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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-01

Lecture en- the Political Condition Of Spain; by
s. Il. WALLIS.
We have heretofore noticed this lecture. 1t can
be obtained at TAYLOR & MAuRYs
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Thorpe, quiet English Io,Dn, and Human Life
Therein; by WILLIAM MoUSTFoRD. Boston :
TIcKNoR, REED FIELDS. 1852.
This is very neat and we'll printed duodecimo,
which we have just received from Messrs. TAYLOR
Il MAURy. Its title is indicative of its character
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It all he vasy better 90 begin night, % 10 but ''ie
ard perform sell, thar to DO much, without proper
care and mature elaboration.
Previous TO c oncudiDg his message, Gov. Wo'a
thus refeIsto the reception Of the Hungarian pa'ro'
an this cosntry
Another su5ec. Of Universal interest 20 the Amer
lean people Is the arrival OF the Hungarian i'i'u-
upon our shores Il has create1 ah eh.L'e,nsn ~, ~
the bOsOms Of freemen, only equat y 'ue :" 80. -.
of our Own La Fag cite, after an absence y, io.I
Years 10 revisit a alton whose freedom and moe
reno ence his services had contributed so essehiA"F
70 establish
The President n, deemed the arrival of the great
Magyar Of sufficient importance to ASK OF ConP'sss
dire ctiOIs for his reception IN tne CdptAl ol tue
United States Governors nave lnvlteq nun W %.
come the guest Of States and Inmate OF hhecu'''e
mansions. 4. J., 49,.
The Ernpjre City TUNED cut en- masse TO 90 honor
70 the man rot foY himself but the noble principles
he cheIishes and everywhere aVo%s, 'oi tus rec
dom ard happiness OF his race ana 70 nan h.s ue'
lverance from Russian and Austrian oppression
and injustice 49,
Ohio should not be behind Other Sc tons OF tne
Union in extending TO LOUIS hossutn ner welcome
and her bosn,tality. Let those who flee from the
De noIjtjct Al storms and Commissions OF the Ol0
World whether 70 seek quiet and repose In ours or
:, ask our asi in establishing the unquesHonaoie
rights Of man. fDd us great mountainous ehu
generous people worthy o! the institutions We ENJOY,
and ready to se4d our influence wherever II may
teud TO elevate ,se masses, and weaken the power
that DOE not respect their nights
The propriety OF providing by resolution ior e1-
teuing an invitation TO this mOsclstnguished bon OF
FTeeCom TO visit our Capitol, al an early pefoa
during session, is respectfully recommeh1eu ' a.,
II he cannot receive the hospitality OF the
mansion Of the third State IN the tonteueihCy, io'
MIN be houoTed With what Will be innnlIey lnoio
acceptable a voluntary and enthuslasuc greel,ns
from the citizens OF Ohio, who chensh ms vn'uvo,
respect his talents AID panotsm, anu envy ..hi;sb
free institutions he he vain, sought to establish
"A his fatheriEHC.
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1850 81 which has been paid INTO the ire asury to
he applied toward delaying the expenses OF the
Free Bark Department, ts required BY law
The annexed table. marked A, shows the amour.
of circulation al the time OF sale Of securities rates
OF redemption amount unrsdeemed cash GA hard
after redemption OF notes amount OF certificates Is
sued for paid balances amount OF certificates
deemed amount paid IN redemption ard the sey-
eTsl balances paid into the treasury.
large amount Of the notes Of the banks whose az
fairs were thus finally settled hal heretofore been
retained IN this department IN sealed packages
these packages have been examined and the notes
destro, ed, amounting to S29f, 800
The plates of these banks, as well as Of those
which have more recently failed, are siIl remaining
IN this department The law does not pro ride for
their desuuc ion. Ii Is respectfully asked that the
Legislature authorize the destruction OF all plates
held BY the department for oshks which have faed.
and also those held for banks and bankers which
have given or may hereafter give no.lce oil closing
their business
TABLE A. - Skonry the accounts OF q lEsolrent
hanks closed pursuant 70 chap. 33l, Lars OF
1880, crc4iati0fi tine Of sale Of Securities rate
at btgch circulation tCdS redeemed, amount IN
redetnNs9 nor presented, cash os hand after re-
deenRig notes, s17nls.t Of unpaid balances FOR
IfAich certificates iOere issued percentage pad on
rsTtyfca,ts, amount Of csrtifSatcs redes7isa
amount 2gld u, redemption, aud the scrsrfi
bG'GactS pad INTO ne treasury az ~ SAID Tar
rfgUar,d.
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ITY ITEMS.

hlNTFR hEYlYED. --Atscr NJ snlU
rr.ust Of coqueiry the Wind settled In the colc.a
quarter yesterc a. afeu which sas followed by
srishi of SURPRISING briiancy and of clear siissrs
Christmas sold Thisis an agreeable change atse
he DENIAL dumps OF several days past, and the
turn OF regular WINTER weather will give universal
satisfaction.
THr 0PERA AT NBLo's. A respectable
but rot very large audience attended the opening Of
The Italian Opera at Nlblos last evening. Ths
piece gwen, Lseii, and the leading performers,
Bosio, Bsttini and Bsdiali, are too vel knosu to
the public to render am special crit csm necessary
1t IS enough to say that they sang admirably. and
that they never rendered this opera VITA gre.sr
spirit and effect. The msledic1on scene especially
was performed with striking power and drew forth
a burst Of enthusiastic applause, the seste,te beng
encored The orchestra. led by SIG. Ardal. is not
large, bu, well balanced the sningei instruments
sle particularly well played the chorus Is Also .
good one The lovers Of music may be sure OF IN
common graft 6cSiion from the performances Of this
company.
On Wednesday evening Norma Is to be gwen.
~Nh Madam De vries IN the principal character
and Bet;ini As Polione. The cas-. 10 = strong one.
THR uPEGA Ar AsroR- PLACE -Oa
Mopcs! evening per, the performances Of the Is,-
IAN Opera Comp any will be resumed a; Astorplace,
under he diTt ction Of Max Mareizk, with Parodi,
Sttfanone. BertuccA Salyi ard MaTini as leaders.
AIDED by AmeliS Patti, Pico, Coslini, Beneveat,na
and others. stronger company has not been seen
m NeW.York, and We Learn that the operas gwen
Will not be those which, from frequent repetition.
have lost the charm OF novelty SAW appears %
tie opening n.gb,. lie Will not fail to attract
large au-leHcc.
BILL OF MORTALITY The following Is
the Weekly Report OF Deaths IA the city and Coun
OF New.Nork from the 30 TO the 10th OF Jan, 1854
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Ahe i"lo~iIs table shows the amount OF clrculs-
VIs Lo'rs issued 70 seven safety fund banks, (and
bo' it'aILeol me Charters OF which have expired,
Gro sAe cote OF 'he expiration Of their respective
Charters
The aggregate amount Of circulating po,,sissued
TO SAID banks Ind outstanding on the Isl dav of De-
Cemocr. 1851, was 81 5S55yf A m.ioritv ~ the
stockholders OF SIX o. these banks. have formed as
Soc sfleLs uncef the provisions IT chapter 3l3 La,
OF 1872 snc are tran ing business under the pro-
yisoIs OF that act Il Is apparent thaI the crcula-
notes issued 70 ana put INTO circulation by these
old EcorporaiioIs uncer the provisions o'the Safety
Fund act Lot returned 20 this department for des-
srrctOn when recee med, but are again put VI circu.
iailOn by the associations and used in the trans
acsOn OF her ordinary busIes
The Legislature by the act OF lS4g intended to
grant great facilities to banks their charters ex
pred IN changing from the safety fund TO the free
bal King system bat Il cannot be believed that 1t
.nteLotc 10 gTaI: 10 associations formed under the
provisions OF the act referred 10 The rgh. privilege
Of circulating Tor an unlimited line the notes OF A
corporation no longer 10 existence
It's respectfully suggested that the act OF 1912. be
50 smeLced that All b,nSS the charters OF which
have expired or nav hereafter expire, shall De
CURED - return their circulating notes to the Bank
Dep1T melt for destruction IL gradual manner IN
each ytaf fOr three years following the date of
the expiration Of their .peciye charters and that
after the exp ration OF said three years banking
association formed under the provisions OF said act
OF 1919 shall directly or Indirectly put INTO crcus-
ton the notes OF any corporation, the charter OF
which shall have thus expired.
TABL. ShcuDg me time Uttr ne carriers ~ SaHfrg
incorporated BANKS erBirsd, and The awoVnt Of
thtr circulating notes outstanding and n0f
turned 10 ~ Bank Department on the LIST Day Of
December ISL
D.
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r. The annual meeting for election of

r. The annual meeting for election OF
officer. Of the General Society Of Mechanics . "a
Tradesnen, will be held today at 10 A. NJ, al NO.
Az Broadway.
II The Anniversary OF the AddisonSea-
Society las, ugh. at stVyvessnt was very P'e"'-
ant affair
The AzrEcs.-The number OF VISITOR
10 see these little cuIlosi.ies increase oauJ aAA
every booy is botn pleased and assonnheo'
u Mr. Leutze's great National Picture
attracts mutually large numbers OF s', -
lis po,rre is soon TO be removed from our City
NrRIo's.-To.morro Bellinls Normd,
n ,.bich the Df;ris donna DeUles makes her ceooL
Mss Whitus ssnori Co>str sui Hsu'ai sss'''"s
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ANOTHER FIRE-Two CHuDRzs BusssD

TO DEATH Yesterday morning, about haltpsa tn
O'Clock, ere broke out in the brick dwelling touse
No e52 Eleyenih.st the second and third stonss u
which were destroyed before the flames could ~
subdued The fire originated in the second zorss
occupied by John McAahan, duTiag the abseset OF
his wife al market Their two children, ODE boz
three years old, and the other girl nine ncn'a, ~
age were burned 70 death before they coun D. -
cued from the flames. woman named Cttit>s,b"
Levin, who was visiting a. the house a. u
became so frightened thar she Jumped
fourth story window, in the fall Featuring
leg. Size was conveyed to her residence
Avenue B, where she received proper me
tendance.
Alderman Smith held inquest on the ~
the TWO children when a verdict ~ accoTdan MA
tne above facts was rendered by the Jury.
A0oai O'Clock last syen'"' h'f 'JNss en u
oa. = -, y, iote.y aeSSlDyed together with
snot,e, ~avoa-iosd m aay sdJoinins. Damag.
>boss, Il l5a
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STATEMENT shou,ug the names and localities If me
Il incorpOratef Banks and one Branch, Of me
state of Neic- York The amount Of capital author
jztd bv lau n Je INFESTED the amount Of notes
authorized 10 hare circulation and the amount
tohsoh each Bank he'd circulation and on hand
on the lst dog Of December, 1851, and te years
uben thar charters Vlf erPrs, respectively.
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aLCt OF CEAp- Ihf, IdWs OF ICJI. no IOIIOHIIE y
a statement of the condition Of The fund on that
DAY, VIZ
Amount Of siI per cent stock issued IN account
Of the fund Outstanding -S625i 5l 50
Amount of assets ~ inSolyent banks S25623 8.
Bonds and moTtgsg6s------.-.--.----- f,6Oi y
Norey m the Tteasury % 9l9 So s.. ilr S.
Debt Of The fund On the 28th day OF June 1851
exc usive If tho ak months InteIest falling
the same the lst OF July, 1851. So393ot "a
The receipts in'O the Treasury on account of The
fund. from the 28th June to the 3Oth Septem
Der 1851. Observation-Disclosures. 5ii 30
The payments from the Treasury on account Of
the fund. during the same persd VIZ
For M crest on ST Ck-.--..----------- $1,000 70 -
For IeIeme,ion Of stock......-. 500 OO-si8 9os rs
For q statement OF the receipts aud payments OF
the fund from the Both of September, 1850, to 2sh
june, 1851, see report of the Comptroller.
The condition OF the fund on the 39th day OF Sep
TENDER, 1851 is as follows, viz
A.oUNT NJ Stock ISSUED per chap. a. Lars Of 1915.
on Account Of the Bank Fund and remaining unpaid
Oh the 30th September, 1881
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Males, 46 Females, % Children. II.
PhtladeLph,a Deaths for the week ending Jan. io
1851 ies Children, IO5 Consumption, %.
Bos,or.-Desths for the week ending Jan. 10. isse
az Males, a. Females, IS.
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should do lsiustice TO my own feelings we're 10
omit 10 saw that all the arduous and responsible du-
ties which NUT, Of necessity, deyoye upon the
deputy superintendent and clerks employed IL .nds
departmeit have been performed by them WIN
alactity and u. tlrBg industry The large increase
OF banks and the necessarily increased amount OF
circulat ion add much TO the business oil the depart
mt Ind # is anticipated that the time Is not tar
S,sts1t when AN Increased force Will be required.
All which 10 respectfully submitted.
D. B. sr JOHN, Superintendent.
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TIT RANK FINN

This fund was transferred from the charge Of the
COMPTROLLER TO the Superintendent OF the Banking
Department on the 2sih day OF June, 1851. In pursu
ance OF chap 1874. Laws OF 1851 The following is
statement of the condition Of the fund on that
day, VIZ
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Some Of the other principal causes of death con

The whole number of deaths for the week last
year, was 1893 this year, i2i-ncresse 81 or " per
cent on the figure for 1851. Probable increase oil
population, per cent
The comparisons by age show the folio Wing re-
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American Geographic
~ will hold q meeting

Ssa,l4scal sceiesy will hold a meeting 50
ci.sg IN Tuesday (ihi.] evening, at ----ps-4
eek, a. the Historical societys Rooms "
diversity, 10 hear a paper read by E. A. HoPs"''
To- II q co,.ui 10 Paraguay. on the Population
4zrcuiture and Trade OF Paraguay aad the 'p''s
Waters Of the Rio &c Ia Plata
INVOLVEMENT TO THE VioLS.-We are
-. 90 now ,ba, our feLowcitizes William B.
Ti;.,ss improvements to the Violin has beea re-
..;,.s viii 90 much favor an London We hA
:, - hs.p shown certificate nom the principal
',s..,unag house IA I.csdon In which thsy specs -
s.s vsiue. and ssy Aat lacn be umvsut's
zdsp;es. ..--------
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To refund this sum advanced 10y the Treasury,
drafts will be made on the different banks and de-
posted 70 the credit OF the Treasury, Immediately
after the close Of the year. The expenses Of the
free banks were paid up to January |, 1881: The
expenses Of the incorporated banks up to May /.
1851 II is designed hereafter to m axe up the ex.
peIse account against all the banks TO the LIST OF
January In each year.
The bmioing OF a vaul. has added 70 the expenses
Of the present year about 1880, which sum Is IN
Guided N the item " Miscellaneous" This expense
WAS unayoid able as the old vault had become quite
too small to accommodate the great and constantly
Increasing business OF the department.
The following are the names OF the persons en-
ployed in this department. and the amount OF 'her
salaries
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and held in trus. by the Superintendent, amounting
III the aggregate TO $40 So IA IS, VIZ
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Applicable 10 tie payment OF toe IN
and prInclpai Of the aDsve
stock the Supeiintcuden; Of the
Banking Departn.e ri, holds ~ trust
the following:
Assets Of insolyent Banks ....-.----- s256l3 %
Bonds aDd mort g8gss.---------------- i4We -
Money the Treas B,)So % a5SSl "
Debt Of the fund. 70 the payment Of which the
cont buttons of one hat percent annually &C
the pltaI stock If the several Safety Fund . 49,.
Banks are pledf S1il i3O ~
There is que 10 this fund the sum OF $6,J4o from
three banks whose charters have expired, the pay
ment Of which is resisted. Suits have been COM
MERGED by the Attorney General against the Bank
OF Utica and the Bakk of Monroe, to recover the
amount due from those institutions. which have not
been oe0ced Should these suits be decided IN IA
of the fund Il is pre- sumed that other banks as
their charters expire, WI pay the amount due from
them without further litigation
There IL also a balance Of $hl2O due from the
Oneida Bank account Of the contribution for
1850 THIS sum is withheld by the bank for an al
,eeed claim on the fund In 1912. under the require
ment # the Law to repenlsh the Bank FUND, this
bank paid into the Treasury ia addition to the one
half per cent upon It's capital stock $4,000, ana IN
lsi3 .he sum Of 81 90l 81 These sums were su0se
quentiy allowed By tho Comptroller on account Of
the contributions due for 1913 and lSi9-and the
bank now claims that interest should be allowed on
those up 10 the time the contributions for 1913
and 1919 became due.
There has been paid at the State Treasury for ex-
penses for the Banking Department, from January
Ist, 1851 10 December ls!, 1851, both inclusive,
chaIgeabe to tie free banks, the sum OF Sl2,3S6 H.
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The rate of mortality in the above table is still
very high among those of tender age. Fifyfour per
cent of the deaths were children under 10 The
progress of the principal epidemic diseases, as coui
pared with the same week Las, year. has been rs
follows
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Applicable TO tie payment Of toe IN
ttIest and prInclpai Of the absye
stock the Superintendent; Of the
Banking Departn. eRt, holds ~ trust
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persons who wish 10 make further comparisons
with previous weeks will have data BY preserving
these tables as they appear each Tussday]
Brooklyn-T following is The weekly report 81
Deaths In The City Of Brooklyn for the week ending
January no 1889.
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SrArE oF NEW-l DIRK, BANKING DEPARTMENT,
Albany. December 81, ISL.

NON 1 \ ~ y -
Mechanics Bank Of Syracuse.
Syracuse.
Bank OF Malone, Malone.
Bank of the Metropolis. NY
{ New York Exchange Bank,
New York.
.lNew York state Bank, Alb.
lBauk Of Newburgh, New
burgh
blank of Nsrth America.
/ New-Yerk.
$ Pacific Bank, New York.
Peoples Bank, New York.
Rome Exchange Bank Rome
Bank Of the Republic, N. Y.
Union Bank Of Sullivan Co,
i Monticello.
Union Bank Of Troy. Troy.
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Oss1Oyec
Five individual bankers, who have heretofore
given notice of their intention to close their bust
ness, having complied with the provisions OF sec
ton s. OF chapter 3l9, Laws of lsil, by receemlns
naety per cent of their clrculatlon nave wtnarawn
the securities held in trust and deposited an amount
OF money suffclen. 10 redeem the Balance oil c!rcula
ton outstanding.
The following statement shows the amount OF cur
cuIation unreoeemed on the lst day OF december
1851 the amount Of money held In uust o. me ou-
uernteudeDt the Gate OF the first notice TO oilhoo-
ers to present their notes for payment and Inc time
wh, n such notice will expire
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The following statement shows the names ana 10
cation of sch banks as have gwen notice Of their IN
tention to close their business the greatest ahou.
Of circulation issued to said banks, and inc anou
OF circulation outstanding on the lss Gay Oh DeOe
Der 1851 In,
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HOSP Bellevue 70 Randalis Island. 6Cy Hospital rs
Pen B Island. Al Aims House. bl. Colored Home.
WsrI's JsIanJ lql Island s. old Persons 3
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The place OF nativity IN each week quoted has
been given below
Second ,ssek 1852 do 1851 Second e,k 1854, 10 1851
Urted States ga 2'2lGemanY ~ ts
Ire and % o. OtheT G unines-.1 ~
TIE mortality in the public institutions compares
as follows
Second meek ~ 1859 Il, 1851 Second 1852 DO 1881
Hosplts, III lZl ftandaIs Islands
Asylums-.--------t 4lffisnns. - .
Aims Ii Ouse-..--.j JlWaros Island 30
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-10-23
SELECT POETRY.
From the Miners Journal.
THE SUSQUEHANNA.

Brightest stream of the mountains pure,
noble and free,
Here's song that thy children will sing
Unto the Susquehanna, whose crystalline
tides
From the clearest Of fountains all impdly
glide
All limpidly glide in beauty and pride
BY the feet Of each cloud ridden hill
Ever bright, ever clear, since first the
Wild deer
From thy adamant wave drank his fll.
Iuzza noble River 4! for thus thou hast run.
Long ages nnsuiied, unfeipred by man
No barnes may wanton upon thy bold breast
Though erst on thy waters the light canoe
prest.
The bark canoe prest where lis dark own-
er rests
Forsaken beneath thy green bark
And his children are dead, forgotten or had
From the stream where their forefaihers
drank.
Great offspring of Nature! What ages are
Mighty stream of the monnlairs Thy source
is divine
From thy home in the forcs', down the EN-.
raid path
Flow thy waters as silver, or foam in their
wrath.
Or foam in thy wrath like giant Of
Ga'h,
Dealing fear and destruction below
Yet sad is thy tale Of that "beau,iful
vale"
Where Thy waters seem tears as they
flow
Ever so, prince Of rivers flow on 10 the
sea.
And tell to cod Ocean, thy sire, Of the
free;
Till lis deep diapason heard over the earth
Inspire every nation with liherty's worth.
From the halls of the north in triumph
comes forth,
Ho prince of all streams, 10 the sea
In thy home, be it known, is liberiy's
throne
Elernaily fixed by the free.
bloomsbury, September 90, 1852.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-10-23
BREAD AND BUTTER.


Mr. Jordan was a bachelor on the shady
, side Of forty, and consequently was subject
TO the tender mercies of boalding- house,
keepers. Circumstances bad kept Mr.. Jor-
dan an inmate of Mrs. Wiggins' boarding
house for long line, and Mrs. Virgins was
lady Of one idea-namely economy. Her
experiments in economical philosophy and
philosophical economy were, for the most
palt, brought TO bear upon the s,omachs Of
her boardcr, as "vi,tes" is the principal
Item Of expense in mediocre boarding-hou-
sas. Mr. Jordan had been startled by some
of the aforesaid experiments, but he had
borne with patience the present and certain
evil "ra'her than fly 10 The others he knew
not Of" until one day, when butter was
scarce and high, Virgins hit upon the eco.
nomical plan of spreading with her own Geo.
nomical hands the butter upon the allowance
Of bread she dotted out 10 her boardeIs, OK
cusing herself for this Interference in their
affairs by stating, in the blandest manner,
that she assumed iha, task, cheerfully TO
save them trouble
MIR. Jordan came 10 lea rather late upon
the first evening of this new dodge, sal down
in the presence Of all the other boarders.
and received a slice from Mrs. Niggins,
who had, gone through the ceremony Of but
tering it before his eyes. Mr. Jordan eyed
the bread inqnisiIively, and began 10 turn it
from side TO side, and scrutiaze it closely
through his spectacles.
"Wbat is the matter with your bread
and butler ?n demanded Mrs Virgins.
"Noihiug nothing - nothing" replied
Mr.. Jordan, still turning the piece over, and
persslng in his scrutiny.
w'm positive, Mr., Jordan, that you do
see something. Now want" said Mrs.
Wisgins, her face becoming finished with
excltement-G want my boarders 10 tell me
right ont when ihei: vittes doesn't suite -
Now, Mr.. Jordan, what is il A.
MIR. jordan laid down the slice upon his
plate, raised his speciacles 10 his fore
head, and replied, with great deibera-
tion -
"Mrs. Wissins, there's nothing the mat
ter with the bread, assure you. But, Mrs.
Wigsins,n and here Mr.. Jordan glanced mis-
chicvionsly down the vista of attentive faces
81 have lived in this world eight and forty
years, and find myself This evening such a
smpleton that can't tell, for my life, 1rhieh
side of my bread is buttered r'- Literary
Ml,ceuD1