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HYMNS-BIBLES- PRAYER-BOO
HYMNS of the Methodist Episcopal Church
IL Hymns Of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Hymns of the Methodist Protestant Church,
Lutheran Hymns r Y.
The Psalnist, with supplement
Watts and Rippon
Watts and Select Hymns
Parish Hymns
Psalms and Hymns
Episcopal Prayer-Books, with Lessons
Bible and Prayer-bound together
Catholic PrayerBooks ..e
Bibles and Testaments; large and substantial Fami
Bibles Pocket Bibles, etc.
All Of the above in every variety and style of binding
M taH. 1a A. GRAY,
ap26-eodd 7th street, opp. 0dd-Fellows' Hall.
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SELLING OFF AT LESS THAN COSJ
NEW DRY GOoDs

MAGRUDER q CALVERT, Pennsylvania avenue
wi between sth and 9th streets have just received
fresh supply OF scasonabe DRY GOODS which they will
of at very low prices Their stock is large and AZ
sortment complete. 1T
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CIRCULATION OF WAsHINGToN PApERs.-Some
remarks made by us on this subject recently
renders it proper that We should copy the fol
lowing:
Southern Press-The editor announces that
the subscription list Of this paper is now larger
than that Of any other daily paper in Washing
ton. In the number for the 25th ultimo, We
find published in full the speech of the Hon.
James L. Orr, in the Charleston Convention,
against the separate secession Of South Carolina
from the Union Mobile Register Of Sd July.
4 It is true that the editor of the Souther'
Press, few days ago, made the boast above
recorded, but we do not think he would repeat
it now, as we happen to know that ne has taken
some pains to satisfy himself Of his egregious
blundcr. The regular subscription list Of the
Southern Press will bear no comparison with
that of the National Intelligencer-
| TIntelligcucey, July 18Th.
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QuIrE IMPoRrASr.- The Boston Atlas informs
us that the Wing party is the true National
party, and this fact grove out Of irs very CON
structen 1t is, in plain words, the conservative
party. The Union, and the enaotmen. Of gooa
laws are the elements Of this conservation, and
are questions which supersede all questions in
the wing creed The Wings do not seek to
curb individual opinion, or to repress individual
sentiment in improper ways; and in this, think
ing men will perceive wise conservatism"
AS the party here named has at present the
control of the Executive Department Of the
Government, and especially the Treasury, we
derive comfort from the assurance here given,
and shall henceforth repose in contentment
The opposition party have been Inadvertently
contending that Wings were not good conserva-
tors of this branch of the Executive Govern
ment L'@t
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F. S. MYER, MAGISTRATE,

+. s. MYER, MAGISTRATE,
Has removed to corner IL and 9Th streets, opposite
the General Post Office.
A LII BUSINESS requiring the attention of AIagis
IA trate win be promptly attended to.
GOVERNMENTAL instruments of writing carefully
and expeditiously prepared. Also claims against the
Government prosecuted to settlement. au 5-eo3w*
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DROPOsALsy win be received by the undersigned
IL until the 30th instant, inclusive for constructing a
barrel cyert In the alley in square 575 the culvert TO
be two feet In the clear and the walls four and half
inches thick TO DO laid in the best mortar and with
the best hard brick the cuyert to extend from Second
street hundred feet and upwards TO drop in the
centre OF the alley Proposals will state the price per
running foot complete. JAMES N0KES,
au 2l-3t Commissioner Fifth and Sixth Wards
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DR.. Stickland's American Family Pills.
DESIDES the catbartic and antdyspepc qualities of
ID these Pills. their adaptation to purify the bood-to
the Liver Complaint Urinal and Abdominal Diseases
and especially that class of maladies known as Female
COMPLAINTS to relieve the system of Worms pmples
on the skin--may be seen, as set forth in pamphlet
which be had gratuitousy of the wholesale agent
A. GRAY, Bookseller,
18th street, opposite odd-F Fellows Hall.
N. B.-The above PILLS come TO me 80 highly recon-
mcnded from responsible source that do not hest
tate to believe that they will prove be good the
introduced and that it win not be long before
their popularity and sale win be unparalleled.
June 6-eou .....H A. GRAY.
Also for sale by Dr. III. II. WOODRUFF, Druggist,
cor. of and 18th sts.
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TAYLOR n mAURY, Booksellers and
IL Statt0ners, Pennsylvania avenue, 9th
street. have constantly ON hand full assortment OF
BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS, PENS, INK, and
PAPER o. every variety, for sale at New York prices
au 22-trN ~ F'N@R AE#as 49, 10 AH1
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EOR sALE-THE GOODWILL AND FIXTURES
IL OF DRUG STORE In a central and desirable 10
cation in Washington city This good chance any
one with small capital to make money Il is doing
hourshng business and the terms of sale will be made
easy. 8D- Address ApornEoARY, box 6s, Washington
postoffce. t - ~ - fau IS-diw
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WANTS.

MRS. ESTHER MOFFETT, 7th street,
M opposite Odd Fellows Hall, has received today
assortment OF Ladies' Cnfpns, Jenny Lind Earrings,
Velvet Ribands Elastic Slceyeconfners,
&C. Also, English knit Suspenders, Mohar Stocks white
and colored Shirts two rich China tea children
sale. = or
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NOTICE OF COPARFNERsHIp

n - sEyENrH srazzr, ABOVE H.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-18

But a. he spoke, faint sigh parted the
lips OF The fair girl, and opening her
eyes she gazed btwildered around. a
No, she lives cried Crawford, thank
God she lives ? And tears Of over-wrought
emotion burst from him.
Yes she lived, though weak and exhaus-
ted. Almost by miracle the Ieiter-of-
marque, after settling to the waters edge,
had remained stationary. her cargo being
too light to suffer her to sink. Florence had
continued insensible where she fell, dreReh-
ed occasionally with the surges, but still liv-
ing. Yet it was fortunate she was rescued
thus early, for a few mose hours of such ex-
posure would have forever broken the gol-
den bowl at the fountain.
What more have we to- tell Snatched
from death so unexpectedly, Florence was
full of gratitude to heaven. This thankful
ness fortunately tempered a grief that would
otherwise have been too excessive. Still she
wept long for the departed. For more than
a year she continued to wear mourning, but
at the end of that period gave her hand to
Crawford. - Peterson $ National .Magaza1e
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=, How long she remained thus was new
er known. The. dash of water in her
face finally aroused her. She rpened her
eyes Wearily, almost regretting that she
had been recalled to life; and then,
struggling 10 her feet, still clinging TO The
broken mast, she looked again aronnd.
e. The waves were pouring over the bull
warks,one Wild surge trooping after anoth-
er, washing to and fro acIoss the decks.
and srlashing their cold spray high over
her. II was evident that the ship bad
settled considerably since Flortnce had
left the cabin. aud was even now per-
hapF. on the point of sinking In the
vain hope OF finding help hope dictated
more by the instinct of self.p-eservation
than by any belief that aid was possible,
Florence cast an eager glance over the
Enrizon. But nothing met her eye ex.
CrPt 'll. angry pillows, tossing ttrir
whhe. cfests sloll. and the lightning bla.
ziHgs zil-zag, across the midnight sky
Sheraised her fare to heaven exten,
dug one arm sloft. A $ she stood there
The wind blowing her disheveled tres e,
"'''"h' ''''h' hiir thF. dNeS- SOllhuS ONOt ti'
buwark. deeper and deeper, every in
slant, while her form and countenanc'
shone out, for one moment, distinct il
the lurid glare, she. seemed some fai
saint, in the white robes Of martyrdom
aPPe aling to the Most High.
Father in heaven she cried. freceiv
; my spirit. Shorten the psngs Of death
and, bear me 10 Thyibosom And lher
as II transported by hely faith. she ejat
Mated, oh !,graye, where, is thy victory
, And rhe, fell 10 the deck again.
. The tightening vanished, snd gloo'
shut in the scene. The winds still ros
4 ed and the waters ragged. but that dew
2 ted vessel was no more visible in Il
= darkness. aFii
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as he had been used to. do; but Ellen,
paid little hred to what he said, except
now and then asking him il he regretted
having used hei III, and meant 70 be.
have better in future. He, seemed 70
know what he was saying-the 1atheriHG
had completely sobered BAN. Ellen LETT
off beating him.. f have another re.
quest 10 make she said, as ske drew
her breath after. tonight yon must
not aIlude to this matter in any way,
and If from this time you do not become
sober man. ] shall leave You. and tho
world sail know the means have tried
10 reform you.' Thomas gFoaned. II
was not until morning that she cut The
thread that linked him to bis fate; but
he spoke not word while being liberated.
He did not complain. but he looked up
in the care worn countenanee Of bis wife,
and saw resolution marked there. From
that day he attended TO his. duties more
assidiously than he had ever done before !;
and when any Of his pot compani0ns
wished to entice him away from has work,
he said. NO in tone that was not 10
be mistaken. Ne was, without doubt a
changed man; but his wife never taun-
ted him with the past. nor boasted Of the
cure >hr had effected: she appeared on
Iy to desire to stand ia her proper rels-
tive position and she continued TO dis
charge her duty faithfully, aud siroye 70
make. her husband happy. A, certain
circumstance was never mentioned, bui
We think thai fhe bad shown any syrnp
tons Of returniay proHigacy she Wouli
have said Remember Tie blaRksfi 4 !
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-18
STRANGE PROPERTY

One Of the best Jokes of tho season i
brought TO notice by correspondent Of the
Missouri Brunswicker, writing fpm Carol.
ton in the same state, He says. two bar
rels Of whiskey were recently hauled up
from the river by one of our freight wagons,
% the store Of Mr.. j. Houghston, who pos
itiyely refused to receive. them, alleging that
no one under heaven had authority to send
him any such article. They Wsre both
hurled from tie wagon into the street where
they still lie unoBned and unclaimed, Not
even the keeper of our defunct drsmshop,
will claim them. as his. They are marked
reetifed OLD. Ukiskey. but whether truly 50
or not, no one here feels sufficient interest to
resort to the tapping operation to ascertain.
They are supposed to haze been shipped to
Carrollton, No. through mistake for CaEroll-
ton III. If 50, the St. Louis man who
shipped them. would do well tn order them
away soon, or Col Ely will summon drum
head court martial to dispose of them in 9
summary manner.
Their arrival has given rise to the follow.
ing doggerei: s
| C0ine tell me, whiskey barrel.
Say WHITTIER dust thou roam,
Thai thu hast came To Carroll, 80 -
| With neither friends nUI hUIne2
They cali me q Red-eyed Ruia y
see I've lost my way;
i The g Suns" are my unduing,
Since they have got the SWAY.
VIII no one have compassion,
And grant me shelter here7 1ss.-,.
No. thou artnut Of fashiun, -.
And hast no friends to cheer.
Into the street we'll cast thee, B'
Although thou hast been King,
Fen thy last friends desert thee H
. Condemned accused thing.
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TO PARENTS.

When your son leaves your guardianship
to take his place in society, and even before,
what is the danger in his path that you most
fear? Is it not intenperancel Is it.not
that he will become a drunkardl And
when your daughter Inarries what evil do
YOU fear for her! Is not your greatest anx-
iety on her account. connected with the pos
sihility of her husband fallin ! into this viee2
There are other sources Of unhappiness, and
of evil, but none which you so much dread.
and justly; for there are none that exert
such baneful influence Iftheu we are
correct in assuming that the greatest evils
that you dread for your family. arise from
liquor selling, are you not as parents guilty
of the greatest derelictien of duty. b, tol-
Grating such businessI If its results ara
evil, and only evil, and every family is ex-
posed to its baneful influence, and liable to
lind some of its members among the victims.
all who do not use their influence to sup
press it, are guilty of moral delinquency.
and if their families and neighbors suffer-
are in part the cause. Just so far as they
have refused to assist in suppressing the
vice. just so far are they guilty Of the evil
resulting from it,-Lsncaster Express. bra
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CHATTER IN.

II vas bright and brilliant morning.
The hfavens were without cloud; the
sun stione ddz hing on the waters; and
grnil' bTreze sighed over the waste OF
the broad Atlantic.
A A,gallsnts ship. with the American en-
sign hying, was speeding swiftly on her
homeward way
| A glorious morning after the tempest
SAID Frank Crawford, TO brother lieu.
tenant 4 never saw q more terrible
storm Of character
'At times | thought replied his com
lpanion. 'thatihp ship would certainly BE-
struck by lightning e- @l as'
Al this, instant their sttenuion was ar.
rested by cry from a lnok-out sIoft
What j, it Z said Crawford, who was
officer oil the deck.
i A wreck, sir, was the answer. ] can
see stump Of mast. But the hull lie,
very low SIR, as if the craft was water.
logged.
Wbereaway.
, On the lee-bow, SIR And, it'll,
{ after. the lockout added. there's sornt
2 person on board SIR. I see a heap, a,
r of white clothes, sir, at the foot Of tn,
mast; woman's dress it is. sir
At this announcement Crawford him
! sell ascended TO the top, carrying will
n bin q glass. He did not long remain
a alpIt, but hurried down in agitation.
/. Good Cod he said. it is the wrec
: of the ,ietter-of-marque in which Mr
= Harold sailed. recognized the craft a
!, fohcf'
n And the lady =
!. 1t must be Florence, or rather
d added, with voice and look of agon,
J. 'ber corpse. Not another living bein
7 is on the decks
e The instinct of the lover had recoen
Al zed FIoren.e e at once, in that mass
D white drapery at the foot of the mas
ID VII re the haplrsss girl had sunk, m,
mently expecting The ship 10 go dow
le The oourse of the man ofwar had bee
e, directed toward the wreck, as soon
at the latter was made out /; but now ever
ID stitch Of canvass that could draw. w
in also spread. Thus propelled, the hus
ut vessel drove rapidly toward the me
- Nh"bthiAu, AiiNluS a Adtal at vi lOdAl v
n. fore her bows.
re The anxiety Of Crawford during Il
e interval that now elapsed, was beyoI
'le adequate description. lie could scare
es ly hope that Florence lived. So maj
ze hours had passed since the storm abate
H. that he could only look for the sad pies
uie Of beholding her inanimate face on
Ter more, preparatory TO bidding it farew
pie forever.
ed He wakp.i The deck in an agony
hg suspense insieScrioIe, never, for a IT
nd meut, rembving his eyes from the wreC
ne And as the rnau-of- war approached
Led vet still that rfcumbeni form exhibit
ler no signs OF lif" his anguish became
is's most ntoterAble.
Inc When the ship was hove-to, he v
a" the first to leap into the boat. Of VIII
she he took command and the light gig
scarcely touched the wreck, before
ted had sprung on board. @
on Florence, Florence he cried, mad
self raising the senssless form in his arm
Prs. and straining her to his b0som with
ept muscular arm, with the other he puSI
rge back the wet haIr from her brow. Fl
the ence. you are not dead, you cannot
iof- dead.
pom The head fell heavily back against
ank shoulder She is dead, said the surge
whe had accompanied him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-18

THE PLEDGE-PowER OF APPETITE.
The charge is frequently brought AGAINST
the Sons Of Temperance. that many Of them
have fallen back to their old habits, and that
even while bearing the name of Sons. such
have been seen to drink. This should not
be cast in the teeth of the Institution by
way of censure, but laid at the door of that
appetite that neither honor nor any other
consideration can in some instances restrain.
TO those who have noted the power Of this
appetite. the wonder is not that many fail
back, but that any have strength of resolu-
ton enough to hold out. While both are
good, institutions for preventing the appe-
tite ara the best.-Lg1caster ETp.
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CHAPTER II.
u was an awful tempest. The wind
snfleked, the waves dashed, the rain
poured. the lightnings bIazed, and the
,nunder beloved on high. Yet the gal.
Iani ship. IN which the Harolds had ia
zen passage. as yet successfully baitled
againsi wind. wave and rain, and defied
the Wild electric war.
FloFence, however, though naturally
courageous was not without alarm lol
she saw that her father was somew ba,
terrified. though be strove to conceal !;
from her. Once or twice the captair
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-18

Rogues in rags are kept in countenance
by rogues in rufles.
Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-08-28
FIRST WORK OF MICHAEL ANGELO

The distinguished painter, scul ptor and
architect, Michael Angelo Buonaroili was
born in Tuscany, in ll1l. lie was put
out to nurse to the wife OF Il sculptor, and
may therefore be said TO have sucked sculp-
tor in his very milk.
lie entered the studio of Ghir'andaIo at
the age of thirteen and performed ica,s I'M
Iequaed in the annals of art. lie seldom
had his work corrected, as his copy always
surpassed the original. Ills master being
IA superior man himselt and capable OF ap
Iprccia,ing talent wherever found, encour-
aged his pupil in these developments Of
youthful excellence. Not SO with his COM
.panions, They could not look upon their
young rival with mplacency, for genius
of this character could not he suffered to
exist in II lad of thirteen years, Michel
Angelo had therefore to endure their i'll
treatment.
Once our youthful artist took occasion to
Icritcse the design OF one oi his fellow
workmen, and ,hercupon he received such
a blow from the eXaspera,ed man that it
broke the cartilage Of bis nose, from which
cause, it remained crooked through lie.
One day Angelo entered the grounds OF
the Medc. lie there beheld treasures of
art, which Lorenzo the Magnificent had
collected, such as he had never behold be.
fore. Struck with their antique beauty, an
instructive jealousy prompted MIN, not only
to initiate, but to excel these exquisite pro-
ductions. Procuring block Of marble, he
divcSled himself OF his outer garments, and
sic ling II chsel and hammer, he began the
outlines Of Il laun's head.
The studio Of his former master was de
serted by him to the no small qualification
of his fellows, who reloiccd that they were
at las, rid of their detested and hated rival,
whose only crime consisted in his surpass-
ing talent.
One day as Michel Angelo was finishing
his luuns head, II man OF about forty, On
'ceedngly plain in feature, and dressed with
the greatest negligence, stopped opposite
to him, and silently observed him rs he
workcd-Niichel Ange,o laborcd with ar
|dor without taking the slightest notice ol
the uuknoWn, for whom he cared as much
rs for the dust that fell from his ch>el
WEen he had given the finishing stroke
TO his work the young man drew back, al
ter the manner Of artists in general, SO as
better to Judge Of the elect Of his perform
anco, with which he appeared perfectly
satisfied. This was apparently the momen'
awaited by the silent spectator the scene
who, slowly advancing, laid his hand on
the young ulptor's shoulder
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lonely and fearful watch upon tho pr,ci picc,
might have mistaken another party for them.
There was ono extraordinary circumstance,
which, in their eager search for mVre uneIuiv.
ocal signs OF violence upon the body, did not
escape notice, although it tended only 10 in
volvc their CON cctures in a darker labyrinth q!
confusion: this was a shgl,ly backened mark
round the ankles, as ii'a hand had tightly grasp.
ed them in his last agony.
/ Tho jury, after 5riei consultation, brought
in their verdict -"acciicntal death"
/ This slenced, if il di! not satisfy, those who
had been most forward in giving uttorance 10
their sus picions in curses and denunciuiious up.
Oh the po0chers.
About the time this melancholy occurrence
took place, (whcther owing to the feeling it oc
casioued or to the increasing wealth of the
small laboring farmers around, which enabled
them to purchase clo;h Of foreign manufacture,
Foreign at least to them-ur TO the real or
supposed superiority Of the weavers in
other and more distant localitles--or to what
ever other causc) the custom OF the Dobsons
began visihly aud alarmingl ly to decline; and the
more severely did they feel this, the price Of
breadstuils Just then became much higher than
usual.
Besides all this one Of their largest and most
lucrative mole catching ranges was taken
from them and given TO another.
In word, every mans hand seemed against
them, and poverty and wretchedncss had now
marked them for their own.
Tho most violent and viudic'ivc feelings were
constantly breaking out into mutual recriminu-
tons among themselves. And these were en-
Uttered by tho reflection that each member Of
this devoted family ha! contributed his share
IN bringing down upon it the full share o! their
misery, as they then thought il. But had they
been able to turo aside even ore fold OF the
dark curtain OF iuturity, and 20 obtain but a sin
Igle glimpse into the din vista hey ond, they
would have seen that their cup Of woe was not
yet full, and that they would have 10 drink it 10
its very drcgs.
This state of thing, could not and would not
last; some dreadful crisis was evidently ap
preaching; probably nn explosion which they
might not all be equally interested in '!eprecu
ting.
1t was indeed, as the old woman herself had
been heard 20 say, a terrible, "a iearsone' life
they led. Although, from the iniirmity that
gave rise TO the brutal designation with which
she was frequently salned by her goddess fam
lily, she was happily unconscious of half their
|lckering strife, yet was there enough that did
reach her dull a2d deadeneh senses to convince
her that they led 'learsolne' life.
| Az am not pretending to give detailed and
succinet history Of this family, bu! only of such
of their doings as appear to be CONNECTED in
some way or other with my story, shall have
to pass over a period of twenty years, and ira
verse not only the wide Atlantic, beyond the
still vexed Bermoothes, but considerable por
ton of tho vast continent on this side Of it, be
fore can proceed.
Conclusion in ncri numbcr)