Washington telegraph., 1851-10-08

When shrink at the thought o: the coffin and
shroud,
MAY hope like the rainbow, my spirit enfofd
In her beautiful pnans Of purple and gold
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BEN HARplN's WIFE.- Romance is
sometimes embodied in a fact six inches
long. Old Ben Hardin, of Kentucky,
got wife by a rich aud funny stratagem.
In the days of his young manhood, he
was work hand on the farm OF veal
tbv landholder in that State, and there
sprung up between the young laborer
and the old mans daughter what is often
called secret attachments. BY the by
attachments are generally secret. Ben
and his dulcinia made up matters in pro-
per time, without the knowledge or con-
sent Of his intended father-inlaw. In
deed, the old man had never suspicioned
that the aspirations of the youth Were
tending towards an alliance with his
famiiy-and if it had ever occurred to
him he would have spurned the thought.
Ben was aware of his aristocratic notions
and of the existence of almost insnr"
mountable objections to the match. 80
one day consulting the ingenuity of
nature, be devised ways AID means to
bring it about.
Going to the old man, he told him that
unfortunately he had conceived liking
for the daughter of wealthy farme: In
the neighborhood-that il was impossi-
ble to gain the consent of the girls
father-tha. he loved her and she loved
him-and asked him what course he
xyouId advise him to pursue
"Won't she run away with you!' said
the old man.
"She might" answered Ben, "if could
make the arrangements. DO you think
it would be honorable for me to take
advantage in that way!'
eCertainly," replied the originator of
the plaa. There would be nothing
wrong"
Ben kept a, him, and so enlisted the
old gentleman that he made him tender
of his horse and buggy, and few dimes,
to carry out the elopement. The place
of meeting was arranged, and-reader,
YOU know what followed. Ben ran off
with the old mans daughter, a fact which
the Old fellow snutted i'll The next morn
ing's breeze, and one which chagriued
him not little. Winding up as novels
do--Ben and his wife were forgiven.
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acknowledgements noble group
for the Capitol, upon which he has been
engaged for nearly twenty years, is SO
nearly finished that it may be expected
in the United States before the end Of
November. The subject is contrast OF
the Anglo-Saxon with the Indian. The
group is composed of an American in The
act of seizipg an Indian, who was about
to :omahawk mother and her infant.
The white man has approached the saw
age from behind, and having seized hlm
by the arms, pressing him with bending
knees to the ground, stands frowning
above his subjugated foe, who, with his
head thrown back, gazes upward at his
conqueror with surprise and terror. At
their feet a woman, pressing a child TO
her bosom, sinks in alarm and agony
The effect is very imposing, having some-
thing of the dignity and grandeur which
belongs to the works of Micheal Angelo.
In Italy the work has much increased
Greenough's previous great reputation.
Henry Longfellow, the American poet.
(says the N. Y. Express( enjoys high
reputation in the old as well as in the
new world. We see it stated that his
works are republished in Great Britain
by no less than eight rival houses, and at
the raiload depots the boys are crying his
writings in neat volumes at one shilling
EACH A late London journal says he is
the poet most read in England at the pres
ent time, Tennyson not excepted.
"Why don't you put on clean shirt"
said swell the other night to his CON-
panion, 'then the girls will smile upon
you as they do upon me"
Everybody can't afford to wear a
clean shirt every day as you can" was
he reply.
why uot?" said white collar.