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FROM THE INDIANA JOURNAL. SONG. When Freedom Jirst her flag unfurled. When Freedom first her flag unfurled4 Wide o'er the earth and sea, She bade this lost and struggling world Exultingly be free. And as she rcar'd her beauteous form. And bared her arm to save, She cried amid the gathering storm: "Tis glory for the brave." Amid that dark and awful night. Which our forefathers knew, he mark'd the Victor of the fight, And bore him safely through. True to her charge our hearts have raised A Temple to his I ame: And on the pinnacle has blazM The immortal Hero's name. When next oppression round our land Frove his terrific car, She seized in haste the avenging brand, And rush'd amidst the war Uy virtue led, our gallant youth, She 6entthem eager forth; Bade Jackson save the affrighted South, And Harrison the North. ' The listening nations stood aghast. At Freedom's battle cry; Her shriek was on the driving blast, Her thunders in the sky. And see! that soul enslaving crew Which held us shackled down, They shrunk from our disdainful view, And earth, s indignant frown. High swells the voice of Freedom now With songs of triumph graced: "While round the illustrious Jacksou's brow "The civic wreath is placed, "Shull love and honor be denied "The noble and the brave, "And all a nation's power and pride "Be heaped upon a slave." The West has caught the enlivening sound Through her re-echoing sky; Her gallant hoasts are gathering round, Her waving banners fly; And you, ye tyrants, ye who boast To rule with hate and scorn; We dare defy your raging host, And gird our armour on. Tis'vainto strive, you cannot crush The hopes of Freemen now; Sooner shall life's last red drops gush, Than wc will shrink or bow. There's Truth upon our polished shield; . There's Justice on our sword; And a shout to ring in the battle-field And Harrison's the word. From the New York Mirror. TO A FACE BELOVED. BY N. P. WILLIS. THE musick of the wakcnM lyre Dies not upon the quivering strings, Nor burns alone the minstrel's fire Upon the lip that trembling sings; Nor shines the moon in heaven unseen, Nor shuts the flower its fragrant cells, Nor sleeps the fountain's wealth, I ween, For ever in its sparry wells The spells of the enchanter lie Not on his own lone heart his own rapt ear and C3e. I look upon a face as fair As ever made a lip of heaven Falter amid its musick-prayer ! The first-lit star of summer even Springs not so softly on the eye, Norgrows, with watching, half so bright, Nor mid its sisters of the sky, So seems of heaven the dearest light Men murmur where thatfice is seen, My youth's angelick dream was of thatlook and :ncin. Yet though we deem the stars are blest, And envy, in our grief, the flower That bears but sweetness in its breast, And fear th' enchanter for his power, And love the minstrel for the spell He winds out his lyre so well The stars are almoners of light, The lyrist of melodious air, The fountain of its waters bright, And every thing most sweet and fair Of that by which it charms the ear, The eye of him that passes near A lamp is lit in woman's eye That bouIs, else lost onwarth, remember angels by. i . mm ii in wmi iiinn firun MISCELLANEOUS. LETTERS OF AN ENGLISH LADY. Literature, of late, would seem to have imbibed the spirit of the times, and become thoroughly locomotive. It has 'taken to the road,' like a very highwayman. Books, from being mainly read at watering-places, hotels, and on board steam-boats, have come to be written in like predicament. The civilized inhabitants of this social planet have at length resolved to increase their just stock of wisdom by borrowing of each other by comparing notes so fully that the collated experience of three dunces shall furnish forth the intellectual capital of at least one genius. Even romances swing from other moorings than those of common sense and probability drawing-room heroes traverse, at least two continents, and their adventures reflect the 'domestic manners' of some half a dozen nations. Can we do else than fall into the current! Surely not. In addition, then, to the series of 'Letters, original and selected, which we have already in course of publication, we are indebted to the condescension of an English lady, already known in the walks of literature, who, having spent some time in visiting various portions of this country, may yet be induced to submit her observations to the public. We take, for the present not a critisistn on democratic manners or morals -but a simple and touching episode from her notes on West-Point and its scenery: JV. Yorker. Mr. entertained us with many re membrances of the spot; one of them was an incident in tho life of Andre, whose name is intimately associated with West Point, and who was executed atTappin, about twenty miles below us on the river. I will relate it to you; but when listened to on tho ground where it occurred, the romance is greatly increased. Mary Courland,an orphan girl who resided with the family of a farmer near Tarrytown, overheard

part of tho conversation between Van Wart, I

Paulding and Williams, concerning the capture of j Andre. She had formed a romantic attachment lo that oflicer, in consequence of a supposed resemblance he bore to her deceased brother. She immediately determined to warn him of his danger, and for that purpose secreted herself in a lonely place through which he would probably pass. Having, however, imperfectly understood the conference, she mistook the road, and was unsuccessful in the attempt. Wild with anxiety and suspense, but unwilling to resign her hopes of intercepting the object of her solicitude, she wandered through the woods, unheeding the perils which surrounded her, until a shout of triumph burst upon her ear, and she feltbut loo well assured of the apprehension of her beloved Andre. She darted from the wood in which she had been concealed, and beheld him surrounded by his captors, who were employed in searching for the papers he was privately conveying lo the British camp. A momentary hope crossed her mind that perhaps they might not be in his possession; hut this was as soon destroyed, when she beheld Van Wart draw from the boots of Andre the proposals, in the hand-writing of Arnold, to surrender the fort under his command to the British, oc calmly display them to hts associates. Too much overpowered to ejaculate or move, she was rooted slatue-like to the spot. As Andre stood stripped of his coat and vest, her woman's eye was attracted by the miniature of a young fornale, suspended from his neck; her pale lip became slightly convulsed, but in that agonized heart there was no room for jealousy or ought but overwhelming desp'ir. She followed him on foot to iho head-quarters of Washington, and, though not permitted to share his confinement, refused to return, and found a melancholy pleasure in being near him. The General summond a board of officers for the trial; the circumstances of the case excited deep interest both in the American and English armies and much sympathy was expressed for the prisoner. Th mind of Andre was improved by cultivation and travel, his manners were pleasing, and his person peculiarly elegant. After a number of days, the court passed an unwilling decree that he should be considered a spy, and suffer death according to the usage of nations. At this moment, younu- Courtland, a cousin of the unhappy Mary, acting by her instigation, protested against the legality of the sentence, on the plea that Andre had entered the American camp under the protection of a flag, and at the instance of the commanding oflicer, whose passport and return he had a right to demand. It was then resolved that if Arnold, who h id escaped to his Majesty's ship of war Vulture, lying in Havcrstraw bay, about twelve miles distant, should be delivered to the custody of the Americans, Andre should be released, and proposals to that effect were despatched. The heart of Mary beat high with the prospect of his release; she relied confidently on die friendship and affection of his brother oflicers, and the known favor of his General. Arnold was in her opinion and object so utterly contemptible that she could not for a moment doubt their acquiescence in the terms. But her visions of joy wore at once dispelled; the General refused to deliver up the black, perfidious traitor, and the youthful and gallant Andre was left to his untimely fate. The intelligence pressed upon Mary like the hand of Death, yet she made one more effort for his life. She watched for, and obtained by stratagem, an interview with Washington, and upon her knees, with all the wild energy of passion, besought his mercy. Had that illustrious man listened to the dictates of his own feelings, her prayer had not been made in vain; but duty triumphed he consigned her lo the care of some compassionate soldiers, and, bidding them convey her to her friends, forced himself away. Her overwrought mind sought relief in insensibility, to which succeeded delirium; and long before she recovered her consciousness, the eyes of the beloved victim were closed forever. As her strength returned, no force, persuasion or entreaty could prevent her daily resort to the post where his remains were deposited; and when the first snow of winter covered the lowly and dishonored grave, the broken-hearted Mary Courtland was at rest. It was her hand that planted the cypress tree that for a long time flourished in verdure to mark the mournful spot. In afier years, 1 the body of Major Andre was disinterred and con- i veyed to England by order of the British govern-1 ment; and on opening his grave, the roots of the ! cypress tree were found entwined around his head. ! "O! DEATH WHERE IS THY STING I" "Friend after friend departs, Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, Living or dying, none were blest." Each passing day reminds us, that we are indeed child ren of mortality. Our daily intercourse with the world, where we meet our friends dressed with some emblem of mourning, speaks to us in language too plain to be misunderstood, that we also have upon us the impress of death. We should ever bear in our minds that our time here, is, at the longest, but short: that this life is merely the bud of our existence; we are but travellers tarrying here to-day to-morrow, gone. Yet these thoughts, serious as may be the contemplation, do not lead us into a gloomy frame of mind: we should ever be mindful that we are in the hands of a merciful God, whose unbounded and impartial love towards, us, is clearly displayed through the inestimable gift of "His oniy begotton Son" taking upon himself the sins of the world and tasting death for all mankind, thereby assuring us an interest in that "mansion not made with hands." We should, with an eye of faith, look through the vista of the grave, removing the curtain of obscurity in which the tomb is shrouded; casting aside this envelope of darkness, we should discover in the prospect before us, "that this corruption shall put on incorruption, and this mortal immortality" believing "as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" that during our earthly sojourn, we merely perfect for eternity; "for if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men miserable." Grievous, and hard to be borne, is the separation of friends, vet we must not view this separ ation as final no, far otherwise. It is but parting with them for a season: this life is merely a journey, which some accomplish sooner than others, and happy are those who arrive soonest at the termination ot this journey. es, thrice happy are they whose earthly course is finished, they are now forever freed from cares; they are beyond the reach of trouble, 'sorrow, and sighing, are put far away from them they have entered into eternal rest: no more will they be called to sigh over frail erring humanity; no more shall mortal affliction assail them; they have cast behind them their former perishable

covering of flesh, they are clad anew they are cloth-

cd with immortality, tliey have already commenced upon an eternal, a progressive state of happiness, new joys and new hopes are constantly displayed to them in the inexaustible, the glorious prospect before them. As they are now freed from every thing of a mundane nature, their hopes, their joys, their all, is Heavenly. The glories of their God, and of Heaven, which while on earth their minds could not conceive, which their finite hearts wore incapable of comprehending, are constantly revealed to them; their immortal natures are now feasting upon lleavonly manna, they are now holding sweet converse with the "just made perfect," they are permitted to commune with the Father of their Spirits; their harps and voices are now tuned to the "song of Moses and the Lamb." We who survive them, and ere yet plodding in this 'vale of tears,' can form no just, no adequate conception, of their immortal felicity; as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so doubtless are their joys transcendantly too great for our limited intelligences to fathom. "There is a world above, Where parting is unknown, A long eternity of love, Formed for our souls alone ; And faith beholds the dying here, Translated to that glorious sphere." -With these views of that "world unseen," we can submissively follow our friends to the "house appointed for all the living" and whenever, or wherever, the summons shall come upon us "prepare to meet thy God" we shall be ready for our departure, saying unto the "grave, where is thy sting?" Ilingham Gazelle. HOW TO BRING UP CHILDREN. Early, and active, and steady employment is the secret to bring up children. No matter at what occupation no matter how laborious, as long as the mind is emloyed as attention is directed to proper objects of business bad examples and bad company will be avoided. Five or six years of a young man's time thus closely occupied, will confirm him in habits of industry: and his own resources of mind and body his own industry and enterprise will advance him honorably and prosperously in life. A rich father should always help a child when he proves his abilities to help .himself, and no sooner. Wehave no nobility, nor titled families, nor aristoratic distinctions; yet frequently do we find an indulgent, rich father, who from an humble life, has raised himself in the world, indulging his son in extravagance and idle habits giving him money to spend in gaiety and fashion at the race course, the hotel or billiard room under thcdclusion that he never will want and that he will inherit an ample fortune. What is the result? Idleness begets vice, dissipation follows, and loss of health, of forlue and characters the inevitable result. A rich msn instead of giving his son a few hundreds now and then for what are culled contingent expenses, and under the fallacious idea that he must make an appearance like a gentleman, should say to him: "For every thousand dollars you learn by entcrprize and industry, I will add a thousand safely invested for you, to be used at that advanced period of iife when you know the value of money, and are entitled to ease and comfort.'' The very facility which young men have of obtaining money leads them into ruinous extravagance; and when from design or accident their means are checked, 'hey resort to crime to furnish them the source of enjuy men i. Brandy and water, and cigars a fast trotting horse, a pocket book with bank notes, gaming and late hours-are the rocks on which are shipwrecked many bright hopes and alluring prospects-: he fond anticipations of parents, and the real zuion of anxiously desired blessings.-.lfzor Noah. : . JOHN CLEVE SYMMES. I heard an anecdote the other day of this excellent and eccentric man, so characteristic that it appears worth making public. Captain Symmes is notorious through the whole world in consequence of his theoiy touching concentric spheres; but his gentlemanly and mild character, and many virtues are known only to a few. When stationed in N. Orleans, he was in contact wilh many men who were unablu to appreciate him, and who mistaking his amiability and forbearing temper for a want of spirit and courage, were inclined to poke fun at him. This was done so ofien, and Symmes, who would never have dreamed of insulting another unness irily, and thought as little lint another would insult him, took the mutter so quietly, that a friend at last felt obliged lo inform him that he must notice the slights put upon him. "What do you mean?" said Symmes; "Why," said his friend, "Major such-a-one has insulted you several limes publicly ; now you must insult and fight him, or you'ill be ruined with the regiment." "And how shall I do it?" inquired the simple hearted man, "How? why pull his nose, call him a damned horse, or do any thing else to make him challenge you;" "very well," replied the cool hut determined Captain, "it shall be done." Accordingly, the next day, after parade, the Captain called upon the Major, while yet in the field, and said he wished to say a word tohim "speak on," replied the Major, "make your request, and be quick about ill" "1 wish to speak to you before both oflicers and men!'' "out with it, answered the Major, taking his stand where the eyes of all were upon him. "Well, sir." said Symmes, walking up and wringing his opponent's nose wilh his knuckles so that the blood came"I wished to say, sir, that you're a damned horse," and turning on his heel he walked away aain as calm and good nalured as ever. He was challenged of course, accepted the challenge, and fought and was never troubled after by having fun poked at him. P. S. The opponent of Captain S. was badly wounded, and disabled, and was afterward in a great measure supported by the man who had been forced to wound him. Cincinnati Chronicle. A good wife always receives her husband with smiles; leaving nothing undone to render home agreeable. She studies to discover means to gratify his inclinations, in regard to the management of her family, in her dress, in her manners, and in her deportment. She never attempts to rule, or appear to rule; avoids all arguments leading to ill humor, and in every thing reasonable, she complies with his wishes, and as far as possible, she anticipates them. PRECISE. 4IIow often do you come home to see your fami ly,' said one to another person who worked out of a place where Ins connections resided. 'Oh, Icome home once in a while and sometimes a little oftner.'

THE PRESIDENCY IN THE HOUSE. The question is sometimes asked, whether or not, in the event of the election of President eoinu to the House, thirteen States would cast their vote for Mr. Van Buren. "As things stand at present, Mr. Van Buren cannot receive the voles of thirteen States, as will appear from ihp following table of the political character of the members; In Main a majority of the members of the House are in favor of Mr. Van Buren; the same is the case in New Hatnpshier, Connecticut, Rhode Il uid, New Yoik, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, and Indiana 11. In M;ssachuse,ts the majority of the members of the House are Anti-Van Buren; the same is the

lease in Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, North J Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio 11. In Mississippi, there is one Van Buren and one Anti-Van Buren member. Mr. Claiborne, the Van Burenite pledged himself in his adJress lo the people of the State before the election, lo give his i vole in the House of Representatives lo the Pres idential candidate who should receive the electoral vote. The vote of Mississipdi will go against Mr. Van Buren. Missouri has also one Van Buren and one AntiVan Buren member, both pledged to go according to the popular vote. Pennsylvania we have set down to Mr. Van Buren; hnt the probability is that the mnjority of members from that stale will follow tho course indicated by the popular will in the vote for the Electoral Ticket. The members for Indiana and Illinois will probably be influenced by the same considerations; and ihc people of those Slates in the Electoral vote, will be found, we presume, on the same side with their brethren of the other Western and and South Western Slates. Under these considerations, it is obviously out of the question thalMr. Van Buren should be elected if the decision of the question is appearances now indicate, should devolve on the members of the House. Boston Atlas. THE POLES IN AMERICA. Late in April 1834, the two Austrian frigates arrived from Trieste, and landed 243 Polanders in New York. Six or seven months ago, J37 arrived here in an Austrian corvette, and about 25 have come in different vessels from England. It is well known that pecuniary aid was given to manjr of them for a few weeks after their arrival by the citizens of New York and other places, and that the sufferings of some were, for a time, severe, after the contributions ceased. Congress granted them a township of land in Illinois on condition that each should acquire a title to his portion, after residing upon it ten years, and paying for it at the Government price, $1 25 an acre. About 60 have gone to occupy the land, but as they had not the means necessary to begin a settlement, numbers of them are at present residing in some of the western towns. Trorn information on which we can rely, we have received the following account of the Poles above mentioned, whose whole number amounted to 805. About 70 now permanently reside in the city of Now York, and they are engaged in regular business of different kinds, by which they support themselves. It will be gratifying to the friends of Poland, (and they are many,) to know that these unfortunate men, almost all of whom were unacquainted with any trade, early betook themselves to different kinds of business as apprentices, and are now enjoying a happy independence in a country whose freedom they highly appreciate. Ten are employed in one hatter's shop, and there are probably ten" or fifteen others engaged at the same trade in other parts of the city. There are many jewellers and pocketbook makers, a few shoemakers, a number of tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, and printers. There is at least one teacher of languages, and one accomplished musician, who finds employment with the military. and is leader of a band, for which he has composed : several marches. He was in a similar situation in j his own country. . i There are believed to he about 70 in Louisville, ! 10 in V indalia, 20 in St. Louis, of whom 12 are employed as smiths, &c. in the arsenel, a few in Cincinnati, and 20 in New Orleans. In West Troy are 10 in the arsenal, 1 in Albany, 5 in Fishkill, 1 in a wooollen manufactory, 5 in Lowell in a simi lar situation, a few in JSostoa in a chemical labora- ' tory, and 2 are in t redericksbuig, Virginia. One is in the city of Mexico, an instructer, three have gone to Bogota us workmen in a hat manufactory established by one of our enterprising hatters, one is in Algiers, and one is employed as translator in the frigate Potomac. But one of the most interesting cases we have heard of, is that of the Polish priest who came wit h his wife in one of the frigates. He is of the Greek church, as the fact of his marriage would intimate, and having no resource after his arrival here, he learnt the shoe-makers trade, and now works at it ! with good success and much skill, in Leonard-street. -V. Y. Daily Adv. The following is the correspondence between the committee appointed to address Gen. Harrison on the subjeet of his nomination, by the Convention lately held in this place, for the Presidency, and that gentleman. Indiana Journal. Indianapolis, Dec. IG, 1335. Gen. IVm. II. Harrison: Sir A convention of delegates sent by the people from every rartof this state, which assembled at the capitol in this place on the I7th instant, appointed the undersigned a committee to inform you, that you have received their unanimous vote as a candidate for the office of President of the United States to succeed the present incumbent. It affords us great pleasure to be the organ to communicate to you this intelligence, and we avail ourselves of the occasion to say, that we siucerely hope you may generally meet the success, to which yonr inflexible republi-j can principles your invalluable services in the; cause of our common country, both in civil and military stations, and your well kuown attachment to tho principles of American liberty, justly entitle you. And with great confidence we add the expression of our opinion, founded upon the manifestations of popular sentiment throughout the state, that there is no doubt of your receiving the electoral vote of Indiana. Respectfully we remain your friends, Ice. JUS. S. JENCKES, JER. SULLIVAN, T. J EVANS, JNO. VAWTER, JNO. W. PAYNE. Cincinnati 21st. Dec. 1S35. Gentlemen; I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant, informing me that I had been "nominated by the unanimous vote of a convention assembled at Indianapolis on the 14th

wist, as a candidate for tho office of President of the United States to succeed the present incumbent." This renewed evidence of partiality, which the people of Indiana have so often manifested in ray favor, is received with the most profound gratitude. Such a mark of confidence, cpming from the most powerful State in the union, would not hive beea the source of greater gratification than I have felt on this occasion, since it affords evidence that my efforts to meet their approbation during an arduous administration of their affairs for thirteen years, were not entirely unsuccessful. The favorable notice which you Gentlemen have! been pleased to take of my political principles and services "to our common country" deserves also my w armest thanks. And permit me to add, that if your wishes should be realized; if the people ot thifl great Republic should think proper to intrust to ra the administration of the Executive Departmentof their government, I with confidence promise you im. carry into that exalted station tho same ardent attachment to the principles upon which our institutions are founded, which you are kind enough tar say has marked my previous conduct. Age and the experience which it has brought with it, have strengthened the attachment to those principles formed in my early youth, and my confidence in their efficacy to secure and perpetuate tho happiness and liberty of our favored country. But to produce these results they should be rigidly adhered to, and never suffered to yield to any expedients, whatever may the exigency of doubtful or even of real danger. Accept, gentlemen, the expression of the high consideration of Your friend, W. II. HARRISON. Messrs. Jcnckes, Evans, Sullivan, Vawter, and Payne, committee, &c. From the National Intelligence?. THE PRESIDENCY. Messrs. Gales & Seaton: An article appeared in your valuable and widsly extended paper of the 2dth instant, over the signature of Massachusetts, to which, in the language of the writer, I have given a consideration corresponding to its importance. The article is ably drawn, and, but for ta tenor, might be suspected of having come from the pen of one of the most gifted men of the age.' But be the author whom he may, it is not with him I have to do. Nor have I taken up my pen to gainsay any thing contained in the article alluded to going to reflect credit upon the character of Mr. Webster or Mr. Clay. Of both of these high minded patriots, I can say I am proud they are Americans. I consider their reputation as public property, belonging not to this generation, but to the American family for all future time. Nay, further, with the writer of the article in question, I should have rejoiced to havo found my countrymen prepared at present to do justice to either of those distinguished individuals. But it may not now be. They have been and are too marked by intellect and independence of soul to be favorites with the multitude, in these deg-enerato days. That this is fco, need give no uneasiness to either of those gentlemen, or to their particular friends. For, let me ask the well-informed and candid reader, whether the executive chair of this nation could confer any distinction upon either Daniel Webster or Henry Clay.- The former ia hailed throughout the civilized world as the proud champion of our Constitution and the latter may well be content to know that his name is familiar as a household word in the t Southern hemisphere of this contiment, and that "".even the distant isles of Greece have from hill to valley shouted forth th praises of the great defender of the rights of man. Having said thus much of those gentlemen, I can go no further with the wtiter of the article m question. I put it to the writer to say, after reflection, whether it be either just or kind to charge the Whigs of this country with having deserted their standard, or turned recreant to the principles upon which they profess to act? Is it for his military achieve ments that General Harrison has been selected for the high station of President of this Republic? Why surely; the writer could not have referred to the his' t ry of this distinguished citizen for the last fift' years, when he put his claim to preferment upou the ground of military service, however distinguished. I will not insult the reader by referring to that history. It is suliicient to say that the history o our country during that period bears honorable testimony to the high civic worth and services of Gen. Harrison. Why, then, seek to decry General Harrison? Or why charge the Whiga with a dereliction of principle in rendering him a cordial support But there is another consideration connected with this subject, which the writer of the article in question seems entirely to have overlooked. And it is this: The People ought, must, und will rule in this Government. They have selected General Harrison, he is emphatically the candidate of the People, and not the nominee of office holders or expectants of office. Coming forward under such auspices, and with conceded character and talent, I humbly submit that no Whig throughout our wide extended country need blush to avow himself a supporter of General Harrison. NEW YORK, December 29, 1835. ''Belter Marry than do Waur." On Wednesday week, an aged couple were married at Barming Church, Kent. The bridegroom was stone blind the bride was so deaf, that she could hear the service with great difficulty : the interesting bridesmaid was a woman wilh a wooden legand the bridesman h id lost an arm. "The course of true love never did run smooth," and at the aliar, we hear, thero was considerable difficulty in arranging tho party. When the bride turned her best ear to the parson, she was, of course, on the blind side of "her intended,"and great trouble arose, as to giving the onelegged bridesmaid, a perfect locusstands (as lawyer D would say) in the ceremony. However, at last, "the mind's eye," of the gay bridegroom took a propor view of the matter. The bride uttered tho awful monosyllable "yes" loud enough to make herself hear the bridesmaid put his "best leg foremost" the bridesman lent a hand his only one), and the whole or, rather, the mutilated party departed in the most legitimate manner, tho deaf leading the blind, the armless shaking hands with the legless, and ihe latter "making a leg" to tho parson. We hear that the venerable principals in the business previously had each other "on liking" for eight years. 2 Plan for Financial Reform in. Private Life. All know the extravagant career of P , but all are not aware of his ingenious plan of stopping it. Why do you not do something orother' said a friend, 'you'lbe ruined if you go on so.' I know it,' replied Mr. P butl'U tell you what I am going to do. I shall put an advertisement in the paper, telling tho people not to trust me, far if they do they will certainly not be paid.

The only Western Branch of the U. S. Bank, now r$. mainins to be cioed, is that of Nashvill.