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$2.00 per A m'uni in A d v a n c e ; O therw ie», I , $ 2 .5 0 ^ -} .. 1 .A — * Y O L . X I I . / - » M t a 1#» M to I t o í a w y fílitíí« , sud ¡ « t a a í p a s . — - ’ — ' ■■ ~ 4 ^ jcM R e e i« ■■ i % * . 1 ONEIDA, MADISON CO., N. Y., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER. 18, 1 8 6 5 . __________________________.. . i ____________________ Tt}e fiipida Dispatch. ï . H. PÜRDY _ __ i . . ~ D. A. JACKSON, Proprietors. ,T. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, IN ONEIDA, N. Y., [ Office in M e r c h a n t’s E x c h a n g e j 3 d Story,1 ! • C ownek ’ of M ain and C hestxu Y S ts . , r J— 3— — i ------------- ! ------- : ® 2 ,0 0 'p e r - A 1 . ' -r ' J25T“ No,paper. T r . i t y i s .• ; j j m in ili .ii'x A d v a n c e ; p ili-’ revise, $ 2 . 5 0 . | il ^ | . liscortlinued until all arrearages are ¡dvexcépt al tlie option of the publishers. -!• * -- ----- - -'f'-H— J o r ^i/tp^jjRTiifjjye. ADVSKTISINO: | 1 Square,.... | 3 Squ’iiréS'..... Column,.. •.;• -~)i Column,-.. 5Cuiaiu(i,— i :iw.-, T 3w. I 3m.. I 6m. *1 .¡ill \¡'\j 1.50 )1|3\50 j\ #5,50 r.iio\ (' .2.5 u\ Í'\ 5.Ü0 i \¡LÖU\ S.Du i ... 3.5il‘j ... 6!oÜ ' í j9¡W _ Û h TF\\ë.i'ü\Ï''lu.ôü\pïŸ!Ôi>*î ai tH TAou'“|' ïs.di)]'ï\S5.oïï\i I I y .,; j *9.00 j H.iiÜ i'l'Tji'Ö ér.ôV) j ëoüiü THE PEACE .AUTUMN, ■ BY JOHN. Gl WHITTIER. mnk God for Rest, where none molest, ’And none can make afraid, ( For'Peace that sitsaa Plenty^ guest, Beneath the'homestead shade! J.. isw< sword’s red ]Bringipike and gun, the, The uegro’sbroken chains,' And bqat them at the blacksmith’s for^c, ITo ploughsharesfbr our plains. Alike'henceforth ourhills of snow, jAiid vales .Yyhere cotton flowers; •All- streams that flow. all wind]» that blow, ' Are Fijecdolui’s motive' powers. Henceforth to Labor’s chivaliW Be' knightly honors paid; J • For nobleiisthnn the sword’s shall btf1 The pickle’s accola'de. 1 scourge, , ’ BBT Sixteen'Tinea oi solid matter or less ipake one. ■‘•»qmirp. _ ■ ^ ‘ i' 1 i4l - ! ' «' r Legal :i lvertiscments*Inserled at'tlie. rates pre I scribed by law. , ] i I - 0 T Business CardB, in.'Card Column, not exceeding .fire lined, per year; .. \ f 'i _. . tST\ Business Notices will beinserred In the Reading Columns, at the rate of Fifty Cents for, ¡the first line, and Five 2eut$ fofcevery subsequentline,-each insertion. p*f~ Yearly Advertisers haye the privilege of.chang-. Ing quarterly. Til er ft will bfe no deviation from adver- tlied.rates, .unless a special contract is’made. ^\¡Ad^ertisunLiits not accomimnied with dlrec- tlons,1 wilfbe lust r]t£d until forbid, and charged accord- Idftly: 1 ' ■ 1 I' ■■ - I I! ! • I -1 tgy-.AlI letter '. communications. |Ac„ should be ad dressed to FUKUYI & J ACKSON, Oudda, Madison'Co., N. Y. ¿ Q And tbcrc^he orchard fruits Briug golden] grain from sun and air, . ¡From cartli her goodly roots. .There let our banners droop andiflow, The 6tars uprise and- fall; Our roll of martyrs,' sad and slow, . Let sighing breezes call. .8, P RDM TM» G J. .LX YP.o have, facili ies unsurpassed fc{r executing all de- ■criptlons'of Job-Priming, with neaineSs knd'cftspafcA. and at! moderate prices.- • , - 1 BD ÌS1NESS. CARDS. ereux-Blud .i H . Ï , ’ 1 F t M â ts.-1*1.1 I t i ) Y & -ÍI.AJJO,!». PHYSICIANS^ sfaRGEO;NB!—¡Office in -Dev ............... .... ec und story, Main St., Oneida Gttudwiu’tì' i i ! I ‘ j E D i v k a u i jii-. s i i o o A l k , ' attorney ] ’* COUNSELLOR! at ’ law -ibnuidii, Madison Co ,N. Yt| Olñcu over-S. H jo x ts. ri-T ’ s u r g e o n s rath’s Sloe W. R.'F itcu , t, up stairs. M. D', res. I' • M-JGSSÏXCiJEK & 'J¡IÍN|KKIS, j. ATTORNET)s! * COUNSELLORS AT LAW, ure, Madison St. Buildup an altar to ‘0 grateful hearts c And shape it |o( the i That over drault th ; i | Lay all the bloom of he Lord, i ours !’ -) . greenest sward c showers. garden there, mination the young ‘man strode Irons hia.horae, with.Jfiia iv lioie patrimony in a small bundle under his arm.. Grace wept many tears at her brother’s de parture, but tht old man never altered an expression ot‘- his countenance or ^betrayed the slightest emotion, «Eve ry one spoke of 3$obert as having “ gone to sea.” Why he should be come a sailor no one could explain, but several of the neighbors had dim remembrances of hisjhaving threatened to-run off upon the water in some of his for.mer- rebellions against paternal discipline; and as Ijoys of ungoverna ble temper who spurn domestic con trol .are supposed tojhave that, peculiar predestination for the gallows which insures against drowning, he was by unanimous consent assigned to the dominions of Neptune. The years stole on, and no word came1 of the ah- 7 i • *t _ m __ he could hear the clanking beat j>f his own iron heart, and he ielt the galling of the chains he had been forging for so many years. In that silence memories came whispering to and though they spoke faintly afraid of his unwonted tenderness, he new-found old him, as if listened to them as to friends. With these , old memories .Their namcijlcb'hands'of I And rlojugb-sliod feet Who dijsd to] make the horn and tan applaud, sta vein man, And link with toil reward. rere lec-thc common heart keep time To such an anthem bung,1 As never swelled on poet’s rhyme, Or thrilled on singer’s tongue. I • 1 j “■ _ | 3ong of otir burden and relief, (Oi peace and long annoy ; The'rpassions !oi our in'tihty grief And our exceeding joy! A song of praise jtd Him who filled ' The harvests spwn in tears, Anil gave each field’a double yield ft .To -feed jour battle years! , .-| ■ • A song of faitji that trusts the end To match! the good begun, i Nojr doubts,the power of love to blend Tlie hearts of men. as one. C I 1 & C A K P E i V r E U , & PHYSICIANS. Office in Waí- cor. H.'.W. C auf Ì iiteu , M. D-, res.-’Ior Chestnutistrcets. Broaii & Cherry. Broad; «SB 3tf; Oneida, M;.disou¡Co{,i|N.' ¡.Office St.’ OpposiJte Ufli'ou Printing ¡Office. on Main • I ; f t . - k E S S ftxV « l i K , NOTARY PUBLIC for Madison - po. - Also LL- eeliíléd Go ,BaIk Pay, J - L I eruiiiuiil,Claim Pensions, «fcc, Ágeiit for Bounty', i J A S . B . • i i -NOTARY PUBLIC for Ouiiida county. Also '] Conimissi Jnur of Deeds lor Michigan. 1 • ’ n.inimìssi iilér of'Deeds lorHUhoi3- . lea villi the bear, the panther,- or the buffa i>; ‘of patient, heroic endurance, of j gna^jiniV1 hunger; of midnight alarms, or fierce encounteiis 'in -the ]thick \vo;ods ; of days and .¡nights of weary wandering on tlije I trackless prairie wilhout I Oi'minussi aneli of Deeds ioif'In Cdhimissi slier oí Deeds lot] Av OommiSsi auor ol Deeds-f lgeonsm. a. I Manhattan ^ LAtlauliq, J jV T 'r p iir S n iY Î- s-:, .1\G i E r ]| í jÍÍEljrKIMS IE AGENTS forj, ¿h1c tollowiug reìia cure companies:' ) T ' >1— ¿¿50,U00. . ‘ HJDJES! 1HSURAN? bleàud seenni ( ¡¡ ■ ¡ „v,. LLorillard, Cash capital and surplus $1,310,000. 3 - - - ■ ’ , «> «» [- “ ■ $2oP,000. $800,000, * - ft , í . 3 & K ¡ - , co|UisrsicL.r.oR., OHITTENANGpl N. Y. BENTLÈŸ,& a o p E L L , ;; ( > i & |(G 0 Í m k l 0 Víi at & m , i • Office in’ Pields’ Blockj HSniii St»? I ; -- -.« r . . . ' ......... Crf P^fONJEID-A, ÎKSTLEY, E . CJIIE ÍN-] >r' . W. \ y . G oodkix ,- R R YY in,, Mcr<|haut’s Exchange^ uptstairs, .;].. I . DENTIST, Oneida, ;N. Y. Offibe j L’ s ExLlianire. uu-stuirs. Main St. T H E E.VIG R ANT’S ! S A B B A T H . for tlie W e st!” j WhAt a emotion this Cry still sends 2 heart!. „How it stirs the blood iivthe^ most sluggish ! All the stories of Inaia'n war ned border cruelties; of strug- “ H o ! thrill Of throu'g i s curre v.dius fare, lì ih ut of the log fast by tj years uf a guide or ¡compass ; of housed—of the little clearing e, bubblin'g spring—the first destitution—and ¡th;e (jemfort and plenty which a etoüt jarrà’ and an earnest faith’finally won for the hardy -all these crowd upon- our we see tlie emigrant, with his olùtely turned toward theset- It is natural for tliei young pioneers fancy as face res ting sun whose family ties are broken, or whose Sume w in oldei ¡rally fresh to seek homesteads are so filled- wit |comers ¡.hat a part'must swaijm a hive vpon the rich soil of ithb- West. ho, feel thé restraints of| society Settlements, or who are natu- I'l ess, and-ill at ease [inquiet res' cpmmuiiitijes, are -very likely] .too, in changing, their home, .a | ¡seek the greater! freedom or the moré [exciting ’! -ATTORN]] ¡1 1 N. Yv C A î W K A D Ü A N , ¡Y AT LAW,- Onciali» Madison Cj) fficc,in] Stone’s! Bijock, Madison St o e c r a T t & Si> O »V, cousin. A.. Ì l O E E J E w f B E C K ^PHÖTOGRifcPH \ AND I a MBRÔTYPE .GAL LERY] Mhiu street, OniiidL N. Y. Pictures Blobk, pver Riyenburgliis Store. «1 ohn snow Comini^sihucr o f Deeds]for Michigan anil Wfis-j. of alî'kiudà and sizes Itaken guurapjlci d.- h I aud «satisfaction jG^ES'mAflr P E R , ! ONEIDA,- Madison cp1., n . y . ; j ; Office East,,6ide of Main site-the iVa'lmth Block. ' • -All work--warrantedl. ¡ ' . - I ‘ ! t I loi street, nearly oppo- DIASOiYlU ONEIDA LODGE No.} 270{ jholds.its regular] - Meetiig^ every I first aud\jthird Thursday even- \ ings ih each mouth. Hall in Stone’s new -- , -- ---- --- - l --- T_T ----- -- O novelty of western life]. pSut when plain Jplnj Dutton, who badjEjpent bis wjioje jifU boy and man, ^ifor three score y!cai(s, upon a!single fariii'iii old ComrecucRt, announced his petermina- ,|.ion to se ek the new land of in the N!ississippi vocabtl,a neighbor^* could proveijbs jilautipg promise Valley, ¡the village and his y was exfiausted), all declared pot get over it.” were quoted about trans- _ old trees, and ¿very oracle in Iherviila^e uttered*ominjous sentence i)f conilerunatijou, but Jilhujwas not to e mojved from his purpose. as concer |. . that they ¡Many sage He was à steriji iàfiexibló man, wholhad, as na a^iyj oppö&ition from jtis .familv fcer.nedß enjbyed .his cwn lifp, until he,had come to, regard his ptyn vyill as the law of. thé household. Le was is ¡family was o way] in the the ted Bent one, but his name w.as seldom block - i .' MANU Iron - Ware Oneid,a. J j A . B E ^ W j E T X , FAÒTURER of Tin,L|çopper and Shriek! Ware, .and dealer] in! ' Stoves ..and Iroi j generaliy. - Numper(4, Empire Block Hall IV i u hi M A R B L E W O R K S . . '¡MONUMENTS tvlid Head stones \ every style kcjlt |’coustantly oilman . or ifiiiile to order on short notice. ‘'k?g~,Tliri bCst.oi A;merican or'ital in all cases. Shop Oneida. Marble used Madision 1 str F. B. 11 reet, llAli i B A C O N I I O T E E , 1 ! XPIE9Û2EXiIPS S T .L OTNTEIID-A^L I. r I ' - I T ' lilS tf ’ ■' C. BACON,1.Proprietor. iVTEY, Propriel I|S]SU I|À N G E , j l i i f e . ■ A c c i d e n t , F i r e , i i i T-f-Lr .¡New Y o rk Life | Insurance Co. Asseta $4,000,000. iess, Jgofltn of.'business all divided among assur id. - i» »-»! i * f •’ [ | | \ t ■ I ■! Travelers Insurance Co1, \ ’ . LAs’set-s idoq.ooo.; . liisurod againhi death or disability from aripi- dbnts of all-kinds. : i '■ ! MorriB’ Fire Insurance Co. A ssets $1,0.0.6,000, . ■ i -. -1 «1 ■ < ■ Albany City Fire Insurance Co. : I ¿¡, ’ \Ahsets $300.000. All ¡strictly First Glass Companies, offe^ _ low rites, settling losseB'prpmptly and liberally. 'Farb buildings insured one, three|or five vetU'%ia the.lowest- rates.1 'Omilda Yalley National,1 p8jl \ i pious man, but he lacked jimple-heartedness which enjoys Gosp'ill in this life. He was jsonver the year be attained bis majority, when the' tern ptations to gaiety were strong about! him, and'in steeling jhis ‘h^art against these, he.had overlaid it tvith tfie tlrkyieldiiig metal, until its firmpess partook/of the obdinjacy which cornea in sharp contact with all* the rough nesses of the way, only' to harden it the mo:-e-against the sweet courtesies lie hacUliscovered the broken le foot ofcvSinai, and had gone v]ary witlr jthe. tlihnders still’ in his earij, so thatjhc seemed tjij have beayd any gentler plead-, v^omerof Meniyi He had t\Vo'children, a son ancta daughter.! The .former resembled him1 somewhat in disposition, and two suchj unsocial tampers, as (blight beexpejetejd, did not produtc.the fruits of pcacej. The fa ther was ever bent on''curbing his stubborn child, while the son, whom a’voico of gentleness could have melt ed at once ipto contrition; onlyr melted at ejnei into' contrition, only hardened liislheart under rebuke, i .To make the mixitei] wovsy, as the eon grew toward manhiiod, lus mother diejd', a'nd there wali iic one Jto meduate! Dctweeii him mentioned in his. childhood’s home. John Dutton never spoke of him ex cept with a harsh ejpithet for his con tumacy, and an avo wed determination never again to receive him as a son, and poor Grace soon had tróùbles enough of .her own. Her lovely face, gentle manner, and pweet Christian temper., set off in such striking relief by contrast with hei* father’s sternness, made her the most attractive maiden in toe village, aiid many| a gallant young lover ventured'to woo her.' To all she bad the sanie word of reply— she could not leave her- father. She performed with heV own hands every household duty, arid was the only,ray of sunshine in that wintry home. +Her father loved her intensely, in his cold way, but his mariner was so forbidding she hatl never nestled in his bosom and her affection for him was deeply min gled w jth a full share of filial fear. N o wonder that h'e fi-owned- upon every attempt to win his daughter from his home—and no,’ wonder, either, that she was at last wfojn to. love another. The creeping tendrils of her heart— that yearning, affliction which longed for an object to which it might cling— when.that object ¡was at last revealed, asserted” their strength, and prevailed over her natural* timidity. At last her father yielded, and she w;as wedded on. condition that she should not de sert the paternal ¡roof. Her husband came to live- with her, and the. trio were far more united than could have been- expected, ;]Tho new member of the family^ wak possessed of a pliant disposition, and’ h id a special dislike to an argument* *so that John DuttonJe will was. still pan mount in his hpme ? Henry Wheeler, kheson-in-law, ‘[‘took hold ” of the little.farm with the old maq, and-the wjoild prospered with them. Two beautiful children—the eldest a boy whojj strongly resembled his father, and a daughter, a Ejecond Grace who bore the impress of her mother’s gentle J temper, were ¡added to the household group, but nothing was yet heard qf the absent Robert. Grace had desired to name her eldest after thè waiderer, but \ her father ejìolutely opposjed it, and bo she gave up this cherished desire of her heart. But we left John Dutton fix:ed in a -purpose to move to the West, anebt/his is ..what we ave just coming to. ¡Every New Englander’ remembers the first year of the potato rot. How sadly the unexpected blight ^came upon the farmer’s hopes, fat ¿ time when many were depending, upon this evop for all. their year’s ready money, ,It had been.a favorite crop with Duttpn, and he had been sorely tried with this dis appointment. ¡He was too well rooted In^Qh ristian principle-to utter'any murmui^T^ainst^myidence, j but his- heart grew all the harder and* his man ner sterner unjder this rebuke. He was not of a hopeful temperament, and could see no relief in the futuije, so he suddenly resolved-to sell out his-farm and enter upon a'new life in tlhe west ern wilderness? His resolve was speedily executed,, Providing himself with a stout^ covered wagon,- equipped with the brief out fit for a pioneer’s cabin, he resolutely started for his new home. No moist med bis efe ak he crossjpd foi time the threshold which nothing else, must have endeared to him. His heart seemed either a sealed òf life.- law ¡a), to Oa ringing never ingsofi the stern father, IKo ■ one b u t A. I Bank, June 15 \v: BARKER, Ab PS ¡Gr'acel his gentle sister, and she was [soilimid that her lather’kiievcre man ner qi ite overawed her/ Robert grew tOj seventeen under his fallhev’s roof, when a severe and unjust rebuke pro- duced between tho( parent*and son a sudden quarrel, tliat drove the latter from lis home. He had asserted his indep indence, and his father had bid- ure dim- the last habit, if came self-acchsations—riot with clam orous tongue, else had th.e charm been broken—but with simple questionings, made-very audible in that unwonted stillness, and with sad, reproachful looks, which utteved much that could' not be said in words. He thought of his son, and lie coold hear in that mysterious silence the voice o f nature pleading for* a loving answer^ / in d when he tried to drown these gentle words with stern rebukes,, he could not overcome the spell of silence which was upon him. He did not yet weep, but his stern heart was softened. He went back to bis little famjly group, and, seating himself on the trunk of a fallen tree, opened the Bible'for morn ing prayers, lie finished reading, and briefly, as was his wont, he lejd the morning devotions, but there was an Unusual pathos in that dry and sterile voice. As these services we're ended a stranger drew nigh their littli tent. Nero, th,e old guard of the household, stretched his nose in the direction of the new-jbomeiy’gave alow whine, and relapsed stranger again into forgetfulness. The 'joined them, and gieeting them with blunt courtesy, after the manner of the region, seated himself and began conversation. Why do the hands of the old man shake so nerv ously as he grasps his spectacles ;iu their bony fingers? Why does the countenance of,the wife and mother grow sickly pa!ep so that her twjo chil dren gaze upori her with affright? Why,turns Henry Wheeler from the open wagon to catch the familiar tones? .Y e s, it is the long-lost son, the wandering Robert! The!sea he had chosen for his homo was that western expanse, whose awful had so tutored the heart of th father that he-could- clasp his his arms without rebuke. The links were again united, but this time Lovevfastened the chain, and tlhe iron pecame a brilden scepter.. Then thVcyes of Joliu Dutton kne|W first, for nfany years] the luxury of tears, and the fountain in his heart was un- sealedv^O^ filled] afresh from tby w«R-of Life. His hair had even tnen blos somed for the tomb, and now as years draw on, his step falters, and his sight is ’dim, but he delights still ’tci lean in loving confidence upon his recovered son, and tell to his grand-chilliren the story of the E migrant ’ s S abbath . J . ________ L THE CARELESS WORD; ’T was bat a word, a careless wordj A a thistle down it aeemed so light; It paused a moment on the a ir,' - Then onward winged its heedless flight Auother llp caught up the word. And breathed it with'a haughty sneer; It gathered weight as on,it sped,' That careless word, in its1 career. Then rumor caught the flying word, Arid busy gossip gave it weight, Until that little word became A vehicle o f angry hate. Ô. with fife, And then that word was winged Its mission was a thing o f pain; For soon it fell like laya drops Upon a wildly tortured brain. ! j j And ¡then another page o f life , Wjth horning, scalding tears was blurred, A load o f care waa heavier made] i 1 Its fcdded weigfct that careleaa word«. i j Thai careless word, Q how It scorched • A fainting, bleeding] quivering heart! J ’T was like a hungry fire that searched Through ever}1 tender part. ] . How widely throbbed that aching heart! Deep agony its fountain stirred; It calmed—bat bitter ashes mark The pathway oi that careless word. G eoffrey ’C haucer .— Every lover of poetry must honor the -name of Chaucer^ the father of Englishjpoetr-y, whose place in literature ! corresponds with that of Raphael Jin painting, and -Michael Angejo in sculpture. ! lie was horn in Lon’dou in the y ¿sir 1328. He married à sister of. Catherin'? Swin- ford, who waa the wife of Tohn of Gaunt, and maid of honor to Philippa, the queen oPEdward III.1 Of course this connection attached 'the poet to the Lancastrian party, with whose vicissitudes his fortunes were involved. During the reign of Edward his suc cesses were a\ flood. When he was thii-|ty-eight he received from the king a pension equal to fifteen ¡hundred dqjlars a year of our money-?-a large sum for those times. In these days, silence e stern son to broken A T ig e r t r i g i i t e n e d b y a I M o u s e . -A traveler gives the following an ecdote of a tiger kept at tlie] British residency ai Calcutta: But 'What an noyed him far more than a stick, or tantalizing him with shins of beef or legs-of mutton, was a-mouse’introduced into iris cage! No tine lady, ever ex hibited more terror at the sight of a spider than did this magnificent royal tiger on seeing, a mouse. Dur mis chievous plan was to tie the little ani mal to the end of a long pole, and thrust it close to the tiger’s nose. The moment he se ^ v it, he leaped to the op posite side, mid when the niouse was made to run near him, he jammed himself into i the corner, aud stood trembling and roaring in sujch an ec- stacy of fear that we werje always obliged to desist in pity- to lihe poor brute. Sometimes we insisted on 'his passing over the spot conscious little mouse and forward. Por where the mi rati backward. along time, how ever, we could not get him 'to raoye, till at, length, I believe by the help | of a squib we obliged him to start; hut instead of pacing leisurely across to his den, or of making a detour to avoid generally as the,object1 o f bis alarm, be took a kind of flying leap, s nearly to bring his back in contact with the roof o f his cage. high fountain or a .desert well’ Icing since dried.' ^ , | - It was the lirst Sabbath under- the1 sky they had chosen for their ‘new residence in the Mississippi valley. Most of tlie ‘ quarter section” he had bought was prairie, but there were upon it scattered patches of woodland,' and under , the shade of one of the mightiest of th e ‘.old monarch trees John Dutton had driven his-wagon, which sel-ved for the family tent. They had arrijved ¡upon the last dsy of tlie week, au,d j tlie Sabbath was the first that dawjned ¡upon them in that' far-off home. Johr ■ Dutton was up with the dawn,'and going out from his forest shade, h'e stood alone upon, the wide prairie. Fair] as the eye juould see rolled the vast plain, without a mark. 8aYeits wave-like ridges, aua here.and there a billojvy knoll. Jolijn -Dutton had at last escaped from Siyai! Ho had carried in his ear and in bis heart, since hiis twenty-first ibirthday, the flashing fires1and [ threatening thunders of that a wfut mountain j and now for tiid'ti!Sf& time,in all thegie years he could pof hear that terrible echo. It had died away into faint muvmui'ings over that far-reaching level, and in its i •' • ‘li _ z a . ' l ’* /l * h li 65 -den him to seek it, and his own living place Silence crept into Hla,aoaI like a rei't. 'jat'the same time. With fiery deter.jreal presence. In that solemn silep.ee A n A u t h e n t ic A n e c do t e . —Talley rand was once in the company of ftfod- ame de Stael and another eminent French lady whose name1 we do not remember. ^ You say charming things to both of us,” said Madam'e c.e Stael to him ; “ which of us do j ou .like best ?’* The wily statesman * artfully replied that he was delighted with both. ] “ A b ! but you prefer one ,of -us,” continued Mkdamede Steel. Sup pose we were both . drowning iu the Seine to-night, which of us would you help first?’’ “ I wouldy extend my right hand to Madame dej Staef^and my left to Mhdame yonder.’] “ Yes; .but suppose only one o f as could be saved, which would you attempt ¡to rescue ?” Talleyrand^ dipiornacy was. pushed to its severest ¡test; !but not? o»e wliit di&- composed, he. turned to Madame de Stael, and]replied: “ Madame, you, who'know ¿o many things!, doujbtless know how to swim.” A Yankee was refused ' a- dinner at one of th(e ^taverns dpwrji east until he had shown the landlord liis “ pew ter.” Boniface did his bestvand iat the sound of the bell, in 'walked the Yankee; and taking a , ge.ne.ral survey of-the table, turned to his host arid said, “ Mr., you’ve seen my money, and I ’v,e pepik ^our dijnner-4-igpod by.” he tells \us he was “ fat and jolly,” aud knew no want. But \his fortunes changed with the government. Daring the reign of Richard II., (Ihaucer was involved in great ' disas ters. -In 1388, at the age of sixty, we find him a political pvi.sonerln London, his pensions,and his. prosperity -alike gone.’ But the next year, John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster,1 return ed, and became once more his steady protector; and from this time until his death, in the year 1400, his prosperity continued to increase. He died on the 25th of October, and was buried iu AM üjitjQiiniitûv -AJihey ___ . • Few -poets ha^e commenced to writç. at an earlier age than Geoffrey Chau cer ;■ and few, certainly, have contin ued to write at a more advanced one ; for he began his greatest work, “ The Canterbury Tales,’’ when he was in his sixty-sixth year. His first poem o f note was the “ Court of Love,” pub lished when he was nineteen years of age.- His “ History of Tiroilus and Uresscide’’ was the delight of Sir Phil ip Sydney. “ The Flour 'and the Leaf,” modernized .by -Dryden, was prunounc^ed by the poet Campbell “ an* exquisite piece of fairy-fancy.” Pope modernized, also, .. his “ House of Fame.” But the glory o f all these is obscured by the last and greatest of his works. “ The Canterbury Tales”’ are the adventures of. twenty^nine pilgrims, who. met at an inn in Southwark, on their way to the shrine of T.iornas a Becket'. Each pilgrim tells his own story. Chaucer’s pôetry is essentially dramatic and picturesque. The cos tume and dress o f the Canterbury pil grirns—of the knight, the squire, the Wife of the Bath—speak for them selves. His descriptions of natural scenery are in the same kind of excel lence, with a local freshness about them which gives the very feeling of the atmosphère, the-coldness and mois ture of the ground; - . 1 His proud title of “ Father of Eng lish Poetry ’’ is not aloné ai tribute t.Q his poetical excellence, great as that was ; but because he did more lhau any one else-to bring the English lan guage to its present form.’ He wrote when that language was iu its infancy At a time when all the gentlemen and ladies in the kingdom spoke only French, he chose to write in his na tive tongue—the grand, ! sturdy old Saxon—and he proved what a mine of richness it was. He delighted ..and instructed ' England, ' as [ the bright mo.rning star of her national literature, and at the well of his thought the scholar of lo-day drinks with ever fresh delight. —^ ------------ - M atrim ony . —A confirmed! bache lor uses the'ifbllowing argument against matrimony : Calico is a great prprap ter of laziness. If young .men wish to accomplish anything of moment, eith er o f head or o f hand, they must keep clear of* th.e institution, entirely. A pair of sweet lipsti,apink waist; swell ing chest, a pressure ,of. ¡two! deiicàté hands, will do as 'much to unhinge a man as three fevers, the. measles, a large, sized whooping cough, a pair of lock-jaws, several hydrophobias, and the doctor’s bill. —A Virginian of the. “phi.v al rie” kind/ .recently spq k¿]bfíI¿riry\V ard Be.echef AB “that d— 4<J theólogical prÎY*têer,” N O . 3 0 . An I ndiana HERo.-^Indiana ndver } a the numbered'among her ¡noblest son .nobler one than Sergeant Henry, hero o f this sketch, as; the following incident, whijeh occured at Chickama- uga, will ser\[e to prove :— Henry wosj on detail duty with a squad of ten men, andjwhile in thefper- formam e thereof fell in with the Eighth Ohio, that wiis being severely pressed by the«enemy.. Promptly our hero or dered his men «to dismount and join the Eighth. They fought splendidly ; but ail valor was useless,1^and finally it was determined to jsurrerider, as the regiment was completely surrounded. When the ¡fact was announced, to llenry, be remarked:—“ Well, com rades, I can light witnj^rcfh any time, bnt I can’t surrender. That never came in our drill. Indiana never sur render] Boysr” lie continued, address ing his own! little, ¿quad, “ you see we’re surrounded but I’m a-going to get through ¡and. who-ever don’t follow me is a coward! Conie on. Indiana nevey* surrenders !” With those;thrill ing words the heroic I sergeaut sprang 4uto his saddle, and was instantly fol lowed by every man ¡of his command. “ Now then,'boys, make a go of ild Liberty arid] UJnion, or A ndersonvilleJ!i Charge!” Instantly t]en gallant steeds,] bearing as many gallant riders with rawn sabers, sprung -forward, and went crushing.lheir way through tbev Confederate rear line, excited to des peration by the spurs and shouts of their masters. For several moments the enemy were so astonished by the very audacity of tlie charge, that it proved successful, and full a huudred yards had the fugitives cleared, before a volley of lead was sent after them. This passed harmlessly above and a- rou'nd them. A seepud fire ivas made, which wounded one1 o f the ten, ,a.nd caused him to fall j’rbm his horse. In stantly Henry reigned up,-his steed, sprung from the saddle, rati to liis wounded companion, caught him up in his arms, ran back to his horse, lifted him in front, and, mounting a- gaiq, Bped. onward. As though to specially reward such devoted heroism fortune ordained-tjliat this little band, with its wounded horseman should escape in safety.— Soldier's Casket. , -------------- --- - -mr* --------s--------r A ge of , the ¡P yramids —Mahmud Bey, .astronomer to the Viceroy of Egypt, has published aiu interesting treatise,, with the view o%«roving their daies from their connection with ¡Si rius, the Dog-star.] The l|te Vicero}', Said Pasha, ordered,him tb work out his jiroblem. , 116 found the- exact measurement ofthei largest to be 231 metres .at th|e base, y and 140,40 from the ground to the'apex. |Hencje it fol lows that the si ies' are at’an angle of fifty-one degrees and forty-fiye Sec ond!». Mah]iuud Pasha found tliat the ler three pyvamidshear on,an average ¡inclina- ttu4 -^Major-Gen. J o b s A. Logan b u been, tendered tne mission to Japen. It Is understood thei] Gen. Log*n-acc«pta the appointment.. i .—Gov: Holdeii.fiiai received «¡telegram from] Secretary Ssweid, to^exercUe the functions of Provisional Govineer until otherwise ordered by the Presidente ' ‘ . j ' ,—The Mobile Adhmtittr .learns by letter the Convention of liuti 8tste prdnqunoed by sa overwhelming yote.-sgainst state'répudiation. » —'TJiere is « lull ip.pwrdon bnsiness: Araon* , those whose v u t w U »wait the signature of the President, aro Soger A Pryor and Robert-' Ould. Among the latest applications is that o f , Major-G^neraf JobB'M. Wltuers, of Alabama. —There are two mills at] Hadley, M m ?., which produce three and one-half tons o f paper per.d%y, which Is used,in th».Imanuiacture\qf paper.collars.. The demand for collar paper té cònstantly increasing! \ ] •' —The Ax r ijhj t fl—■ i W * Taylor ha# b * * appointed tgrtMMqperintendcncy of-an exten sive cottort%mwlnirëompany of Northern cap italists, who have taken several plantations in, Bolivar county.,. MUs. !f, j_ I —A Government,detective, who has just re-,1 turned from a tonrvbf observation in Canada,1 says John C. Breckinridge is liying in elegant1 seclusion at 8t.‘ Cathlirl ie, Canada West. He especially avojds BeyarlrTuckèr and that class] of refugees'. ' ° • . | —Some specimens1 of! the new ten cent cur rency notes have been.receivcd iu New York,, and they ats-1 nearly ready for ¡general distribu tion. They are htdfan inch longer and a qnar- tèrof an, inch, wider than the | old notes, and their engraving is inoro elaborate. ;J,Large1 quantities o f valuable public -lands ar’c being takièn up urlder thej homestead law. !At thé land office at 8t. Cloud/ Minnesota, five thousand eight.hpndsod .aerea were taken up during Septembef^-one-fourth of it land held at $2.50 perdere. j —Tho Treasury Department! has under con sideration propositions for funding the different descriptions of public debt—¡five or five and> half per lcfent.wqo the frvorite rates proposed. Meanwhile th&TreMury presses are kept in ac tive operation?! | 1. —Rev. Morgan:.L. Dix .preached a sermon in Trinity Cliapei;'.on Sunday. He stated that » perfect uuity had preTÜled between tlie North- ern and Bouthern hnmch<js|of the Epispopm Church at thè recent convention nt Philaad-.] phia. ‘ ■ ' j t —A young'Scotch nobleuSan, still a minor, : has been lately playing at a German wateripg- Î iace, losing on- an areragb £1,500 a day1. An ïnglisli paper hope» that he at least 'respecta the Sabbath, Snd .thereby saves something by < hia good bringing->up. , angle of lh^ ol Memphis, wefdr ..«.. tion of fifty-two degrees.' The fact that th e sid e s jof placed ex a c tly ters o f t lie g lo b e , seem e d to som e coiirîectic these monuments are true to the. four ,cjnar- point To n with the stars, and Mahmud Bey found Sirius sending his rays nearly vertically upon the south side, when passiu'g the meridian of Ghizcb. lie then found, oiv '‘caioulaT ting baob, tKo oxnu^ position tlie alaio occupied in past Jcenturiqs—tliat the rays of Sirius ver'e exactly vertical to the south side of the Great Pyramid, 3,800'y.ears B. C. Sirius was dedicated to the god. Sot bias, or /Toth Anubis ; and hence the istfonomer deduces that the Pyramids Were, built about 3,300 B. C.—a date J nearly coinciding with Bunsen’s calculation, who fixes this reign of Cheops ’at ’thirty-four centu ries before Christ.— London Builder. ?M arriet »:L iee «(— The affection that links together! man and wife is a far holier and mere enduring passion than young lpve. It may want its gor geousness aud imaginative character— but it is far ripheji; in holy and trusting attributed, Talk: not of the absence of love’ in wedded life! W h a t! because a .man has ceased to sigh like a furnace, are we to believe the fire extinct'? It. burns.-Wilh a à benign infl million times lightful than IoBophy. steady flame, shedding lence upojn exUtenae a, more precious aud de- th'e cold dreams of phi; H ens E ating E ggs .—lie n s m ay be blowing Qut and filling it made into a paste. Make end, bio iv th& contents .cured-of eatirig eggs, tby tl>e contents of ¿fu egg, with mustard a hole in each opt, :an.d wheri filled pai te paper over tlie holes. One taste effects a cure. 1 A niaii named Jameson in Cincinnati wishing to curtail household expehses, adopted a .novel mode ¡to effect bis object. He kissed, the servaut girl one morning, when he knew Mrs. J. would Beehjrii/ ¡Resull^-^-discliarged servant girl and twelve dollars per month saved. A married man, who vyas out at a whist party, wh|-n be proposed g‘^ing .home; was urged to tta f a little long er. - “ Well,” he replit d, “ perhaps I may as well]; my wife, irobably, is al ready as majd as she ca i be.” “ How are you, Smith ?” said Jones. Smith pretended not-to know him, and answered, hesitatingly: “ Sir, you have the advantage of me.” “ Yus, I sup pose so;, everybody ^ias tliat’s 'got common se|)8e.’] —Married inWilllamson, Mass.,Mr. William Williams ^and ¡Miss Lizzie IWiiiliafts. .For piwtibulwi.M.p the mustard i at Mr. BuchfiRln hás reid the proof of bis “ Last l5ÿiiiJg Xddnas and Confes sion,” an.d. j^, will appej r in bpok fprm next month. Mr. BuQianan wa* forT inerl^^rewdeut oi the ju nited States! —An Engliah. paper verjLiaemet^L :—“A.pian ? for sale by a yqunglady-KbOuttioct oás.the channel 40 an oakwr easa with :arvedkgs.Vv?: ooritains on ad- —The. occupant of the house-in WMbiiifftoa t where President Lincoln died, has_ made I claim i for damages done rooih and ¡¡furniture on the , night o f 1 the auaMiuatlon. ! Relict I hunter» . would buy the damaged furniture at Mgh pri ces. Large numbers vi»it Ford’s Theatre d»l- ly. . j - ! , j T , —Dr. Holland’s life pf Abraham Lincoln, Just issued, is dedicated to Audrey Johnson “ with, thb prayer that! hUtorr, .which.will jassociate- their names- forsyer, may be able tqfj find no scam where their admlnUtrations we^ç joined, aud mark ua chanxis of iêxtaro by winch they may be contralsifa!” a i | —Jcff -Davli iwa forhU nsp the largest room In Fortress M.bàrOff, and live« in itmôre like »=* lord than a prisoner. The snrrelii*i»«e o£ '«Mfe- • tries at liis. boor has beeii] withdrawn. Jeff. Bpeuds.mo8t d f hi* lime in ¡reading Bancrofc'a , History of tho United-States—a sthdyffhc mighi have pursued!jwith profit prior to*16w. —The new Legislature o f .the State o f Iowa la politically divided a s follows ; Senat'e, Repub lican, forty-three;''Opposition,: fl.v.e!‘ House, Republican, eighty-lbree.; .Opposition, fifteen. Republican majority on juiuthaUot, one hun dred and 6ix;vUrgo enough for ( all I jpracticai purposes. ' | . ■' t * . r—BrighamjYoung hits bad ¡a. new “revelationj'* He says that it'is' \ the will of God'that the Bis ters should make their own] bonnets j and hats for themselves arid their ' families from stray and other material* raised in' the Utah I moun tains.”'' Another ¡revelation ¡will probably indi cate the styles lu V which they- are to bcTnadc. | —Capt. J. O. Remington, Quartermaster at Chattanooga, has heen.tobbed o f $25t,000. Hia codniiug'room .waa eutered aud.the Enoncy1 waa talcqn out of the safe. .Suspicion fre&ta npou four pcrsbns who bavç .been hanging [around his office. :Two attempt» have be.cn j made to. rob the safe‘of Capt*. Hopkins, at Chattanooga. —There is. a story that a convict, at Sing Sine prison, uani<ia1jBr*m, mat* «ome six iiponths ago frorq\ abuse and ttaglect. One of tbe.Tce^ era took a dislikè to him aud tortured him up- til he died.’ Tfie »urgeon wouldn’t ¡do any thing for him, '¿bt even when he was’ dying. Thè'prîson àssociatloù at New York is going to look into the matter. ‘ -! I * • * —Thé Secretary o f State is engagedin prenar- iug u reply to the dUpatch b f Lord John Hup- sell, in regard tb’.the propoaed commission in dicated in his,'Lordship’s, letter to Minister- Adams, for the adjudication of claims| again»», the British Govoramcnt. .The qnestlon] at issu» | is said to bave been under consideration in sci erai Cabinet meetings! j |[ ' * J —The Government-of Great«Britain, having been officially'Notified, on! the ,17th Of March last, o f tho intention Of our' Government to 'ter minate .the Canadian ' Rèèrproqliiy Treaty, and only tWcdYO months’ noticai for »uch termination belug required, tbp Secretary of the Treasury ' has iustructed bis subordinate officers that the treaty will.cease to operate on the }7th of nekt March. f —The Secrétarjof the Treasury ha» »letter from the Governor o f South Carolina asking that thafStatêbave the privilege of assuming the. direct tax levied by Congre**, arid that! the saitie- may be paid in Bouth^ Carolina bond». He a l l i e s that the State is much impoverished imd ca'miot meet, the taxé» immediately. No action has-been taken on tlio letter by iheSecre tary o f the Trea»nrj. .! ' j < —War,-ha» .been declared between Spain and! Chili, and all: the portapf the latter are' de clared,- by Admiral ras^fa, commander of] the Spanish iquadron, blockaded after- [the 24th, forty dayB- being- allowed for vessel« then in port, to clehr.. The Chilian Congress have au thorized a loan of $30,000,000, ahdj the -exeeu- ............................. ..................... power to tive ha3ubeen inveeted with unlimited ; raise toops, procure ship», ‘«fcc. I ; —Dr. Herring, o f Philadelphia, in .a medical Work' of. his, aajs o f the Asiatic cholera;—T^e surest preventative la »riiphnr— put hitlf a tea- -spponfnl of fiou?-or-*ufphur into each pf yottr stocking8, andigo'! »bout your bnsiness; nerof: f o out with i^n empty sto.msqh ; eat no fresh read nor som;1 fpod, This 1» not only! a pro-' Yuutativcln ChoIerk.Amt1 abb In nqasy other ep idemic diseases. Not'One of mshy thonsands who have, foil owed tMa,ii>y sdfiee, have! bee« attacked by cholenc1; ' | —Bilious, IntwifUtpftand remittent fevers prevail .more çxténsmtiy this season fri. Illinpta than- at aqy .tjmé fò t the past tweaij ' year»! Yn thje southern portion thè pbnhs have been obliged-to a^jogrn—Jurors, Vriteesses and liti- ganta boing^CBable r o attend.' ' The «entrai vór- tlòn.of tùo State-is-enflering'eéveMiy', but--not to the same extent. Keearytand lontfedstinaed ■ wfMny. Jn'juMch nrak-vu f^odnei d s n d^ponda fOrntedwlissos» itation w v ____ . . every whero, »rs M tbp m thU:extrac/Cdlj|>f;jaiNp1>l I .>* '''l- ■ _ , - ii ' ' —ThW'/reëdâssnV tedtheTollpwlqg ofefwhiçh-ft'^^ •number, o f fire Alexandria, 7^00; Uviagc ta :eóuniy!s, uMieàl^dfepÉrttaaal>uf wUpirisqi: ‘ reasons for hte jost compie. Srding théhj^ek» 'èare1 during Ußxw* are now rír-.. *