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correspondence y nc 4VH'tUH"' "FeetF'S o''ee''
New YORK, APRIL "a.
We are too busy here to stop to have news.
The steam in New York is up at last, and the
city is ON high pressure. All the avenues OF
business are tbronged. The country pours in
upon US, and we roll back the treasures of our
shops upon the country.
Letters from Buenos Ayres, via Boston, state
that the French attack on Vera Cruz had created
great sensation in Buenos Ayres, and that there
were indications Of somewhat similar DISPOSE
ton on the part ofthe French to lombard Buenos
Ayres.
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Three doors east Of tie Centre Market. Pennsj.-
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UNCENrRATED Strip OF SARSAPARllLA
For diseases Of the skin. letter, pmpled face scah
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used in conjunction with "Sandss Remedy the most
|etectua medicine in AS an Alternative in long.stand
ing rheumatic affections, mercnria diseases, &c. It may
advantag-ousy used substitute for the various
cret remedies Swa's. Potters, &c and is recon-
by the Faculty preferable to any OF that class
of medicines. Carefully prepared at
4 Mars TODD'S Drug Store
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WHOLE NO. 24o.

that death was TO possess no permanent and
destructive power over him, since he felt
conscious anticipation OF the glorious and I'M
paral destiny which awaited him in his
future resurrection from the grave-since he
knew that countless myriads OF sinful men,
would, by obeying the commands of his Teli-
gion, by maintaining its heavenly tone, aud
by approaching God aud virtue through this
appointed medium. inherit everlasting felicity;
since, especially, he was aware that his own
resurrection would be the first fruits-the
pledge, the earnest, Of the future existence
Of faithful followers, how could he assume a
more instructive or well-lounded title than
that which has now solicited our attention!
In conclusion, if the religion which is Of
Tered by Jesus of Nazareth, possesses, as has
been attempted to be shown an efficacy by
which perfection in every department Of this
life is best attained, ifit be simple, neces-
sary, and universally applicable religion if
lastly, II is the best preparaiive and che most
undoub,ed pledge for the certainty of future
state Of happiness and immortality, surely,
every reasonable man must wish to partake
OF II; and refusal of il cannot but be Justly
compared with the refusing Of proper noursh-
ment, of wholesome bread by him who is on
the verv point of starvation. Yes, go to I'M
assisted reason, and there is famine there.
Perplexity, uncertainty, weakness, deception,
and disappointment will waste and desolate
The soul. Go to infdelity, and there is
famine there. Emptiness, abandonment,
miserable and fatal attachment to this fleet
Ing world, a total darkness and despair with
respect to another, will starve the immortal
mind. Go to pleasure, and there is a famine
there lntolerable regrets, time msspent,
powers abused, WEAKNESS, fatness, exhaus-
ton Of existence, will very soon make the
soul gaunt and spectral skeleton. Blu, 90
to the religion of Jesus, taste the bread Of life,
and every power and every faculty which
God has given you shall receive its healthy
and vigorous nourishment, every virtue shall
grow with the beauty and certainty of youth,
every scene Of life shall contribute to your
moral and spiritual improvement, and the cup
of death shall be no cup Of death to you.
ApoLLos.
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INTERESTING EXTRACT.

"And this is the Dead Sea, and below those dark
waters the sites, perhaps the ruins of Sodom and
Gomorrah such when the smoke of the country went
up, the smoke of furnace There is tale, that
nothing living. not bird can this
But there need Of imaginary stories to heighten
the desolstion Of the scene, and well other
travellers testify to its insccuracy by our own OBJ
servations We believe, however, that its waters are
unfavorable animal life and though shell two
may no occasionally picked up upon the Shore these
have been probably brought down by the Jordan The
water is excessively bitter and nauscous; and il add
onal evidence were wanting we could also testify to ITS
great gravity, and the buovancy of the human body,
when immersed in it, II is only by much exer'ion and
for very short tme that any one can get and remain
below the surface. l& ,...
I'VE went from here to the Jordan, and struck the
river where tradition says the children Of Israel passed
over, when they first entered the Land OF Promise On
the west side is a low bottom and on the east high
sandy bluff and the shores Of the river covered with
aquatic bushes The water thick and turbld, and
the current rapid, and deep be sounded for Jor
dan overlooked all his banks, all the time Of harvest
And here did the Jewish nation this turbn
lent stream, dry ground until the people passed
clean Jordan And we followed their route TO
Jericho the frontier city Of the Canaanes where the
people shouted with great shout that the wall fell down
fat that the people went up into the city every man
straight before him. and they took the city, There IS
no city to take there any walls now to fall.
There few miserable hovels made Of rude stones
and mud and the ruined walls Of building OF the mid
die ages. where the wretched Arabs hnrrow, rather
than live Jerico has disappeared completely as her
rival cities which sunk before the wrath Of the Almighty
And it requires effort to he satisfied that here the
great miracle which attended the entrance of the Jews
into Canaan, performed. though the truth OF tho
denuncation is before the eyes Of the traveller Cursed
be the man before the Lord that aiseih up and budeth
this city Jerico.'
Thus speaks J.. Cass, American Minister OF Paris,
who in August 1885, stood upon the shore OF the Dead
Sea- traveTsed the trackway Of the Israees through
the wilderness and noted the place Of their passages
across the Red Sea.
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comparatively little labor. In time, They will add TO
this resource thai greater and more necessary one
agriculture Some lille distance back, the conn-
try Is said 10 be good, and, in time, when survey
ed and brought into market, will be settled, ana
form line farming country.
The business Of mining Is distinct from tnat 9,
smelling lead The miner either sells his mineral
al Galena to the smeher al so much per ton 10 mo.
ney, or gets II srneed on shares. Most Of me lead
dug in this mineral region Is procured on iand De-
longing 10 the United States, the occupants having
no other title than a claim
was unable, after the most dligeni inquiry, TO get
any correct statement Of the quantity Of lead made
here or al Gaena in wear. Good Judges varied in
,neir estimates from i've TO fifteen million pounds
NY owl Impression, from all could learn, Is, that
.ney make from nine to ten million pounds yearly,
~ az ms upper mineral region, Including the WIS
There areabout fny thousand pigs on bard weigh
ing ABOUT hfee million five hundred pounds, and The
smelling furnaces are busy at work, some Of Them
iurningout Tour thousand pounds per day. Lead was
selling al Dubuque for Al cents, and at Mineral
Point al 81 cents. When The river opens in April,
il will soon find lis way 10 the Atlantic sesboard.
The region above ST, Louis has suffered much
OF The water and the early closing of the river pre-
vented them from getting their goods up. Salt was
selling in Dubuque at 10 cents per pound, and no
quantity To be had al any price. Six cents per pound
had been paid for transporting goods from ST. Louis
BY land TO Dubuque
took The upper road, through corner OF Wisconsin
1.-The country i much broken but the road Is safer
In passing over mineral track, the day very
cold, discovered smoke issuing from the ground
On inquiring OF my companion the cause, found II
the smoke IRON miners kitchen; further on, We
which he descended. lie cared not for the cold
above him.
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The cunning Of the Fox is strkugly illustrated by

The cunning Of the Fox is strikngiy illustrated by.
the following anecdote from the Spirit Of the Times
Wandering, some time since, along the shore Of
Long Island not far from Shutdown, my attention was
suddenly arrested by the peculiar juxtsposon Of fox
and flock Of wild geese that were lszily and conf,
dony floating down the current, along the verge Of
scdpe which thickly coated the banks, REWARD as
soon as he observed the approach Of his intended prey.
beook himself TO device worthy Of TaleyIand He
seized upon large bunch Of sedge grsss--dropped
quietly into the stream intercept his boating game,
marked time" with all OF his body merged, except
the tip end Of his nose capped with The aforesaid bunch
OF sedge grass until he found himself in the midst Of
the unsuspeclng flock, when throwing off his disguise,
he made dash and secured too fine geese which he
bore of triumphsntly having disposition TO inter-
fere in admirably conducted specimen OF his ieg'i
mate vocation.
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POETRY.
From The NaD Yorker.
THE BoB.o'LINKUM.
BY c. =. HOFFMAN.

Thy vocal sprite-thou feathered lroubadourt
ln Pilgrim weeds through many a cline IA nger
Comd thou 10 doff Thy russell suil once more
And play In ioppsh trim The masgung stranger
philosophers may teach thy whereabouts and nature
But, wise as all of us, perforce, must think EN-.
The scboolboy best hath fixed Thy nomenclature
And poets, too, must class Thee Bob O'Linkuml
Stay ART thou, long mid forest glooms benighted
30 glad 10 skim our laughing meadows over
With our gay orchards here so much delighted,
IL makes thee musical, thou airy rover Z
Or are those buoyant notes the plfer'd treasure
vi FAIRY isles, which thou hast learn'd to rayish
VI an heir sweetest minsIrelsy al pleasure,
And, Ariellke, again on men 10 lavish!
They tell sad stories OF thy mad-day freaks,
wherever DER The land thy pathway ranges
Ard even in brace OF wandering weeks
they say, alike thy song and plumage changes.
Here both are gay; and when The buds put forth
And leaiy June is shading rock and river
Thou art unmalchd blithe warbler Of the North,
When through the bamy air Thy clear notes culver
Joyous, yet lender-Was that gush Of song
Learned from the brooks, where, mid its wild
flowers smiling,
The silent prairie listens all day long,
The only captive 10 such sweet beguilings
Or didsl thou, Hitting through the verdurous halls
And eolumn'd asles OF western groves sympho-
NOUS,
Learn from The tuneful woods rare madrigals,
To make our towering pasture here harmonious7
Caught'st thou thy carol from Ojbbway maid,
Where through the liquid fields Of wild rice plash-
ing
Brushing the ears from off the burdend blade,
Her birch canoe Ger some lone lake is flashing I
Or did the reeds Of some savannah South
Detan thee while thy northern flight pursuing,
To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth
The spice-ied winds had taught them in their
wooing
Unhrify prodigal lis no thought ofil
The cadence OF thy roundelay disturbing ever!
Or doth each pulse in choring sequence still
Throb on in music ill at rest forever7
Yet, now in widered maze OF concord floating,
would SEEM that glorious hymming To prolong,
Old time, in hearing thee, might fall doing,
And pause 10 listen TO thy rap urous song!
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TABLE.TALK OF CoLERIDGE.

The Earth with its sacred face. is the symbol Of the
Past /; the Air and Heaven, Of Fuiurily.
Silence does not always mark wisdom. was at din
ner, some time ago, IN company with man, who lis
tened to me, and said nothing for long time; but he
nodded his head and thought him intelligent. At
length, towards the end Of the dinner, apple
dumplings were placed the table and my man had
them than he burst forth wilh-"them's
the jockeys for me-" wish SpuIzhcim could have
examined the fellows head
The mans desire is for the woman. but the woman's
desire rarely other than for the desire Of the man.
Some folks apply epilhe,s as boys do in making La
tin verses. When first looked upon the Falls Of the
Clyde, was unable TO find word to express my feel
ings. At last a man, stranger to me, who arrived
about the time, said" How majestic ."-(l was
the precise term. and turned round, and was saying
Inank you, sir that IS the exact word for it,~hen
he added, eodem Jfatu. Yes, how very pretty!
il an inscription be pu, upon my tomb, it may be
that was an enthusiastic lover Of the church, and
enthusiastic hater Of those who have BETRAYED IT, be
they who they may.
In my judgment, Bolngbrokes style is not in any re-
spect equal to that Of Cowley or Dryden. Read Al
gernon Sidney his style reminds you little Of books
as of blackguards. What gentleman he was
A womans head is usually over ears in her heart
Man TO have been designed for the superior be-
ing Of the two; but as things are, / think women
generally better creatures than They have, taken
universally weaker appetes and weaker nelects but
they have much stronger affections A with
bad heart has been sometimes saved By strong head
but corrupt woman is lost for ever
Up to twen,y-one, hold father to have power over
his children as to marriage after that age, authority and
Influence only. Show couple unhappy merely
account Of their limited circumstances, and will
show you ten who are wreched from other causes.
Millions Latin style is think better and easier than
his English. His style in prose quite characte-
ristic Of him phiosophc republican, Cowley's
is of him first rate gentleman.
Ineyer had and could feel any horror at DEATH
simply as death.
Good and bad men each less so than they seem
Hooker said that by looking for that in the Bible,
which, is impossible that any book have, lose
the benefits which we might reap from its being the
best Of all books.
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