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AN ABSENT MAN.

There are few that have paid any attention 10
the finances of the country, but must have heard
of DIR. Robert Hamilton's Essay on the Nation
al Debt, which fell ON the Houses OF Parliament
like a bombshell, or rather, which rose and ilu-
minated their darkness like an orient SUM-
There are other writings OF his too, In which
one knows not which most TO admire, the pro-
found and accurate science, the beautiful ar
rangement or the clear expression; and YET this
most profound and clear headed philosophical
thinker, and most amiable Of men, became so
completely absorbed in his own reflections, as TO
lose the perception Of external things, and al
most that OF his own identity and EXISTENCE
In public the man was shadow. he pulled OIL
his hat TO his own wife in the streets, and apollo
gized for not having the pleasure of her acquain
lance went TO his classes in the College on the
dark mornings, with one of her white stockings
on the one leg, and one of his own black ones
on the other; often spent the whole time OF the
meeting in moving from the table the hats Of
the students, which they as constantly returned;
| sometimes invited them 10 call on him and then
fined them for coming to insult him. He would
run against COW in the road, turn round, beg
her pardon, /" Madam" and hoped she was not
hurt AT other times he would run against posts,
| and chlde them for not getting out of his way
and yet his conversation, al the same time, If
anybody happened to be with him, was perfect
| logic and perfect music. A volume might be
| hlled win anecdotes OF this amable and excel
lent man, all tending TO prove how wide the dis
tinction is between frst-rate thought, and that
merely animal use Of the organs Of sense which
prevents ungifted mortals from walking into
wells. The fish market at Aberdeen is still
where it used TO be near the Dee, and has
stream passing through it that falls into hatriver.
The fsh-women expose their wares in large
baskets. The doctor one day marched into the
| place, where he was attracted by curously
| figured ston in stack of chimneys. He advanc-
| ed toward il till he was interrupted by one of the
benches, from which, however, he tumbled
basket into the stream, and the fish which it con-
tanned were speedily borne toward their native
element. The visage Of the lady was instantly
in lightning and her voice in thunder but the
object of her wrath was deaf to the loudest
sounds, and blind to the most alarming coors.
She stamped, gesticulated, and scolded brought
crowd that filled the place; but the philoso-
pher turned not from his eager gaze aud his in
ward meditations on the stone. While the wo-
mans breath held good she did not seem to
mind his indifference, but when that began to
fail, and the violence Of her acts NOV ed not one
muscle of the object, her rage felt no bounds !;
she seized him by the breast, and yelling in an
effor, Of despair "Speak to me or I'll burst"
she sank down in a state of complete exhaus-
ton, and before she had recovered the DOCTORS
revery was over, and he had taken his depart
ure.
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ITALIAN AuTHoRs-The misfortunes of nearly
all the great Italian authors were remarkable
Ariosto lived in beggarly indulgence. Tasso
died in extreme want-Segni and Narchi
were prohibited from publishing their laborious
Observation-Disclosures was martyr to the Me
dici Observation-Disclosures suffered voluntary
banishment, that he might not see Cosmo the
First destroy the liberty of the Florentine Re
public-Gaiileo suffered the worst prosecutions,
and Dante and Petrarch composed their works
in exile. The human heart feels an honorable
pride when we reflect on the dangers and diff
cuties these great men had to contend with, to
think that dungeons, Punishment and poverty,
were too feeble to repress their genius, bursting
through the gloom of a benighted age and il is
enrolling TO reflect that their names are immor-
tall while those of the tyrants who oppressed
bered, remembered only for the nfamy attached
to them.
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RELIGIOUS BELIEF.-I envy no quality of the
mind or intellect in others be it genius, power,
wit, or fancy but if could choose what would
be most delightful, and believe most useful to
me, should prefer firm religious belief to any
other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of
goodness creates new hopes when all earthly
hopes vanish; and throws over the decay, the
destruction OF existence, the most gorgeous of
all lights; awakens life even in death, and from
destruction and decay calls up beauty and divin-
ity makes an instrument of torture and shame
the ladder of ascent TO paradise; and far above
all combinations Of earthly hopes, calls up the
most delightful visions Of palms and amaran,hs,
the gardens Of the best the security of everlas-
ing joys, where the sensualist and sceptc view
only gloom, decay, annihilation, and despair
Sir Humphrey Dairy.
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LAW DEPARTMENT OF YALE COLLEGE

TIME. fall term Of this Institution will commence OF
i the first day Of October next.
This departme ntis under lhe direction Of The Hon
DAVID DAdGETT, LII. d., late Chief Judge OF the Su
preme Cour. in Connecticut, and Professor of Law
and the Hon. SAMuEL j. HITCHCOCK, Judge OF tn,
Hartford and New Haven County Courts.
The students are required TO peruse the most i'm
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on the author they reading, and receive at thu
same time explanations and illustrations of the sub
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The students are divided into three classes each
class is daily employed upon lesson in the class
book and is separately examined and every student
can read in one or Of the three Glasses, as h
finds himself able and inclined to perform the requisite
labor.
One Lecture and three EXAMINATIONS, Of one hour
each daily given by the Instructors, and at all o.
them each Of the pupils are permitted to attend
The Course Of Lectures delivered by the Professor
of Law, comprises all the titles and subjects Of Com
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A moot court is held once week, or oftencr, which
EMPLOYS the students in drawing peadngs and inves
tigang and arguing questions OF Law.
The students called upon from time to time, q
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They are occasionally required to write DISGUISE
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10 support their opinions.
The students are furnished with the use Of the ele-
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every important work, both ancient and modern.
The Law Library contains the Revised Statutes,
the Reports and the Digess Of all the States in the
Union
The course Of study occupies two years allowing
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The terms for tuition, with constant use Of text
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Maj Gen ALExASDER MAcoMB, at Washington, 25th
June, 1871.
LIST Lieutenant Chs E. Woodruff, ID Infantry. For,
Holmes, Flo, I7lh April, 1871.
LIST Lieutenant Josiah H. Vose, Jr, Sd Infantry, al
New York, 10th June, fS4i
LIST Lieutenant John A. Rie Sth Infantry, at sea
22d June, 1871.
ID Lieutenant Thomas B. Glen, 3D. Infantry, at sea-
9Th June, 1871
"a Lieutenant Thomas s. BrowneIl, 4lh Infantry
Hartford, Conn, 9Th May 1871.
I'd Lieutenant J. r. II. Lancaster LIST Infantry, Flo
18th July, lS4l.
I'd Lieutenant Henry Wardwell, 9Th Infantry. Fort
Dallas, Flo, 2lst July, IS4l.
Assistant Surgeon Chas. Noyes, at ST. Augustine
Flor 10Th July, is4l.
DISMISSED. (l)
LIST Lieutenant II. c. Asheton, ID Dragons Odd
June, 1871.
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those on detached SERVICE acting under special or
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Y. The graduates appointed Second Lieutenant.
viii JOIN their respective companies except those as
signed to the regiments in Florida I'D Artillery ID
80 4'h, 9th 9th, 7th and 9Th regiments OF Infantry
Fort Columbus, NJ. " .M
The brepet second heutenants Of Dragons will re
port for temporary duty and instruction to the com
handing officer at Carlisle Barracks the brevets ar
ranged to the artillery will join the light companies
10 which they are temporarily assigned for duty thos.
arranged to the Itantry fnot otherw specially in
structed will report in person the commanding off
Ger at Fort Columbus.
The usual leave of absence allowed by the Regula
tons Is hereby granted to the several graduates al
the expiration OF which September 30) they will Join
Their proper stations and regiments herein d
recied.
vi. Acceptances or non acceptances Of appoint
men,s will be reported TO the Adutant General of til,
Army and in of acceptance, the birth place
the persons appointed will be stated
Announced to the Army by command Of Maj. Gen
SCOTT 's
He s. THOMAS,
Assistant Adjufant General.
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along by The violence Of the wind, is, of course,
much higher than the summit Of the liquid
wave and wave coming against an obstacle
may dash To a great elevation above il. Al the
Eddystone. Lighthouse, whena surge breaks,
which has been growing under storm all the
way across the Atlantic, il dashes even over the
lantern al the summit.--Irnotfs Elements 81
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Session Sal 42.
THE Lectures will commence on Monday, the LIST
i Of November, and be continued, under the fol-
lowing arr ang ement TO the middle Of March ensuing
Practice and Theory Of Medicine, by Nathaniel
Chapman, NJ ID.
Chemistry by Robert Hare, M. ID.
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Anatomy, by William Z. Homer, M. d.
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(BlockIey) Students also admitted to the Clint
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EpIGRAMMATIC PUN.

"What say you to my last nights speech
| was just in the mood;
For (ihough in stew all the WHILE
spoke through two hours good"
"Sayl Well, then, why, then dare say,
You were not under. stew'd."
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A BATCH OF PUNS.

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+" wish none this to heed,
Not bred to making bread, because
| need man TO knead,
Mould, SET, and in shop have
At Leeds, to take the lead"
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Oysters quoth Patrick, are dear delight,
AS he and sawney finished their tenth score
For they don't satisfy the appetite
The more eat, ! still desire the more.
Troth, replied Sawney, they are dainty food
They do not clog the stomach, or cucumber;
For my own part, ] really think could
AT any time eat any given number.
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Mrs PoRTER'S SEMINARY FOR YOUNG
wi LADIES.-The next Term will commence on
the first Monday in September, in the Session Room
of the LIST Presbyterian Church, l-2 street.
Washington, Aug. IL, 1870
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Lear-In Albany tragedian who sqiinted badly
was cast, for no other qualification, into King Lear
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