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REUBEN AND g.Haqg;asV..

a PATHETIC BALLAD---BY MR. X. X. BLIrktss.
In Manchester n maiden dwct
Her name was Plurbc Brown;
Her checks We're red her hair was bnck
And she was considered by good iuJ.,s
TO he by nl odds The best looking girl IN town
Her agc was nearly seventeen;
Her Dyes were sparkling bright
very lovely girl she was,
And FOR year an Il half there had Scou
n young man paying attention tu her I,y the
nnmc Of Reuben Wright.
Now Reuben was nice young man
AS any in the town.
And Phoebe loved him very dear
But on account OF his being obliged To
work for living. iic never could mike hlnscli
agreeable 10 old Mr. and AIrs. Brown.
Her parents were resolved
Another she should we'd,
rich old mircr in the place;
And old Brown frequently declared that
rather iliun have his daughter marry Hul,rn
Wright he'd knock her III lkc head.
BIT PhTbc's heart wus brave and strong,
She feared not parents fruwns;
And ~ I" Reuben Wright 50 bold,
We heard him say more than fifty ,imcs
That, with the exception oi Phubcj hc didn't
care for the whole race of Browns.
So Phoebe Brown and Reuben Wright
Determined they would marry
Three weeks ago last Tuesday night,
They started for old Parsun Wcbstcr's
determined to be united in the holy ba,uls Of
rhntriInony, although it was tremendously dark,
and rainsd like Old Hurry.
But Captain Brown was wide awake;
He loaded up his gun,
And then pursued the loving pair;
He overlook em when they got abort
half way to the Parsons. and then Reuben and
l'NUbc sta rtcQ oil upCu ill,. RIM
Old Brown then took deadly aim
Towards young Rculn MS head
But, oh it was II bleeding shame,
lie made mistake, and shot Ills only
daughter and had the unspcakahle anguish Of
seeing her drop right down stone dead.
The anguish filed young Rcubcn's heart,
And vengeance Crzcd his brain;
lie drew IN awful jack-knife out.
And plunged it into old Brown about
tit.y or sixty times. so that it's very doubtful
about his ever coming too again.
The briny drops from Rcuben's eyes
In torrents poured down
He yielded up the ghost and died.
And i'll this melancholy and heart=rrntins
manner iorrr,ilr.cs- tho iiatory or KeIiban ind
ihN'5es md likewise old Captain Brown
THE END.
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s, a EtcT FRoM NArUnE.-The white
and the rcd ants, make slaves Of tho
black nnts, yet they are the very in
sc,ts to which the Holy Scriptures
refer us to learn wisdom. For every
negro in slavery in the South, there are
more than Il hundred thousand negro
ants i'll slavery in the same region.
Slavery, therefore, Of the black to
the white man is not Incompatible with
the economy of Nature. The institu-
ton cannot be founded in sin, or we
would not have been referred to the
insect slavcboldmg sinners, to learn
wisdom.
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''I wish I owned an interest in
that dog Of yours" said q ncishbor
in our hearing the othsr day, to
another ncighbor, whose dog would
dart towards the legs of any one with
whom ho might be talking, and then
"back up again, and look in his
masters face, as much as to
say, "shall | pitch into him? shall l
give him a nip OH the lcg?" can
interest in my dcg!" said his
master, "what could you do with i'?"
why" replied the other, "I'd
shoot my half within the next
five minutcsn.'
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PlETY IN THE LOFTY AND THE Low
The picty of the humble and obscure
is less Imposing, but it is more vital,
as it is more simple, than that which
emenates from unapproachable superb.
'orIty The mountain torrent may
dash downward ,angnifoontl,. Z, thl,.
plain, and roll on in splcndor to the
ocean; but it is the little streamlet,
winding around in the valley, and re
vcaling here and there the traces of its
brightness and purity, that fertilizes
and rctrcshcs the carth.-Friend.
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IT'S A BORROWED HORSE. "A
friend Of ours, who was few miles
in the country lately, relates the
following: a mile or so from the
city he met q boy on horseback,
crying with the cold. "Why don't
you get down and lead the horse?'
said our friend; "that's tho way to
keep warm" It's borryed horse,
and I'll ride lin if I frcczcn ".
Y. Spirit.
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MISCELLANEOUS,

The GREAT OBJECT OF I.IEE.-Thc
true cultivation of IL human being con.
sists i'll the development off great moral
IDEAS; that is, the ideas of good, of
duty, Of right, of justice, Of love, of
sclt-sacrilicc; OF moral perfection as
manifested i'll Christ, OF happiness and
immortality, ofhcavcn. The clements
or germs of these ideas, belong to
every soul, constitute its csccncc, and
arc intended for endless expansion
These are the chief distinctions of our
nature; they constitute our humanity.
To unfold these, is the great work Of
our being. The light in which these
ideas rise in the mind, the love which
they awaken. and Tie force oftlc will
with which they are brought to sway
the outward and inward lite,-ilcrc.
and here only, arc the measures of
human cultivation. These views show
us, that The highest culture is within
the reach OF the poor. 1t is not knuwl-
edge poured ON us from abroad, but
the development OF the elementary
principles of the soul itself, which
constitutes the true growth Ola human
being. Undoubtedly. knowledge from
abroad is essential TO the awakening Of
these principles. But that, which
condnccs most TO this end is offered
alike to rich and TO poor. Society
and experience, nature and revelation,
our chief moral and religious teachers,
and the great Inickencrs oithc soul, do
not initiate small caste into their
mysteries, but are ordained by all, to
be lights and blessings to all.
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To PREVENT BoTs IN lIoRsEs.
person of much experience in vctcri-
nary science is never troubled with this
disease i'll his horses. His simple
practice during the fall months, is TO
keep a greasy cloth in the stable, and
once a week rub with it such parts of
the animal rs may have been attacked
by the nifty. Grease destroys and
prevents tho eggs from hatcling.
GcrmnatowN Iclcyswph.
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CENsoRIousNEss OFTEN PROOF OF
RorrENNEss.-While you say that the
religion of your neighbor is like Il
garment that sets loosely upon him, be
careful that yours is not like glove,
that fits either hand. Those who have
the least picty arc ordinarily the most
ccnsorious: dishonest man is the
first to detect fraudulent ncighbor.
Set thief to catch Il thief.
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WHAT DOES 1T MEAN'?- Wa
sllington correspondent of the New
York Times, i'll u special despatch to
that paper, says, grave and serious
charges have been madc to the Sccre-
tary of the Interior against John w.
Ashmcad, esq, Of Philadelphia, y. S.
District Attorney for the Eastern Dis
tfict of Pennsylvania. The parties
prcfcrring them were informed that
the Department of State had exclusive
jurisdiction i'll the premises, and thith-
er the charges will probably be carri-
ed.
Mr.. Ashmead conducted the prose
cution for the United States in tho
tarcical treason trials against thee Christi.
ana murdcrcrs. Perhaps the charges
refer to his conduct in these cases.
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IGNORANCE IN ENGLAND.-Wc arc
sure our readers will be as much
surprised as We were in reading the
statement below. IT is laulcntublc
hat i'll the nineteenth century, aud in
The country which assumes To be the
fountain of civilization and christianity,
such wolul ignorance should exist.
The extract made is from the charge of
lhc Recorder to the Jury at Liverpool.
He said:
Gone man had been found entirely
ignorant OH religious subjects, be:
licvihg that Christ had been stoned TO
death, and not that. he was cruclicd.
Another, Il pipcmakcr by trade, had
never heard of Jcs,ls Christ. Another
did not know who his Rcdccmcr was.
but could partly guess. Another
was entirely ignorant Oh the subject;
did not know the meaning of Rcdcencr;
knew not where Christ was born, but
believed he was twice crucilied
first III heaven and the second time
in hell; he had no idea whatever of
what became of the soul after
death. Another knew not the Re
dceIncr, nor Who Jesus Christ was.
Another (who has been five years in
Liverpool. Il laborcr) could not
say who his Saviour was-had no idea:
did not know What would become Of
him after death; had heard of Jesus
Christ, but did not know what he was.
And SO, said the learned Recorder.
with regard to the female prisoners,
one woman knew not the name other
Rcdccmcr; had heard of Jesus
Christ, but had forgotten all about
him"
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QUEsTIoS FOR DocToRs.-How is
it, that While all other fevers run to
the head, the kossuth fever runs to the
hat!
Answer by the Burlington (Vcr-
mont Sentinel The fever that takes
to the hat is spurious:
lis really no revealing
OF fever i'll Saxon or Cclt
1t isn't a matter of feeling,
But merely matter of Jczt!
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a CArITAL PuN.-Thc Milwaukee
Advertiser thus sums up the hanging
question. 'Aftcr a careful considera-
ton of all the arguments for and
against capital punishment, we have
como to the conclusion that the. g debt
of nature" should never be paid, il, it
can't be collected without an erccution.
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CoMrLlMENTARY-VERY.-A writer
i'll the Southern Press says of Ohio:
Il am not surprised at any folly,
ahsurdity, or extravaganza committed
by this great lubberly State, which has
increased so fast that it has outgrown
lis discretion. AT this moment it
breeds more pigs and pig headed poll.
ticians than amy State Of the Union"
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a DEFiSIrIoN.-Wc arc at last en-
abled to answer q question frequently
prorotmdcd by a country correspond.
ent.
What is a Bloomcr?' IL
'One whe PANTS for notOrietY.'
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II o e q

a DOMESTIC NEcEsslrY.,-Every
house should have an inmate, good
na'urcd, sensible, tidy, old lady. This
important fixture should always, be, if
possible, a Grand Mother, or, as next
best an Aunt; yet, SO indispensable to
the rcNectabiIity, comfort and convc.
nicnce ofa well regulated household is
the old lady, that If this system Of
housekeeping become general. it will
become quite natural to find under the
head of Wants - in newspapers, in.
qurics for proper old ladies to supply
tho lack Of dear old folks gone to the
better home. Indeed, old ladies dis
covering themselves in demand, wodld
keep i'll preservation much longer, nor
begin to make winding sheets and
grave caps full ten years before tho
great reaper came to gather in tho
shocks Of corn fully ripe: Old ladies
are needed. Providence designed such
to fill large space i'll the domestic
crclc;-a class remarkable as living
not for themselves but for others-the
most beautiful specimens of disintcrl
cstcd love oi. this side Heaven!
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declare said Simon one day to
his father, 'our Sally has got to be so
larncd that can't understand above
half what she says twas only this
morning that she stuck Po on to tater
and mo on to lasses.
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our friendship, and for which l dc
mand satisfaction from YOU

our friendship, and for which | dc.
mand satisfaction from YOU
Tomorrow morning, then, Cap.
tail!"
The next day the four oSilcs hciook
themselves to the appointed ground.
before we permit you to cross
swords, We require yol,, l.'n,lski and
myself, to inform US Of tic subject OF
your quarrel
"h is impossible" replica Ladis1ay.
"Why
because the rrputatinnofa woman
is interested in the secret"
"a woInan!" replied turnand, 81
guess, and will tell YOU her name; it
is the countess Mcdianoll. You do not
answer! II is She"
Well replied Lucio, supposing
it were she q
& In that case" replied i'crnand, |
would tell You TO ut w yn,,r swords.
for it is not worth while ior,wo friends
to cut each others throat shout Il NO
man who dcccives them both. And if
You should think that the ,qcl is indis-
pcnsable Oh such an occasion, must
demand permission to crter into the
game, not as Il witness, but as a COM
Blatant, for | myself must 90 for some
thing i'll the injury committed, and the
injury received; also have loved the
countess, have told hcrso, and she has
encouraged my rassion.''EIIhc three
friends embraced. ladislas2 as2alonc had
his heart deeply woundc,l: his love
was too old, and too we'll tried to sue
cumb thus under the doubla:trcachrry.
"Ihis woman must quit Wisbadcn inn-
lncdiatciy," said Lucio, Slam going to
her house"
When l.ucio returned from the conn
tess, lie was pale, his features were in
great trouble and disorder. sf
have learned Il terrible secret -
cried he, Listen to me:
When | left You, went straight to
the countess; she WAS out ;I told her
waiting-wuman that would STAY until
she returned. and | entered 'Gsr5 55oudoir.
There was on the table theresa large
letter inldch eo"le IT.; ;,.ie! I'd "a 1 &c, {,
Il merchant of Frankfort. | do not
know why. but an Irresistible desire
seized me TO know the contents ofthat
letter. took some paper, which |
folded carefully, initiated, as well as
WAS able, the writing of the countess
Oh the envelope, and placing the false
letter on the table, II took possession of
tile true one. which opened. DO you
know what there was under the first
envelope? y second letter to the ad
dress Of his cxcclIcncv the Prime Min.
lister of i X and this letter
here it is-rcad it, and trcmblc! 1t
contains the exact disclosure of all our
pro ircts; the list OF oar friends. of our
correspondents, of our associates; the
plan OF all our enterprises -
:" But F." said the Pole I.alninski,
how then has lie countess learnt our
secrets -
'l'hrnugh me- said Lucio, in a
stiicd voice; ''thr"ugh me! The day
before yesterday, when yuu bad assem-
hlcd at my house To dciipcratc upon
the last news tl,at we had received, the
countess Was concealed IL closet; she
heard everything, and what She did not
perfectly understand | explained to her,
|, who had every cunii,irn,eim in her. and
WHO believed IN her hatred for the
Prince, whom she had 5" long resisted
but have no more doubts on the sub
Irct; nirr Your departure, L.adislas.
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"Why, Tom, my dear fellow, how
old you Iook?" Dare say, Bob, for
the fact is, never was SO old before
in my life"
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FLEAs OF ALL NAr1oss.-A London
exhibitor announces Il show of 1900
f!cas of all nations;" and among them
''kossuth on four Austrian feas," and
" Louis Napoleon on the Russian flea
Hercules, aged 5 years.
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The CUBAN PRIsoNERs.-I[on. ID.
M. Barringcr, U. S. Minister to Spain,
has received very llattering card of
thanks from the Cuban prisoners, for
his successful efforts in rrocu';~- = :"
liberation
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Mrs. Partington says it is n curious.
provision of nature that hens never lay
when eggs arc dear, and always begin
when they are cheap.
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Shocking times!' rs the old woman
said when the lightning knocked her
over the wash sub.
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CONFIDENCE SOLICITED GENERALLY
BETRArs. Never trust It person who
solicits your confidence, for in nine iii.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-15

Selden, Withers & Co, Bankers, of Wash
ington city, have taken $500,OO0 six per cent.
bonds OF the city of Wheeling.
At the Annual Exhibition of the Junior
Glass at Yale College last month, the highest
prize for English composition, was awarded
TO Yung Wing, native Chinese.
boy died in New York, on Sunday. from
eating ice cream and smoking cigar immedi.
ately afterwards.
clerk OF one of the Boston markets re.
Gently seized thirty-six carcasses of veal, to.
tally unfit for any person to eat, and which
had been sold to sausage-maker for thirty
cents carcass.
The Lantern says, "a correspondent assures
US that Maine may be considered defuncI
part Of the republic, as the spirit has depart
ed to another. state"
NATuRAL.-An Englishman lately inquir.
ing his way to the French senate house, was
waggishly directed to the deaf and dumb asy.
lum.
The journeymen bricklayers of Memphis
Tenn, are on strike-refusing to work while
negroes are employed with them.
A smiling countenance is pleasant, but ex
cess Of laughter should be avoided, especially
when il is possible for any one to suppos,
himself derided by it.
~ An lrishman, in speaking Of relativt
who was hung, says he died during tigh
rope performance.
g Why are seeds when sown like gate
posts They are planted in the earth 10 pro
pagaie tprop gate.
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TuE TEHUANTEPEC TREATY.

a., I.br.;nzar. the new minister from Mexi-
IN ia in Washington, and only "ai's 'iie urn
,,.i of Mr.. Webster TO commence negouauons
-. n the Tehuantepec route and other
..,,srs A mission, for such purpose, so
| .oon after the unanimous rejection which that
treaty received at the hands of the Congress OF
Mexico. indicates something more than has
met the eve. The fact is that tile government
of Mexico is utterly bankrupt; and waen the
last instalment of the American indemnity
shall have been paid. she will be utterly with
out resources. Knowing this, and having DIS
covered the immense value Of the Tehuantepec
route, there can be little doubt that she is oe'
termned TO extort money for the right OF way
instead Of adherng 10 the treaty with uaray'
or else TO surrender ii to the English 10 "''ot'
she is indebted $60,OoO,OOO
HLabrainzar be invested with power 10 se'le
all matters in dispute, he will have 10 ms flanoS
weapon which will prove very eheehve' we
undertook, by clause in the treaty OF "auua-
lime Hidalgo, 10 protect the Mexican frontiers
from, the Indians. With every disposition 10
comply with the stipulation, ii has been found
;mpossible TO do so in all respects. The In
dams have committed many and terrible mas
sacres upon the Mexicans since the treaty. Of
this. and of the loss Of property incurred
in these savage forays, Mexico has heretofore
bitterly complained, and ii is now thought that
she will ask specific sum as an indemnity,
before surrendering the right Of way over the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. As she certainly
has a RICH, to complain, we hope the money
will be paid, and the road received.
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FRANK. G. RUFFIN.

new kind OF colonization is at present be-
ing tried IN Senegal. Some months back, a
SLAYER filled with negroes being captured, they
| were, at their own desire, taken TO Senegal
and placed on the banks of the Cazamanca.
with their wives and children. They live by
fishing and husbandry, and obey very submits
sively, the Mayor put over them. The last
accounts state that this little colony is in full
prosperity.
The editor of the Boston Post saws that a
newly invented dozen bladed knife has been
made by Yankee cutler, which has, in addi-
ton TO It's blades, cockscrew, bodkin. a
hair brush, and a boot;jack, besides season
ticket TO the theatre.
The great "strike" among the English ma
chinists is ended, the workmen having been
starved out. They have accepted the terms
of their employers. There is no fair play in
a struggle of the workmen against English
manufacturing capital.
A machine has been put in operation in New
York city, which sweeps carpets as fast as a
dozen sturdy men might do it. The carpets
are fixed on role rs, and made 10 pass between
springs, whips and revolving brushes.
A railway bridge is about TO be thrown over
the Vistula. 1t is to be $500 feet long, and 63
wide; to rest on six piers, with span of SOC
feet between each. The lines will run along
the sides of the bridge, leaving road between
them for carts, etc.
MIR. Searles, the noted pedestrian, who walk.
ed 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours, 1000
half miles in 1000 consecutive half hours, and
1000 quarter miles in 1000 quarter hours, in
London, accomplished feat unparalleled in
pedestrianlsm, walking, fair heel aud toe, two
miles IN IA minutes and s. seconds.
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SOUTHERN PRODUCE IN NORTHERN MAR.
KETs.-The N. Y. Express says that very few
persons beyond those who are Immediately in
ierested have any idea of the amount of vegeta.
bles and fruits which are daily shipped from
Virginia to those Northern ports with which
there is steam communication. The quantity
of green peas alone shipped from Norfolk to
Baltimore during the last season was 10000
barrels. The quantity of potatoes, apples, Gu.
cumbers, &C., amounted as early as July to
1900 barrels, besides 1000 baskets tomatoes,
about one.half of which passed through 10
Philadelphia. The amount which went TO the
latter city direct by the new line of steamers
was also considerable. Most of the early yege-
tables on sale in the New York markets come
from Charleston and the Chesapeake. We see
it stated that 300 baskets of strawberries were
received al New York by the steam ship Union,
Capt. r. Adams, from Charleston on Monday
week.
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LOCAL MATTERS.

uuzrrNes CouRT Before Recorder Pulliam,
and Aldermen Evans, Cowles, lnloes, and Bray.
This Court met on yesterday at ii O'Clock. I'm
mediately after the opening of the court, Mr. Mayo,
Commonw ealths Attorney, offered the following
preamble aud resolutions:
This court having heard with deep regret of the
death of Simon Cullen, Esq, native of Ireland,
who, in his early youth, to this city, and hav
ing become citizen amongst us, SO conducted
himself as to acquire in high degree the esteem
and confidence OF his fellow citizens, by whom for
many years he was elected to this bench, where he
discharged his duties magistrate with great
fidelity, usefulness, and impartiality and was at,
forwards by them, elected to the city council, OF
which body he was member at the time OF his
death, do
Resolue As a testimony of respect to his memory
that the court do now adjourn, and that we will IN
a body, attend the funeral of Mr. Cullen.
Res0lDed, That the officers of this court and the
bar be invited to unite with in paying the last
sad tribute of respect to the remains OF the de-
ceased.
The preamble and resolutions were adopted, and
then the court adjourned.
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PANORAMA OF EDEN.-We stated in yesterday S
paper that this celebrated Panorama would De Eek
hibited again for the benefit of the schools In the
afternoon This was mistake. The exhlPihon
will positively open at o'clock thas afternoon al
Odd Fellows Hail. and scholars will be admitted
for 10 cents each All who have seen this magnih
cent Panorama, have spoken OF it in terms OF nigh
laudaton. 1t is an exquisite work of art and the
evenings exhibition being the closing une IN THIS
city, we advise all who wish to pass an agreeable
hour in reviewing an imaginary daguerreotype OF
Eden's fair bowers, to embrace the opportunity
offered them.