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slertless and courage, having been
t~ice dangerously wounded, though
she preserved her sex undiscovered. At
the d.sbauding OF the Army she receiV-
ed an honorable discharge, and return
ed to her relatives in Massachusetts,
still in her recimentals. When her case
was made known to the Government OF
this State, her full wages were paid,
and a considerable bounty added. Con
gress allowed her pension, which she
has regularly received. Soon after she
resumed tho sphere other own sex. she
was married 90 Mr.. Cannett, an indus
trious respectable farmer. She mas
borne aud reared with him a reputable
family OF children; and, TO tue clcse o.
life she has merited the character of an
arniable wife, a tender mother. a kind
exemplary neighbor, Snd friend OF her
Mr. II. Mann. ofserbam, published
2 memoir of her life, some tine since,
Of WHICH the whole edition, 1900 cop.
les. has been entirely sold. Another
ed may be soon expected, enlarged
and iIaprnved, which viii probably meet
= rapid sale
The following extracts taken from a
masterly GRAFTON, pronounced by Sam
uel l.: Knapp, esq. al Dartmouth Col
lsg'l, before the Society of Phi Beto
Zr.,..,c -Qtb Au~uat 1904
Qua rational blessings and honors
have a noraI security at the present time
which was hardly known to former ag-
es The sun Of science, which 10 EARL
er days. only Illuminated the visions of
seer and sage, now beams eHulgently on
the female mind, and lights the buoyant
and youthful steps of the rising genera
ton Of female to an elevation with man.
There was once doubt Of equality in
intellectual power This doubt has
been removed; and. now, those, who
once were the sturdy a3herants to the
doctrine OF masculine superiority, are
ready 10 lend their aid TO the advance
ment OF female instruction. The revo,
luton Of wisdom, which now po0rs its
rays upon MS, has changed the laws Of
Eden by the consent Of its Creator The
oman may now partake Of the tree OF
knowledge. and give II tn her husbsnd
and children to eat, ard it viii prove to
them The fruit Of the tree Of life When
the infant is well instructed. The full
grown man cannot be ignorant: what q
mother knows. she easily communicates
10 her child: Nature and affection make
teachers tevond all that tht schools can
boast Never then, oh, never! let us
grow remiss in our exertious to cultivate
tie principles of Learning IN Ia. female
mind. The harvest will repay the toll a
thousand told The philosophy Of the
bead and heertin union, viii In all fu-
ture time, hail tefsGle education as the
bow tin our hemisphere OF knowledge,
as the token Of a covenant, that Sod
viii never suffer the torrent Of ign rance
to deluge the human mind, nor the dark
ages of superstition to rsturn upon
man" -~.<.--
In the year 1858, The following oc
CURED ct Nismes. in Langueaoc: 4 gar
dener's ass having brought some goods
to market, ard being 0nloaded, while
the master was busiiy engaged, went in
"a the Church. which wa. bard by the
stand, and, meeting with the basin of
holy water, took a hearty draUght of it ;,
tast the poor beast being unfortunately
Cete cted aud seized IN the act, was tri-
ed by a formal process for sacrilege.
Counsel, indeed. was allowed the ass,
but the evidence being clear, judgment
was pronounced agajuet the grave an,
NAL, that she should be first hanged and
then burnt; the gardener being, al the
same time, condemned to pay all the ex-
peDses Of the process
AT the French bar they are sccustom-
ed TO soups de Theatre, and displays
for effect, which would excite astonish
ment An advocate who was pleading
for the estate Of an infant of about four
or five years Of age caused il TO be
brought into court. When he arrived |
at his perroration, l.e took the little in
nocent in his arms, and presented it to
the judges with highly wrought APP
peal to their feelings in its favour. The
child cried, and its tears seconding the
of the advocate, the compass
SON of the whole court was excited.
The advocate for the other party be-
came apprehensive of this impression,
and inspecting the sudden tears of the