessed of more than ordmary talent and natural abthty-a lofty moun tam scene ry, w>th a castle at the sum !nit, wh1ch, from ll.-ppearauces, is evnlent bhat rts mhabitants must h~We be'en v~'i'y lnglt mzndett people and have striven faithfully, nod-most successfully too io become elevated above t11e1r neighbors. Th~re a.l'e al!!O U!ounta1t1B to be !lean ili' the d1stance, and hlue sky overhead, Wtth here aliA tchOJ\e!!. olond, the margins of whiCh lUll ttnged \~I~h t,he hues of a1lver lind gold. A r~ver ~anders at the loot of the meunta1ns, through ~ delightful low land scenery, the fllrther Jlll!l of wh•11h i~ lost among the ro:ky 1 \\ \'h ' \~ss Uie loft.Y '\ouutam$ C lllS.. '£ e sreen .=-L .:r. \ • l'\' \he wmdm .. rtv· wtth rugged projectmg \ \'\• • ., ~ t}w:tN<O!I draped W<Jth vel'dant folmge, er, h t ''ho pent-up lllhab!tantl> of the 1s <0 eamng o • c>ty (although tho Will'~ of i\U artist), and calendar Electricity n11 <Jru;;. The extraordmary clectncal'character of the cat is well known On a cold bnght day rf a cat be stroked, the ha1rS of the ful' brrs tie up, ar.d electrtClll sparks 1sooe therefrom, &CCQIDpiiDltll Wl\h a hght crackhnj> It ap pears, too, that the ammal may b0 so sur- charged w1th ele<:trJ<nty that 1t wlll !\'\\ \se vere shock to the holder. In order to ebtam thiS result, the cat should be placed on the knees and one hand applied to 1ts breast, whde th0 other ts employed m strokmg 1ts fur. Crackling and sparkles soon make a}l pearance, and 1n a short t1me, 1f the party contmues til stroke the aUimal, he will reeetve a shup electrJcltl shock that lllay be felt a'1l~J¥e the wn•ts. The eat seems to suffur as much l1S theexperJmenter, for on gt¥>mg forth tbe shocks she ,.prmgs to the ground m ter- ror and seldom Will permtt a. repet1tron of the same process- --------~------~~ ' ~A 1iterllty reputation 11> tu--'!16 'built; at th1s d11y hke the walls of J<~r\l'lalel!l-mth a. trowel ln one hmrd fol' pl&stevmg firiends a sword m the other f\lr sm1tmg enenn~~~ ~ i>fenl!Ce 83:fS vr l\B eil!itor, WOO saul he \smelt a. rat,' that il hll d1d, and tl,le rat stnj)lt btm, the poor rat Wid th~ worm of 1t.
