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| it. real value, and does not blush to drink if
he is thirsty.
He does not think it essential to his repu-
tation to keep late hours, to pull down 81 gn
boards, bait policemen, and beseige toll
keepers during the night.
He has no such violent love for door
knockers, as to induce him to collect them.
He is not facetious with walters, or given
to knock down Il cabman by way of settling
fare.
He is not afraid Of laughing if he is a.
unused, even in public, or of handing down
an old lady with foreban to dinner, or dan
cling with bis wife He was never the hero
of any wager, riding, running, racing, row.
ing, eating, or swimming, and does not know
single prize ighter-Hei is fond of amuse-
.nents, but does not install himself at the Ope-
ra every night, because it Is fashionable. He
follows the races; but goes down without Il
dog cart and key bugle. He is unobtrusve
in his dress, and very retired in his iewe'ry,
and has antipathy for white hat with a
black band, and all violent contradictons.-
He is generous, but does not give grand dim
uers and expensive suppers to persons he
does not know or care about. He lends
money; and,if he borrows any, he makes II
strange practice of returning it.
He really speaks his mind, and is very
tlmld in rushing into q quarrel-of husband
and wife especially. He is favorite with
the ladies, but does not put too much starch
in his polIteneSs, OF too much sugar in his
compliments. In matters of scandal he is
dumb, if not exactly deaf, and as TO rUnors,
he only believes half (the kinder half too
Of what he hears. He is not preiudiced
himself, but has kind of liberation for the
pre- JUDGES of others. His golden rule is
never to hurt the feelings Of anybody, or to
injure living creature by word or deed
al his actions, all his sentiments, are shaped
to that noble end and he dies as he lives.
g sans peur ct sans reprochc." This is the
model gentleman.
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energy, replied: "Aye, aye; we'll stop; give
tito hem, men, give it 10 them n'-and the
firing was renewed, and continued with re-
doubled fury.
The head of the centre column, composed
Of eight hundred picked men, led by Lieut..
Col. Drummond in person, after three sew
eral assaults had gained possession OF the
bastion-and by that ruse endeavorcd To
cause cessation of the iire-a result that
might have been fatal to US, had not the de-
ception been SD soon discerned. But the prize
was but of little value, as the bastion was
commanded by the interior of the works;
and the men, under cover of the walls of
an adjoining barrack, poured into the gorge
that led from it a continual storm of nusket-
ny. The firing continued with unabated
fury. The enemy, repulsed with great loss
in every attack, was unsuccessful on every
point save that bastion, the possession of
which they still retained-when | heard a
grooming roll and shake OF the earth and
instantly the bdstion, bodies of men, timber,
guns, earth and stones, were blown up in
rhe air like volcano, making everything
in the glare as clear as noOn-day. n de-
scending timber dashed one of my artillery
men to pieces within Il foot Of my shoulder.
Profound darkness and silence followed
Naught but the groans of the wounded and
dying were heard. As if by mutual consent
the fighting ceased, and The enemy with
drew, repulsed on every side, save from the
parapet which they purchased for their
grave. A large quantity of fixed amuni-
ton had been placed in the lower part, and
"A stray wad falling upon it, had blown them
all up together My duty required that |
should immediately, repair TO the bastion,
and most horrible was the sight-bodies
burnt and mutilated, some OF them still pull
sating with life, among them Lieut.. Col.
Drnmnond, the leader Of the attack. There
ne lay in the morning light, stark and stiff,
extended on the rampant, a ball having pass
ed through his breast. History inourns that
his courage assumed the character of fero-
city. His war-cry Of "No quarter to the
damned Yankees" his own death warrant,
was long remembered against his country
men. The enemy did not resume the at
tack, but retiring to their entrenched camp,
strengthened their works, and prepared to
make their approaches by regular advan-
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NO. XIV.


~ VoIcE OF WISDOM AND AGE.--In my
apprehension, the best wayito be useful and
happy in this life, IS to cultivate domestic
atiections-to love home, and at the same
time, to be temperate and just-to pursue
lawful business, whatever it may be, with
diligence, firmness and integrity of purpose.
and in The perfect belief that honesty is
equally binding in the discharge of public as
of private trusts; for when public morals
are destroyed public liberty Icannot survive.
If we are aspiring, we Ought not TO lose
our difidence; and if ardent for reforms,
ought not to lose our discretion. We ought
to listen to the maxims of experience, and
respect the advice and institutions of our
ancestors; and above ALL we ough, to have
n constant and abiding sense of the superin-
tending goodness of that Almighty Being,
whose wisdom shines equally in His works
and His word, and whose presence is every
where sustaining and governing the uni
verse Chancellor Kent.
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The Model Gentlemen.

He never broke baull He has never
been known to dress up as a jockey, or try
practical Jokes on wateimen, OF empty flour
bags on chimney sweeps-He shuns cross
barred trowserS, horticultural scarfs, over
grown pins, and can wear Il waistcoat with
out a cables length Of gold chain around it.
His linen is not illustrated but scrupnlously
clean. He never does little discOunting, nor
lends his hands to a flying kite. His aver
sion for gent is softened TO pity. He can
look at lady without the aid of an eye
glass. He allows the performers at the
theatre to talk the louder than himself, and
does not spring on the stage if there is a
row in the Opera. He abhors lie as he
does the sherifi's officer. He is not prodi-
gal Of oaths, and is equally sparing of per
tume. He does not borrow his English from
the stable, and never puts his lips through a
drearv, fashionable course of llsping.
He is not too proud to walk, or to carry
an umbrella when it rains, and never waltZe:
with spurs after supper, even in uniform
He never ruined Il young nafi--to say
nothing more. He bows scrupulonsIy ever
to an inferior.
He never shrinkS from an @ L, nor i:
he afraid of bill, nor seized with sudder
sbortness Of memory at the sight Of an ole
friend whose coat is not so young as it uset
to be-
He has never proved his cowardce By
fighting duel, giving satisfaction in more
gentlcmanly way.
He pays for his clothes, dis,Iaining to weaI
bis tailor's in consideration for valuable In
Productions.
His horses too are his own, and not pur
chased from his friends by series of profit
able exchanges.
He is not rnadly attached to billiard
room, nor is he seen at CoZZens.
He locks up his conquests in his own heart
and his love letters in his desk, rarely ex
posing either to his most intimate friends.
He does not bully his servants nor joke
with them nor cut man because his fathe
was in trade.
| He is not obsequions to n lord, nor doe
| be hold on to the skirts, of the ariStocracy
knowing that mans nobility does not de
pend entirely upon his title, however ok
and unsustained ii may be.
He travels to enjoy himself, and does no
attemp, to crush poor foreigners with Eng
lish gold or pride.
| He values thing, not by its price, but b
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CUNNING WAY TO ENTRAP ROGUE
Two men named Powers and Ford, have
been arrested in New York for counterfeit
ing label to Mofiat's Life Pills. They
resided and did business in Canada West,
which province they have been engaged in
supplying with counterfeit medicine, proba-
bly, Just as good as the original. Powers
came to New York on business and was
captured Ford was wanted, and Mr.. Moi
fats attorney bit upon the following expe-
dent TO get hold of him. He procured a
piece of daily newspaper, with advertise
ments on one side only, and caused to be
printed on the other side, an item of news
setting forth that a serious railroad accident
occurred near Rochester, by which near
relation of Ford's had been so seriously in
iured that the amputation of a limb had be-
come necessary. This piece of newspaper
was conveyed through messenger to Ford,
who al once took the steamer america Tor
Rochester, and when he arrived at Congress
Hall an officer took him into custody and
proceeded with him to New York.--ROch.
.4du.
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NuMBER OF WISCONSIN, SHEEP. Wis
consn has already engaged quite extensively
in wool growing, for so young State. We
have in the State not far from eighty thou
sand sheep, and large portion of them are
as fine wooded as the eastern hocks will
average. Estimating three pounds to the
fleece, and they will make full that, we have
t,co hundred and fifty thousand pounds Of
lc00t--uo small item among our staples.
1t is several seasons since Messrs. Nor
ton Moshier & Co., and Nash OF this city +,
brought into the State upwards of thirty
thousand sheep, which are distributed IN
hocks in the southern and western counties.
If we reckon, beside the increase of these,
the numerous other focks in various parts
of the State, we are not sure but the nam
Der will far exceed $4,000, so that we are
already beginning to compete in quantity
and quality with some of the wool growing
States. -Racine .9dr.
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WELL If the press had not actually ex-
humed and revived the yexed question OF
"how many children bad John Rogers 7"
we wouldn't say it. That old New Eng
land Primer, with its unfortunate wood cut,
with its +" nine small children and one at the
breast" has cost world. full of argument
and a book full of doubts. Who does not
remember that picture' What Yankee ur-
chin's eyes have not rested in amazement
on that family train' But the question:
had Mrs. John Rogers--as they say now a
days-nine children or ten? Was that lit
tie warrior, 4" in arms" numbered among
the 90 nine small Children or was he--she
I-tt-a supernumerary, an addendus, a, nm,
according to gender, of the martyrs domes-
tic comforts? Family men, with sylnpa-
thetic feeling, charitably lean to the side ci'
ten, for his sake. Bachelors, per contra,
shrug their shoulders, as they nierc;fuIiy
render verdict of nine, in consideration Of
the fact that he was somewhat of a martyr,
without that infant decimal, while elderly
maiden ladies forget the horrors of the stake,
as they think of poor Mrs. Rogers. So it
lis a question of philanthropy, history and
mathematics. This momentous question is
settled, historically and arithme,caly.--
Middleton, in his Evangelical Biography,
has the following:
" His wife and ten children by her side,
with one at her breast, met him by the way"
What, eleren children? And YET, why
not? The notation by tens is good one,
and Mrs. Rogers exemplfied the good old
rule of Addition. for she 50 carried one for
erery ten. "-Chicago Jour.
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10 A country clergyman being opposed
to the use of the violin in the church ser
vice, was, however, oyerruIed by his con-
gregation, who determined upon having
one. On the following Sunday, the parson
commenced the service by excIaming in
long drawn accents, '' You may fiddle
aud sling the 10th psalm.''
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10 persifor Smiths wife and family re-
turned from California on account of the
utter restitution of the country of the ordin-
ary comforts of life. No such thing as help
could be obtained in any department of the
household.
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90 The y. Y and Erie Rail Road, which
is to be laid upon the straightest practicable
line from Lake Erie to n. Y. city, is pro-
crossing rapidly towards its competition
The iron is all contracted for.
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EXTRAORDINARY DYING SPEECH--Vhen
Mr.. Cutter, Secretary to the Earl of Essex,
the favorite Of Elizabeth, was brought to the
scaflold for the same offence for which his
master suffered, he made the following re-
markabe speech:-' | am here adiudged to
die for acting an act never plotted, for plot
ting plot never acted. Justice will have
her course, accusers must he heard, great
ness will have the victory, scholars and
narta!ists (though learning and valor should
have pre-eminencee) in England must die
like dogs and he hanged. To mslle this
were but fol!y-to dispute it, but loss Of
tme-to alter it, impossibIe-but to endure
it is manly, aud to scoru it, magnanimity =
bless the Queen, forgive the lawyers and
the world, desire to be forgiven, and well
come death"
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4 RELIGIOUS FIsH.-A short time ago,
the landlord Of the Denton, (Md,) Hotel,
purchased Rock Fish weighing about six
ty pounds. Upon opening it he found in
it, certificate of membership Of the NJ. E..
Church.
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% Christianity commands us TO pass by
injuries, policy to let them pass by US.
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HoRRIRLE Thirteen fiouuces are not
too many for the dress Of lady who wishes
to be a la mode i'm London.
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MATRIMONIAL ADvIcE.--The following
short advice, by William Penn, should be
kept IN mind by all young persons who are
thinking of committing matrimony; "Neeer
MARRY but for lore, and see thou lore chat
is lopely."
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THE UPPER TfN.-At Fanny Kemble's
last reading. in the Masonic Temple, Bos-
ton, the daughter of wealthy man asked
who Shakespeare was. He replied without
hesitation, that he acas the man uho ,crote
the Netr Testament.
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70 The Bostonians of the last generation
will doubtless remember the celebrated and
eccentric John Murray, the first universalist
clergyman, who ever preached in that town.
At the same time fiourished DR.. Baldwin,
preacher of the Baptist persuasion, who
probably will be equally well recollecteh.
Now although detesting the creed of DIR.
Murray, and standing somewhat upon his
superior saDctity, DIR. b. was nevertheless,
upon speaking and farther familiar terms
with him. The two reverend gentlemen
met each other one day. conversation thus
began" All, DIR. Baldwin. good morning,
good morning" "Good morning, DIR. Muir
ray, think the strongest thing happened
to me the other day ever knew met a
man in the street who took me for you. yes !!
actually took me for you.' "Ah, did he Z"
returned DIR. Murray, sc Well. hope the
devil will make the same mistake"
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% The citizens of Concord, n. H., have
applied to the Legislature for city char
ter.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-10
MISS nREMER TO HER AMERICAN RFA-



Mr.. Putnam has jts issued IN New rk he fret
youWe ur the proposed edition Of tie Swedish novelist
hslng her tale of The .Ntighbors translated by Mary
ile@l1. u will he by her Ane1ioan irafce that he
as nns generously exeuded 10 her the privilege Of her
hafe aulhof ~ that size directly interested IN the sale
ri Ito work leat her sentiments concerning our coun-
ny:
Among The many aeteeahle ihinqs which have me-,
he an my arrival IN the thiied slates OF America. l
count ns one The proposal Of MI Putnam 10 give new
edition ufmy work. conditions which cannot bn bs
aefeeaae 10 me, stnee ihcy uiltr the privilege Il
tive author But Ian author has heart land authors
enlnmnnly have best reward by far. that be-
oieffd to hem hey viii it Ia he that of ~ynpathznr
oihds, o cotdn bears and hands And as cannol T. el
1at that Mr. Puinam's proposal tepos.s sobe such
aasis ~ To ne III sign Of fact 10 hieh caniot but
ln7h WIN heartfelt ly. M wei. as With l,eog Of
def FIR strange indeed. and wonderful il seems that
eefe inngef, canning r ia shores far renue. sbuuld be
teflffd by efa nat,n AS IN dear mud loving hume.
ft9,h hnd doubted that wonder, the fir day # my
aftYai at New Nerk should have convinced me OF ia
ffh " IN stHtne fully homc3 onenea la me- in
aef never shall if4r nor ever be able hy aokunw-
i,dae, ierog as syeo here Ibis ,uomeo, ,p. in all
the blessings ol perfect homo. This Ia me tho more
galll>lnl pa indeed. my visit 10 America is intended
9e.i particularly Ia liz homes, 10 ia family h.alhs
AM vet no" FEW 81 ttsc homes shall be Hhe neison-
liz 10 VISIT AID sIoud sh 20 q, muny II only
letNltes' my tsnhs my gratitude. My ho Is must q,
- ne 'owr rat 4 me vi "a VII, lheu; iot hall at
le2si o on an'h ef Is alWay, IA his beuls.
Go then. my obs ~ tell The hunesm America
IT, wherever lbafe Is good husband aud Gher true
WIN aud roo her. dulla ohdteo tie sprt uf ffeedpm
md Ieare, aud iss mud that heanHfoi ftlt II Noble
9led1 "hch u'akes h'm confer happiness IN filpw
e'e tue according 'hrlf ntils a0l "-hts hefe alse
Nsuid In he eli 20 &C. 10 ef4r 10 she'd tears II
delight. hut paradise i sill 10 lie found ca Ibis poor
fafth IrI tfem as4 Guy biaks , that setina you in
lie ham"7 OF goad aed uobIc muds fec, uut III joyful.
hat hlao sad aud masl sish aud sly Ii you "Nuuld
You Mef" he lst - We'll canned hl YOU INV. |
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JUST ARRIVED AT HOME,

mi rsgned would respectfully inform the citizens
oil Lynchhurg and surrounding county, that lac IS aean
at how and is nuw prepared to ill with ppnciusy and
despatch all orders ted 10 him Ia be dy,d, rcausd
nishcd. equal If not =ppcrurt to any 1yenR establishment
in the unon he has al great trouble and cNcpse3 seear
the services Of = superior workman hom he North Per
under the that work done AT the North Is al.
ways well done, have II done here ard warranted
Ia plea lie still continues 10 AID cleanse silk Aietno,
M5isIins Alparcas Desse u Carpets Goats,
pants Vests, Shals Stockings, Feathers Buun's such
Braid Straw. Napoltans 10 colour And as usual Nr-
enia Jt ans handsomely dyc and warranted not t. smut
join II. SOLOMON,
Sept 20 3m SILK s. Wooien Dyer, LyuahburR.
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Sess.. xxvsf.--No. II.

my Session. but proposition Car the relroression Of The
y strict. with lbe exception Of the Public Bookings and
hfnuds TO the Site at Maryland will be deliberately
~ meml ora of the llanse whe be clas.ed Free
suers, hot The maiIity of Northern democrats aud
mhias viii be shy OF acting with fhem''
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PROPOSITION FOR COMPROMISE.

The a-hnglon CORES ondence VI the Charleston
{ Iurer writes:
-" he uni1a II lhn Suihntn States. IN opposition to
any ensliy i've aggression, begins 10 attract much
attention bea. The correspondence between Mr. Zoos
and Mr. Calhoun at rooted me attention, and The mes
sale Of GOV. Chapman. If Alabaua fully confirms their
views. IL addition Ia tbs. letters have been received
here from eminent both OF The Wing and ID u0crac
party, winch clearly NANTES a delermlnalo ION 10 carry
the resolutions of The Ali~siss pp convention suit
il j. very difficult 10 induce The Northern politicians Ia
believe that the South Is IN 1 Is connnn fir
them say that ihere-w he "A great deal 4 agitation,
hut that il will end in nothing They VII AVOID any di-
rect Of aggression at present, but viii conten them
selves with The admission of California with tie article
prohibiting slavery They vii not pass the Nillnol
proviso in te firm in which i is usually presented. H.
the mean lne great efofs arc % be made effect a
COMPROMISE the basis Of the paral Of thifty-sS
thnly Thereis letter in III city from MIR BachanaG
very strongly accommodating hafddinstnent. Mr. Ben
ton, Who'll now here, vii supp ri IT, as will Mr. Clay
NJ aci 1l The abciuiofof slavery pass al the com