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fL' BUSHED EVEUY THURSDAY MORNING. f ini-l in advance, - - - $1,50 Af. t!. en 1 oi six months. Mill, T' :l iv I ii i-il the end of Hie year, 2 50 rpri j' ib)ve terms will be strictly adhtfTO I tO. U" ) r will be discontinued until all arre r ijes are p iid, unless at the option, of the Publisher. ADVERTISING. .lverti semen's will be conspicuously inserts!, at the following prices, viz. Fir I si'are (.of 10 lines) 3insertion&Sl 00 CiCi 1 1 titional insertion, , . Cöc rjK iy.!ii:vlcss than a square, willbecon m lere 1 a Square. ry Y Ivertjsers must "be particularto mark the hi nero: inserti 3ns on the face of the au vertiseiTients, or th ;y .rill Republished until! or lere I out, anl c.'ntge.l licordinely tiA li!er il discount will be made wncre advertising's done by .he year. distance ; rrYIl C n ii'i ucatiois Uom i shoal Ibe id Ireed, 1hst-Pm. to the Editor, j Siis'itiw a Srholir. Mmy years ago, when I was but a smill b y. I alt tide 1 a sch jo! in the villu",2 Of A-n ihe scholars there id G rorge Usury. His r driiikin man. and the j was a b3y mm father was a oj uufoftunit b v lud to su.Ter m cons?- i . . . . v - .1 i..i.:i...i i yieiic ii n. b?s: , i ,, .,.,,, j,.,, tlt.v were th- ; 1 'Of ' Clin LU St:ilUiJI. imuiini h i i; tu; v.s r -'ih and uncouth in his m i:i:i-rs, Us was very ignorant, fur , h-iui n 'v.-r h.l an opportunity for edunation. S.'a?Jil af'.T SJaSin, poor George Hen ; a au i. . t I ry occupied th s-aiüi scat in the school-

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... . ...i .1.., I . i thutri'j-d his tattered primmer. Tiierag-. ;sd con iitio'i of his girbe give a homely j cast t his w i )'e. appearance, and what- j r inteili,;en-:v! ihire nilgai have been I i u his countenance, was teclou led by the ! "outT coverin" of the buy. lie sal loin j ive 1. with th- other children, for thev scem-d to sdud him; but whn hi did for i a while, join with then in their sports. 1 hi was s., rotj.fi tint he was saou shove I ! ' I o-.U 01 the way. Th- t-icher pasisd the pjor boy coldly 12: t!le street, whihi l!i2 o'.hsr boys, iu het-t-r jyirbs. were kindly noticed. In the school, young Hiury was coldly treatefl Tu teacher u-glected him. and then callI 10 im- 1 as 1 K ; ,n . . ; ' .. h:,..tr 1. 1 .111:1 ui, .-.Ii did not learn. blockhead" because he in T:ie boy received no centivtf to siu'iv II!. UUHjru ItUH ) 1 was tuot of .he ;i!.. ,.1 ;.iij..sa . 1 i ii a 4 v. n a iiiv u S3 heat u j.it;on to Mi., o.v.ir time i:: raise r'ief. For this hi was whip- ; i, 3d. a.id the more he was whipped, the :narä iilo 10 1 carries? he becam. Ii u v Iu. he wis ti-glected by the taeh er simply brcus he w.i p i ir and ri ' i ed. nil 1 with a s ;t of suilen in differ ' 'ucrt. xi .: ue l A t tin. .j Uv frllitw nfi bitterues. he liloddcA on his dark and ; thaiikle-i A-.i)'. Thu? :um-.rs went on for several years. S Most ot th- scholars who were of G.-ore ' ' ' H 'nrv'i zsp h.l nas.i.l on 1,. h;.,KUr ; branches of study, while h, poor fellow, j ein cwP.. 1 .,,. tv..rd (,f ,il ,irn ! yllab.es, an I still kept his dis'.unt seat j 1.1 t u r i)-;h'f. His iaiher Ii:i;t sunk ower a a .a in the pit of iiiebr'ution. an l the u.iforlunate bay was more wretched than ever. Tho look of clownish indifference which h xl marks! his countenance, was now 1 a . f civilis way to a shade of unhappy thoujiht and feeliuzs. and it was evident that the :reat turn point of his life was at ha.id. H? sto 1 1 iiow upon the st,p in life from which tha fa to of after years must take its ca?t. At this im i man by the name of Kelley took ch of the school. lie was an old teicher. a careful observer of human niture, und really a good man. Lou years of gutrdianship over wild youths hid given him a b'.ulT, authoritative way. aud in his discipline he was etrict and unwavering. Th first day he pjssed in the teacher's dek of o ir si;.'i )ul was m st!y devoted to vatchtm; th? movements of the scholars. and studying the dispositions with which he lud to deal. Upon George Henry his eye rested with a keen searching glanc. It U he evidently mide little of hi:n during the first day, bat the ßecond day he I did more. j 1 It was during the afternoon of the second day tint Mr. Kelley observed young j Henry enga;?d in linpailiug flieä upon ! ths point of a lire. pin. He went to the' boy's seat, and after reprimanding him for ' his idleness, he took up the dirty, tattered j primer from hi desk. , "Htve you never learned more than in t.iis boo-t: askd the teacher. "No iir," drawled George.

"ilowlong hive youattenled schoot?"jers of the city (for he a tut the father of "I doo't know, sir. It's ever since I , anything else) long ago. on remem'ner." Rest assured, sir, us women are going

'I hen you must be an idle, reckl-ss boyr iiid the teacher, with much sever - ity. "l)j you realiz? how many years vor. have thrown away? Do you know h w much you hive lost? What sort of a i.r.'.ddo jo t think of maktngiu this way? O.ie of ihes-; days you will be too old to g tosclioo', and then, while your com.'

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panions are seeking some honorable employment, you will be good for nothing. Have you any parents?" "Yes sir." ansuered the boy, in a hoarse, subdued voice. "Alio to mey wisri vou to crow up to . I , . . .tl nil

The boy hung down his head and was you may resist if you please, I ask noj It is astonishing what exalted notions silent, but Mr. Kelly saw to large tears lavors. because I am a woman, for the . pome pt-rsons have of their own imporroll down his cheeks. In an instant the first thins you would know I would hit tance. Ther seem to imagine they are teacher saw that he had something be- you over the "mug" ith my club. ! altogether necessary to the onward roll sides an idle, stubborn mind to deal with : At the next April election I am going ' of our little world, and that if, by any in the ragged scholar before him. lis to make this a test, and should our g'o.j means, they should be shoved out of the

laid hi3 hand upon the boy s head, and in .

a kind voice he sai l: i police shall be composed of women. wjoj that the old machine would no longer "I wish you to stop after school is dis-J will regulate the young bucks on Fourlh !l10ld together; and of course, if such immissed. Do not be afraid, for I wish o , Street. I have a neighbor." too," by th:el. portavYt personages only say to an editor, assist you if I can." j name of Sukey Snubbs. who has a good j "Stop my paper," the whole concern must Goorge looked up wonderingly into the 'legal mind," having once been convict-! c0 to jnuht instanter. We. have often

master's face, for there was something in ' the tones of the voice which fell upon' j his ear that sounded strange to him, and lie thought, too, as he looked around, that! lnft resl scholars regarded hi in w ith; kinder countenances than usual. A . I a a-.-unii , alt ,l r 1 ihAliohl K r 1 a 111 llllll It I C m ! . I r.i rri I i iiiungiii uiwii' in i.,,..,.!! iiuiii some, cause, he waj going to be happier I than before. S a f it ; Alter the scnool was Cismissel, Lrnrge ; Henrv remained in bis seat till the teach-I ef ca4 ,l n-m t0 esl "ow," said Mr. Kelly, "I wish to ; know how it is that you have never learn- j eiliinv more. You look bright, and you ; r - - J i '4) 33 though you rniht make a smrt;

in in. v uy is it trial 1 Hud you so iguo-: are goin to make it a poweilul auxilliaraui?" " j ry in securing our right?. "Because nobody ever helps me, sir,"i This much I have thought proper to

replied the boy ".Nobody cares for me, ' fjr 1 ani ly)OC Ijv decrees " l,sB,r"' lur -i verier n i .t tt .i. while generous tears bedewed his eves he sai:l: "You have been wrongly trcatt d. ; ' (l anrno r w u'miiili'- 'ml ifi.a ..i ' "ö- """vji ' nine m ii,

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it u en i uii, ii in vru i , iu tear ii: . I. at, ... M r..ai ... t 1 . . O ' ' "Ves 0. yes. in earnest tones. quickly uttered the bny Yes I should love' ,0 Jearn 1 1 10 d boy." -e thriliin4ly added, while his counte " ,il(l Sl,nv wl,h wonted ambition. I l.'. lt :. I a I. I . 1. - 11 --J Ulimiiseu iu urf.'IJUSe UOOKS for ths bov as fast as he tould learn to 1 read them, and when George Henry left j the school room, his face was wet with . tears. Wa scholars who had remained ! in the entry saw him com? out. and our ! ;he.rts were warmed towards him. We j 'sooke kindlr to him. and walked with! 111111 iu ins uuu-r, uuv iiia uiu iicni 1 nas ... 1 : 1 u... i,: 1 ,. I. .. f .lf i iuu i'n uiirrance. J - . 1 .a 9 9 i.ii tutj next uay ijeore Utnry com menr-ci studying m good earnest, and 1 the teacher helped h:m faithfully. Nevjer did I s. e a change so radical and snd-t-n h s that which took place in ihe hab- : . - . r .1 . . . 1. poor ooy. v eoin os ine teacaer treated rum with kindness and respitt, the scholars .a ll I . I i.i .. u,? xainjie arm tae resuu was. l'lat we t)Un the unfortunate youth. U,1R of tlie most noble-hearted, generous. a :o'nodating. and truthful playmates in iue wariu. . 1. . 1 "ig years ti-ye passed since those sdioul-ü.iv dii'S. George Henry has becom- a man of middle . end in all the 11111 II I f lp T ft U fl S Tint 1 there is not a man more beloved - J .. .w. a ! an'1 'ppcted than he is. And all is the ! r?sult cf one Teacher having done his du- ! - ' . ! 1 mi wh- ftrm trhnnl liiKh... 11 11 uiw giuuui vt.uv.liclj. rememoer Ind responsiDimy tnat devolves upI 0,1 yu" 1,1 lhis country of free schools. there should be no distinction between clases. All alike are entitled to our care und counsel, and the more weak the more earnest should be our endeavors to lift him up and aid him. Miss Xitncy Till on Woman's Rights. Miss Nancy Till pitches into the local of the St. Louis Republican in a way which will efiectualy spike his guns. Miss Lucy can now lake her time: Mr. Local: My attention has just been directed to an article which appeared in the local column relative to Miss Lucy Stone aud the cause shu advocates. You wish to circumscribe woman to the little circle of home, and would d-?ny her j tii03e political aud legal privileges to which I think she is entitled. Now. sir. I am a woman, and if not very "strong min led" I am a powerful muscular one. and would be willing to take my chance on an election day at the polls in a "muss with the best "buffer" among the "lord3 of creation." My husband is a poor, puny creature, that don't appreciate his privileges, and is even ungrateful enough not to recognize a protector in me. His nervous temperament and modesty has always kept him in the back ground, and if h had half my spirit he would have ! Y .- mm. 2.-. at-iA t f M AilttMl 1 Anil nf I ! a ft t L . to agitate this question, and we will have ' our rights, even if we have to divest men of theiis. What prescriptive right, I would liki to know, have the men to the breeches? Adam and Kve started alike, fig leaves were abundant, and all grw after the same pattern, until some barbrrou? goose after the "fall," under-

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took to discriminate between the sex. Now. I am going to illustrate my principies by practice. I am a candidate for the first vacancy in the police, ami should I pet the appointment, if ever I see. your . ,. . . . . ugir pmz poking around in improper , tn . i I aft I I

rious principles succeed, one half of tlieiwav the screws would be so loose'

ed of assault and battery, after a power-j ful defenc? she mad- in her own tehalf, 1 and us womu are going to make her city recorder, and before the first fiscal irst fiscal year; will be S J fiid, is half over, the treasury a T. - A ... ... i 1 f V K I h I 1 a uiai ws ut uve iu u iuu iu uuia n. a aaaa a . - . . I f niw I in r-1 .-.- , i n . ' i a ii. ui uui plan, in, u iu c Uj a j se.cre t society, to be styled the order of ; , the "lone woman." We are going to ;, I. ....... ... hive all thrstngle lad:es and widows in! th" Ian. I members of it. an l make them swear they won't marry until we 1 our rightr, the result of which will hav(v be . that you won't have any item of a Most! baby" for years, probibly to corne. We knov the weakness of men for us, and comn.uuicate through von to tl world. NANCY TILL.

! appearance; and they will be sure to borAs many of our readers are not fully 1 ro.v their nei2hbor's conv to see if it does

intonncil as to the exact nature ot the jililaculty between Uussii anl Turkey we! copy lüe louowmg extract, which we im.i ! ID fiflirlr 1:1 t Ii' trhi'lir.i,i'l M.iff.i. i - - - - -o"Ihe present trouble between Russia " j 01 ! and Turkey f..w out of the claim Kufsia to exercise a sort of Protectorate over the members of the Greek Church in the Ottumn dominions. After various i i.:i.-fp .1 . w-gmiaiiui... ariuce itrnsciiiKou, t::e 1 Russian minister, save th Czir's ul1 . ... tnnatuin, which the Sultan without hsnation rejected. The Four Poxera th;:n ' offered their arbitration, and framed a ! llotc which it was supposed, would br t acceptable to both parties as a basi of P-ace. Ihe note proposed a declaration " the part of the Sultan that h would make the Greek Christians equal partici paters "in the advantages couceded to

other Christians by conventions or spa- j a man named Ctunmings, who is a conti! agreements." The Czir immediately t tractor on the Covington and Lexington

i accepted the Vienna note as satisfactory: hut the Sultan insisted upon adding the words, "being Ottoman subjects." The Four Powers, or at least Englanü

and France, intended the note to be ad- brother of Cummings in the height of pasverse la tha ultimatum of Prince M?n - sion. struck a min named Wilson. This

schikoif which virtually claimed a Kus sian protectorate over the Greek church!

in Turkey; but the Sultan saw at a g.ance ' once brought into requisition. Mr. Jackthat every thing was conceded to Russia. son, the proprietor of the house, did all The negotiators of the arbitration, how-j in his power to stay the affray, but withever, th ught the Ottoman addition en out success. The combatants, consisting

tirely needless and hypercritical. The; London Tiin'3 said: "It is clear as facts i tan make it, that the question between 1 - the two notes the Vienna note and the same with the Ottoman aditionl i3 a quesUon of words only; for the intent and spirit of the instruments, according to the views of the Conference, were the same." It turns out however, that the diplomatists of England and France were completely outwitted; for the Russian Emperor soon announced publicly his in-

terpretation of the Vienua note, an I bowie knife. The wound i3 very deep, claimed it as sanctioning the exorbitant! and in a most fatal part. At our last addemands of his own ultimatum. The ! vices, the physicians thought he could English and French have at last had their j survive but a few hours longer. This is eyes opened. The London Times admits ' a most distressing affray, discreditable to its error. The Turkish addition of "be- ; all parties concerned, and we hope will ing Ottoman subjects," it may. here be : be properly investigated. Edward Cumremarked. wus intended to distinguish! mings and a man named Wood, have been the mass of the Greek church in Turkey ! arrested and committed. All the rest we from the small communities of Christians hone will soon be apprehended.

which have certain advantages of civil and religious freedom, aud which enj'oy almost entire independence of Turkish authority; for, being amenable by special convntion to thi-ir rpcnniv Pmhacci-c and not to the Porte, they are not prop -I -- erly "Ottoman subjects." The Times now says. "It must be obvious that the Four Powers could never have intended that several millions of Ottoman subjects, of the Greek Church, should have been invested with the privilege of an appeal from Turkish authorities to the representatives of Russia." Yet this is what Russia has been contending for. all along, and what the original Vienna note really authorizes her to demand." A Relic of a Past Age. A correspondent of the Frankfort Commonwealth says that there is now residing on the place of J. Dudly Davis, Esq , in Scott county, a frei woman of color, whose uge, from reliable sources, is 120 years. She was grown at the time of Rraddock's defeat, in 177D, which she well remem bcr3. SIim frequently washed the clothes of the 'Father of his Country," prior to her emigrating fjom the "Old Dominion" 'to this State,

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"Stop jly Fiiper.' The following is too good to be thrown away, without at least a passing notice. They are true to the letter, an 1 suitable to all localities. We are of the opinion . . . .. . a" I a ! that the weakest canacilv cannot lau to i laughed in our sleeve though outwardly u-e looked as grave as an owl when one of these regulators of the world has marched into our jinctum. and ordered a discontinuance of his paper. And it al-1 : I 1 . I 1 ! wars noes us jroou to see now ine siarcn " . . 1 a 4"l I al - I - ? is lasts u out oi nun, wiitie i ne cut tor sin ilinly replies. "Certainly. 6ir. with the greatestest of pleasure, just as soon ES the Clerk has entered a hundred or more names ! which have, tust hern sent in." The mighty nun wilts down like the narra tive of a whipped spaniel, and he shrinks away muttering to himself- "Well I am e . afraid that stopping my paper e ! ined him after all." has not ru These swells who stop their paper on account of some mifF which has found its wav into their craniums, are sure to i linitli llic iiuir ui fctic; lirAfc laiur, iiiiun ins that another number will make its : 0lQ hig teilfon uwii .väftBjVBii w uaa aj avav- v-b m u 9 j We onCÄ kniBr a Minister, who in de- . -i a t. . t i . EcriJiug wie v'iristiaii s ciiaracier. anu uie circumspection of his wal k. said the way to heaven required as much caro as it did for a cat to walk on a wall covered with broken bottles. It is something so with an editor, ii ne ?s to please everyoody. i e t lit Tistols and Ilawie Knives Again. most disastrous tiht took place in , , .. p. ii . 1 the barroom of the tanners Hotel, in! Covington, on Tuesday night last particulars, as we have been .earn mem, are as follow,. Mr. The ",, . Mr. Hiram Kleat, a respectable citizen of Kenton county, while under the influence ot liquor, indulged in some abusive epithets against foreigners, several of whom were sitting in the barroom at the time. One, I Railroad, replied sharply, and was himJ self replied to in turn, by several who i were present. The conversation at length i became general and violent, and a young was the signal for a general fight. Chairs, tables, pistols and bowie knives were at of about a .losen men. druuk with liquor and passion, dealt their blows pnrniscuouslr. and vers dc-f alike to reason and 1 - consequences. Wilson was shot in the thism. and is severely wounded. Anoth1 er man, named vm. wadd.e. was cut in the ab (omen with a bowie knife, and is doubtless mortally wounded. His bowels came out and presented a most horrible spectacle. There is no chance of his a . a ai t - ttr i it recovery. Another man, named isowen, was stabbed in the leftside, also, with a .a Cincinnati Commercial. It is now two hundred and fifteen years since the first college Harvard Univeri Btty was established in the United In. . . States. At the end of the 17th century there were only three colleges in the country Harvard, Yale, William and Mary. At present there are 12D colleges in tho United States. Temperance Ticket. The Temperance political Convention, which met in Hartford, Wednesday, made out the following ticket for State officers: Charles Chapman, of Hartford, for Governor. Charles Ives, of New Haven, for Lieut. Governor. Edward S. Moseley, of Hampton, for Secretary. Thomas Clark, of Coventry, for Treas urer. Rollin L. Ikecher, of Winchester, for Comptroller. A lone widow of Plainfield, N. Y., who H'as in indigent circumstances, has received a legacy of 81,000,000 from a rlatvc in England.

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Letter from Horace Greeley. The following is Mr. Geeley's letter to the Ohio Editorial Convention: New York. D.c 5. 1653. Deac Sik: You ask me to attend your . . " P. r im: P,,Kiuh.r n prac ticable to do. Your alternatire proposi tion, that I would writ? you a word of advice, or suggestion, is readily adopted. I would suggest, then, that the Editors and Publishers of Ohio, will act worthily and usefully, if they adopt the following course of journalist faith and practice, to be lived up to hereafter, viz: 1. Cash payments - for all - printing, when delivered, for all advertisements when ordered, if by strangers, and when delivered, for all advertisements when oruerea. n ur strangers, and wnen tne,r I .a pucucation is completed, it ordered oy , men of known rosnonsiSilitv- Should the term of pubH;ation eXceed'six weeks, bills to be presented and paid monthly. m a a j v,...-.rc n tnr ,.V.l.K'U.Lf.iftJ,VFavu..1U,7L'W,UIV. I when delivered, and, if sent by mail, to be paid in advance. 2. . An earnest and intelligent support of the principles, fundamental docrines and active measures of any party, to be given according to conviction; but the knaveries of defaulters and peculators of one's own party to be visited with at least, equal severity as though the cul piits belonged to the adverse party. Let the public be assured that editors are not (attorneys who whitewash or blacken f.hraf, rK . .u..-hnn ln b f.(, .. ! nlainii.T or defendent. but in th main. :,Äii :,.,, ;,Ln,ian, 1 11 11. 1 1 1 Ö J iiih.iiu(iii, pauiuiii. viir xens, who support one party, or the other, as they honestly believe best for the country. I think the majority of the American journals more servile 8ml indiscriminate in their partiza iship than those of any other fiee country. 3. Systematic resistance to. and dis courag,meril of ,he u,vver practic ofj harassing the press with suits of libel r a . mistakes, inaccurate inform. tion. or the unobserved insertion of some i advertisement, or police report that some 1 ; body chooses to consider dispar-ipjog. "4- uenerai agreement 10 discuss prin- - , , , , v 1 , ! " puuuc measures more tnoroughly, and personal character lers fre1 l" ': . ' . o. a more unitea, systematic, determined, advocacy of improvement in common school education, as essential to the public welfare, first, and to the liberal circulation of newspapers next. 1 0. ihe earnest commendation to pub lic favor of all judicious measures intended to diffuse practical education in the sciences and useful arts to diminish pauperism and crime, and to extend the sway of justice, temperance, virtue, and true religion. ours for progress. HORACE GREELEY. To W. T. Coggesh all. Esq., C. C. 4rrangtmtnts. Columbian Oßce Cincin7iati. A P.Tf.NT Deceptive Hes"s Nlst This is one of the most ingenious contrivances 0:' the age, and is the invention of a down east Yankee. The. design is to deceive poultry into the speedy ami liberal laying of eggs, which is accomplished by the peculiar construction of the machine. At the bottom of the nest there is a trap doir which works on a hinge, being supported by a spring. The moment an egg is placed on this, the trap opens, and lets it fall through into a cushioned nartment prepared for its reception. The consequence is. that the bird, just as sh is preparing to cackle, glances al the nest and seeing nothing, actually reasons herself into the belief that she has not laid at all, and resumes her position on the nest, in hopes of making a more successful effort. On the first trial of this curious contrivance, before the Commissioner of Patents to test its virtues, a singu lar result was eiiecteo. A large imported Russian hen was located on the nst and left to her meditations. On account of pressing business, the hen was forgotten until the next day. when, to the utter astonishment of the Commissioner, and even the inventor himself, on examining the nest, they found nothing but a pair of claws, bill and a bunch of feathers; the mystery was explained, however, upon examining the chamber beneath, in which they found half a bushel of eggs. Two Irishmen, who were traveling together, got out of money, and. being in want of a drink of whiskey, devised the following ways and means. Patrick, catching a frog out of a brook, went ahead, and at the very first tavern he came to. asked the landlord what ort of a 'crater that was "It is a frog." replied the landlord. "No sir,' said Pat, 'it is a moue." "Il'sa frog," presisted the laudlord. "It is a mouse, declared Pat, 'and I will leave it to the first traveler that cornea along for a pint of whiskey." "Agreed," said the landlord. Murphy soon arrived, and to him was the appeal made. After much examination and deliberation he declared it to be a mouse, and the landlord, in spite of his senses, paid the bet.

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Sleigh Ride with a Young Widow. Snow had fallen; the young of the village got up a grand sleighirjj prty to a country tavern at son1 ditsnnce; and the interesting wido' Lambk:?- jn the same sleigh, under th? sane butfK mypelf. "Oh! oh! don't," she "exclaimed, as we came to the first biiJge, catching me by the arm, and turning her veiled fsce towards me, while her eyes twinkled through the moonlight. "Don't what?'' 1 asked, "I'm not doing anything." "Well, but I thought ycu were going to toke toll.'" replied Mrs. Lambkin. I rejoined "what's that?" "How!" exclaimed the widow, her clear laugh ringing above the music of the bells. "Dr. Meadows pretends he don't know what toll is." ; "Indeed, I don't then I said, laughing m turn. "Don t know that cenllemer.. whe1 t!ief 0 on a slHohinz nartv claim a kis3 as lolj wj,on thfv cr0Sä a bt-l(jCf.? well i never! u nen next e came to a briilgeand I claimed toll, the struggles cf the widow to hold her veil were not sufficient to tear it; and somehow, when the veil was removed, her face was turned directly towards my own. in the gli;tering of the moonlight, the horse trotted on. himself, and toll was taken for the first time in his life by Dr. Meadows. Soon we came to a long bridge, but the widow said it was no tse to resist, and she paid up as we reached it, without 1 struggle. "But you won't take toll for every arch, will you. Doctor?" she asketi; to w hich the only reply was a practicr.l affirmative to the question. Did you ever, reader, sleigh ride with a widow, ana take toll at the briJgej? Indiana Railroads. This State has made rapid pro;res in the construction of Railways, and in this particular, ns also in point of prosperity, she stands next to the great State of Ohio. The agricultural and commercial growth of Indiana, is equalled only by that persevering and enterprising spirit which hap r-nibled her c i t i T '" ( struct. 1 within u few vcar?. twelve iiur.'JrcJ n.ius of iron tracks. The following is a list of the several roads:

Name of Corporation. Mils. Columbus and ähelbyville 31 Evan.ville and Crawfordsvillc 3-1 Indiani Central Indianapolis nJ Bel le fon t a i nc b4 Indianapolis aud Cincinnati 'J4 Jeffersonville 107 Lafayette and Indianapolis C4 Madison and Indianapolis 64 Martinsville 27 New Albany and Salem 2S7 Newcastle and Richmond 12 Northern Indiana 62 Ohio and Mississippi 32 Peru and Indianapolis 72 Shelbyville and Knightstown 27 Shelbyville Lateral 10 Shelbyville and Rushvilla 20 Terre Haute and Richmond 73

Ad Interesting Case of Life Insnranre. A very peculiar case, says the Rochester Union, arising on a life policy, lias recently been adjudicated in that judicial district. N. Osborne. Esq., at the instance of the late II. B. Williams E?q., procured a polity of insurance, upon his life for Born 82.500. under these circumstances: Several risks had been takrn prior to Mr. William's leaving for California by an insurance agent in that city, and prior to the application of Mr. Osborne, which was declined. Mr. Oeborii ! then made an application to a New York I agency of a British company, the applicttion and certificate of the tate of Mr. William's health being dated Sept. 5. The risk was taken by the company in question, and th policy dated Oct. 7. It so happened that on the evening of the very day on which the policy was issued, Mr. Williams died on the Isthmus, of cholera, of which he had been sick several days. Th company refused to pay, on the ground that Mr. Williams was not well at the time the risk was taken. Suit was brought, and the court held that the policy was granted oa the state of facts existing at the date of ths application, ami that the company assumed the risk involved in the subsequent lapse of time. Mr. Osborne recovered the amount of his claim and the company has paid it. A Trap eob a Troublesome Tongue. Sheridan was one day much annoyed by a fellow member of the House of Commons wdio kept crying out every few minute9, "Hear! Hear!" During the debate he took occasion to describe a political cotemporary that wished to play rogue and only had sense enough to act fool. "Where." exclaimed he with emphasis, "where 6hall we find a more foolish kuave or a more knavish fool than he?" "Hear! Hear!" was shouted bv tha troublesome member, Sheridrn turned round, thanked him for the prompt information, in, sat down amidst a general roar of laughter. The fellow who believes it his reli. , duty to follow the commands of ( .- scripture, and take up arms against tl.common enemy 'of man lias commenced hugging all the putty girls he meets.