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: ettle then- own 'affsins.\ “Every wan. , owe hrs own busrness best. . great deal too much, already, saidand writter up- ' on this subject.. For our part, suffice it to say, . that, m tho purity and real excellence of the La- dy concerned, e. have the utmost confidence\ Sh i. oF most crumble character, and a mam r of & most respectable family. if the partrcsn clear up his:chatacter to the sit-! Asfaction of the public, we shall be glad ( among persons calling themselves ministers of \The 'Gospel, have already been reported in the newspapers, within the last two or three years, m the Eastern States, wrthout having that num-. .. be ugmented by: any in Delaware County. We y- hope therefore, that Mr, Hayward. will be allow-. Btl to: go on. With Khe clearing up of his character, .~ until be shall: make it as bright as polrshed steel; | if possible, - Perhaps in cur next number,: we they help him to this, although we make no posi- tive promise to his Reverence to that effect, lost we might not-be able to fulfil.. - Should the libel .sait which is rumored, tike place, that, no doubt, | will bring out all the facts, which will be neces- | \sary to satisfy the curiosity of our frrencl Toquisit- . ~GP¢~ The news from the Atlantre Telegraph 1s not Bo baf-as many hat feared it would be. The re- ~~ W thecable has been brokes fs incorrect. By the latest news we earn, 'that thi feet had bee subjected to stornis; - which rendered the lay» _ rug—of tho cable very dificult. Hopes are still | entergaxeed however that the worl will be ac- comphshed \_ [g\ Since the above was written, reliable in- ° formation has been reserved to the effect, that the sable has broken, and: 'that some 'of the fleet have returned kome. The undertaking will probably not.be resumed this year.. - ® - _ We wish it to be borne in mind by our read- a ore, that this is our first numbel, and that our a , printer 18,1101; yotb so well propared with type, &e. as we expect he will be, by the time that our second number will be issued. Still, we think th“xthf8 issue will be respectable, and hope to make all, which may follow it, not less so. «Another serious accident is reported to have token place on the Erie Railroad on Thurstay - might;-the 166h.inst., near Port J ervig, by which six persons were-killed and about forty wounded. The5 P. M. express train tor Doukirk, when six «miles east of Port Jervis and about three minutes' . countered a brokgn rail in the track | The en- 'gine, tender, baggage car and three passenger cars,. passed over the gap in safety ; but the two last passenger cars swung off the track, and, after \ taning of the track about twenty-five rods, the couplmg parted, and they were burleddown a de- chnty thirty | Teer deep to the meadows below.- Before reaching the bottom the cars turned over twice, the first time the sides were burst open, «and subsequently they were split up into minute piéces.and their human contents atrewn about the greengward, wounded, dying and dead. As soon A# it could bo done the train was checked and backed, &nd the horrog stricken inmates of the . Other. cars hurried to the rescue of the injured.- Bul. Both of: the overturned cars wore full of passen- § gers, 'and the consequences of the disaster were most appalling Five persons were Instantly kil~ { * led. G a E7 i CB 'The nfins of tho cars were all blood-stewed \I peeple, suffering: from every conceivable form .of - mutilation, crawled from under their fragments. - As.soon as it could be. accomphshed the victims of the disaster were borne to the cars where their wounds were temporarily bound up, and the » tram sot off for Fort Jervis. On arrival there, they were immediately carried to the hotels, and all the medical skill that the noighborhood afford- ed: was brought into requisition: Thus far there bave beoh six deaths, and it is feared that others will die. Those who were in the cars atthe time state-that they were overwhelmed in an instant, without the shghest warning, and hurled from their seats in every direction, with terrific vio- lence. The eoxt backs flew over, wounding and marmmg many, and the splinters did the rest. . -< @ ---: © Bow? 'Why? When? Where? Who? \©: Which? and What? CHAPTER 1 < SECTION L-INQUIRIES -J; What is the best way in which to remove a spirit-of revenge? uo What is the slowestpost in America ? e ] board 9 - on. 13 a door not x door'? | D 1 d hb? .. There has been a elli, Saturday night, hkim.do so, because, a sufficient numberof tascals | ;: made on the 26th. miles each, owl’ug fo an fctident-on board the Niagara, wall from Shin Hollow Watering Station, en-] ' andrseemed to be instinct with life, as scores of | When was salt most first introduced on | next imber will cofitain auswore | . \|[te the above, and another‘uhapter of Hoy 9 { Why? When? Where# who? Whrch\ tna | Uf What? Terrell and ”Feather d 'The. Blootavillé Miror'of this week bays, | that \a lady of the lowesk respectabrlrty was tarred and feathered in the now comotory grounds in, We wonder if any genilémar of- thealewest re- spectability will be tarred and feathered in, this village. ‘ b qm cnames , R The Atlantrc Telegraph C glfloh | Failure of the qttempt to lay the 0able~ taurn«of the | Fleet to England. . The.Steatier North Stir arrived at New York at 10 o'clock A. M., July 20th, from Southanipton, She brings news of the failure to lay the great Welegraph Wite,. [The followmg version of the cruise appeads in a secound edrtxon of the-Cork Reporter -The Niagara and Gorgon, | attached tothe squadron layingofthe Tramsatlantic | cable, armed in Queenstown at an early hour this morn- ing, We regr et. havmg to announcé that the object of the expedition has for the present failed, ant we ghinlinow give ouy leaders such particul&rs of the egents which oc- - in the course of the undertgkmg, Is we have been able to collect, ~ » The Agamemnon and her tender, the Valorous, and the Niagara and her tender the Gorgon, sailed from Plymouth 'on the 10th of June; each of the groat vesséls carrying about 1,500 miles of cable with anew and improved ap- paratus for paying it out, which it was calculated would have allowed for any strain or unequal mollon of the «ships, as the very speed of the vesgels reguiated- by auto- matic arrangements. the rate at which the coll was to be dxschalged = After having been three-days at. sea the expedrtron was | overiaken by a féarfal gate, which \continued without in- | termission for ning days. On. the seventh day of this heavy weather, the ships, which continuet torlggep togeth- er, bad to part company, \And the Agamemnon was oblig« ed to send before the wind for §6 hours; ; her coals got adrift, and & coll of thecalle shifted, go that hercaptain -|. for some time enfertginéd sert apprehensgns for her galfety, andfrom the immense stx ain, het Waterways were forced open ,and one of her ports was buokep. . - Two of her sailors were severely injured, and one of the the marine§ 165t hig from fright. 'Yetfuch was the consummate skill, good seamanship, and mtrepl‘dxty of ber commander, Capt. Peigdier that he was enabled to bring her -to the appointe® rendezvous, Jat. 82 deg. 2 min., long. 83 deg. 18 min. Te Niagara rode ou} the storm gallently, having only coe‘rlcd away herfjibboom and one | | wing of the fAgure-head, the great Amex lcam All the vesselg having at length arrived at their cen: tral point of junction, the first splice 'of the cable was After having paid out tivo and. a half, the table parted. The shops having again met, the sphce was made good, and they commenced to give out the ca- ble a second time; but «fter they had each paid out 40 miles it was reported that the current was broken, and no communication could he made between the ships, Unfortunately, in this instance the breakage must havé occurred at the bottom, as the electricians, from the fine calculations which their sensitive instruments allow them to make, werg-ablé to declare such to have. bees the fact, even before the vessels came together again. Having} cast off this loss, they met for the third time and recover- ed the connexion of the cable on the 28, 'They then started afresh, and the Niagara having paid: out over 150 milds of cablé, all on board entertained the most sanguine anticipations of suctess, wher the fatal announcement was made upon Tuesday, the 29th, at 9 P. M., the electric cur rent had ceased to flow. (Asthe neces- sity of abandoning the PI cject for the present was, only. too mi#nt'est, It was considered that theopportunlty nnght aa well be availed of to test the strength of cable, Ac- cordingly, this immense vessel, with all her stores, was allowrd to swing to the cable, and, in addition, » strain of four tons was placed upon the breaks, yet, al- though it was blowing fr esh at the time, the cible held her- ag if she had been at anchor, for over an hour, when a heavy pitch of the sea snapped the rope, and the Niagara - bore away for this port, -- Before starting an atrangement was made that should . any accident occur in giving out thecmble before the ships should have gone-100 miles, they should return to their starting place in neid. ;oceafr; but that in case that | distance should have been exceeded before any casualty should happen, they should make for Queenstown. In accordance with this unGerstanding, the Niagara, having made 10}. miles before -the mishap, returned to this port. Upon herhomeward way she must have pasted the Aga | memnon but owing to thie heavy fogs which prevailed for ] the greater pox-tron of that time ashe missed seemg or gum | ing any tidings of. her, -& wy = As the Agamemnon has not yet errlved although her destination was directed towards this shore, it is conject-. ured that she might not have delivered the arianged quantity of coil at the time:sof its failure, and may have | ] consequently. returned %o their place of meeting, which will unavoidably protract the suspense which must neces- sarily be felt, as, tintil sze bespoken with, nothing definite can be learned as-to the cceasion of the disaster. on hoard the Niagara, are inclined to believe that the ac- . cident occured on board, the Agamemnon, which, as it the apparatus, would still leave hope of tlie ultimate sue cess of the undertaking, whereas, if the separation has occurred at the bottom, its effects will be greatly to damp Af not deter, the enterprising spirit of the directors from persevering in this gigantic project. Should nothing be heard .of her-consort the Niagara will, after coaling, proceed to her océin station, having still ; pe? cent, for casualties. roughly estimated that the yalue of the cable is bave been supposed it day school children. realm over the conquest of Brmsh armas, Australia. sipation. oes a woman marry beneath herself ? called maruscript? the Rew York 4adies like lillies ? fir-cat so very musical? C soontented mani the most easrly | l market, New York. l Official despatches have been resolved at the | War Department -from Col. Steptoe, announcing | tne defeat of thatgallant, but ill-fated command, | by the Snake Indlans The azo factory at Vapanoch Ulster County, has stopped, and fome 40 or 50 men are therefore thrown out of worls. 'Work Will be resumed in. Ag.. ey please, for future September. & a Jackson Pame, &. farmer thg some five miles. | from Albion, Orfeacs county, N. Y,, has fot slept. ”for over fourteen xnonths ; his last nap having | been: taken i rn April 1857._ * tof d The two principal eléctricians, Dr, Santy and lr. Lawesr would only implicate an faulty arrangement of some of on board about 1,800 miles of the cable, which supposing | that the other vessel has retained a similar amount, would ; still permit of the junciton being completed and allow 80 In this lnst. trial some 500 miles of the rope was lost, and when if is calculated that it is. about 1007 a sollé, it will be seen that the sacrificeup to the pre- |« sent bas not been so extensive as might at first sight During her visit to Brrmmgham, the British Queen hstened toa hymn sung by 47,000 Sun- That was a better greoting to her Majesty than all the acclamatfions of heri, About one year since, a Journeyman carpenter named DEAN, working in Chicago, received a legacy of £40,000 by the death of an uncle in Last week te died from offécts of dis- During the recent strawberry season, uearly' When. t lady has written a compogmgn can | soven million baskets of Strawberries were gold: | by the dealers on commission, in the Washingtori - \o so at»? Seep The Be hi Love Afihlr. Durofgt, July 19§h, 1858. gal of gosilp has been passing round of late, in regard to the. love affair at Thi, on which sevéral artrclesélave alreadys pear ‘ Having uhdor- R stood thaf tho: Star of: Delaware ig about to arise, |;, {we hopo to Have thrown upor this |* ° ed in the “Bloofr/yrlle Mtrror w {subject. My friends and Tare auxious to know whether wo may expect to bo gratified in this respect ; at least we aro @esizrous to suggest, that you will have, the goodnoss to-set-the publicright m reference to the ficts in the cage. Sesing that your paper will hail from Delhi, wo presume that' you are in a position to give us, people - correct information, and thus oblige, , Yous traly, .. 'InxQuistror, - ~~ _‘#0+~ M“ romp ~ , Inventors, - The objects of mechanical inventions are to fur-. nish the comforts and conveniences of lite, and | this object has been accomplished successfully in most of the departments of mechanism, Inven- tors have done much, but f5 is their diity to do more ; \ provement ig a great field, it is yet unbounded { and we have no doubt tut inventors will yet change nearly the wholo fice of the mechanical wotld. They ars a clas ofmen whose persever- , ance and-erorgy are alke notorious; their bust ness is like digging for god, an@ their work like that of the miners-some valuable improvements 'being the,.result of accidental discovery, . but a far |groater number requiring a great amount of | thought and experiment, before they are brought bofore the public | Bacon says-\ Antiquity at- trrhuted divine honors to: inventors but conferred 'only hergic honors upop those who deserye. well in civil affairs, for the benefits of inventions ex- tend to all mankind, bat civil benefits only :» partroular countries; and these civil benefits sel- inventions are perpstuated through all time.\ And Pr,; Herschel remarlcs \ that any accession to our knowledge of nature is seen gooner or later .to make itsef felt in some practical application. And a benefit conferred on stience by the cas- val observation or. shrowdG@ remark of even an un- scientific or illiterate person | infallibly ~ repays it- self with interest though in a way that might {never at first have béen contemplated.\ - Ho should be deemed as great a benefactor who will make us wiser or happier, as ho who confers But inventors owe & duty to themselves, while they benefit the world, for many valuable im- provements which havo wost them hours of toil- some §1 ntal and physical labor, have beén appropriated to public use, and the inven- tor left without the least remuncration for his services. We believe \ the laborer is worthy of his hire,\ and be ignot the less entitled to it who tion, instead of laboring for individual advantage, Our laws have given to inventors an opportunity ofprotecting themselves and obtaining a. retmun\ eration for their serviess, and they should do it; but to secure their rights they must seek to pro- tect them in season-as soon as their inventions fare complete, or even as socom as valuable ideas are conceived, is the timé to claim their protection ;; we shall render inventors ill the aid ft our power in perfecting their inventions by imparting to. them the requisite informatfon, and in protecting - the Scientifi6 American renders more'attention to 'this department of our business indispensable, under our superintendence. The number of ex- amination§ of new laventlonse has also incréased so as to require mn-addftitosl forces 'in orger _ to attend promptly sto all th& fumerofs cages tinder our charge. No caso is, however, {permitted to leave tho ofice until it has passed the ordeal of our criticism, This is perhaps one of the printipal reasons of our great suceess in | obtaining Letters. Patents for new inventions.- Iniess enables us to firmisgh the readers of the Scien: tific American with a groat amount of valuable Anformation. Our readers gre aware that we labor fom their interests, and they In tum, labor for us. A long list. of gabscribers is frequenily forwarded to us, Ay findsits way to their \homes and firesides, load- ed . with new improvements nows iMlustrations, and suggestions, in short, all that is valuable col- scrutinized, criticised, and prepired for practical application-{Scientific Ameriban. joined the Duke in the Peninsula, on his arrival from England he was asked to dineat head quar- tors, and sat at tho Duke's siglit hand. On such |topics of the day.. One unhappy wight, how» ever, a Major-General, a rollicking and- easy son of More, launched into mrhtery mat- \the chit-chat about England. The Duke parried opinion. The Major expressed himself as deeply anxiougat th6. critical position in which. [his Grace thon was. procesd. thero, and then did this, and thon did that, which they would inevitably; then what would your Grace do ?\ - { tator on hypothetrested drasters gaid~= pot-Jung! To the Easter of the Star of | ;p 'Sir-A grea The ether's deop,. To shoot the go \a_ _ ~ \Tdo. pot crown wo ara far from trving approgcHed that | | perfection which is.attainable. ; the field for im- | s la' - Real and fir-~a<gloriougAwelling-place, . Roll onward,. singing through tlio radisnt space. dom descend to more than a few ages-whereas | | That it is Heaven where I am gone to awell, brings into existence an article or machine which a benefit upon the community in: any other way V labors far. the general good in. the field -of inven- { thom from piracy. Fhe increased cireulatfion of but notwrthstendmg thig we are still fully pre: . pared to carefully examins every cate that comes We sometimes fail, but never for want of that | care with which business of this kind must be | transacted. 'This extensive Patent Office busi- | atranging het chamber, the bell for prayers rang,\ Tanda number of voiges mloutéd, \Slater Lucy, ~praiso was sung, and thelprayer of gratxtudo Had 1 ascended, fhe family, consrstmg of \MER and Mrs.] with the assurance of kpprobation and many | thanks forthe Scientific American, which week . lected from our immense resources, the wholo | | sake ; so by universal consent it was decided that { she should accompanyhertfather 'to, the Fair) tas Duke of WeuiNgron's PENETRATION: or Onaraoter.-When any fresh officer of rank ' occasion§ military subjects were dxspensed with ;) but the Duke wis siling at the same time: the quahtles of the new comer through the common | , talking, free-. | cing the change, mouu'ed ters with the Duke, in preforeil¢e io contiffuing | * What is the matter, my dear? «do you 'not en-] thig for some time ; but as he persevered, the Field-Marshal so far gratified: him as to ask his | : happoned can be.\ Fhe Duke allowed him to | | « My little daughter, your questlon is very sol- \If\ said tho -eflighteried Major-Gon- | eral (the Duke requssting him to make his move- [ments on the table cloth,) \ the French moved | Give them themost informal thrash | tog they have had for sometime,\ said the most: noble Artliur; whereunto tho electrified commen- ug i “$3; \orc nod souls; My eyes arelollyoo arm To sweep the vast'and-soloron' dis stance through Where the swift planets swim illimitable blue: FRHE Weak my sight 'that earth from thee divides, Or'gize upon the light, That, lrhe a cloud, God's upper temple hxdes vA wan n 9s With shades~eneh a Anti, bound of, fiashrng rllls, Where one may sand dreim the years away I gee m thee ay home, | Tf faith shall lift me to thy blessed shore, | ~~ Where prigf may never come, And défigh's pate havoo shall he- mourned no more.] . Ang shall I trend thy voles Not ag: a viewless thing,. a shadowy form? . . .This brow ghall feel. thy gales ls the sunlight and the storm. * The : self-semeteyes that here Grew dark gand, weary.on life's-fever'd road, Upon thy distant sphore, Shall see the: starry garmture of God, | These bod'ly lzmhs that bear -_ Their burdéns weak) hotter, and.then die, Shall go to thee and weak ° The beauty ard the-gplendor of the sky ; And tread tho hills unseen; ' That,: with theirluminods green, -| But.thére upon: thy brow .= Shall a transcendant beauty -it and. shme, Aud every veoin.shall glow With overflowrnos of: thehfe‘, iv -My though i « And pine and struggle hard fr gtless tell Shall walk their Aowery round, And reap in Hy fbrrght world a' golden eporl ~ Therbshall my soul expand Io knowledge; and go forth in strofger fight Angels -sbhall take my hafd, -.- And lead mo on. through splendors mfimte. «0 'And while the thought shall conte, Through my: eternal home,. _. The gnshmg‘ Joy shall like the lorll ws swell 7 . 281le Exercises. A great prophet will_ no discovered by the in- itials of the followmgf names. (b, I. One who: allowed filty men to go in search . of what he knew they would not. find. IL A city whose mhsbrtents too readfly fell from one extreme to another. | III. A king who, after a reign of two years, was slain in his bed at noon-day. IV. A, pricat . who, after sn unusual long 1le was honored. with a regal sepulchre, in gcknow!l- edgement of his religions conversation. V.; A woman given in marriage by a greet kmg to an emigrant servant of God.. VI. A false prophet, to whose words a true prophetsaid \Amen.\ THR DEAD BABY Oh, baby, dear lind fair, The mother's fondest care, With gentle brow, -- . And cheek of fender hue, . Like rose-bud dipped in dew, Where art thou now ? The snow-wreaths cluster round A little, fowly mound, ~ +All cold and drear?* Mothink§ T hear a.sigh, _On hoarse winds hurry by, \She slegpeth here.\\ . No, no; 'tis naught but clay, Thaf smks and fades away, The grave can 01mm + Faith gees the spirit blast, Safe in'its Savior's breast, Prarse to his name. - The Happy Flor Day. i The sun of a beautrt'ul Mfay morning was shin~ ing brightly, when little ELn0y awoke, sind anckly prepared for breakfast. Justas she was neally; . are: you almost ready 24\ > After theig hyinn 'of Morton; 'And four little jonds, gathored~ atohnd: their > pleasant breakfast | table. Suddenly Mr. Morton exclaimed : , 8C *T think of gomg to town to- day, as thefe isto be a Fair; now which of my little . pets shall I| take ith me? You know' you cannot all go. s The brothers loved 'Lucy, and they were ever ready to give 'up their own. erjoyments for her Sho was qmckly dressed, and. blddmg a hasty] r “goodbye,\ was soon seated hesrde her father in| ; theit pretty liftle casmage 'During the first‘part of the ride, Lucy was quite merry, and employed her father constantly in answering her number- | legs questrons But soon she become quite silent, and the just before animated little mouth settled: ' down into a grave expressron. Her father noti-]; joy the vide as . much as you anticipated ?\ \Oh 1 yes, doar father, but I have just been wondering what the strangest thing that ever ' emn, as you will find when you know its true an- to- day, and ther. you may determing for - yourself have drscfivered the secret o 1 talkatrvenesswall,,returned, the.. beaunt‘ulfrthmgs © come fromrto bu thorn. . §ful lens-cushions mmdneodle {had ever seen, Just the ih gs for, her work-hox; Eaxr,shedetermmed A fl ing her money, ind not 'f instantly banished, ind her swer; you will geoa great many strange things| the. strangest of them all, and think whether you | y th por entermg the building in. whigh the Fair was he };, her-delight )| know no bounds. There were. the most beastl- but she wlsely concluded not to buy t00 hastily. | A man wrth 'Bwroot smomg' buds, and 'white lap- {dog met her 'eys, and-offered' terrbptxng‘wmduce- ments to draw. from her little:. ured the: golden | treagire her kind fither had i ch to her, but Lucy was not golish snd as gie remembered the generous brothers at /home, who had so ndly Te- linquished their pleasure that she might visit the think 6f thena when spend- her own gratification. So the dogs and the-birdg wore left to be pur- {chased by somé one elsp, 'Soon Lucy and her father a- little table upon which were {children's books: and.foys., \ Oh l father, here are the very thmgs to please and Harry, and tins pretty toy for Frank Dear mother shall have this little knifo 'for her work- box.\ . Having. provrded for all the dear ones at home,. k Lucy began to think what she shouldhke tohave. olding i his hand A paper telhng how that after & stoleut 'f attack of small-pox he had recovered ouly to find his eye sight entirely gone. ~Suddenly the teript- ing buds, pip-cushions, and sundry other things presented. themselves to her, mind, but they were recioug piece of @il- ver dropped. iato the beggar hand' the sélfie- trial Lucy had\ practrsed was fully rewarded 'by ~ the grateful 4 God bless you, my child,\\ 'from the full heart of the bild. naan. Remember, dear chil- dren, you-will 4: 4 : - ing: to treks others so, Let that be the sun of your. Hives; trg. the experiment, and .. expel-p Fence the blesgedmeis. :of doing good. The sun \Ihad nearly\ set Wwhoh' Iugy : agam seated by her {pther was hastenmg © «Tell me, my little draghter,\ sard her father, {\havye you found the answer to, your: questlou yet gr _ : « won oat s No, father‘ although 1 have Seen many wen- derf‘ul things to-day, still there must be some rar more wonderful.\ __|; no £ G - 's You aro: rlght my olnld' It is the Bible» l which along can solve the mystery. That tells [the short, the . simple, . yet.; the. most wonderful story of Christ's love. for stnuners3. so -great . was. it thathe was willing to come into. this world and {suffer and di, that 8M who dome unto hon may 'be sived. Now, Lucy, will you not give your, [heart to. this Rriend who his .so loved-you (e 'The little ones at home reegived-their- presents joyfully, and Lucy ley down to rest with feelings fof love to that Saviour who had for 89, long A tune protected her. Years have passed muse then, but never does the- thought ofthaf Farr-day Hall to cause Lucy's eyes 'to fll with tears; for it - was then sho frst expérieficed the truth of those promises,. \It ig more blessed togive than . to re» coive,\ and \ those that: seek me early shall, Apd > me B b “I‘IIove Notxegun tonghtyeo” A . The above language of the gallant and brave [Paul Jones, when the British commiguder asked if he struck his flag and- surrendered, 'are memor» , abie words. Although his. decks was-wlippery and streaming: with the blood of 'his gallant crow, his shrip was on fire, his guns were nearly every one dismounted his colors shot away, and his veg sol gradually sinking, Paul Jones, with his im- mortal heroiged, continued to fight. \Doyou sur- render?\ shouted. theEnglish . desirous to prevent further bloodshed, fnd.seelhg the col- lors of | the Bon Homme, Richard. gone, supposed | that the American hero wanted to surrender,, -| And what was, and who can. magma his surprise, to receive in reply to this question, the answer \T have not begun to fight yet 1\ ©The rcene is thus :=-There was a-dull in the conflict for {an instgat, and the boldest held his. breath .as [Paul Jones, covered with 'blood.and black with powder staing, jumped on a. broken guu carriage, {waiving his sword, exclaimed in never to be for- gotten: words, \I have 'not begun to fight yet 1\ The- result'was that the battle changed, and in a {flow minutes. the British sbip Struck ther colors Jand surrendered and , Paul . Jones, leaped from his. own sunkmg slnp, and stood upon the Bntwh vessolas & confueror : and & hero. . What an ad- mifable watchword for thebattle of life, does the above stirring incident give to every man. Re- verse. may-overwhelm for a time, despair may hope to strike het ffihg, but planting the foot {maofe firmly; bending the 'back more readfiy ta. burdens imposed strammgjhe muscles 'to the ut: most téasion ind bramng 'the droopmg heart, lot {nim who is driven to the wall exclaim, \I have not begun to fight yet.\ 'Fhey are words of ener- gy, hope and action. They. deserve, they will command success, In the darkest. hour let them 'ring out and forget the: past, the, years' wasted and gone by, and give them: as an inaugural ad- 'dress of a, new ora. When 'the misfortunés of life gather too closely. around let your battle cry iga forth from the thickest of the conflict, \IL have not begun to fight,\ . andyou will find your foes '{fesing before the new strength imparted, and yiclding the vantage ground as you pass forward \in the battle strife, _.. ee The Result of Kissing tho Butcher. \My dear, \said amafiectionate wife, \what {shall we havefor dinner to-day?\ \*One of your similes,\ replied the husband !I can dine on that every day.\ \But Tcan't,\ replied the wife. \Then take talus,” and he gave her a kiss, and went to his busifiess. He returned to dinner. .. 'This is excellent steak,\ said he; did you pay lor it 1\ “what \\You did!\ exclaimed he; \then you shall - tr have the money wext timé: you go to market.” ks: she thought she .. . \Why what you gave me tlns morning, % {to be sute,\\ replied his wife. Soon they enteréd the busy town, and Lucy's] o $ a xl 13 e 8
