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factory .,11 r
St Falmotith , near the Pacific Woollen
I>Hec sold at a bargain , if a,,.
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Particulars , appl y to
Eas> w l SU *«MAN , on the premises.
an X< alwouth ,J'eb. 26.
fTI. JONES & CO.,
No. -1
TREMONT ROW,
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¦Would call the attention of Purchasers -to the immense
and complete assortment of
¦rich' silks;
OF ALL THE
NEW and VARIOUS STYLES and COLORS.
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CASHMERE
LON G AND SQ UARE
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OF C H O IC E D E S I G N S ,
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White, Black, Blue, dreem and Mode
.Centers.
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A LARGE STOCK OF ALL COLORS AND QUALITIES
CRAPE SHAWLS,
BOTH EMBROIDERED AND PLAIN.
A GREAT MANX
BLACK SILK SHAWLS,
OF ALL SIZES.
DIFFERENT WIDTHS AND QUALITIES OF
SILKS ,
3FW 'Wfiiflto^ sin&dl HDff(B§§@§o
SIXTY CASES DESIRABLE
DRESS GOODS,
SUCH AS
Bombasines, Alpaccas, Cashmeres, Ba-
reges, muslins, Ginghams, De-
laines, &c.
Together with a full-selection of
MOURMNG GOODS,
,
' ALSO , ALL THE
1ATEST AND MOST FASHIO NABLE STYLES OF
VISITES AND MANTILLAS,
OP ALL QUALITIES ,
ALL OF WHICH WE OFFER AT THE
MOST ©ECTOE© BARGAINS,
so that al! may be assured that the full value of their
money will be returned to them.
We give you some REASONS WHY it will be
to your advantage to purchase of us :—
vlst. We do an immense business , and can afford to
sell at a small advance over the cost.
23. We can purchase, ourselves , cheaper in conse-
quence of buying in larger quantities.
3d. Our expenses are smaller , in proportion to our
teiness, than any other Store in New England.
4th. We close off, nt the end of every business sca-
s°n , all the old stock on hand : this enables us to take
*dvantage of the market, and always offer new goods.
5th. We sell onl y for cash.so-that ,we are not obli ged
*o overcharge our pay ing customers to make up losses
011bad debts.
Finally, our Stock is selected with special reference
t0 the fashionable retailtrade , and comprises the plain-
est and cheapest fabrics , as well as the richest and best.
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No. 1Tremont Row,
"early opposite head of Sfianover st.,
BOSTON.
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^ocks, Gold Standard Balances, &c.
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Bank^A1 G0LD STANDARD BALANCES, for
Thov i °' l^UGGISTK' BALANCES , &c.
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Office Cl i t ' Alitronomical Clocks, Rail Road and
superior con«i
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.cUor &°^, Gallery Clocks, $-c, of
MISCELLANEOUS
Mrs. Smith had just come in from the kitchen to
see how Miss Martin , the dress-maker, progressed in
her task of making "auld claiths look amaist as weel
as new ." It was considered unpardonable extrava-
gance in Rivertown , to hire a sempstress for plain
sewing; and three tailoresses,four dress makers, and
one widow lad y, who was hand y at every thing, cir-
culated at intervals among the better class of fami-
lies, their semi-annual vi.-its being regarded as quite
deli ghtful by the mistress of the liOHse , for gossip was
then the order of the day. Miss Martin was a uni-
versal favorite in the Harnden and Smith cli que,
for she also sewed for the Jaeksons, the Barnards ,
and the Millers , people of whom they saw very lit-
tle , except in the street or at church. Miss Martin
could tell you all about Miss Barnard's New York
lover ; she thoroug hl y understood the domestic econ-
omy of the. Millers , and did not hesitate to say that
M rs. Jackson had her o«n way completel y, and as
for her husband , it was too bad for a man like him
to have to put up willi everything as he did.
T his particular morning the conversation turned
upon Mrs. Jordan , and as Miss Martin had been em-
ployed by that lad y for a day or two previous , there
was much to be said , and a variety of questions ask-
ed, f t was at length settled by Miss Martin 's testw
tnony, that the back parlor curtains were worsted
damask instead of silk ; that Mrs. Jordan nlwiivs
wore h cap at breakfast , and never came to dinner
in her morning dress, ("such aiis!" exclaimed Mrs.
Smith .) that Mr. Jordan often passed whole even-
ings out of the house—and here Miss Martin became
quite mysterious , and could not be prevailed upon
to give any information with regard to the employ-
ment of said evenings.
"IIo hain 't joined the Odd Fellows ?" said Mrs.
Smith , throwing up both hands.
"No," was the concise reply.
"You don 't say he goes to that shocking ten-pin
alley ?"
"Not that I ever heard of," vouchsafed Miss Mar-
tin ; and then , urged by her listener , she at length
disclosed that she believed quite too much of his
time was passed at Marv Butler's.
"Ofall things !" exclaimed Mrs. Smith , rocking
back energeticall y upon the. kitten 's fail , who sent
forth a piteous yell , as the door opened to admit Ad-
eline Mitchell. "Oh ,, Adeline , I'm so glad to see
you ," was the greeting. "What do you think Miss
Martin says ? Mr. Jordan is absolutel y half his time
at Mary Butler 's." .
"Perhaps not quite half ,'1 mildl y interposed the in-
formant ; "and ii you 'll never "tell—but no, Iv'e no
right to tell such things," and Miss Martin industri-
ousl y waxed a needlefu l of silk.
"Ah , come , go on , we'll never mention it, you
may depend ," said Adeline Mitchell , with breathless
eagerness.
"Positivel y ?"
"Never—that is onl y to Harriet Harden ; you'll
let me tell her, won 't you? but it shan 't go a step
further. "
"Well then—but I guess I'd better not, after all."
"Oh , do, now." ,
"I' ve seen him give her letters, and she'd blush
terribl y, and hide them in her pocket as quick as
thoug ht. Then he always calls her 'Mary ,' which
is quite too familiar to suit me, and worse than all ,
Mrs. Jordan 's found il out."
"You don 't say so !
"
"What did she do ?"
"It was onl y last ni ght—(now if you ever whisper
this I shall never forgive you.) I'll tell you how I
happened to hear it. I was sewing in 'the dining
room , (as she will call it ; /should say sitting room,)
and as I'd got the sleeves basted in and the hooks
and eyes on , thoug ht I'd get her to try on the waist ,
so J just stepped to the back parler door, but as 1 got
there , 1stopped a minute , for I thought I heard high
words, and the first I heard was, "You spend quite
to much of your time at Mrs. Butler 's, and I won't
allow it any more 1"—then he said something i could
not quite understand , and she answered , "No, I'm
not naturall y inclined to be jea lous ; but I shall put
a stop to this , I assure you." Then they talked low-
er , and so 1ju st walked in , quite unconcerned , and
there they stood by the firep lace. Just as I opened
the door, he tried to put his arm round her waist , to
make up, I suppose, and she pushed it away—there ,
like that ," and Miss Martin , suitin g the action to the
word', gave Miss Adeline a somewhat ungentle re-
pulse.
"Well , I always said , from the first , there was.no
good in their acquaintance. You remember what a
time Mrs. Jackson made a year ago about it ?" said
Mrs, Smith ,
- appealing to Adeline Mitchell.
"Don't I though—il they did pretend to be such
good friends afterwards ? I've always thoug ht the
Jaeksons took her up because she happened to get
a littl e money about that time. To be sure , she runs
there now every day of her life ; but I'll warrant
M rs. Jackson would like to put a stop to it if she
could ."
Suddenl y Miss Mitchell recollected that she had
promised to run in and see Harriet a little while
t Ifat morning.
"Oh , stay to dinner ," said Mrs. Smith , "and we
can talk it all over. l'm most throug h in the kitchen ,
and then I'm going to cover cord for Miss Martin !
I've got noth ing in the world to do."
But Miss Adeline was alread y ty ing on her bon-
net.
"We 're going to have pot pie," urged her hostess.
"And app le dump lings ," suggested Miss Martin ,
whose choice in dessert had just been consulted.
Bu t the love of gossip prevailed over that of ap-
ple dnmp lings ,-and Miss Mitche ll disappeared just
as Mrs. Smith was summoned to the kitchen by the
hired girl's announcement that "the crust was riz !
"
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything
beautiful. Beauty, in God's hand-writing, is a way-
side sacrament-
Scandal and Diess-BIalting.
The Broken Heart
About forty years '
since , a young man in the nei gh-
borhood of Drog heda , Irela nd , paid his address to a
young woman , a farmer's daug hter ; and althoug h
his attentions were not approved of by her friends ,
yet she encouraged him to hope ; and eventuall y
promised to marry him. His circumstances not be-
ing the best , and believing he mi ght trust her fideli-
ty, he was inclined to defer the ceremony until he
could realize a competence , or sufficient to make her
comfortable ; but Mary,being sought after by many,
pressed by her parents to decide , and believing his
delay arose from indifference, at length became dis-
satisfied , and told him she would wait no longer , but
would marry the first man who would ask her. He,
thinkin g her declaration arose from a sudden caprice ,
carelessl y told her to do so, and they parted in an-
ger. The miller of Mellifor.t was a douse , warm ,
middle-aged bachelor , boorish in his appearance ,and
sotlish in his manners ; but withal , havin g the name
of money, and a comfortable situation in the mill ,he
was far from being an obj ect of indifference to the
parents of unmarried females. Having long regard-
ed Mary wiih a wi.-tful eye,and been often proposed
for her acceptance by her friends , she now , while,
warm with indi gnation against James for what she
considered his falshood , consented to marry hi m ;—
and , requesting that it might be done as soon as pos-
sible, no time was lost—every thing was prepared
for the wedding, and before the^spiration of twenty
four hours was his wife.
Among the guests invited , James was not forgot-
ten ; perhaps she wanted to enj oy a sort of triump h
over him , and prove she could marry without him.
He attended , but was downcast and sorroufu l, tak-
ing no part in the boisterous merriment , so general
at country weddings, and appearing to pay no at-
tenlion to what was passing around him. After the
bride had retired , her husband , the miller , having
indul ged rather freel y, was carried up in a state of
insensibility and laid beside her, and the lights be-
ing removed , she.had full leisure to reflect on her
hasty conduct and rash treatment of James, who
she now found possessed her heart , alth ough her
hand was another 's.
Ere long she ,perceived a figure seated near the
bed's foot, anil eagerly asking, "Wh o's there ?" was
answered by James :
"It is me, Mary, don't be alarmed 1"
"Wh y, James," said she, "this is very improper
conduct , I am the w-ife of another , and if my hus-
band awakens , or any person should see you here ,it
will destroy me ; you must leave or I will call the
people in."
"1 can 't Mary, forany heart is breaking !"
She still insisted he should leave her , but still re-
ceived no other answer than— "Ma ry my heart is
breaking." a
At length he sank exhausted on the bed. Mary,
greaily alarmed ,called aloud , and the company com-
ing in , found him dead on the bed's foot , his heart
having reall y broken. All was now confusion. His
body was conveyed to his residence, a few miles dis-
tant , and his friends having in vain tried every
method to restore him , he was laid out to be waked.
The practice then was to put the bod y "under
board ,"that is,on planks ,laid on the under frame of a
large table ,over which a sheet was placed , which fall-
ing down over the ends and sides,entirel y concealed
the corpse ; on the table they placed candles , tobac-
co, pipes, &c. ¦He was waked for two days, and the
neighborhood made poor Mary the obj ect of their
reproach. She never left her apartment , but sat
seemingly unconscious of everything, and bewildered
with anguish. However, on the second ni ght she
was missed ; she had left her house nnpereeived ,and
had gone no one knew whither ; and as she could
not be found after the strictest search , it was sup-
posed she had drowned herself in the river.
In the morning preparations were made for bury-
ing Ja mes, but in proceeding to put his bod y into
the coffin , they found the unfortunate Mary dead
beside him , She had stolen , unperceived ,under the
table ,and having insinuated her arm under his head ,
and placed his arm around her neck , had , in that
position , bid adieu tB all her sorrows.
Little now remains to be told. They were bur-
ied in one grave , in Mellifont Abbey ; and althoug h
in life they were separated , in death they were nol
di vided.
A. Touching Story.—Among the prisoners
broug ht before the Mayor recently, was a decentl y
d ressed middle aged female , who was charged with
intemperance. The officer said that he had found
her,in front of her residence , or rather what hud
been her residence , for the landlord had ejected her
and her children from the premises, for non-payment
of rent , and her goods wore about her , as she had no
place to put them. ¦The Mayor desired the female
to tell her story, but it was some time before she
could speak by reason of her grief. She finall y said
that she was the mother of six children , and being
unable to pay her rent , she and her children had
been thrust into the street. She had no place, to go
to , and in her trouble had taken a glass of porter ,
which , in consequence of her eating nothing the
whole day brought on a stupor. While in that con-
dition the boys in the street had abused her and
drove her almost distracted. Her story broug ht
tears io the eyes of many present , and at the close
of it the Mayor directed her to go and try to get a
place.—[Philadel phia Ne ws.
We were obliged to "drop "" a subscriber the oth-
er day who was will ing to continue our paper , if we
would accept gravestones in payment , and nothing
else. He "had always paid the printer in that way,
and would like to do the same by us." We declin-
ed his-proposals, told him we hoped ive shouldn 't
live to want anything in his line , and referred him
to the editor of the "B unkum Flag Staff,'' who
takes "hay, grits and oats in exchange ," but wheth-
er he will accept the articles offered us by our sub-
scriber , is more than we can say.—[Taunton Dem.
Strawberries are selling at ten cents a quart , and
frogs, dressed for the table , at aeventy-five cents pet
dozen , in Cincinnati ,'
There is a very false notion in the world respect-
ing emp loyment . Thousands imag ine that if they
could live in idleness they would be perfectl y hap-
py. This is a great mistake. Every industrious
man and woman knows that nothing is so tiresome
as being unemp loyed. During some seasons of the
year we have holidays , and it is pleasing on these
occasions, to see the operative enjoy himself; but
we have generall y found that , after two or three
days of recreation , the dili gent mechanic or laboier
becomes quite unhappy. Often he sighs over the
wretchedness of being idle. The fact is, we were
made to labor , and our health , comfort and happ i-
piness depend upon exertion. Whether we look at
our bodies or examine our minds , every thing tells
us that our Creator intended that we should be ac-
tive. Hands, feet, eyes and mental powers , show
that we were born to be busy. If we had been made
to be idle , a very large portion of our bodil y and
mental faculties would bo redundant. Sir Charles
Bell has exhibited the wonderful structure of the
human hand ; other physiologists have entered into
a minute descri ption of our bodies generall y, and
have disp layed their wonderful adaptation for the
business of life. Metap hysicians , also, have dilated
on the mind and its operations , and have broug ht
forth to view its marvelous powers" demonstrating
that man was intended to be the lord of this lower
creation. But then all depends upon labor. There
are the same mind and bod y in the savage that
haunts the wildeiness—the gourmond that merel y
eats, and drinks , and sleeps—the lad y that lounges
on a sofa , and boasts that she never done any thing,
nor even wets her.fingers—and the myriads of ac-
tive hands and hearts that change the desert into a
paradise , and furnish it with all the comforts, en-
joy ments , and luxuries of life. Industry and toil
make, all the difference between the useless and the
useful. Did the world consist of ladies , we should
be starved , famished and poisoned ; or, did it con-
tain none but gentlemen unfit for manual labor ,, we
must all perish for want of the common necessaries
of life. A world of kings , lords , Alexanders ,Caesars.
Ca li gulas, or Jezebels, would soon have the globe
without an inhabitant. Exertion , activity, stud y
and toil , all properl y directed to some useful end ,are
the great requisites of every nge and country. Give
us these , and we can soon have a happy, a prosper-
ous, an enlightened and a refined era.
The Pleasures asud Advantages at ]La-
liur.
A gentleman who was exceeding ly averse to that
little animal denominated a mouse, was one day
traveling in the Northern part of the State , and as
ni ght set in ,put up at a country hotel. After retiring
to his room , he carefull y examined the corners and
crevices to ascertain if there were any holes from
which these little mauraders mi ght be likel y to is-
sue forth , but finding none , he divested himself of
his wearing apparel , and alter fffetting into bed ,
consi gned himself to the guardian care of Morp heus.
* After sleep ing spundl y for about three hours , he
again became conscious of his existence in this
world of transitory bliss, but being still in a.some-
what dreamy state , he had no clear conception as
to wh,it might disturb his disordered imag ination. —
As he was thus lying, midway between sleep ami
consciousness, he heard something going pit-p it- pit-
pit upon the table which closel y approximated to
the head of the bedstead on which he was sleepin g.
He listened more attenti ve. ]}-, and observed veiy
softl y to himself,
"As I live , this house is beset with those infernal
mice, and there is one now gnawing at something
on the "table. "
So say ing he sli pped as noiselessly out of bed as
possible , and feeling for his boot , took hold of tht;
toe part of it , and the heel upraised , very softl y ap-
proached on ti ptoe his intended victim.
When close enoug h to be within strikmg distance ,
he again listened , and to his deli ght found the noise
still there , ho then raised his arm , and wilh unerring
precision let fall the heel of his boot upon the unfor-
tunate intruder , exclaiming—
"If you haven 't got it now I"
Upon striking a Light to examine the bod y of the
mangled victim , what was his horror and oonsterna-
tion , to behold 1 instead of a poor little mouse it was
his own beautifu l gold repeater that he had placed
upon the table on going to bed , that had made the
noise , and which now lay smashed and destroyed.
UrsETTiNG of a Pleasure Yacht.—Three
gentlemen , recentl y, while , in a yacht on (his side of
the. Niirro ws , in the middle ,of the bay .shi pped a sea ,
and subsequentl y were struck with n squall , which
upset the boat. The three gentlemen , who were good
swimmers, were immersed ,while one with some diffi-
culty, was disentang led from the ropes. They soon ,
however, were enabled to hold on by the centre
board ,while sitting u ,>on the keel ,and were thus onl y
placed in a very cr lieal position ,the wind being hi gh
at the time . After about fifteen minutes ,the schooner
Ri val , of Truro , Mass., Capt O. B. Gross, bore, down
upon the yacht , and rescued the gentlemen who had
gone out for a day's pleasure. Capt. Gross was ex-
ceeding ly attentive , and received the gratitude of the
sufferers, who enj oyed themselves much with him ,
aa he is quite a musician and had a philosop hical li-
brary on board , which no doubt might bo used with
advantage , by fresh water sailors after such dilem-
mas. Captain G ross furnished the gentlemen with
clothes , and when we saw them , they were dressed
in their new holida y suits , thus kindl y loaned for
their comfort. —[N. Y. Herald.
Pleasure.—To bo intent on pleasure , yet neg-
li gent of happ iness, is to be carefu l of what , will
ease us for a few moments of our life , and yet with-
out regard to what will distress us for many years
of it.
Women 's teeth generall y decay sooner tha ri men 's
the reason of which , says some writer , is because of
the friction of the tongue and the sweetness of the
\lip sl ,
A Mouse Story.
"Major Will ys had been an officer of the regulai
Revolut ionary army of our country ; but hail , ill
remember ri ght , left the army at an earl y part of the
war. He was remarkable for the size of bod y, as
well as the peculiarities of his mind. lie was wei»h-
ed at the Sweet Spring, and I was careful to enter
into my lost miscellan y the result. He was certain l y
the largest and heaviest man I have ever seen , tall
and well proportioned , but exceeding ly flesh y. He
had at quired a considerable degree of liberal knowl-
ed ge , and was a wit and mimic. He was at the
head of all the gamblers of Virg inia. When 1 heard
of his coining to the Warm Spring, where I had got
the company to treat reli gion respectfull y, 1said to
a serious man who was well acquainted with Maj or
Will ys, that I was fearful he would give me trouble .
'That ,' said the pious man , 'is an unnecessary fear:
the M.ijor values himself on being a friend to the
clergy ; and alth oug h he is dreadfull y profane , he
np\er swears in the presence of a minister of the
Gospel of whatever denomination .' This testimon y
1 found to be strictl y true. He. not onl y attended
public worshi p, but was an advocat e for asking a
blessing and returning thanks at our common meals.
He left the Sweet and returned to the Warm Spring
before I left the former; and the report was , t h at at
the latter place he asked a blessing and gave thanks
himself. This I could easil y believe , when I was
credibl y informed that at the Sweet Spring he said
to a circle of his gambling friends: 'Ge ntlemen , you
may think ol it as you please, and laug h" at it as 1
know yon will , and yet it is strictl y true that I nev-
er close my eyes, till I hare committed myself to the
protection of my God.' lie was dreadfull y afraid of
death.
"On one occasion , while at the Sweet Spring, he
was taken with a fit of fever and ague in the ni ght ,
and was greatl y alarmed lest it should prove mortal.
Hearing of it I visited him in his hut the next morn-
ing. But I found him surrounded by his gambling
friends , so that I had no good opportunity to address
him seriousl y. He launched out into a bitter denun-
ciation of the character of a gambler. 'Doctor ,' sa id
he , 'I have two daug hters , whom I love duall y, and
if any man should ask me for the hand of one of
them in marriage , be his character in other respects
what it mi ght , if he gambled , I would most assuredly
refuse him my consent. ' I immediatel y said , 'Ma-
jor , if such are your real sentiments , wh y do you not
quit gambling yourself ?' lie made mo no other re-
ply than this : 'Alas , Docto r, I have di pped and I
must go throug h.' After s-ome time he got up, and
went to the Sprin g and took a tumbler of water ,and
then came'up and addressed a company that gather-
ed around him. 'Gentlemen ,' said he , 'these sick
turns that a man has du him a good deal of good.—
They make him a sincere penitent for all his sins.'
I stepped up to the circle that whs listening Io his
harangue , and said to him , 'Mino r, I think I must
take an exception to the doctrine that you are in-
culcating. ' 'How so, Doctor ?' he rep lied , 'I thoug ht
you would second me.' I answered , 'it seems to he
a pal pable absurdity for a man to say that he is a
sincere penitent for his sins , while at the very time
he says so he is determined to go on and commit
the very same sins for which he avows penitence. '
'Yon allow , then ,' rep lied the Major , 'that (or the
time being it makes him a penitent. ' 'That reminds
me,' said I, 'of the following anecdote ; A clergyman
in New Eng land had a negro by the name of Jack ,
wdio had a deadl y quarrel with a neighboring negro
by the nsimp of Cuffy. Jack fell dangerousl y ill ,
and his master urged him to forg ive Cnfl y. Jack
said that Cliffy was a very bad man , and he could
not forgive him. "I tell you , Jack ," siiid his master ,
"that you must forg ive him , or God will not. forgive
you.' "We ll , massa ," said Ja ck , "if I die I forg iie
him , but if 1 live , Cuffy take care."' I never saw
the Major so much confounded as by this anecdote.
lie arrived at the Sweet Spiitu; before our company.
The number at this Spring was much more mult 'r
ludinous than at the Warm Spring ; and I was fear-
ful that if I did not break the ice at first , 1 should
fail to do it afterwards. 1 got into the wake of Ma-
jor Will ys, as we were strugg ling throug h the crowd
on our call to dinner , and stiid to him , 'Majo r, will
\ on do me the favor to call this Ifirge company to
order , that 1 may ask a blessing before we dine?' —
'To be sure 1 shall ,' rep lied Will ys. According ly
he made his way to the head of the table , imd with
a large carving knife , he struck it repeat edl y, and
stamp ing with his foot at the same time , vociferated
'Silence P which when ho had comp lete ly obtaine d ,
he turned to me and said , 'Now , Doctor , you will
please to ask a blessing .' This man , if a report I
have heard be true , died u real penitent. —[Life ol
Dr. Ash bull Green.
A Ff.ying Machine.—.The following curious ad-
vertisement latel y appeared in the London Times:
"Rescue of Sir John Franklin :—To the rich and
chivalrous. A gentleman , whose claims to common
sense , respectabilit y, and talents , are corroborated by
university distinctions , honorary medals , and works
of art and literature , offers to construct for £8000,
and in three months ,a fl y ing machine , able to travel
in the air at the rate of 100 miles per hour. The
expense of an experimental tri p would be. £300,and
one month's time.
-Laugh Lump of Gold and Quartz.—M r.
II. B. Will iams, at New Oilcans , has a specimen of
California gold which wei ghs 50 pounds . It was
found near the Mareposa , about 3 feet below the
surface of the earth. It is mixt'd with quuilzroc k ,
and supposed to be woith iifGOOO.
Tho new comet is now faintly visible to the nak-
ed eye in the constellation of Ursa Minor. it will
continue , to approach the earth until the middle ol
Jul y, and will bo then thirty-eig ht millions of miles
from us, nearer than tho planet Mars. Jul y 11th il
will be near the star Arcturim , and will be then dis-
tinctl y visible to the naked eye.
He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink
in adversity.
A Gambl er Fifty Years Since.
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Old Deacon H. was one of the best men we ever
knew. He had been deacon of the church in a little
town not far distant , for many years, and , unless
prevented by sickness or remarkabl y bad weather ,
never allowed his seat to remain vacant. He ¦was,
however, the onl y good member of his famity. His
wife had been dead for years , and he was left with
two boys—Joe and Sam , who , at the. time we speak
"f, were, respectivel y fourteen and sixteen years of
•ige , and ri pe for any kind of mischief. They were
into all sorts of bad scrapes , and kept the good old
lather in conti nual trouble. Not a week passed bust
some nei ghbor would complain that one or the oth-
er of the boys had been committing depredations oh
his orchard , or robbin g his hen roosts. The good
old de.icon , believing firml y in the passage in Prov-
er bs, "Spare the rod and spoil ihe child ,'
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never
failed to lay it on thick , but without effect , for not-
withstandin g these flagellations , they were acknow-
led ged to be the two worst boys in the village.—
Among other things , the elder , Joe, was very fond
of practical joking, and loved particularl y to plav off
his j okes on the old man. In these affairs he was
always assisted b}' Sam ; and Joe would , in a major-
it}' of cases, manage it so as to get the young scamp
between him and the consequences.
For years the old deacon had worn an old black
cloth coat to church every Sunday,and in the pock-
et of said coat there was regularl y kept a hymn
book , which , after being used on the Sabbath , was
allowed to remain in the coat pocket until the next
meeting day. This was well known to Joe, who re-
solved to have a laug h at his father's expense. Tho
coat hung on a peg behind Ihe door, and he took oc-
casion one day during the old mini 's absence to re-
move the hymn book and place in stead a pack of
cards , which were about the same size. Now it hap-
pened that deacon H. was the onl y man in the con-
gregation who could "raise" the tunes, and as he
waa ihe oldest Deacon , he had a seat immediatel y
under the pul pit , and in plain view of the whole
crowd. Next Sunday the Deacon put on his coat,
felt, the hymn book (as he thoug ht ,) all safe, went to
church , and took his usual seat. The minister arose,
nave out the hymn , and a dead pause ensued. The
whole congregation turned their eyes on the Dea-
con , to see wh y he did hot raise the tune. What
was their surprise to see in his hands, instead of hia
hymn book , a pack of cards ! The. young ones
laug hed , the old ones looked grave ,while one or two
old sisters exclaimed , in rather a loud tone , "Who 'd
a thoug ht it ?" But how acted the Deacon ? you
ask. Poor man—as much confused as any one , he
dropped the cards, seized his hat , and rushed from
the house.
The next day he was called before the church ,the
matter satisfactoril y exp lained , Joe soundl y drub-
bed , (Sam got out of that scrape,) and never after .
did the good old man start to church until he was
certain that it was his hymn book and not cards in
liis pocket.— [Horn of Mirth.
An Independent Editor.—Mr. Langdon ,, edi-
tor of the Mobile Advertiser , is also Mayor of that
city. He recentl y made some remarks in opposi-
tion to the Nashville Convention , when some of his
political friends and "patrons " of his paper under-
took to dictate the tone and opinions of his journal
by addressing him on the subject of the deference
which should be paid by the press to public opinion.
His answer is an excellent one. lie says in conclu-
sion :
If the course of my paper is not 'approved, if tlwj
sentiments therein expressed are not such as my
friends can sustain , they hate a peifec t right to ex-
press their disappiobittion by withdrawing their pat-
ronage. If they think it is exerting n dangerous in-
fluence upon the public mind , or if il is not woith
:o them the price of subscri ption , let the m discon-
tinue it , but let them not insul t me by «n attempt t«
dictate the course I should pursue. 1 acknowled ge
no obli gations to please any one but m\self . I l l
cannot , in pleasing myself , satisf y enoug h of the
public to keep me fi om starvation , I will abandon
my newspaper and engage in some pursuit where
» man 's opinions will not interfere with his bread.—
I, as ed itor , acknowled ge, no obli gations to you. If
you take my paper , you take it because you think it
worth -to you the price you pay for it. If you ad-
vertise , yfui do so to promote your own interest , not
mine. Whenever advertising ceases to be.a source
of profit to you , it is discontinued , and when the pa-
per fails to interest , you , you stop it. It is all a fair
business transaction , and you have no mo're right to
cull in question the mode in which I think proper to
transact my business ,-than 1 should have to object
t o yours.
His "patrons ,"after reading this lecture ,must have
felt their self-importance diminish considerabl y from
their previous estimate of it.
Extraordinar
y Marriage.—A Mr. Hopkins
of Lowiules County, Miss., aged 56, recentl y married
a Miss Matthe ws , aged about S5. What renders this
alliance so cxtraordinary is, thiit both parties arefso
afflicted with rheumatism that neither has walked a,
step in 25 years , and i)) O bi ide is unable to dress or
undress herself. The reason assign ed by M r. Hop-
kins for marry ing, Mis6 Matthews is "that some two
years ago he married a woman that could walk , and
she ran off with a stage driver , and he "wanted a wife
that he was certain couldn 't get off."
" Old Zack , God bless him , is winning golden
opinions. "—[Boston Atlas.
It is his cabinet who are winning the gold—"Old
Zack" onl y receives his regular wages.—[B. Post
That is a pret ty thou ght o! one of our poets::
"Woman is ttie. heart of the family,
If man is the-he ad. "
When the heart is right, the head seldom goes
astrav.
Belief , like a young puppy, is born blind , and
must swallow whatever food is given it5 when it
can see it , it enters for its«lf. -
Old Deacon H. and liis Hymn Eoofc.