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CTT rrTn',.lHi 1 INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI gV"''' RAILKOAD, .Connecting with the Ohio and Mississippi ifuTTroad, by Special Train: f. . .: t .1 ; No detention on this route by waiting for other train si r ' Through to Cincinnati in 4i hours. ' " ..'1 Tho only direct route lo Cincinnati, being 30 miiqs shorter and li hours quicker than any other route. - "Lightning Express Train loaves Union Depot attl A..-M, .and arrives at Cincinnati at3fc P. M., only stopping atHhclbyvillc, Gfeensbursrli and Lnwrynceburgrh; dine at Shelby ville. Chicago -Mail Train loaves1 at 4 P. M., after the arrival of tho Cbicago train and arrives at Cincinnati at 9& P. M.t supper at Greonsburarli. ' Faro to Cincinnati, $3.00 Baggage checked through,' t r j Through tickets can be procured at Union Depot, over thii rout9 to New "York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Columbus, O.. and Wheeling, via the Littlo Miami. Railroad., ; Passengers taking the 11 A. M. train, arrive, in Oincii'iUuLi iu tim,o to take the 5' P. M. trains for the East. '; Julyg? ' : 1 ' . T.A.MORRIS, Fraa't.) Git EAT CGNTRIL AND EASTERN ROVTE. ' ' 1 INDIANA fCENTHAL KAIUUI. i 1855: ' 'NEW ARRANGEMENT.1 ll ' teV Itoiite to Cincinnati and Dayton, Co lumbiist Cleveland Pittsburtfli lliila kdoliiuaud New YorJt. , -On and after Thursday, August 17, 1854, Passenger Train swill run as follows, Sundays excepted: - , . Two Trains daily, each way. ' 1 ' ' Morning Express leave Indianapolis at 5.45, A.M.' Passengers leaving in 5.45 A. M. train arrive In Cincinnati at 11.45 A. M., in Davton at 10.40 A. M., in Columbus at 2.30 P. M., in Cleveland at 6.45 .P. Mt . . . .. Mail train loaves Indianapolis at' 12 M. Passcngersleaving in 12 M. train arrive in Cincinnati at 6.30 P. M., in Dayton iu 5.00 P. M. .;-,.,:.,--..-! Passengers for Columbus, .Newark, and Zancsville',by taking the la M. train arrive in Dayton at 5.00; in Columbus at 0.45 P. M., being six hours in advance of ull other Routes. Passengers taking 12 M. train arrive in Cincinnati at 6.30 P.M. Passengers leaving Indianapolis at 12 M. for Dayton, Columbas Crestline, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and New York, arrive in Dayton at 5.00 P. M., in Columbus at 9.45 P. M., at Crestline 12 at night, in time to connect with the night train on Ohio and Pennsylvania Road, for Pittsburg. Philadelphia, and N. York. . No change of guuge drears to Dayton. ' ' t Passengers save by this route 28 miles to Day ton. and 50 miles to Columbus, Pittsburg, of Wheeling, over any other Railroad route. ; . ' i v r ; , i . ; Through tickets can be procured atthe office, in theDepot.1 ' TV3 Eastern Baggage Checked to. Buffalo; Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York Baggage to Pittsburg., ... r ' 1 "JAM lis M. SMITH, Supt.' i As regards Freight inquire or jau7 (W. A. BRADSHaW, Freight Agqnt.. THE GREAT EASTERN ROUTE.' 1855.": 1855 INDIANAPOLIS, BFLLEKONTA INE AND CLEVELAND RAILROAD. . . . i- ' i ,i .-: CIONNNECTING at this place with trains from Lafayette, Torre Hnute, JetTursonville, and Madison. Passengers will rind this tho cheapest, shortest, quickest and most comfortable route to Dayton, Springfield, Urbanna, Bollefontaiuc, Columbus, Cleveland, Pitisburg, Dunkirk Buffalo, Albany, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. and Washington. ,t ,;, ', r Two drains leave Indianapolis daily (Sundays excepted). 1st day Telegraph Express leaves the Union Depot at 6 A. M.; connect at Union with Train for Dayton and Cincinnati ; at Beilelontaine with Train for Sandusky, Toledo, and Detroit; at Galliou with. Train' for Columbus; and arrive in Cleveland at 7 same evening, in time to connect at Cleveland with the Lake Shore Railroad ExpressTrain. connecting at Dunkirk and Buffalo with the day, Express Train, and arrive in New York early same evening. Passengers by this train breakfastbefore leaving Indianapolis. 1 ' , .. 2d, Express Mail Train leaves the Union Depot at 12.45 P. M. making the way-connections arriving in Cleveland next morning in time for the Express Trains for Dunkirk, Buffalo and New York-aiso -for Pittsburg,' Philadelphia and Baltimore i ' i . .. i Through Tickets can be procured at the office in the Depot. TTrassengers for Columbus, by taking 6 A. M. train via. Bel lefon tains, arrive at Columbus at 5 same afternoon. ' - Fare Through,. . j. .i.. .... $4. 00 . 1 WnTTIVUiW c. i4..i.. ' ( ii vt iiiiuuniu, ou porill tuiniHlll, Indianapolis X653. ;!:;f !.( .. i .;rt-9-lt:t, Lafayette and Indianapolis Rail Road!

I--)-: ( . jrEir ARRJurOEMJfTt-!-. ,: :". Tmo Trains Daily, Each Way, (Sundays Excepted., : . , ON andafterTuesday,Septomber2d,lwo Passenger Traina will make dully trips, (.Sundays excepted,) between Lafayette and Indianapolis, asfollowe:- i ; ,j l.,;!.,; ..f: i, , v 1 - - FROM . LAFAYETTE. . t '..:). I Express 7-rainwill leavethe Depotat ti o'clock, A ''. M. Arrive in Indianapolisat 11. i!5, A . M, -..) Accommodation Train will leave at 2.30, P. M., arrive in In- . dianapolis at 6.30, P. M. ''"'', ' '''"'''"FROM iNDIAKAPOMH. ' i H 1 " , Accommodation Train willleave Union Depot7 A. M., ar- ' ' ' ''' ; rive in Lafayette at 10.45, A .M.M ; i Express Train willleave at !.. o'clock, P. M., arrive in Lafayette at 4.25, P. M. - " , : ' . . . i At Indianapolis both Trains willstartfrom tbe Union Depot. The ExpressTrain connects, at Indianapolis, with Trainsof the Madiaon and Indianapolis, Bellcfontaineand Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Richmond. and Peru and Indianapolis Rail Roads, for Cincinnati, Dayton, Madison, Louisville, Terre Haute, dec. ' Passenrersby the Accommodation Train. lyingovernightat Indianapolis, can take the 5 o'clock morning train, on the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis Railroad, direct for Cleveland and intermediate places. ' . They oan also take the morning ' trains of the Madison and Indianapolis-and the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroadsfor Madison, Terre Haute, &c. o Passengers from Indianapolis, ei the rbv the morning or afternoon train, can connect, nt Lafayette, with trainson the New Albany and Salem Railroad, forCrawfordsville;alsoforMichgan City, thence to Chicago. - . ' ' '' ;- . Tbroughticketsto Chicagofof salebythe Agents. Price $6. A daily line of packetsleave Lafavette every evening, after the arrival ofthe ExpressTrain. for Delphi. Loganaport,Peru, and Fort Wayne; also for Attica, Covineton, &c. Forttckets, apply at the Union Depot, Indianapolis, or at the Rail Road offlcein Lafayette. p! - ', 0. E.S.VYDER, Ageant, at Indianapolis. jnlySMf- '- ' 'M. ni'RBI.V.Wnp t.

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. i ..FLOWERS Iff WINTER. PAINTED UPON X I'ORTK LIVHK. y y, Jlovr ptrange to greet,' this frosty morn, In graceful counterfeit of flowers, These children of the meadows, born' ' ! ' !l Of sunshine and of showers! 1 ,;l ; For well the conscious wood retain',,,, i, !,,, . The pictures of its flower-shown home , , The lights and shades, the purple' stains, ' And golden hues of bloom. :i 1 '"" " ' ' I V ..' ... I - I .:! .: 'I i ;:,j . j ' It was a happy thought to bring ill , i To the dark season's frost and r(me , ,, : , , : .This painted memory of Spring, ! . . This dream of Summer time. '. ' ' ' I 1 '. ' ' ' i ....) ' , ! 'i J "J Our hearts are lighter for its sake, ' . ' i -. r , Our' fancy's age renews its youth, .; ... , ., And dim-remembered liclious take,; i, , .., , Tlie guise of present truth, . " A wizard of the Merrimnc, " ' :,,,);" ' ,;l 1 ' 1 ' 1 (So old ancestral legends sny,) m. ,i ti Could call green leaf and blossom back ; , , , To frosted stem and spray., . , , , . .. ' The' dry l.igs of the cottage wall ' "" ' ' Beneath his touch put out their leaves; ' The clay-bound swallow, at his call, n ' Played round the icy eaves. , ... . j The settler saw his oaken flail . ' Take bud and bloom before his eyes; '' From frozen pools lie saw the pale, '' ' ' ' 'i Sweet sumtiier lillies rise. i .i!' ....-' : ; , ! !,! To their old homes, by man profaned, . ; , Came the sad dryads, exiled long, , And through' their leafy tongues complained Of household use and wroug. . , .a . , . . w . .... I. The beeclien platter sprouted wild, '' ' '" The pipkin wore its old-time green; " "' :The cradle'o'er the sleeping' child- ' . Became a ieafV screen. i ': ' : ' i : "'".hi i :( , ,i ,, .,,,' !'.,; ; ,, Hap'ly our gentle friend hath met, ' '"' While wandering iri her sylvan quest,' -i ' Haunting his native woodlands yet, " 1 .-ii ; ,' That Druid 'of the West. 1 1 l; "" !;'! -' " l , ,.: .-VJ .! ! ,-. And,' while the dew on leaf and flower ' Glistened in'moonlight dear and still, '" Learned the dusk wizard's spell of power, : ' ; '"And caught his stick of skill.'""' : " But welcome, be it new or old,' ' ' ' " The gift which makes the day more bright, ' And, paints upon J ground of cold ' ' y ' " .And darkness, warmth and light! , i Without is neither' gold nor green; ,,; ;': ' "': " ' Within, for birds, the birch logs sing,1 l; ' Yet, summei'-likeV we sit between ' ,: 1 1 ''' The Autumn and the Spring. ): The -6ne,' with bridal brush of rose,1- ";l 11 ' !" And sweeter breath of woodland balm, ' ' 1 'And her whose matron lips unclose Ull.' ) - t In smiles of saintly calm. '.' . i i- ... ..:;; ; - , T r .;; :; ,. j , M j ; I ; Fill soft and deep, oh Winter snow ! ' The sweet azalia oaken dells,7 '' ' And hide the banks where roses blow,' And swing the azure bells ! ' I'M O'erlay the amber violet's leaves, a; ,. ' The purple aster's brook-side home; i Guard all the flowers her pencil gives, : - A life beyond the bloom. c. .Im And she, when Spring comes round again, ! . '' By greening slope and singing flood, .; ; I "'Shall wander, seeking, not in vain, !... ij ' - Her darlings of the wood. ; i! ' i 'l . !.!' Ir.H! , From ther Knickerbocker. Kj A PROFESSIONAL S CAE. ' ) , r , BV AN OLD LAWYER, ,, ., i Your kind letter, Harry, icame duly to hand; and you will be surprised to learn that a careless question of yours will draw forth enough in answer to cover' a sheet:, "What caused that scar on your temple?" ii i. i ! m i i; i ., i .i r i : ! It is a professional scav, .Harry; one that I have carried ever since my earliest practice,, and although I have, now arrived at a tolerable old age, and have many intimate friends, it is a most singular fact that you are the first and only person that ever inquired into its origin. ,1 can tell you all about it, but must avoid names and places; for the parties most interested in the incident are yet living, and 1 am under strong bonds of, se.crecy. .!..: .( ( vl-.'i.i': ifotl t,ti ,.:.,-yh : .', ' I In ihe1 year , after passing through a long examination before grave judges and shrewd barristers, I. was pronounced a properly, qualified person to appear before juries and courts for others as well as myself. and at Once proceeded to a large southern city, where, by ; a modest little sign over the door of a modest little office, I announced my readiness to commence the practice of the law. .For three months I waited, but alas! no business came, j I satin my office on a dreary night,, at about eleven o'clock, in this very comfortable position; and I absolutely feared to go to my boarding-house, and waited in what seemed tbe forlorn, hope that something in the way of a fee might appear,, either by ; dropping from, the skies, or suddenly appearing on my desk. ,. Outside no step was lieard;: and as I occasionally glanced through ,my iwindow, the', flame of the street lamp moved by 'the wind,, would seemingly move me homeward;,,biit.I would . not go, A foot-step sounded in, my, entry; a , second, and third, and more',, but so light that my heart beating prevented my counting them; and then a delicate knock, I compelled myself to say, "Come in, ',1 with a calm voice, although. I expected to be instantly vis-a-vis with a young woman,-' the door opened, and I saw an old one. : ' ... i ' 1 had only time to move toward a chair before she was in the center of ,the room and speaking. : "I have no time to sit. Young man, you are a lawyer; are you good for any thing?". , ; .My. insulted dignity was controlled by an effort, and .1 answered that I flattered mvself that

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I possessed some talent for my profession; or I should not have chosen it. ''!'! 1 "Well, well, no gas; can you draw a paper?',' . Here again, I ventured to remark, that it der pended somewhat on its nature, but I saw from her impatient manner that she wanted no trifling. Before I finished the sentence,' she interrupted me with a' fierceness' of manner exceeding her former rouirh one, savins: ' i i . - i ' i , , f'l want a will drawn; quick! hurriedly! but so stron.r that all the imps in Hell can't undo it?" and she fairly glared at. me with impatience for my answer. " " Now, you know, Harry, that my legal education was'obtained entirely in a surrogate's office, and you may presume that on the law and forms of last wills and testaments I felt! myself sufficiently posted up-:; I accordingly , assured her that 1 could draw a will which, though' I oould not warrant it to pass the, ordeal she mentioned, would, I am sure, be proof against the' efforts of all the lawyers in Christendom. ; ' " And now her manner changed from the fierce and bold to the anxious and hurried.. "Come, then, quick! quick! young man, and you shall pocket one thousand dollars for your night's work!" she exclaimed. " ' ' ' ' 7 ' "' ' ' And amazed and bewildered as I was, I found myself at tho neighboring corner, stepping into a hack, before the startling but , comfortable words: "One thousand dollars for, your night's work!" had ceased ringin ' in my ears. My con ductress followed in, and without orders we were rattling along the street to the House, theii the largest hotel in the city. ' My visions of one thousand bright dollars kept my tongue bridled, and I vas led in silence up two flights of stairs into a suite of rooms comprising parlor and two bed rooms.' The parlor, however, ' was occupied by a bed', in which lay an old arid evidently dying man. i A'servant was with him, but he left upon a motion from the hand of my companion, who approached the bedside and said: i,. "I have, an attorney here,, sir, shall, he proceed?" . :' ., The old man's eyes brightened up, and,' after glaring 'oil me for a moment, he spoke: : ' : "'If you cart draw nly will, ; do it quick! nowj for I must save my breath." ,'i ,.!., fi , . , ,,, , ... I turned to the table, where I found paper, jiens, ink, and everything necessary; and by the light of two sperm candles in heavy silver candlesticks,' I Was soon busily engaged at the will. I will not trouble you with the details', nor, in fact, do I rememberi theiv; but. it is: enough to say that a large amount of property, real and personal, bonds, mortgages, fec, were left, in the words of the will, "U my good and faithful housekeeper,, Angeline - , as a token of gratitude for her lono;, faithful and meritorious . -- j,.,i . service.-' But i,he conuiauing words of the will I shall never forget, they were written from his own mouth,, and made me shudder as I wrote them,. There is something fearful,' dreadful, ' in thus deliberately recording, in what purports to be your last written wish, a curse upon your o wn offspring. And I felt, as" I wrote it, an involuntary desire to tear the paper into fragments, and to rush from the room, but the' thousand dollars were like so many ' anchors, and I staid' and wrote.,.) ,' ,V . '., . ' ,' '' ' ,' ' , "I leave o my daughter Dora all the Satisfaction she can obtain from my hearty curse! .When rags whip about her in her only home, the street, .and dogs share with her the refuse of the gutter1, she may regret that she disobeyed him who once jloved her, but who, dying, cursed her." "'. " , ' ' . There was something like a chuckle ill the direction of old Angeline as the dying wretch dictated these fearful words; but as I looked and saw the stern face as rigid as marble, I concluded I must have been mistaken. 1 I could not, .however, divest myself of a certain ' feeling that all was wrong. A rich old man,', accompanied by an old housekeeper, and dying in a strange city; her anxiety to have the will so strong; the curse on his daughter, and large fee, all conspired to make me feel that I was being instrumental in the accomplishment of some 1 villainous' object. Again I meditated the destruction of the paper, and again my fee and wants conquered. 'The will was finished, and I read it over aloud,' the old man groaning, and the old woman looking ah occasional assent; but when I , read the terrible curse, a new actor appeared on the scene.' .' ' I ' "Oh, tear it ! tear it! Oh, God, you know not 'what you do !" ,' .' ' ".' ' ' ', : ' The plaintive tones of the' voice touched my heart, even before my eyes beheld its owner; but when I saw her,' heavens ' and earthy what an angel she was! The language is yet undiscovered, Harry, that is competent to give you a description of that face;' the' eyes dancing with excitement yet liquid! with tears; the mouth proud . as Juno's, yet compassed with anguish. ; But twhy do I attempt description? 1 The most' majestic, yet the sweetest countenance I ever, beheld, appealed to me and hot in, vain; for while the old man, weak as he was,' jumped from his bed, screaming, "Kill her ! kill her !" I tore the will into fragments, and we both fell to the floor, he dead; and I stunned by a blow from' the heavy candlestick1 wielded bv the old hacr: A "o ' 0v-....w. I 1 W hinn mv nnn:ciniKhficc ruiiirnud T fnA rwself, in my own bed at; my, boarding-house, my . host and hostess attending upon me. My mind fwas clear from the moment I looked about me, and I knew I had been brought home and was now confined from ' that blow.! " I resolved to ' keep my. own counsel, and. to ascertain ;what I could of the subsequent proceedings of the night. Upon inquiry I found that I had been brought home by a young gentleman in a carriage, who had left funds for the employment of a. physician, ' and had also left a letter tor me.'' I opened the letter as soon as I was alone, and found a fifty- . 'dollar bank-note, with these words; "You did last night ,a deed . worthy of more gratitude than our present means, enable us to express. The property which so nearly belonged to the infamous hag who struck vou, will soon t be ours, and you shall then hear from us. May " the same kindness which prompted you to tear the paper, seal youi lips hereafter, as to the painful scenes of last evening, . : . ,..,-) . , j ,,; Gratefully yours, ' , i. .P ! ,; , r Dora AND HER Husbakd." , My first act was to conceal the letter beneath my pillow; my second, to call my host and ten

der him the amount of my board-bill, but he told me that my companion paid it when he left the letter,, , It seems I raved a littlo about my inability to pay my host when I was unconscious, and thu8t.he husband of Dora (for 1 had no doubt it was he that brought me home) had ascertained the fact and paid the bill. 1 Added ; to ' this, the wound was not severe enough to need nriy surr gcry more than was offered by my kind hostess, so when I recovered, which was soon, I had only the office rent to pay, and then resumed business with the largest part of the one hundred dollars in my treasury.' I made curious inquiries about the i 1-4 House as to. the subsequent move ments of ray clients, but could only ascertain thaj. the old couple arrived, on that, eventful night, the old man ordering a pleasant room in which he could die; that the young couple came By an' other conveyance, and had taden otheri rooms; that the old man's body was immediately boxed

up,, and shipped for the north, under, charge, of his man-servant; that the old woman went off alone, and that finally the young man paid the whole bill, and left also,1 with his wife;' ' 'To do my kind host and hostess full justice, I must say that they never even hinted at the matter, and I never had a question to answer;, they probably took it for granted that I had. been the victim of some broil, and avoided' annoying me" by! ahV reference to it. ' ' ' .-' ""' Thirty years of hard work rolled by, .during which I acquired a family, ; fortune,, fame, and gray hairs; but I, never in all that time saw or heard ot my clients, with the exception oi one letter, which was received some ' years' after the occurrences which I have related, and which cbn tained two more fifty-dollar bills,! with the words, ',' We are happy; may God bless you.;,., Dora." , But in all that time I have never forgotten that beautiful, angelic face,, nor fhe mute appeal which it made to my heart, the answer to which caused me the. deeo scar which is the" obiect of your present curiosity, and 'a one-thousand-dollar fee less the amount received from the' young folks. Neither did I,, in all that time, regret the course, I took. , f,,, , , ,;.,',, ,'.,. t ;,,;:,:), Some ten years ago, as perhaps you remember, I spent a winter in Havana! 'I boarded with a Spanish landlord, whose house was 'generally filled with American ' visitorsj ' ButV strange' to say, I passed one week with, him without a single American arrival; and, 1 was mentally resolving to leave for New Orleans, where 1 could find troops of friends, and rid -myself 'of thb ennui consequent upon my" solitary position, 1 when I heard my host calling me. ,t:a , ,1 "Senor, senor, log Americanos Americanos." . Looking from my window I saw a fine portly gentleman attending to his baggage, and answering the demands of the thousand and one porters who each claimed to have brought something for him. Thinking I might be of service to himv I went out; and with , two ot three dimes dispersed the villains, who, knowing me for an old stager, submitted to my orders. ., The gentleman "turned to thank me, but suddenly "started back'1 then glanced at my temple', 'and seeing the' end of 'the candle-stick mark peering out .beneath my sbrntbreno, he caught me by .-the band,, exclaiming--t "We have met beiore, sir how glad 1 am to see you!" , ' , ; ,' ' , ' "" ' , And then, without explanation he drew rrie to the door-way in which stood a matronly,' but still beautiful woman.' " ..--!' .'hq -jiij i! : "'See',' bora,'' said he,' "if this is not' our old friend?" . v ,i;-;' !'i -,y,:;-A ; ) !) -i ,:t 'villi At the word "Dora,", I started, and therCi before me, sure enough, stood the.,Dora of thirty years previous, still retainintr. many of her charms, but with the marks of time, notwithstanding; impressed upon her features."1 " ' You may well believe our re?-tihion was ' most pleasant, and after 6ur dinner was overs and we were out enjoying the sea-breeze, .the whole story was told me, I will not give you, the details pf it; it was long, but the main features were these: Dora was the only child of a wealthy father'. Her mother died when She was 'a "mere child. Old Angeline had remained with -her father in the capacity of housekeeper, and had, while Dora was away to school, .acquired complete influence over him. Dora was wooed and won by a pooiclerk; the father would not listen to it; "an elope ment was the consequence; and the old man, in a rage,1 broke up housekeeping, and taking1 old Angeline with him started fqrthe South,,, .Dora had followed him with her husband, although she knew he would not see her, aud although he had always been harsh to her; yet she knew he was in the last stages of consumption,' and she determined, if possible, to be' with him when, he died. Atthe time of his death, they had been following him about a month, from place to placc, keeping concealed from him, and eluding even the keen eyes of Angeline. ' When Dora appeared in the room, it was Only because the man-servant, 'who had been with her father, and who, as , you, iremember, left the room when I entered, ,had, observed thqir arrival, and had kindly gone to her and informed her that her father' could not live an' hour; she was entering the room to make one last effort at reconciliation, when my voice; rending the fearful words of her father's curse, caused the outcry" and the denouement. : Her husband, who followed her in, : found the, old man dead, Dora in a swoon,' me senseless, and old Angeline in vain trying to put the many pieces of the will together, : raving and cursing like a bedlamite; He and the man , servant put the old man's body into the bed, took Dora to her room, and while the servant kept guard over Angeline, he took me home in a carriage.! ' The rest you know.i'iM: :f, i."!.',,;i'l .viK.T-.-n-:'' ;.-( 1., ,,;.. I have only to add that, i whenever I' wander North, either alone, or with my wife and family, we always stop at the house of our kind friends. They have spent one winter with us at the South, and we expect them again the coming season. And the gentleman who studied law under my instruction, and who now practices law with my name on the sign with him, (as senior partner, although he does all the business,) is Dora's son, and from certain conscious looks and bright blushes on my pretty daughter's cheek when he calls, I imagine he may possibly be mine too. But of this, Harry, rest assured, I shall not Curse her if she marries him.: ' ' . , : : : . ,.-

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" Thunders Louder than Cannon! The Knkkerhocker says there is "food for-thought"' in tho following, from a Metropolitan Correspondent: . " ' 'There never was a mOie'. striking 'instance of the ' power of the press and .of publio i opinion brought to bear upon an outrageous abuse in official, place and high station," than in the recent case of Perry, ' a young gentleman whose offence it was that his father or grand-father' had earned the money which ' enabled him to"obtain a commission in an English regiment, stationed at Windsor.;,., This gavjf mortal, pfience to those in whose veins flowed gentle blood; and they resorted to all sorts ofannoyance to drive the young lieutenant oWof the regiment'. "'Practical jokes,' such a3 hauling him ont of bed at mid-night, making him go throughi the ! sword-exe'reibe , while nuked,, burning his legs , with a segar, and other equally refined sorts of wit, were played off upon him, with the countenance, of the commander of the reginient himself. - I '' ''. 1 Jl '"The j-bung man atleiigth',' Stung to the quick by such prolonged and cruel treatment, resented it, was" arrested, and court-martialliid. This led to; an exposure of all the facts, and the consequence was, a second court-martial at Windsor. On that trial, every officer, from the colonel of the regiment down; was suddenly affected with the loss of mempry! ''Not one of them was ablo to' remember any such transactions as the young man had testified to. This obliviousness was so general, so much like the 'non mi recordo,' of another celebrated English trial,' so unanimous, iri short, that it at once excited suspicion.1 It provJ ed conclusively 'that there .'was i a' conspiracy among the officers to swear down the charges against them. - - '"' "And now comes down 'The Thunderer' upon the aristocratic: bloods; and in one week they beJ Came: 'a by-wqrd and hissing.'not only in , the streets of, Windsor, but throughout Britain, . and wherever in her wide-spread possessions her drum-beat is heard.1 It is no longer concealed, it is known and felt, that the" Officers ,;were 'obliged to resort to perjury, to save themselves from being pashiered; ,and day , after day; the withering sar-r casm of j 'The Times' pours upon them, like hail, until nothing is lpft to be done, save to disband the regiment, to save it from the scorn and derision of the people'; -foi'-' even' the merry boys' of Windsor mock themi in the public streets', :derU .ding their), wjlh a repetition -qf,, the 'ignorant' answers which the officers gave on the trial, tq all questions' whicb tended to reflect upon their own . injustice rind cruelty.' " They "arc farther lampooned in other London journals; 'and Punch opens upon them a battery I'of all arms,', until they are, fairly driven off , the field. . - "Meanwhile the young , lieutenant who had been the victim of this outrageous conspiracy, is suddenly1 raised to the dignity of a hero. The people at' large had seen the newspaper, and were conversants, and their sympathies were at once enlisted on the side of the persecuted. Subsrip-tions-were opened in London and all the provincial and largertowns in Great Britain; and at the last advices, over fifty thousand dollars had been raised to purchase him a higher commis sion." , - '.'.!'. , -, Perhaps the young lieutenant will be let alone, when next he enters the army! ' We are glad to be able to record so sudden and -complete a triumph of the Press and Public opinion over the machinations of a few titled officers, who fancied that they Iiad their victim completely' in their power; .t Now it is certain, that -had -not- 'The 1 Times' generous, in ' this instance at ! least, in defence of the weak and the injured ha4 hot this great journal, with its commanding influence, lent its columns and its talents to the exposure of the abuses ofthe officers of this regiment, the young officer would have been forever disgraced, j and high-handed persecution passed unrebuked:, as it is,, the lesson , will not be lost upon the public L.!i . ... ' ' '.'1,1? ' ' . '; l '.'"' 1,1 'f.,i 'II u:;t cT i, A. Singed Cat.--The New. York,.and Erie railroad office in this city was-.on 'Thursday the scene of an incident which is worthy of being recorded with the events of the day not only because it was a'good joke, but because it bears on its face a moral. ,, . . , ' ' . . ... . . ,', An old man enters the office in age apparently verging ( on. three-score; 'his' clothes are' of coarse texture,1 ventilated;' iri sOme places', and rather dingy withal".1 his head, with its long gray locks, is covered with a hard-worn beaver; , his face, the lower part of which is ornamented with a grizzly -gray beard, has an humble appearance, and his dull eyes have an imploring expression; he has a folded paper in his hand, and, advancing -to the desk of the first clerk, he extends it. ' : i : .'. Clerk-i-Go away, Sir; I haven't anything for you.,., . .. , .... ; ; ; . ,',..,, Old Joj-t-( Brightening up with a look of surprise) But, 'Sir1 ' ""' "" ' Clerk -N6 buts about it,' Sir; I tell you I have 'nothing for you. -. Go out. Ii- ivm i i'.,u ,'i , ,i;The old man, with a mingled look of surprise and indignation, passes on to the desk of janother Clerk and offers the paper. ' 1 ,, ' '' " "" ' ' Clerk Don't interrupt me, sir; 'get but of the. office;1 I give-nothing to beggars. ' i -'!"" j ') The truth begins to reveal itself to the ,, old man's understanding; that last word has rekindled the fires Of his youth;' his face "glows and :his eyes flash with indignation; he is about to retort sharply.upon. the. man who called, him a, , "beggar," when a third party interferes, and directs him to the pashier, to whom' the old man hands the papers.' The ' Cashier' unfolds therri, and finds, instead of begging certificates, New i York and Erie Eailroad : Income Bonds , to the amount of ten thousand dollars!, . Cashier looks surprised: the old man demands his money Clerk No. 1 takes a seat on the cross-bar ' of his 'desk, out of sight Clerk No. 2 turns red, purple and white by turns; the old man receives his money and makes a noisy exit, mumbling something about counter-jumpers and broad-cloth. - '. .:::"! . i I LluJ !.: ...IT A Terrific Sneezer. A young lady of Bridgeton, N. Y,, while iri the act of sneezing, came near dislocating her neck ; she was insensible for some hours, and had it not been for the skill of the surgeon, who was immediately sent for, life would soon have been extinct.