Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 5, Number 49, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 September 1853 — Page 1

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WILLIAM MOORE AND WU. E. UcLEAN.

Term* nHutriftmn.

For six moDlh* #1 .w Per lutaotn, If ima within six months? ".0" AfUr thaexpiration of lh»y«r TvA if paid on receipt of the fit* p«p«r......... tr No paper Sl*ccaUnu*d until »U amwrages are paid, except at the option of the proprietor*. 7Vrm« tdtertUimg. OwSquarethreo tetkj... Each additional Insertion wr 8j oar*. 25

JCT Liberal discount made to yearly adrertlaera.

The Ivy in the Dungeon*

i. IT OUIL0 MACXAT iT Tbofvy In the dungeon grow, Unfed by rein, oneh**r«*f by dew *'*. It# pallid leaflet ouly drank "*1 Care-moUta roe foul and odors 5 *1 Bat through tb* dungeon fratiar 1 There foil a •unhewn from the sky

dank, high

It 4tqH:«fO» the grateful floor

rffcJ, sot tbim* evermore. The ivy felt a tremor shoot Through all ft# fibre* t* the root}

It frit the light, it mw thorny, It atrore to blossom Into day. It grew, it crept, It puthed, it clomb— si ^iLoug bad the darkneoe been It* homo

But well knew, though relied In nighty The goodneM and tho joy of light Its clinging roots grew deop and strong, .wajti etem* expanded firm and long.

And in Uk* correal ef tho air, Its tender branches flourished fair.

It reached the beam—It thrilled, It curled, 7 It blessed the warmth that cheer# th« world} ... sjjj fOM towarda the dongoon-bara, 7 It looked upon the sou and stars.

It felt the life of bursting •prlng, 7" It hoard tho happy akylark «ing: It eaaght tb* breath of morna and e»ee,

And woo«d tlie iwallow to itt ieaTea, By rains and dew* and aaaahine fed, Over the outer wall* It spread A»»d in the day-beam waring

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jrvlt grow Into aateadfaat t«H.., Upon that tolltary place It* rtjrdure threw adorning grace

The fiiHting bird* became Tu gueatu, And »ang iu pralwa from their «o*t«* Wou5d'*t know the moral of the rhymet Jtahoid the heavenly light and clltnb »T« ei'erv dungeon come* a ray

Of God1* Interminable day.

tar TtM^w'* Mthn* h» Jb» WlowhNr. that will waeh tt»« tfuArtn** of tho ifotpret bwwt-wrtl. Jto wb«h«* Uwt ic*Jtr*a the e«*krt of b""***"'''

lot with lite (!MUuiH( «y» that Wl» at twp*« Our Little Boy. I .** hi« W"hfir pl*y win drw«Ml Wm

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Thi! People'* Wcnpon.

1 «»They ha*« a wfmpon Brawr »et, Alkl h»tt« th*n lH« buyooetl ,-•» A waapon wfcleh comce Oown a* *HU

A* MoW'SahM fall open Um i«*d, llat eweote* a fwm*"'* will A* llcbttli« dwe wtll «rf God I -3 Nor from IuImto,the

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Tti» rnw wm on tit* fh«tk and th« Wf III* Up* «rw mil ot Iw and hl» l*«nh And tb* *parkle of hU «y« told th« m*rrjr lw»rt«l bojr. I «tood WI4« Omsroorh wh«r« U* U/, And *triwct««l with till t«wathf«l W« l«»t aw*#, Ho rw» wa* oo Ul* ebeeh and Ob, bow Urok# my beart that the darting bojr «boaM die. I naw him total to white a* Mwjr dWwd Ma tor tb^toaib. And laW upon ht* hre**t a #w«rt Mortom la It* Uaemi A Bail* toawty Wof«»l »t|«« W» ftw» It

I weiw wwiljr »l«nobwrtof tnera.

!l *air him onet *gate to the of Ujenight, Mr worn*I a tiltt* eltrrub In bl« robe* of luowy while, A harp w»* ia hi# h*od *wl a garland hi* br»», yorcter more an iui«*l—*ueb him now.

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Such Wives aro Scarce

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Il'ifmiesler, ^youth of uiicofftnnon underm#»ding «od abilities, ao long as he continued mih© aniversiiy, distinguished himseK above *11 his leltow students by his «x»mplary appltoation. When he loH it, he wished particularly to improve his knowledge of the law, and in oousequenoe of hU good charaolcr was admiilod to board in the family of an eminent barrister, under whose tuition he doubted not but ho would quire that learning which was then the sole abject of his ambition. 5 With Ihe above counsellor lived a oonfi* tteniial housekeeper, who, although rather on the wane, was still *n agreeable woman. She was born of respectable parents, pos* •essod of an obliging disposition, and had oultivated her mind by reading. Her continual kind office*, yet unasked for, had gained her from IIofmiwter sentiments of re-

ard, whioh received in the course of a illno*». during which she nursed htm and, indtod ha was partly indebted for his his recovery to her particular attention. They auWquftatly booame more in» timate, in on« respect notwithstanding love was^quite out of tho question—at least on the side of Moftneister—as ahe was more than doubl* hit age.

In thia manner tome years eiapted, at the expiration of which Hofmieater thought him* aelf oompatent to' appear at th« bar: when in ooottqucnca of His known abilities and good moral principles, he soon procured many olienis, the number whereof augmented, owning to bis integrity and indefatigable activity.

In the midst of hi* oooupatio®, no wonder if he lost sight or Ms worthy housekeeper, when one morning she came to pay him informed htm that from oonfi

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Hotmeuier examined the papers with Proper attention, and hegava his opinion &atfc«r rigfcf wa* andeniabk, and offered

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duuiilM^d I com, to trust bim with tin ran- b«»ko°w «h»l he h«d bwo guillj of affement of a most interesting affair. A that offonded her. J?«r nl.tlou'ol ktx h,d *». to tit. Em Sh« "?u?d

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thouaht herself the nearest kin. and that ahe! P*n|y ")eir. «»reatanmg to expose bad acoordiwrly written to Holland, whanca owrlasung cewure. Notwitbstandnaa accordingly Ing he represented bow long their uniea bad

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ITri Sl. inform k.r .jtf,:.Iraouon U«t m^lb. oa but, Su i«dor. .b«h« mt dim. f-asttd on solid foundation wr not

to suanort it. He r«nor«dTe ^ctk^^fj P«|m measures wera adoptad for the pre £a SSdiowan who said sb« had not the of the plojected plan. meana of paying ihe pwlimiMty cam Tbay atiB eonUnned ia tbelame house

must b« conaiderable, by olforing tof the divorced wife insisted on acting bar formaktt the ioartw* at his own expense, aadj mer part with reepect to bouaek««pttg( aloroausinr not to demand baing raimbura- though aba wtabad to keep within Wr owa td in case be should not sucotod. I apartm*nt. A few days after, Uofineister

Ha took hia departure, and upon arriving found on Ma bnreaa a basdla of papaia tbelisfiue found maitars ju*t ha bad ex-. which proved to be toucher* to the amount pected: be had to encounter a tho«saad oh- of fifty thousand crowns with a fear fin*s inSaolaa that hia ak ill knew bow to ramova ha! cNnaung that sum to ha hia without a«y reteoaivad many proposals which hia intt^gri- serve. He went to meet tha donor, whom caused htm to reject* and feraaw aevaral ha entreated anew to reveal to bim Marea that hi* prader^a taugM him to what eoold have suggtsted her ndopl-

hastiness was gives op to biro, and he delayed not to return home You may easily imagine (he joy of hi# friend on seeing him the bearer of such happy tidings and so immense a property The whole transaction appeared as a dream to the good creature—she could scarcely credit her own eyes. Indeed ahe did not then repay the benefactor, to whom ahe was obliged for all she possessed, but only said la bim when he left her in the evening, that she would think on the following day of die charging her debts and they parted with out another word about it.

On the day following, she invited him to come and see her, asked bis advice con oerning a multiplicity of arrangements promised to adhere to him, but hat embarrassed countenance revealed that there waa something that expired on her lips: at length however, she summoned her spirits and addressed bim thus: •No one can be more sensible than my self in this sudden transition .from medioo rity to opulence, how much I stand in need of a counsellor to advise me in whom I can repose entire confidence. My present fortune, I know might procure me a choice among men of almost every age and siiua tion in life: but (ar from accepting their offer I wish to choose for myself. To you lay under great obligations, to you 1 owe aH I am worth and if my hand with the coramand of my whole fortune, can prove acceptable, I here make you Ihe offer, and I shall think myself happy if it be not rejected.

Hofmeister was not a little surprised at this unexpected proposal. Ninety-one out of a hundred, in a similar position, would have agreed to it without taking time to re fleet. Hofmeister made all possible objec lions, assured her that he felt the importance of her proposition, that he esteemed her as a friend, and a person endowed with a generous mind but that esteem was not love that he could rather show her the respect of a son than ihe affection of a husband be begged ner to reflect that the Inequality of age had often rendered miserable such couples as love had united and that more fatal consequence still were to be apprehended when benetfils alone formed the bonds/

The good lady was not to be persuaded bv his awcourso quite the reverse she replied that she saw with pleasure that no interested motives could actuate him that wanton self-love could not blind her to the difference in their ages that it was real friendship that suggested her proposition that the iaiter sentiment was the only one she could demand and that whatever he might determine, her most ardent wish was to meliorate the situation of him who had rendered himself deserving of it.

Subsequsnt to some further discourse of this sort Hofmeister at last accepted her offer with thanks and a short time after they were made man and wife.

They lived as happy as could be expected considering that friedship alone had brought them together. Hofmeister on aooount of his increase of fortune, entirely gave up his profession, but continued upon terms ol intimacy with several of his former brethren, who were trequently at hia table, and who often returned the oompliment. ^Ond'of them bad lately married a young wife of superior beauty, uncommon wit, and excellent education. Possessed ofsuoh advantages she neoessarily could not escape being noticed by Hofmeister. He always liketf to ait by her at the table, and when a walk was proposed he would always offer her his arm most of his discourse waa addressed to her.

These trifling attentions he was not sensible of himself, but the eye of a wife is often more penetAting than that of a husband. Madame Hofmeister perceived what was going on and doubted not for a moment but love was the teoret motive of these doings. Nevertheless, she always behaved with a mildness that denoted her aimabie disposition and with a prudence that screened her suspicions. Site continued to invite the fair lady, on the one hand not to fan a pit*it'on that might blaza from opposition on the other to avoid being suspected of jealousy, which would only serve to augment what she wished to diminish. Several years thus followed, and Hofmeister enjoyed as much undisturbed happiness as any rational man could wish for. =At last an «ventooeurred whloh Madame Hofmeister, to apeak the truth, had more than onoe anxiously wished for. The husband of that beantiful young lady, whose name waa Landott, and who was aa old again aa hia wile, died. His forlorn widow wept as is customary in those oases and as soon as she was out of mourning Mad ame Hofmeister made her husband a proportion that occasioned her husband still greater astonishment than whan she offered to marry him she proposed a divorce.

After ha had recovered from bis surprise, he inquired what motive could prompt ao

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declaring at the same time that a would oocasioo no alteration in their domestic arrangea»eoU so that Hofmeister, yielding to bar perseverence, finatty awMwamd, and

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prehensible and gtoeroas, and to take back her immense present. The last request she rejected in a tone that flowed no objection with regard to the first she w6uldrshe said, comply with lit aa soon as she bad brought to bear another project which she had ia contemplation.

One day after dinner she ordered ber carriage, under a pretence of taking a ride. She generally invited Hofmeister to keep her company this once however, ahe dropped the compliment, For a moment he wondered at it, but business oi

It might be easily conceived that, hotwithstanding such a proposition was by no means alarming, the overture, nevertheless was romewhat so novel, that the widow must have felt no small amazement at it but to what pitch was it not raised when upon asking who that meritorious object might be, her friend informed her no other than her former identical huaband, who indeed, was equally ignorant of her visit and her proposal but whose affection for Madame Landoll she had long since had a thorough con victton

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vain would the young widow attempt

to postpone giving an answer, under pretence that it was impossible to decide so hastily on a matter of so serious importance She pressed her so obstinately that the wid ow at last confessed that, if Hofmiester did really love her, she might possibly listen to his addresses. The old lady, satisfied with such a reply bade her adieu in the most friendly manner and returned home.

The next morning, as they were sitting at breakfast together, this extraord^ry wc^ man said to her former husband.

My dear friend, 1 have already made you two presents, which you little expected.Vy» •Only two! Excuse me 'Patience, patience, my dear Hofmeister —two only the first when I compelled you to marry me the second when I wished to unburden myself, in your behalf, of part of a 1'ortunn that was cumbersome to me: what would you say if I were to make you, on this day, a more valuable present than either of the former two/

Most generous of women!' exclaimed Hofmeibter. Yes a third I tell you the heart of a young and amiable woman, deserving of you and whom you love.'

The astonishment which is depicted on my countenance must inform you that I do not comprehend a word of what you mean that I have not given second marriage a thought, still less made choice neither can I conceive how—'

How 1 fetl concerned you were going to say! Well let us see. You have thought of no one yet—not even the widow Ladott? I have caught you there! Your sudden blushes confirm what I wish to know but now without a joke, I must give you an aocount of yesterday afternoon's occupation/

She then related the whole, and inquired if she had acted right. But too right I Yet I am at a loss to conceive

How I have been able thus to read within your heart Ah, my friend, there I long ago discovered your love, and esteemed two-fold the man who, by the side of a superanualed wife, knew bow to express his affection tor a youthful and beauteous woman, who seemed not to dislike him. The moment A}r. Landott was no more, if I had neglected executing my plan, should have eternally reproached myself for having prevented tha union of two persons created for each other. My motives now, I hope, can no longer appear mysterious.'

The history now draws near Tft THrticlusion. The proposed marriage took place, to tha extreme joy of both parties concerned. On tha day the ceremony waa performed, iUfmeister'a friend offered him a transfer of the whole property, which he was forced to acnapt of neither had ahe occasion ever to repent her generosity. Tha new married ooupla oonatdered her as a parent, and the tha mistress ol their home. Every one ahowed ber the respect doe to her age, and tuli mora to her disposition. ,Mf

Settuxo ve Wmo Acootnrcs—The New" York Herald

tartly remarks, that according

to recent developments, if the lata whig party had continued in possession of tho federal government another term, the Secretary of the Treasury would have been driven to tha necessity of asking a loan of Congreasto balance the outstanding deficiencies. In addition to the alleged unpaid balances due the government from two of ihe late collectors at San Francisco, amounting to half a million more or less, submerged ia quart* mining and other speculations, we have some new disclosures of a defalcation or two almost every week. The other day a small deficit of ten thousand was bronght tto light in the State Department and now ire era informed by the St, Paul Minnesota Drawers!* that Gov. Gorman has

engaged for several days investigating the charges against the late whig *ov«*oc Ramsey on accocint of the ftaads perpetrated upoa

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ous consequence made him soon forgetful of so tnfliog a circumstance, He had in all probability lost sight of her, when the coachman was bid to drive to Madame Landott's. The widow was at home and welcofcted her visitor with the greatest civility. After the general topics of conversation had been run over, the old lady introduced the subject of widowhood, and inquired without ceremony, whether it was not attended with many unpleasant circumstance. Being answered io the affirmative, she asked the beauteous widow it she felt any inclination for a second marriage and without leaving ber time to reply, added that the object of her visit was to propose a husband who war possessed of every qualification to please her, and who united to an agreeable person a feeling heart and a large fortune, and he might also be said to be in the prime of life.

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anHthe'(*al^lttlok#^ entfr**y

soeted^and the aggregate of rascality known, and the severe! dtvsaiaas plainly stated I— That

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They hatagoia^wOluaaotlKMfWtg^ ly educated, that ha has taken to music.— They rsfulate his tiose by tsrisua* his tail —tha greater the twsatng ^ba higher the

Never regret what Is Irretrievably iotiU

False prophet!—Still and statu elike. at yonder window, stands the wife. The clock has told the the small hoars yet her face is pressed closely against the window pane, striving in vain, with atrainiiig eye. to pierce the darkness. She sees nothing: ahe hears nothing bat the bearing ot her own heart). Now ahe takes her seat, opens a small Btble, and aeeka from it what com fort she may, while tears blister the pages Then she clasps her hands and, her lips are trembling with mute supplications.— Hi«t—there is an unateady atep in the ball she knows it I Many a time and oA, it has trod upon her heart-strings. She glides down gently to meet the wanderer. He falls heavily against her* and in mandlin tones, pronounces a name he has long since forgotton *fo honor.' Oh! all-enduring power of woman's love! no reproach, no upbraiding—the alight arm passed around that reeling figure, once erect In "God's own image." Vi ith tender words ot en treaty, which he ia powerless to resist, even if he would, she leads bim in. It is but repetition of a thousand such vigils! It ia the performance of a vowu with a heroism ahd patient enduransf||[^m common and every day to be chronicled on earth: too holy and heavenly to pass unnoticed by the "registering angels" above!

All's wall!"

'^Falsa^prophet!—In yonder luxurious room sits one whose curse it was to be fair as a dream of Eden. Time was, when those clear eyes looked lovingly into mother* face—when a gray-haired father laid his trembling hand, with a bleasing on that sunny head—When brothers' and sisters' voice blended with her own. in heart muaio around that happy hearth. Oh! where are they now? Are there none to say to the repenting Magdalen—"Neither do 1 condemn thee—go and sin no morel"— Must tbe gilded fetter continue to bind the soul that loathes it because man is less merciful than God 1 "All's wall!"

False prophet!—There lies the dead orphan. In all the length and breadth of the green earth there was found no sheltering nest where that lonely dove could fold its wings, when the parent bird had flown. The brooding wing was gone, that covered it from the cold winds of negleot fend unkindness. Love was its life, and so—it drooped I 5# '-All'# well!" WS

False prophet!—Sin walks the earth in purple and fine linen honest poverty, with tear-bedewed face, hungers and shivers, and thirsts, 'while the publican stands afar!' The widow pleads in vain to the ermined judge of 'justice and, unpunished of heaven, sin springs upon his helpless prey! "All's walll"

Ah, yes, all is well!—for He who ''seeth the end from the beginning," holds evenly the scales of justice. Dives shall yet beg of Lazarus." Every human tear is counted. They shall sparkle as gems in the crown of the patient and enduring desciple! When the clear, broad light oi eternity shines upon life's 'crooked paths, we shall see the snares and pitfalls from which our hedge of thorns has fenced us in and, in the maturity of our full grown faith, we shall repentingly say—"Father I not as I will but as thou wilt."— Fanny Fern.

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^«rn A True Picture, '"Dimes and dollars, dollars and dime*. A a empty pockot ia tho worst of crimes." Yes and don't you presume to show yourself anywhere, until you get it filled. "Not among good people!" No my dear simplicity, not among good people They will receive you with a galvanic ghost of a smile, seared up by indistinot reoollections of the ten commandments, but it will be as short lived as their stay with you. You are welcome that's tbe amount of it. They are all in a perspiration lest you should be delivered of request for their assistance, before they can get rid df you.-—They are very busy when you call, until you get to the top of fortune's ladder.

Climb, man! olimb get to the top of tbe ladder, though adverse circumstanoes and false friends, break every round in it I and aee what a glorious and extensive prospect of human nature you'll get, when yon arrive at the aummit. Your gloves will be worn out shaking hands with the very peo pie who did'nt rocogniae your existeoce two months ego. "You must oonie and make a long visit "you must stop in at any time ••you'll always be welcome it is such a long time ainoe they had the pleasure of a visit from you, that they begin to tear you never intended to come and they'll eap the climax, by inquiring with an injured air,*"11 yon aro near-sighted, or why you have so often passed them in tbe street without speaking to them?'*

Of course you will feel very much like laughing in their faces, and so you can. You oan't do anything wrong, now that your "pocket is full." At the most, yon will only be "an eccentricity yo« can use anybody's neck for a footstool, bridle anybodys month with a silver hit, and have as many golden opinions as yon like. You won't see a frown again, Wtween thi* awl your tombstone!—Faxkt Ptmn,

Japanese Mastjuaas.—A very singular custom at tha marriage of the Japanese ia, that the teeth of the bride are made black by soma corrosive liquid. The teeth re* main black ever after, and serve to show that a woman is either married or a widow. Another oircrumstance is, at the birth of every child, to plant a tree to (he garden or eoartyard wbieh attains it* fell growth ia aa •troy year as a naa require* he matwre for the datiae of «amagw— When ha saamse, the ire* is oat down, •ad the wvod is made into hosae, to the ctothes and esher things whioh for the new married aoapfo^— The Japanese may aaany as srith ted hat they can marry any other relative.

Upon one ooeaeioa, when tbe beanciiai Sootstsh queen, in the ball vigor of her cfcartws, was walUagia a procession at Paris, esatta forced her way throagh the crowd tto wecb her. dfwn being what she ®*awbyher hold tetvMiea, said it waseaiy to satisfy hsrsei so efcgtfo a crestare waa tesh aid hteod*

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A few years ago, there lived In New York, a young Frenchman, whose pocket was understood to be often empty, sod whose head was understood to boast a vacuum as great. He was a man of few words. Ins silence even going to the verge of unsociability, and his acquaintances consequently limited. Some said hia habits were coarse, his conduct licentious, end his honesty more than questionable, and, perhaps, there wss as much truth in these statements as there usually Is respecting idle and self-willed young men, with no fixed religious principles, strong passions and tastes above their means. Sudh»nlr this stranger disappeared from New York, and soon ceased to be remembered there, except by a few who laughed occasionally at what they considered an Insane dream, which, it seems, haunted this young adventurer ^He entertained, so they said, the absurd tlfi that destiny had gre*l things in store for him. Ho believed, in short, that he would yet mount the throne of one of ihe most powerful kingdoms, and that nothing which could be done to prevent the accomplishment of his fate would succeed. He might, indeed, be kept out of his inheritance for awhile but of his triumph ultimately there was no doubt whatever. Thii man, as the reader may have guessed, was the nephew and heir of Napoleon.

Twice, in pursuance of the destiny which be believed to be his, he invaded France, once before and onoe afler his visit to this country. The last lime his mesns seemed so inadequate to the end he aimed at, that the most men laughed in derision# in faot one general shout of contempt went up from one portion of Europe to another. It was the fashion to call him a fool, except with the few who called him insane. For several years he lingered in prison, codemned to incarceration for life, in consequenoe of his last invasion of France, and lingered practically forgotten by the world. At last, however he managed to escape. But so impotent was he considered generally thai the news was scarcely regarded by any one He now went to London, but only to find the verdict of New York repeated. Even the few sagacious men, who,-like Peel, thought they saw more in him than met the general eye, forbore to state their opinion publicly, lest their reputation for sagacity might suffer. All at once, however, his dreams turned up realities. Louis Philippe was dethroned a so-called republic was established in France and the nation at large was called on to elect a President.— The fool of Boulogne, as he was nicknamed offered himself as a candidate. He was elected by an immense majority. Once in his seat, be set to work to prostrate all other rivals, and to destroy every party but his own and strange as it was then considered, this bold undertaking has succeeded.— Cavaignac, Thiers, Mont&lembert, and every other leader of eminence, he outmancevred and ruined, he is now consequently, Emperor of Franoe.

But this is not all. Scarcely had he been seated in his imperial chair, when the horizon of eastern Europe became ominous with war. f^Wonth byhionlh theclouds have thickened, irr spite of momentary glimpses of sunshine, *nd now theie is every prospect of ihe comencement of a general European strugglef It only depends, in truth, on the will of this man, the former adventurer in New York, the 'fool of Boulogne,' to say whether war shall break out or not. England, trembling for her manufacturing and commercial interests, is willing to permit Nicholas to occupy the Danubian principalities, sooner than draw the sword.— But if the French Emperor declares that this occupation cannot be submitted to if he says thst France, sooner than permit the outrage, will cross the Rhine alone, lingland, in self defence, will be compelled to take arms and the arming of these two powers involves, as every one knows, a continental war. Thus Louis Nspoleon holds in his hands the destinies of Europe. His decision will turn the scale, lie can save Turkey, or give the Czar Constantinople.— He can raise Hungary, Italy, and Poland to their feet, or keep them prostrate, and do either with a word. The man who a few years ago, who could scarcely command a dinner in New York, now orders the fate of war or peaoe in Europe, and perhaps the fate of western civilization. Is not this romance I Where, even in the Arabian Knight's, is there anything to surpass itt'

The following from the perfof Sam Slick, we conceive to be quite as apt *an illustration of the facts that exist in such eases, tu. any thing extant. Indeed, we think that Mr. Slick must be a gentleman of great practical knowledge both in the wajr of courting and horse-breaking. But gentle reader, just peruse tho following from

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Cochtwig.—Courtin' a gal,

1 guess, is like cstchin* a young horse in the pastur. Yoa pot the oats in a pan, hide the halter, and eott-sawder the critter, and it comes np softly and slyly at first, and puts its nose to the grain, and gets a taste, stands off sod munches a little, Tooks round to sea that the coast is clear, and advances cautious again ready for ago if yon are roogh. Well you soft-sawder it all the time so-so. pet! gently, pet! that's a pretty doll I and it gets to kind a like it, and nomas closer, sod yoa think yoa have it, make a grab at its mane, and its taps bead a tail, wans, wheels short round, lets go hoth hind-feet at yoa, and off like a shot. That comes of being in a hurry. Now, if yoa bad pot your band op slowly towards its shoulder, and feh aloog the aeek for Aa mane, it might aevllsape heea drawed asray, as to say. heads yoa please 1 yoar oats, hat don't want yoa tha yoa would have caught U. Well, what's yoor play, i»e yoa havw osisssd itl Why, yea don't give ebeoe, for that only eeaiae the critters hut yoa' stand stiU, shake the oats in the pan, and say, cops, cope, cope I and ft stops, looks at you, and comes up •gain, hat eariM skiftisft, strcicftes its neck oat ever so for, steals a fow grfttas* md then keapsarwspeotfoi distance. Now, what do yon do then? Why, ehake tha pan, a»d

move slowly es if yoa were gwng to leav*

Wood Ihe highest,

TakeTow Ossatf

We take the following sensible from that e.teeileet paper, the merioan Union:''—

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People hardly know how much they loose by not subscribing for their oounty paper. There are aim ays certain aaatters of locei interest, in which it behooves every good neighbor and citisen to keep duly "posted up." Instead of sending away fifty or a hundred miles for a miscellaneous paper, suited only for the general reader, every man should take first the paper published in his county, and pay for it in advance then if he has any money to spare for mere amusement, or the gratification of his own taste, let him subscribe for a good oily paper, containing able reports of popular and scientific lectures, legislative and congressional intelligence, wilh a general summary of foreign and domestio news to thtf latest moment of going to press. Now ifthw is not good advioe. we hardly know what is. It is the way we should do and we are not so selfish as to mourn the loss of a do*«n subscribers—if it should come to that—who are perhaps leaving a fellow townsman, some poor bbt worthy printer, to work on in weariness ot spirit for want of that generous support, which woyld not only cheer his heart but enable him to make his paper all that his patrons could desire. We know something of the sad experience of those who have the control of papers, from our own connection in years bye gone, with a journal of that class. It becomes a man to be just before he is generou*. and to remember thst "charity begins at home." Never subscribe to anewspaper without payingfor it in advance. The man who does his duty in this respect, reads his paper weekly, with increased satisfaction. Eyery one knows that his greatest comfort is derived from the consciousness of having done or tried to do right, and it oertainly is no mora than right to pay the printerwho isconstantly incurring large outlays for paper and composition, and who almost invuria bly pays for every article "set up" for his paprr, even before it passes into the hands ol the subscriber. Again we say,' 'takeyour county paper," and pay for it in advance!

The Kitchen.

Talk of the parlor with its touch-me-not elegance—we care nought for it. Let its oovered magnificence rot in darknes«, its red velvet lie iu shreds—its pictures gaze dimly through crape—its splendid piano stand dumb in its linen cover—its worst* ed roses wml pinks, and gilli-flowers remain unplucked indark oorners—its oarpet bloom unseen. Let the shuitera and double curtains exclude every beautiful ray of light: it is welcome to its darkness and its solitude, while we can have the pleasant, airy, yell-ow-floored, uncarpeted kiohen. Conn. Valley Farmer «$• Mechanic.

This is the placo for real enjoyment—the kitchen, with its bright shelves and clean hite tables, white with time. The kitchen with, iu comfortable old easy chair, and broad shining hearth—and cracking, blaz ing fire.

We do not mean the kitchen in the great house, where Isry servants have entire control, and the lady of tile house nev#r sef* her foot within its precints: but the homely, comfortable kitchen of the well-to do working man where the wife and the tea-kettle together, ar.d little children prattle around the mother, while her own hands set the table for lea. .There may be snow in the gloaming, or sun-arrows lodged in the tops of the trees —there may be city walls about, or blue water and undulating hills. It matters not —in such a place every thing smscks of true comfort.

Asnhtnoa hath hat two alegKtha fore*, fdirt.0* the hody^f a jworfollosr—»0aat 1...

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Make the kftwhen attractive and pleasant by all means. How absurd to keep one room in constant state, as it were, for the pleasure of a chance oaller, or a f*w partygoing friendsl We wish no further evidence of a bad housekeeper than to see her parlor in full dress, her kitchen down at the hell, and her chambers in confumon. Make your home-place the most agreeable, or if your many duties allow not time to attend' aa thoroughly as you wish to its adornment and refinement, throw open ihe doors of your best room, and let your family enjoy it. Pray who should, if not they.—-N. E Cultivator.,

Deautlfal Extract,

Go out beneath the arohed heaven Ut night's profound gloom, and say, if you can, -There is no God." Pronounce the dread blasphemy and each star above you will reprove you for your unbroken darkness of inteHeet—every voioo that floats upon the night will bewail your utter hopelessness and despair. Is tbere^no God Who, then, unrolled that blue "scroll, snd threw upon its high frontispiece the legible gleanings of immortality I Who fashioned this green earth, with iu perpetual rolling waters and its expanse of idsnds and main Who paved the heavens with elouds, and attuned amid banner* of storms ihe voice of thundenii and unchained the lightnings that linger and lurk, and flash in their gloom Who gave to the eagle a ssfe eyrie where, the tempests dwell and beat strongest, andlo tha dove a tranquil abode amid the forest that ever echoes to the minstrelsy of her moan Who made light pleasant to the*, and darkness cowering, and a herald to tbe first flashes of moroiagt* Who gave thee that matchless symmetry of stoews and limbs I Tha regalar flowing of Wood 1 The irrepressible ahd dari»g"paaioos of ambition and love I And yei the thunders ol heaven and the waters of earth are claimed! They remain, but the bow of reconciliation hang* oat above and beneath them. And it were better that the limitless waters snd the strong mountains •ere coovuUed and commingled togetherit were better that tha eery etars were conflagrated by fire, or shrouded io eternal gloom, than one soal should ha lost while

Mercy kneels and pleads for it beneath the Altar of latercessioa.

To Yoc*o Mac ha* ics—Yoa who would prosper iu basraes* have only two rules »o li«a op to. to insors suooee: First do yowr work as yoar easterner wishes to have it

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the passu and make for how arhaa ft re-' Aoam, pa&tsof being aa distrastfcl, «hw ap^di" yoa sBp tb* hater o«C™ I

do by the tuae yoa promise

A em**?* raeaady returned a w-

he hanawttr-artfend a-tavefitt

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Ohio State Stock Bank.-

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The Cincinnati Price Current bes* following in relation to these banks *. In our last weekly report, We referred to' the fact that farther discoveries had been made wilh regard to the spurious notes of the Ohio State Stock Ranks that are in circulation, and this led to the iVfttsal on the part of the banks and bankersf, of the paper of ail ihe Ohio Stale Stook Uanl&. The notes being from genuine plates, and the' filling up having been extremely Well executed, and there being no certainty as to' the extent of the depredation by vfhfch'thess' notes obtained circulation, this course wasf* deemed neoessary in order to self protect' tion. Investigations, however, have beeti' carried sufficiently far to show about the amout that was stolen, and also to warrant us in saying in a few days the public" wilf be gratified with a foil exhibition of the fraudulent business and wilh this they must be satisfied, as anything farther now would only tend to defeat the ends of justice The parties who have had ihe handling or this paper are remeining quiet, though uti£* der the suspicion that nothing may be done to aid the guilty. This is an unpleasant position, but the publio will do them full justice in hte time. This occurence will* we have no doubt, lead to an amendment" in the law, detects in which are now mosfc palpable. So far good will grow nut of tha evil. We have recoived from T. W. Lordr Esq., publisher of Lord's Counterfeit lector, the following communication relative to this matter:

My attention has just been called by II.' I'. Epsy. Cashier of the Champaign County Bank, Urbana, to three #5 tiote.s upon hi* Bank. The plates are genuine, with the" Cashier's name forged, ii i* a closo imitation of Espy's signature. The Register's name is genuine. The notes are dated Nov. 18, 1352. 'Mr. E. informs ni« that all of' that date are spurious, and thut all the spu^' rious

far detected are thus dated.

It should be recollected that the ''Ohio State Stock Bank" can easily be altered to either of the thirteen Banks, by merely taking out the block whioh contains the namr •f the Bank and its location, and insert any other. This general plate system'is the cause of all this late difiioulty, which has had the effect to throw tho notes of these Banks iuto the hands of Brokers, al a dis« count but the Bank oilioers will now be compelled to lake some i-llicienl measure* to guard the public against these numerous frauds. Let each Bank have its own plate.

IIow

T. W. LORD.

The smaller class brokers are buying the notes of tho Ohio Slock Bank at to I per cent, discount, but most of the B.ttikr and private Bankers receive it at hntj per cent, discount, for tho accommodation of their customers.

Make

Kkadbr —Mr Cobdetv

in a late speech, said :—"If y«u put into4 hands of tha rural peasunl treatises on scienoe, extracts from history, or books of travel, they will afford no stimulus or excitement to such people, and they either will not road them at all or they will very soon fall asleep over them. Follow thenr to the village green or to tho publio house/ and you will lind that their conversation, does not turn upon the wonderful .Fulls of the Niagara, or the Vale of' Chamourii, or the exploits of Alexander, but you will hear him say this "When did Tom Giles kil^ his pigl'' (laughter) or "lIow many quarters to the acre does Farmer Smith get from such a field of wheatf" Or if he travels at all from liis villnge, it is only in the case of some great accident, or that of a bridge being swept away by a flood.— Phexe aro the topics that excite his sympathies, and fo make him become a reader at all, you must cncourage cheap local news* papers. Every market town should have* its local sheet, containing all the local news of the neighborhood, reports of accidents, he news of the petty and quarter sessions ar.d oounty courts. These would excite.,^ his sympathies these would make bim a reader when you have succeeded in this, you may then give him something more en« lartfftd and comprehensive and wise."

A Black Noble.-—The New

Haven Palladium states that "the Emperor of IIayti caused through an agent, an advertisement to bo inserted in a New York paper, inquiring for the whereabouts of a colored man whose name was given, setting forth that he would hear something to his advantsge on making himself known. The person has been found, and iroves to be a? very intelligent man and a capital barber, al Bridgeport, who has for some years done* & good business. He appears to be second! cousin of the Emporrr, who wishes th«# barber to reside in Hsyti, and accept a» Dukedom, or some olber high offioe in the' realm. It is said that the fortunate iudividj ual is so much of a Yankee, that he doubts* whether he shall accept the offer. Never*1' tbelea*, he intends to make a voyage to

H.yti, and see how things look thero." .,4

lie who is slways in a hurry to be weal# thy and immersed in the study of augmenu-ir ing his fortune, has lost tne arms of reasonand deserted the post of virtue.

To think well of svery other man's con-' it ion. and to dislike our own, is one of the' mi ^fortunes of human nature. "Pleased! with each other's lot, our own we hate.'"

Miss Harriet Pomroy, the great bloomer" advocsle, has got a new suit?. hatf adopted tbe old-fashion "barn door flap,'' uy her bieeches. What a fall/

The good husbsnd keeps-his wiffe in the wholesome ignorance of unnecessary secret*. He knows little, who will tell Ms* wife all he knows.

tie who teams the rules of wisdom, with*' oat conforming to them in his life, is like it man who labored ib his fields, bat did not' *OS),

loMiiee is tha bread of ihe JsatioiijLlt ti «t£ wayahangry for it.

Yirto* perilous the Wicked, es the sandal tree perfumes the axe which strikes it

Beware of entrance to a quarrel bet be* fng in, hear ft that the oppoaer may bewar* afhe#.

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