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Jomr CRAWTOBD, ) Publisher and Proprietor. ) < ; — ~ ' ; ~ \^Itkgtit to tin. |5artt]'a ariiffranj «ia^ m* faihua tfnttjr mjrm'n «Jfi-ltab-tjrt mat}\ IEA D. iKomr, VOL, 1. ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Y., SATURDAY,. AUGUST. 26, 1854. no, 10. THE hhtnk of \-TjioMnn iwef the Way\ so exclusive- man,\ yoiusay nothing because you know ihut I diing \ business like-\ o r cwninon—to be a chirk ^rT>s^o-miikVm«^orget-my-ftJoreJ-Jtthrt^—Far- »**•'\! j~.. r — y iivoioi{ j tnivimyVijWH »uvi i mm., tiling, v......,.-— ..... . , .. . — -, •_ -you-«re^uiltyj—\Vcr inHV^it}«:Hii^>ur-o|)iuioiHii-suubr-H-quill—driver-4—On-iiie-nt-hor-l'iind-io- All*th« \Difference in the WorKU Vyintt—can—hava-happened, thought HaWj^ OlSI-E-I-B^-^^ffEi^ rr \Will ba published every Saturday <vt Oneida, (Depot, Madison Co.-, K. Y. - . The Happy Parmer. BY MRS. t . n. SIGOURNIT. from it; 1 I write to tier everyday, and the ba- ker's man delivers my letter to the cookvand the cook gives, it t o th e lady's maid, and the lady's mafd passes it into the hands of Julia herself. TEEMS: To \Village subscribers, served by Carrier, fcl.BO par year? Office and Mail subscriben % 1.2B; payable advance, or within three months. If no t paid- within that time, 25 cents will be invariably added. S AW ye the farmer at his plough, , As you were riding by; Ov, wonned 'nftiifli his noonila toil. Rutrs of Advertising. O M Square, 8 Weeks, - •* \ 3 Months, ..... \ •• 6 ' \ ' \ \ l*Year, ...... One-fourth column, 3 Months, - - - '• c \... One-half column, 1 Year. 3 .Months, C Professional- or Business Cards, per Year, Legal Notices nt£lie Statute prices. *1.00. 3.0.0. 5.00. 8.0Q. 6,00. 8.00, 15 00. 8.00. 15.00. 25.00. 3.00. JTIOIlSJitSiUXJiLJEtJIt.ll'II. When summer suns were higlli? • And thought ye that his lot ,wasliard f ~ •And did you not thank God That; jfoirnnd 3'ours were not condemned Thus,'like uslave, to plod? Come, see him at his harvest, home. When garden, field and tree Conspire, with-flo'wijie stores, t o fill Ilis barn ami granary. His henlthy children paily sport Amid the now-mown liny, Or proudly, aid, with vigorous arm, Ilia\ tnsk\ os best they may, — The dog pnrtnkes his master's joy,* Andfrunrds the lonely wain ; The feathery people chip their wings And le;id_lheir youngling trnjn. Pcrohniroc the hoary prnndsire's eys ' The glowing scene survey*. J And breathes a blessing on his race, Or guide's'his evening penis*. \The ITnrvpst-Giyee is their friend— > The Maker of th e soil; The oneth, their mother, gives them bread. dau^b^buTid^^here would be nojsocrecy about it; and our course of true love runs not smooth. -<CON-NEGFI^^ith-all-theyriiij-ipal-dtieran^tomjr in the United States and the (JanddSTT Office at the Pott Offia,'Qneula. ' v A IH T T I ICCVS their patient tolrr IPLa\DJi'J!33J '-DniYI., • - CoTTn^^l'nn p lT ?mn ! BuTT(l\tlielr \('llltW=lf?»fth~ Their henrtfelt plen«ure see, ~— And those can belter judge how blest - The farmer's life-inuy be. > IRA D. BROWN, , JLTTORK-EY cb COUNSELLOR AT LA_W— UN RID A , M ADISON U IIUXTV, iN. T» Collection* in all part* of the State wilt rccrire-prompt attention '—Ofiee,-^ra. 2 Phmiix Block—diferllit over (Jhapiti s jewelry Store. '' l8tf SHOECRAFT & SSUW, -JL£FORNEYI$ J ib GOUN6ELL;J.* AT LA If— Oneida. Madison Co., A'. Y. \ -i>e in Umpire Block, o&r Jiiveiiburr/h's blo'rr • .11 \ S NOW, Com mittionerof Dcrdx for .l/t \7iM /n» and Witeojiiift ' E. W- D0DQE, ATTORNEY and Counsellor ,tt haw, \ Oucid-t Cattle, j\ T . Y. Dir. W. R. FITCH, —B-E-f&Q—permanent!it-loen l led-nt-Q»»ida7-re*prctfitlht-\ tenders hit services to the citizens vf tins place ami vicinity. -Office and residence on Main-street, two doors sout/rof the Baptist t'hureh. J. G. ROSS, M. D-, B42T4NIC PJlYMCIA.Y ct SVliOEOS, Van- astola, A1 Y. UJ/iee at the Tuber/ JJoute. Having been engaged in the practice of nudicwe over 30 years, he feels c'nnjidunt of wealing and receiving a liierat ihore of public patronage \itf ~^ 3. E. OSTRANDERr\\ ^•sggFg-Qg-g^ OX EI DA, Madison Count;;, Office on. Main^st., Xo. 1, Coe Block. All work warranted. _ . . JOHN SMITH, . \ DEALER in Dritys, Medicines; Pninl*. Oils, 'Tur pentine, Burning fluid. Flour,' Meal, Groceries, Provisions, &c7, tfcc, Id door East-nf S. II (Jauil- vin's, Oneida, R. J. STEWART, JXEALER in Groceries, Provisions', Drugs^ndMed icines. One door east of Goodwin's store, north side «f Mill strxtet. COE &~S0PERJ \ J)WALERS in Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Mo tions, Stationery, Trunks, \l'illoj^J}fure, Stone- Ware, Baskets, Fruit, Flour, Fad/itc., etc, 'at the VKW V ARIETY hTotiE,— (?oc Block, Oneida, Home and friends... 1-:—»v cn.> n ixt-nWA iy. Oh, there's n power to make each hour As sweet nslleiiven de-igned it, Kor need wo ronm Uyliritig it home.. Though few- fliere lie who rind it; We swk too hrgh for things close by, And lose whnt nature found us; For life hnlh no charms M> dear As home and friends around us. We oft destroy tire. -|ire«enrj«y F-irTiiturc hopes, ami praise them; While flowers a* sweet bloom a t our feet, ^ If wii'd but sloop to rniae'thein; For things nfiir still wiser arc. <pu \ When youth's bright spell hnth hound us; -But-soon-N^ra-t^iiiglit-tliaUenrlh^unJ-noUBhU- IJke home and friends aroiiml in. The friends that speed in time (IT need, When Hope's last reed isMink\n. To show us still, thaCcimie what will. We arc not quite forsHken ; % Though njl were night, if but the.light - From Friendship 's alt ^ir crowned us, -*TwwW ']irovc -t lie-bl t-nrofmTt Irjwir-rtliis' Our home and friends around 11. From *Slinrpe'sTjiindon Mngnzinc. \THE MAN OVER THE WAY.\ DY ALKI;I:I > W. COI.K. T. C THOMPSON & Co., DEALERS in Dry Goods. Groceries, Crockery. Hard- ~teare, Pditits and Oils, Saslc Glass, 'Hals and Caps, Boots and Shoes, dv., <tr. Mill Street, 2d door east <f the Bridge, South side. — Sr-'H. GOODWJNV , DEALER'in Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware, Crock ~e'ry, Iron, Steel, Nails, d'c MiU Street, Uneida. .. T~ Gt. SEEI Y!\\ ^ ^' I DEALER in Dry Qooih, Groceries, HardwarefCroek-. — try. Boot* and* Shoes, Hats ainj Cups, Carpets, die. 1 A*o. 3 Empire Block, j CLARK & STEWART^ j DEALERS IN Dry Goods^ Gror.tries, Hard- { war*, Crocker 1/, Paints. Oils,,d'C n . at the '.\B EE II IVK,\1- A* O. \ 2 Coe Block, Oneida, Madison Co., Jf.Y. \J. A. BENNETT, MANUFACTURER of Tin, Copper and Sheet Irrni Ware, and dealer in Stove* andiron Ware generally JVo. 4. Empire Block, Oneida. ar.is-ir.ffi JLI, avoi D'SJSI CHAPIN & BECK, * •DEALERS in WatcJics, Clocks, Jewelry, pure Sil-' vex Ware, <tc. Also Books and Stationery. |3P~ Clocks, Watches, rind .hie'clry repaired on —• tAort notice. Xo. 2. Flimiix Block, Oneida. 4Z~R^5ILES, • DEALER in Watches, Clocks, jewelry. Silver- Ware, Fancy Good*, dw.— one door East of the Bakery, and opposite the Plncnix Block, on Mil- . Street. — (jf W «lrlu -t nutl Clocks repaired and war ranted. ^ E. T. DEAN, FA SHIONA BLE TAJL OR. II 'ill attend promptly to all business orders in his line. Cutting done on 1 thort notice, and warranted to Jit WELL if properly made. Shop on MiU it.,-11 few doors cast of S. H. Goodwin''»'store—same side-, up stairs. Win-:* n man has ut> tmsinoss r>{ his own to alleiiil to. it is notorious tlmt liw is \' ITV frinl of meildlinjj wi^h his neighbor's. OKI \hiilf pay of- rteers, naval or nulilar\, unniarriud ladies ot'uti- certiiiu ai»o . and small means, widows without eniMinilnaiiee—those, and a few'' utlu .-rs, are the Stalest. iniiltlhrrs. nml liti-v bodies ill creation. Votinaf ineti o\f small furtiiin? an d no profession are less inoliiied to »in 111 this respect; but they can sc.irciily he said to* hav«i nnthiti-; to d<>, be cause they generally have 11 frinliil'n! ainount of mi -chief on tln -ir hands to perjie'rat .e, and this .keeps tliean so well occupied (ill-'occupied, wo nlmiihl ,safii (\i hat they have not so much time to alK'nil to oilier people's all'iiirs as might bo im agined. When I avow I belong to the eiass of bach- elu**4. have m'-iitioned, a chiiHtalilo reader \\ill nX'ttirally coiieluib- th it [ am what the- Frcnvli '/Ja.l a iiittttt'ittg mij'^L Such i> far from th>> Oif -o. Positivelv, I an! not awaro of any particular ainount tit' iniquity that can be laid at my door I neither game, dunk, keep ba d hours, or com - •11m other picnddlies which > to swell tJio list of SMI S usually booked t o an idle man 's n<-fount I'erhaps [ oinjlit not lo titko too nuieh cre'di.t to m \>eh 'for m.y exeiftplion from thosfi little bacho ,lor in linn 1 ties —because I urn dreadfully in love. Absorbed a s 1 am in (lux little pas -ion, I have no thoughts To f-ive to di-sipalion—the idol of my heart possesses ^liem entirely. Rovers aro provcrlmdly sullj-.li ; tljey think of none but themselves. I form no exception to the rule, save in one iiistarlce—I have long had JI .terrible curiosity to~.know all a'boiu \The-Man over Uie 'TVay ;'' but f iiiii.st^lftrTi 'Irnlcmnre Cx^ Ijhcit. I live in loilfjingjs, as nineteen bachelo\r> out of twenty do. nnle>s tlioy have ehumtiers in the Temple. Tiie hoti-e in which m y n,ioius are stands in a narrow street- in tlln neighbor hood of Hvdo Park. Exactly opposite, o.-enpy- ing 'a first floor like myself, is th e gentleman concerning whom? m y curiosity U excited, and «bom 1\ have' named, \ Tim Man over the Way.\ ' ' ' . \ - lie is apparently a man of fifty or sixly years as a curmudgeon of a father has forbidden me the house, aiid commanded Julia never to think rOf-me again. How foolisbjdicso old gentlemen are! Mr*. Sniggles (that's the papa 111 question) by his absurdly , unreasonable conduit, gives pain to-Julia and myself,,and forces our corres pondence to p_ass through three hands— (lie maid, the cook and the baker's man—instead ot the more,natural 'and proper one of -tho post-_ mau'alpne. As for making \Julia forget 1110— talk of making the Ganges remount to its source, 4|r Mount Blatic dwindle to an-'aut-hilL and you would be about as reasonable as 111 sup posing that anything could shake the constancy of that angelic girl. * And why i* she tp forgot me? What have I done t o de.scrve such a sentence?* The very head and trout of my offending is, that I, have but two hundred and tweiil) pounds a year pri vale fortune, and don't belong lo any profession. Mr. Sniggles declares that il is muti-trotis to think of marrying, on such a stun, and I quite ag-ree-with-hiuif -but- when I suggest-the v4r-y-. TI Uriuus-rciTTeTl y^'t\ - W Sim* into a passion, and .says that his daughter shall only marry ti mail who can support her. which means that he wants' to makcas cheap a bargain with her as he does with thu hides alid skins he imports, fur ho is a leather meiclumt as to - ' twadd'e,' sir ; but J call comparisons of a young lady's uyes when crying, taviolets bath- edjn dejy-draps, tlieinsanest aud. must mawkish twaddle,\ • ' ^rrnn , ted7fo77bjr-Jtn ,, e7lt was\ it panso'n I h\ai( used in one o f m y latest letteis to Lilia.,-ilu ).ug4i -I-doii 1 t-llriirkMt-!r-tAv;ultlliirg OiiC lose the strange Infeiid (it 1 could so vail him,) before m e or be unable to apply for. his advice, to luse. tiie, cJiarrce nlso of ginning Julia—for I did ihinkHlus would follow my rejection uf the What-shUuM-I-titT alter nil ' \ How d o you know the contents of my let ter, sir ?\ I exclaimed. L, \ J^etters that have to pass througirthe Imnds of baker's men, cooks ami ladies' maids aro not likely to hive their contents greatly respected,\ replied the man. The deuce !\' I exclaimed, wondering winch |>yf the wretches had betrayed mo . \ However,\ continued my host, as if divining my suspicions, \ you need not, think that I get If I accept,\ said I, .after a pause* \ isull 'votrttiwrmiti'u me- Nothing.!\ was tlre-r^ply that'eut me short; '•'1 tell you to wotk, and 1 offer you-the means of doing so—that's all.\ \ 1 accept,\'I cried in desperation. * . TI10 mifii took a pen and wrote a short note, which he handed lo me to read. I t was simply a letti.T of recommendation for me, the beaier, for employmentTn~ilie Iioilou oT the hrm to burning inl,o the—sitting room, iroet^ which came repealed bursts'of merriment. A, silver, laugh was the ou'b/'reply to hi* menial queMion, and Ills' little wife shook her TnigTrC curia, tirFTn-e -y ^ltiir'c^ a)l oAer her shoulders. .Hurry, as he lookedHt her, thought siH'tW whom it was addressed. . I handed it back with thanks. He wrote the direct ion and gave me the letter. I t was ad- uiv information from' baker's men, cooks or dre-sed, Messrs. tiniggles Jir-Co.\ kidies' maids, I never talk to such people.\ \ Then - how ?\ \Thai's my affair,\ said'the nian, interrupting \ Why,\ e'xclauiied J., \ it's to the father—\ \ E\.ac'ly—so much llie better; he wilKa-k you no questions, but gi\'o you the situation.\ me. \ Perhaps you will now explain what it j ' He showed me out of tin- room ;\and when 1 was you came lo consult mo on.\ 'reached the street, 1 stood snll for a lew minutes \ Really, sir,\ I answered, \'you seem to know Sli perfect bewilderment. .CoiiJd'lhK \ Man over so many things, and ill such iiiysterro'h ways, 1 the Wa\,\ have dealings Willi llie Dfcvil, that thaUperhaps you know my object as well as 11 lie exerei>ed \so Strang'} aji intliieueo oyer me, could tell you.\ . land seemed to guide inn as lie pleased ' And No, I don't,\ was the reply ;.\ but I'll tell 1 1 ben what could be his connection with the nil I-do know.\ I know that you aro an j Sniggle's .family that made him so confident of ygung-imiirctirseJ-wiTli a fainulHirlieritancu|niy procuring 1I10 situation through him?- I —that you fell in lovo with the pretty face of a determined lo deliver the letter at all events, leather \merchant's daughter ; t that thq leiillier I made my way to Thames street, where I •am merchant, like a sensible man,'refused to let Ins sure I' ne\er set foot before, I found the li»u>e laughter'marry you, and kieked you out of live and always IKi *-an-od«r-fcf-iaii-about him— «it least I think so, though Julia won't allow it. Julia is an only daughter, and has 110 moth er; and although a very sour faced old viigiu house;\—here lniado a gesture \of indignation j of leather. I asked tor Mr. iSwggles, and I was —\ hold your Imigne ;- ,T—speal.- „plainly unit (•mir-ftttlieys srsreT^hyeT^irirdnn'^Trwiirch and' •iTeTj~decLiving\lnjr; i fni pnictlcalh ; that you were then dishoiiesteuotigl to keep up a clandestine correspondence with the ladv, audio have clanduslmu meetings with protect and boro_ her to death, we nian igi to meet sometimes^ in Kensington /(.fardciis and such phtccs. At lna.st wo used- to meet; but ahif! wo were found out. 'i^iat wttked old sour-face pretended 0 oim day to hi gang into the city to receive her dividends (>he ha»'a capital inconie) and Julia naturally took the oppiirtmii- ly'of disi)atehiug» me a note, per thu lady.s maid, to meet at our old trysiing place. We hiei—vve-siit-oil-Hlii-fiivorile-hea^—it-is-ver-v--pri^-| vate and known only lo a few. Wo talked— we \Ahem !\ won't a sharp voice. * \Ah!\ shrieked Julia. \ Th e du'vil!\ cried 1. .\ Indeed'.\said the intruder; and tho sour- jJuceiUmiit stiiinl liefoiu \\-, the same, besides causing both of you to be the jest and by-word of cooks, maids and baker's of Sniggles ifcCo, Kugh ! how the placesmelled shown into hi.s ollicc. sir, said b niggles •' glad to \ Good day, seo YJUU here \\ Ihauded him the letter, which ho just glan- dimples in her fjee werocrowdefkroiiiid henwiy lips ; mid her blue eyes twinkled ao-'Funnily half hidden in the folds of her white lids. •What i, jii won't vou t«ll me, bubf he continued, us the mirth abated .not a jot, bwtllw baby lmighed anjl crowed, and etapped Vk , chubby hands, as ho ran around the rootn, |Ht $1 ilastlfarry Avas. obliged to laugh in'concori. •'Oli, yo u .should have seen her, Harry, it w«« so nice—one of the richest sights 1' and wiping I the very tears that her gleo had cost her from J her checks,- she strove to look as demure s» I po-iM.l.le—and thus related the cause of 'her inurnment. ' Vou know M'iry, when our pet was fire inouilis old, Miss Elliot used to come here qfciu frequently. ' r • i'e-, \w vs his reply ; • I don't like her rtrj well because—well, 1 don't' know as I CM givV any other than a woman's reason.' 1 ' I know, bccaii'-e Shu' was so' preoise and} formal. You rciiuOinbcrshe was quite old look ing; .-he wasn't very young, and her thair kact - -begun 10 turn—bin never mind the grey bair.- lt u.is a graver I'.inlt in my eyes that she tlidtvl love children—I couldn't forgive her'that. Sbei' requned MI minli atiuiuion when she called, and I was sp often in the nursery, thai 1 expect she thought herself slighted. One day vvlien'l had been uncommonly-«lw ^rk:ed--owr-^si^-thi)ii^aitW- 1 MH>^vv-«n«jr lie led me to the next room, where.three fol- i lows were driving their quills with all their men; that you have been found out in your | might. • • meetings, your correspondence suspecled, tbej \ Mr. Jack.-on,\ ciied old Sniggles to oiU'-of young-lady more closely watched^ and yourself queiit in prai .-o of little Harry; curling his little lla\cu ringlets, ami showing tuoso tihy pearls of teeth, she astonished me b y exclaiming, 'Do •ysjti-kiio^v -bovsM 'twhhli-you^i>iikw-ytiur*«lf-t4dkiBg-- i contiunally about that baby? \Now I're t } inlorina- at your wit's end. Am I correc] tioli i \ \ Really, sir, 1 ' said I. in surprise mingled with indignation, \ I don't know which to he most -ainay.ed-at—the impertinence of your language, '\ It's\ truth, eh ?\ interrupted tile man, with a quiet smile. 1 gulphed my rage, and before I could speak he went on. * . \And now I suppose, for I protend to know this, you have come to ask the advice of inc. a them, \ Mr . PliLstic—here, (that's myself,) hn» coi'ne to join you ; be good enough\ to set linn to work,\ and so-saung, he left the room. Mr. Jackson did as he was told. Ho give me a quantjiy of things to copy, every line uf winch puzzled inu by the extraordinary terms j hundred-., and positively could not tell this on* from the n-si. I can't imagine wliat you tbiak he is M> uncommonly interesting for.' She h.ili laughed,., but I was offended. I never felt so bu n in my life—not on my own iii-count, but b.ibv's. Just hko any other} why _ Hairy, did you ever sec such blue eye*, and jsuih glorious dimples, and look at his forehead j —I' m Miie, he'll bu'President yel->—thereL you Mv' dear madam,\ said I swallovvlnijr my ' perfect si ranger ? Pray, sir, is this the course uid determined to. try and propitiate 1 of a sensible m in ?\ * . , ' -'• - I \ It appears that I could not come to a hotter m 111,\ replied I, \ for you certainly seem to have > rngo. her—- \\boii't lal k to mo, sir ; vou a n it contained ; words wineii I never heard lielore I lire laughing at me now. l 0 doii't care ; 1 know and which, 1 am coiiti.leirl, aie not l o be found IVoti think with me.thai he is the most beautiful,- in Johnson's Dictionary. ' 1 did as 1 was told | the bc.-jl, the very bust'baby that ever lived,ain't though if you had a*k«d ine what 1 had doiie . you, <|f:irling i' she conunucd, as the little two* ill the end of the day , 1 certainly could not, years old came toddling towards her, and threw have told you, except tliat-I-was eternally wri ting something or other. coitl'iil linn. A.s lor TOU .M ISS'—he're - ho turn- studied the case.\ . . ed to Julia—\'\come I1..1110, directlv ; we shall i He siniled, and I saw that I had gained an see whether von ever play me. this \trick a«aiu.\ advantage on the last point. \ Ma y I futcli you a \cab '\\said 1, wishing t.o I \ wu \ M s:i y 1,0 \' l,r ' 0 ab;Hlt m ^ find au'excu-u to bo near Julia, and forgci'ting' >\'• i want my advice. You shall have ,t. That ivu vii ruin'tire-middle of iWiiT^ttm Gar- I np-aU-tlioiiglits of the- lady, instantly.\ den*, where cabs ;mr not exactly to he found. I \ Never,\ cried I. ^ertaTnTyT^rflie, aunl, vv'itl, a, hideous y \-'•H -'7rftctly ^ , n7JiiUednho -m7iii ^^prcci5ch/-tlic grin of irony on herJitoiintenance ; \Go and | iUI - yV: f 1 expected.' fetch the cab, sir ; vve„w)ll wait till jou bring it herr.\ From that day wo have never met: we arc obl'ged to bo morn cautious about our corres piiielence, and the baker's man's fees Jiave,risen in eoiiseipience. Things aTe getting liiieudura- blo. l.have been' devising a llioiisand- plans for vv inning Juliii, and I can't succeed in framing one that looks feasi'ole. 1 know no one., who could aid me—no one whom I could sidliciently trust in suclrii matter. Within llie last hour a -strange faifcV has seized me to consult\ Th e Man over theNVay\\ about.il. What can have put fcueh an. idea into my head I do imt know.—• „ Jjj£no\tnt all likely tl.'at tl.e.ui.ii. will rvgard | •»&,•urpwM.ai the inystorious .nterv.,.iv w • • ; ..'\.The Man ove* ilia Way.\ That liuslnu '• Have you no other advici ?\ I' asked, for I felt helplessly diiveii to dj, e 1)1 OU tins odd l«- nig. who know all my secrets by some niystm ous means that I could not divine, but whose very mystery increaseu m y 'awe dor their pos sessor. • \ Yes,\ ho replied ; \ Iliave.\ Whal w itf I asked eagerly. - 1 \ W ORK,\ replied he, with-\ wonderful cmplia si-, and ho spoke not another word, but ringing.] the bell, he showed me the door and bowed.me out. * , * * * . * ' * * It was a lonj: timo before I' recovered from itli iy.\ Tha t tie.should ij-—. . ' -„J —. ot age, Funblinu in 1 1 i,e lace, and wi| h Iron grey hair. He is dressed always in n long brown coat.grey trowst-rs and waiscont.and ablackueck- eicliiefof the o)i| stv le—that is to sa _\,l \voor three yards of,*.tlk swathed round his throat a» an Egyptian mummy is wrapped in linen.— There .is..nothing very remarkable in the man's appearance, and ye t he -possesses-a\ strange fas- ciiiaUijn for Inev i\C.iiiuot (telp Uiiukitig of him- and looking nt him and Wondering what he is, afnl who he is, anil whether lie- has anything to do with\jny fate, for, ridiculous as,the last may seem; 1 cannot dne .sl myself of the idea that this man is jiound up in Some inyster-ious. way \' ' '•• IOJCIL mo a.s a'ltiiratic, and hand me over tu a police- • , 1 \ v \' v * \\J- man, if 1 .call on hrm. I feel the absurdity of: »\ \houl my alhurs wa s only less exlraor- the whole Hung. vet-I cailiiot'co.iquer the in-; diuary ilnui that I sl.m.ld Im^o ahvays felt tense longing I feel. I must g o to linn, let the ! »\ \ XR ' AL S» » cur.os.ty residing Imu. result be vvlitat it may . . . _. \ Xliora aro Jnoiy things in Heaven and Earth, Uo- -* «• . r- a, * % . % ' rati\ , * ,\'\'' , Than are dreamt of in your philosophy,\ l have been to him. . What,a slrango inter- \ j M r) ,„ n j„ g llam | ut ^ tri^rgot no sati:sfacto- view! Let me desciubo it. ' ' IV explanation of the matter by such quotation. I knocked-at-lhe doo C , and asked to see -theiip il( } -,* llost - ro . lsolt! ,b| 0 supposition -seemed lo he gentleman on the (fr-sUloor^ I he servant stared,- t | 1!a |, u mu ^ | )iivt , been incessantly watcliilig took my card up, ami returned direetly,.desirliig, Me< ll|ld l | |js ( t i„ )Ug |, £ ^.^y knew it) ni.ldu mo to walk up. I entered the maui room, and „ )0 „ . llc(l ,„•„, a|lJ (uo , )lllraele j l0 |,i m j h lc atootl face to face with him. . . ju, JN . u ttt t | l0 j, lwlt ,„ Jlnt now WIW . g j 10ll |,| j \ What do you want?\ asked he, with llie,f„.|„ w 1,,^ advice/jmd it'so, what did the advice almost abruptness. _ J |,j„ ; ,| , J - _ . ' —I- never-fe!tr-RO-^w-k-w-nrd -in my-life. I ful.ly j Work!' What did I know' about work, and expecled a polite bow, ami an inquiry—\ lo i how was m y vvorkuig--tty-get me Julia for a what am I to';iltributo the honor of tins visit ?\ wjfc ? Certainly X had u dim suspicion that and I had prepared a iieitt liltlo speech of ex the old gentleman might mean, tlia't if I worked eiises and Hpo]ogjes in reply ; 'bin.tho sudden [ slioiild improve, inymeomu, ami- tints bir-cntk grull'—\ What do yo u waiitV' completely upset* tied to ask tor her hand with a belter chance of me. ^ .•'*•«» j success tJian as an idle mall with two hundred I—I want—I _wish—to consult you,\ 11 and twenty pounds a,year. Rather a slow pro up h's arm* lor a caress. • Come, coine,' said Harry smiling, 'what baa' Mv fellow clerks were good nnAm ^Th r ovv7T »ll '''is '» do with your mirth V il,o'\iheir'Coatsvvereevide ;.tlvUidt by thirrhnmr! ' «•' ''l }'«\ so-m enough— ha, Im: erety tailors, and their uciU t.o* Were, i .iore striki.,;; j I Umik of i .t, it makes mo laugh again—' than bisteful. Tl .ey weie not very ignorant either^;, > u \ kn.ow we parted quite coolly ; I couln't udurk ; 1 had conquered I l«d me to thc^rndle. llie ollice ; I understood my ; ' Oh, don't vvjiko her,' uid though the.y knevv nothing a:>nut tho mat ters I was most \up \ in—su. h as tho private history of Madame Spinniiij, the groat dan-euse. mi.I the real story about the Duke of Dumps and Stgiioi'.-i Solouica, of the Itallian Opera, ifcc , ifec.. still they were not badly informed about mailers of history\ geography, statistics, and_po rilltail -allhirs: r - - •— * * * * * * *« Six months past. I had worked every day like a hor>e—or hko all the diiliculttei of ll business, apd was iising into importance During tbe-vvhole ol this tune, nothing of 'The Man over-lhc Way.' He had tilystenoiisly vanished tho very da y after I hist purled with him, when he .sent mo to the ollice. Tho people at tlie'hou-u whore ho lodged de clared they did not'know whither he had gone, hut ho had paid his lent, and they spoke of Iriiu with great respect. '.Mr. Plastic,' said obNISniggle.*, wire*)) I. en tered his rooi/i one'day WII I KMUI V U oflicu work Ij liu.l jdst done, ' will yo u dine with ttiu to d;iy ? | Mv daughter vvill be glad to see you ' , | Cotilil I helievo my own cars > . Ho w tlio; get in er her slight of little Harry, and she never called upon me again. ' A friend ulet uni this indfntiig, and told tnfe Mi>. II.ill—Miss Elliot that \was was in town at the 11-^ Hotel, vVith her husband and liUl*F\ daugnier. That moment I determined .to call iipou her, trusting to the baby lo settle all old +ilil!icullies,.l t'ouiiiLlier. .Iiwug in beau tit til style; she seemed dehgliled to SOJ me ; had evidently Sl'oigoiieii our hub) estrangement, itud liistaaib/ said I. * Yes, yi ir inu a see what a Iittle-e4tewb I had seeif}'\'hen her eves aro open—only 'think I black eyes T and did you ever in all your life see suck beautiful, soft, hair) Hejii darling—and il» another moment young Miss Hall was half awake in her mother's arms. Oh! it was to ' rich to hear her ^j^There,' said she, • isiijt that the prettiest aim, while as wax, aud such b*aiitP'~ ful dimples! And I' JO cuiinirg, peaching littla lingi-rs-^SIttsM true as you hv«, sho knows u» all, just- as' vvelrk And I want yo u to tell tne, if she hasn't go t signs of teeth, and only ttt* uioiilhs old.' . • v Sin: looked so fiinny, that dear good mother;— words thrilled througlrmH- I aecop.ed llie in- V™ ^ » «•''».'« '\? r ^.\»'«^» vimtfon of course, but ... ^SnSrtiu I do n J™> r ™* ^^~»« «'•• krlnw? 1 «;.s so llustered, that, fi.r .ho firs, .mm \ l\\ 1 ^^ 1,10 ''P- 1 W,sU J 0U <° M ^ ilurinn' mv clerkslnp, 1 made several blunders in i, \' r *. T ,, i . , , .. • \\\\\ ,J , V *' n, „. , ,i. ^ | , 'Mrs. I l a .' said I, when sho was about half mv work that day. At nvd o clock fciiiiggles * ,', , ' , , , r , * m> vvoih. j _ I ,vay throtigh her rluqisody. (1 hadn't forgotta* it, I can -tell vou.) ' Mrs. l|nll, do you know bow began. .'; Consult me !\ I am not a doctor} nor arras trologer, nor any ofh.erinfernal humbug,'said the man. cess, I feared ; but what sort o f work was 1 lo perform ? I had no profess-':on ; I was unac quainted with any ark ; 1 could neither praclico entered our ollice, and, a«king if I- was ready we walked olf together* We <ln| not talk much\ fortunately for'nio, confused as I was, for we rode in an omnibus. \Vh\?rr. wo readied Sniggle's I'Aviso,—that house that 1 had been forbidden to enter—how iny lionrt beat ! How would Juki receive me J Could I act 'ho pa it of a meio friend with pro priety ? What should I do/ I was already in the dra\viii!j room 'Julia!' I exc' himself. She pi mv arms. Mrs.L , this is my baby— aud that makaa ~' Very -p'rettv, Tno>^.'7sluT^d-Snigg1es,ditlereiice li.-tho world.' smiling quite beuignaiiilv on us. | I thought my triumph was complete; don't ' What does it nil mean 3' I exclaimed. I ynu thftik so, Harry and li-om henceforth, Mrs. . 'She's yours, my boy—she's your's,' saii't old ] Hall and I aro going to be on the Tery beat. Sfiiggles, aliu'jsU,whimperiug a.s bespoke:—j terms. M ISTAKE—One of our Fifth street lemming to have a good time i i i ' * i i o,.; , ,i„ 0 me i-'sht ill the face, for I was laiig jxclinined in sum oT old bniggles, ^ ' <=> , i .,„ i t . -„„i.; it.,- saV- she. ' I remember it pertectly i rushed forward, and I caught h»r, -,..*• . . '. , ' 3 is, Mrs.T , this is iny baby —au foolish you nuke yourself talking. coDlinually ~ about that baby \ Now I have seen hundreds, and positively could not distinguish thisone front the n-si. • I can't tell what Volt think the fete* uncommonly iuieresiing for. J \ \She Mopped ,Tiiioin>*nt,she did—and herfcea erew red. Then all a t mice she burst into a loud hmgli.. When sho gut through,she looked . s hiiigliiug too,a»d - but the.fcct you re n man now, and .you .deserve her ; she L 't'D/crtors' J |„dl be your paruier for life if you'll have her.;} m(;( . d|n „ ts de „ * t I • - .. .1. ..II I. . ..... ....tl.n H 1/^/. .1 ItlKl, 11 \ .love, sir, Voir snail ue mv jiariner lov^tr \ \ •••f, - -- w- — —-• I SiinilAV -JH ,si,rctle out toiho c mntry in a buggy, 1 ami afior making a protly-snxtensivejtour relnrjiud I t o the citv a halo iifu/r dinner time. The ride Jiad been very wurii/itud h^ had cooled off with mmt juleps and brandy smashes so frequently, th t w ; a 7 kjiudio n g b^ozy, he waa rather mellow.. . Depositing tho horse mid buggy-at the stable, he \ > went, t o tho store to take a nap before going home 1 19 tho family. Wlwn he awoke, a little before'',' , sunset, h o sprang from tike counter, and fancing 'i from the crowds of persons passing the door thai ho had slept till Monday morning, lid went in. woik, opened .the store, took down the shatters swept out, and vvotidjiringat tho tardinsas of the I'm (i.wnre o'f that,\ replied T. \ Then, what the depcu do you mean .by in- irudiiig on my' privacy P ho asked ; \ go away directly.\ . - - \The\last words wore uttered very much in thesivloand tone in which people commonly sic. 1 could writo poetry, certainly ; at/least Julia and 1 thmkso ; but I doubt whether \The Man over tho Way\ would consider thai wor . k ; , , , r i i / Sdl this liappmess to my father's kinilnes*. and Alter three day s reflection, I tmnmefchy^ inter JVny • own maternal mule. -Smce you hko'.' I was overjoyed, but still bowiMered. The truth is, Char.es;' said Julia, we owe 1 1 INSURANCE AOB 'XCir. . jroR sown) AND -RE-LIA uf AT No. 2 1'lKEXIX pLOCK^LL\i„ V if 'Agent for the Granite Iu\ A r «e York City, and several oil, and will effect Insurance again\ ' ' •• Stock or Mutual j )tan at the opt : / • '.'PA.VIES, i '.<• subscriber i mpany, of i omp/inies, Fire, on the he applicant with my history^—h\-i^4«r4«fetl-y--tis;cde son with mj'self on tho suujx»mon and point its absurdity ; I believe it, and I cannot shake my faith b y any process of logical induction. ' In consequence of this idea, I am become a.s curious (so far as 'this individual is concerned,) as an y of the old half-pays or maiden ladies, or unencumbered widows 1 have mentioned. If I see a butcher boy with his meat in his tray go- ing near the house, I watch t o see i f he calls there, an d wonder whether the meat is for th e djnner of \ Th e Man\ over the Way.\ I f I see fflnn ItimHf »n {irlimj ; T wntulfrr what, hftftk address a dog who. has'liiiscoiuilicied-hllllsulf.—=• I vVjisxery imgry—ilm'ngli I began to suspect now that I had no right to-be so. \ I shall do nothing of the kind,\ said I , in a r.igo ; and •! sat down in the nearest chair. ' The man stared at me in n way that made me suspect that ho, contemplated suddenly seizing, ihw nnl-frr. an d prMflkinf* m.V skull with it»T but pay the man another visit,. \ What do you want V* b e began, in j^ same lone as before-, . . '•To work,'.' replied'I, briefly. ; — \ Good,\ said ho; \ go an d xlo it.' f «' Bu t 1 don't know what lo work at—I fmve no profession.'' _ • • \ Go and break stonos,\ ho replied : \ the workhouses aroTetnpty jusl now—the roada our separation ho has been mv confidant\; ,nnd lie promised that lie would make it his business lojorward my happiness. Hu wished to sua you what ho calls ' worthy of mo'—that is, a man of business. He determined t o wntclt you ami even to call on you ; but I belioyo you aav<(d liiilLlhe trouble of .doing that. My fathbr Sgreed'to all his plans.; and both confess that •vnn hnvfi pona ifir.ipg'li-yoiir ^probation\\.nobly. ^eHrtrpttt-^ut-abwHlant sumplf* of, \his gooda^i \Ayouiglady having asked a surgeon _wbj woman wa» made from ihe rikof a man in ( >reference to any other bone, he gave the fol lowing gallant answer: ^ \ She was not lakefTfrpra the head lest she would rule over'him ; nor Irom his feet lest he ahould trample upon her; but she was taken from his.8ide that she might bo his equal; from under his ar m that he might protect her; from near his heart, that he might cherish and love her,\. . : : — : . : instead of doing so, ho gradually mn k into his cliaiF, and said : • - \ I rather like you no,w, young man. Si t still, ft* a pity you have not a little more-of that energy.at ordinary limes.\ \yhat do. you kuow about it?\cried I, in surprise. ** I know ji good deal about it,\ was the re ply. \ I .know-thatryou are a weak, idle young man, whose-only occupation is writing twaddling love letters, and exercising -an impertinent curi- osity^upon my movemanta \ \A for the fisrt accusation, sir,\ cried I, \• I waiit laborers.\ I turned away in disgust. ' • \ Ca n yo u wrile I\ he asked. , \ Of course, you can,--lhough love letters* It's not llio best Ifand in the- world ; but it may be improved.— You had better get a situation as juniorclerk in a merchant's ollice—no salary the first Jeact si3tty..pounds the second ; eighty .the third, sud 60 Oil.*\ \ Thank you,\ said I , very angry. \ Even if I were disposed to do so, I know no mercantile house in London.\ My father'hns told yo u so. Le t m e now pre- scut you t o ray uncle—an old acquaintance of yourV She smiled as she said this, and led: mo into llie next room, where my' hand was immediatety- ufterwards warmly seized by—' T UE »M AS OVER\ nil. W AY.' S TMPATHT.—A good deacon, making an of ficial visit to a dying neighbor who was a .very churlish and universally unpopular man , put * > i — , _ wares jirid merchandize .tijKin the side-walk. Passing church goers were ihunderstruckatsupb,- open profanaiionsyftbeS.ibbath,but tbeirstoppiaf. jn^front ofjhe store was attributed by the unlucky merchant to the admiration: of his stock, hut al ter an hour <Sr two, he began to think Sit waa an uncommon thing—the sun rising in the west and gettipg a hint of the state of the case ftora a religious neighbor, he hastily began to take tar his stock, and ere tbe gas lamps were lit, kaeb, shut his store and left for noma, where he. d»i \I'll get you the situation,' 1 wasthe_reply.,— *[lt you \reject it,- don't come near trie_agiyVl \\Who shall describe my feelings at this mo \ment.i To fancy myself a cohimon,-clerk—me ? the best dressed mati of,-my means in town, the mo*i refined iu'Usre^S-^Fe^ies't bst-ar of evoni not say a atnd ihuutjbis unlucky I Cincinnati Columbian. A^South Carolina paper has becoe»a<»nrjt, much; exciie I because a brig, naostdAflofaq^ , Gtee'eyThjs-in e'ed,ihap^ rt \ of> 'CEt<l»lto.as, \, . The fight that was t o come otT**bftfween * hy draulic rain, and lire last bull sent over b y the Pope,, will take place as soon as Bishop HugheT. of New York, can obtain the accessary, enclosure \An -Irish \Mi!\ hA^., bi$ uity.tre \ ' „' ha l,.., ur,A wb.t he thinks of it. But beyond everything, I wonder, what Ji» thinks of me, and what he designs to do; regardipg me, tor I am perfectly certain that ho watches me almost as much as.I do him. • * ' : Anu ,yot tpe. reaOvULmust cot suppc-so^al I Al> iVI tUO SAJI V IH.VUJ»LmUj Ol VIIVVI * J * deny that I write twaddle ; aud I should like to know how you can-speak so positively about my writing love letters at all I \ '^Aud as -for iha :a «c£n'd acciisatioQ'— yonr im- peK','?5^^i^tyirbTyh-m^ lb\ the usual question— \ .' ' \ •. _.iLAje_you_williiig to go my friend ?\ \Oh yes,\ ssidlbe sick rain,' 1 ! am'.\ \Well said the simpjejnlnJod deacon,\I ami j'gla.l you are, t\or nil -tho ooigh'lws a-o jv .llinp /\
