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Died while Dressing for a Bail.

One OF the most pathetic and thrilling
sketches we recollect to have ever read, 10
one entitled death at the Toilet" written
by the author of the Diary of a Physician"
or By the venerable Christopher North pro
fessor WilSon,) we forget which. Whether
that sketch is al! fiction, we know not, but it
appears from n, tice in the local columns 0 t
the Cincinnati papers, that similar incident
is related among the vcritable facts connected
with the 4th of July in the Queen City.
The circumstances, as related, are these:
Miss Laura Shields, who resided on Liberty
street, in Cincinnati, went up to her room ON
the evening of July 4th to dress for a ball.
When the gentleman came who was to ac-
company her she had not come down stairs.
Her mother called her, but she did not come.
At length her mother went TO the door and
raped, but no answer was returned, and she
had locked the door. They then became a.
armed and forced the door, when Laura was
found lying upon the floor, nearly dressed for
the ball, and dead. She appeared to be in
perfect health in the evening at tea. She
was buried in the dress they found her in.
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HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.

The Norfold Herald of last Wednesday
gives the following particulars of the tragical
occurren ce in that place which has been be-
fore alluded to in short item in our columns:
Our community was shocked and appalled,
yesterday morning by an occurrence of the
preceding night 10 which its records of human
butchery presen.s but few parallels. 1t ori-
gnated in iracas which took place about ten
O'Clock in Loalls lane, before the ice house,
between G gorge J. Churchward, young man
about % years of age, and William Seares,
some year older, in viii ch the former was hor.
rby stabbed with bowie knife in the abdo-
men and died almost instantly, FROM the ef-
fprts of his wounds; and the latter received
two pistol balls one through the breast and
the other below the groin--from which there
is little probability OF his recovery A coroner.
inquest was held over the body OF Churchward
yesterday morning, whose verdict was in ac-
cordance with the evidence given in, which
was in substance, that Seares and another
person was passing down the lane at the time
mentioned, when the latter was rudely accost-
ed by Churchward who was armed with re-
volver and bowie knife, and threatened to
shoot him. Upon hearing the threat Searles
came up TO Churchward and laying his hands
on C's shoulders endeavored to pacify him:
but being, ,assAiled in turn with threaten ng and
abusive language he retorted, and finally they
closed in and both fell tothe ground, but soon
got up and separated Immediately after.
however, Churchward presented pispol at
Seares and fired three distinct charges In
rapid succession. This was followed by
scuffie between the parties, in which Searles'
arm was seen rapidly moving to and fro, as IL
in the act of stabbing. A moment after this,
Churchward fell, and Searles walked of with.
out assistance to Messrs. Webb's druggist
store, where he was dressed by Drs. Higgins
and Tunstall. The ball which passed through
the breast was cut out a little below the
shoulder blade, but the one in the thigh re-
mains, though the wound was probed to the
depth oi six inches.
The wre,chsi youth who so recklsssly and
criminally threw awayh his life belongs 70 .
res spectacle family in the city for whom much
sympathy is ts!t.
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"By worlds dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.

A little girl about four years of age, being
asked, why she prayed,
"Because know that He hears me, and
love to pray to him." she replied.
But how do you know He hears you!"
Putting her hand to her heart, she said, 81
know because there is mething here that
tells me So"
0-The sale Of Fanny Ferns new book
has thus far exceeded that OF Uncle TOMS
Cabin. Ten thousand copies were sold the
first week of its issue.-New York Mirror.
There is a voice of warning in the follow.
ing, to which the young, especially, should
give earnest heed:-"But one false step, one
wrong habit,ons corrupt companion, one loose
principle, may wreck all your prospects, anc
all the hopes of those who love you"
SPANISH MINIsTER.-The steamer Americs
brings a report that Don Calderon de Ia
Barca, long resident in Washington as the
representative of Spain, has been appointed
Minister of Foreign Affairs for that country
In noticing this account the Republic says
Should this intelligence prove authentic
the appointment may be regarded as one o.
happy augury,it being Indicative of continued
peaceful relations between this Government
and that Of Spain.
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For the Chronicle
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.

On the night Of July 18th, '53, while re-
turning from the country, at few minutes
past l o'clock, saw at the sensible horizon,
in the northeast, a bright light resembling
the Aurora Boreaiis, from which streams
arose to great height these streams would
break of and pass rapidly along the eastern
Horizon near to the point of sunrise, there
stop and soon disappear. This process con-
tined for about minutes, when all traces
vanished for some five minutes, then |
observed a little northwest of central posi-
ton above me, very bright streams, having
the appearance OF white clouds about so feet
long feet wide and 10 feet apart stretching
parallel from north to south, travelling towards
the west keeping their distance from each
other, they continued thus to travel till the
track made by these streams was about half
mile long. They were in view about ten
minutes, when all passed out of sight. When
these streams began to pass over head, those
spoken of IN the northeast had disappeared.
The night OF the occurrence was calm and
clear, not cloud to be seen, and but short
time before the moon went down, the streams
were not so high as the clouds generally are.
The sight was grand beyond description.
The cause OF this phenomenon | know no..
II any one can account for it should like to
hear from them. w. E.
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Overwhelming Argument.

Dr. Lathrop, in one Of his sermons, says
"If it were true that there is no God, what
evidence can the atheist have that he shall
not live and be miserable after death' How
came he to exist at all!-Whatever was the
cause of his existence here, may be the cause
of his existence hereafter. Or; if there be no
cause, he may exist in another state as well as
in this! And ifhis corrupt heart and abominable
works make him SO unhappy here that he
would rather be annihlated than run the hazard
of a future existence, what hinders but he may
be unhappy foreyerl The man then is
fool who wishes there wac no God; hoping
thus TO be secure from future misery; for
admitting there is no God, still he may exist
hereafter as we'll as here, and If he does exist
his corruptons and vices may render hin
miserable eternslly, as well asfor the present.
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ELOQUENT DEscRIPTIoN.-The following extract
from an address of Meagher recently delivered in
New York is truly eloquent in Its description of the
present state of Europe. How impossible. remarks
cotemporary, for soul not stirred or even tried in
fire TO conceive and utter such things as these!
"Austria--the whole German family--tongueted;
the Rhine stagnant in her bed Poland still the Niobe
of nations, and her estate and children cut up and
parceled out among the robbers; Hungary, with the
knife at her proud and beauteous neck; Italy locked
within her sculptured sepulchre, and profane SOL
disry ks spng watch upon it; France grmacing In q
masquerade, the glare Of which binds men to ctmet
of which.it ID the senseess and reckless carnival
Irel.nd, her people dseayiny and disappearing fasr
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What is Educafionl

II il remarkable nevertheless fact that educa.
tion, one Of the first duties Of parent is really the
last to be properly understood What is true educa
ton, is, indeed comprehended by comparatively few
We will give our idea Of education by first stating
what is not education, and then what tits
It is not education TO send child TO school merely
for that will train his intellect, not form his princi
PIES 1t is not education to cram him with four
times as much he can hold for that's treating him
like the boy franklin tells og+wo, having his hands
full of apples, grasped after more, and SO los. ALL
1t is not education to put him off at parsing almost
before he SPELL for at that age he cannot analyse
and anyysis of the language is the Alpha and ON.
ega Of true grammar. 1t is not edu cation to teach
him all sorts Of frivolous and useless branches Of
learning for hundred 10 one he has his way to make
in the world, and will want all the available knowl.
edge he acquire. Finally, it il not education, if
the child is girl, TO bring her up if marriage is
the sole object Of her life that she need only &C.
quire the accomplishments that dazzle, not the house.
hold virtues that delight.
Education is the training Of child morally, phis.
ically and intellectually, the bestowing on it such
knowledge will he most useful to it in after life
and the imparting that knowledge in the most thor
ough manner. In that single sentence the whole cir.
Gle OF education according to notion is embraced
We might enlarge on its several parts almost with.
out limit; but prefer to place it before our readers
in the fewest words possible, that they may mental.
ly digest it for themselves We rank moral educa
ton first because, without right principles, smart
man is but the greater rascal nevertheless, moral
and intellectual education closely come cted the
latter materially assisting the former.
Moral education must be'prncipaly impaired at
home. where the child's temper is best unierstoo
and where affection and discipline, if the pursuits
are proper ones, go hand in hand. Physical educa.
lion is necessary to the future health of the child
without which learning is nearly useless, and even
wealth no blessing Lastly, it is the thorough men.
not the superficial ones, who succeed in life nan
had better know one thing well than twenty things
indfferentIy.
The education OF girls should be guided by similar
principles But as their duties and posi- ion are diff.
icrent. should be the kind of knowledge inpa rted
the true rule is that girls be educated to make useful
wive and mothers, and to be bellies or iiris and
some pursuit should be taught them, to be followed
in case they never marry. Ifparents would educate
their children on these principles it would be better
than giving them fortune, for happiness and COM
petence would be theirs almost certainly through life
Dollar Newspaper
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TEMPERANCE AND STlENGTH.- Among the Arabs,
the Persans and the Turks you do not meet these
under sized, rcketty, and consumptive beings which
are so common in Europe; you do not meet with such
pale, wan, and sickly looking countenances; their
compilations bright and fcrd they are both strong
and vigorous--and able to ride hundred miles day
and capable performing other most amazing feats
remember seeing most striking instance OF their
powers bari OF men from Himaaya Mountains,
had come to Cacutta for the purpose of exhiblting
feais of strength and they indeed perfect Sam.
sons. Their size struck me with admiration.
know nothing tina. can compare them to; but per-
haps some of you have the statue at the bottom
of the stairs at the Somerset House--it is Hercules
leaning on his club IS about feet eight, capa
BILE of executing the most difficult task, and such
men were the athetae.
We selected five men on board the Glasgow frig
ate similar number from one Of the regiments, anC
likewise from an Indiaman, all fine picked men; anc
yet upon trial of their strength, it was found that
the Himalaya mountains were equal to two and three
quarters of the strongest Europeans. They coulC
grasp man and hold him in the air, like child, ans
il they had not been under control am convinced
they could easily have crushed him to DEATH / tel
them, and ne er felt such flesh in my life, it appear
ed rolls of muscle, and yet none of these men eve
tasted spirits
did not say that drinking water was the caus
OF this but it to prove that abstinence iron
intoxicating drinks is perfectly compatible with tn
possession Of great bodily power.-Buckingha
Lectures.
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-OIEE".Xe
NapoIe on's Prayer.

Yes! bury me deep in the infinite sea;
Let my heart have a limitless grave:
For my spirit in life was as fierce and tree
As the course of the tempest wave.
As far from the reach Of all earthly control
Were the fathomless depths of my mind:
And the Gibbs and flows OF my single soul
Were as tides to the rest OF ofmankind.
Then my briny path shall engirdlc the world,
As in life did the voice Of my fame;
And each mutinous billow that's skyward curlet
Shall seem to reecho my name.
That name shall be storied in annals OF crime
In the uttermost corners of earth;
Now breathed as a curse, now aspcllword sub
lime,
In the gloriied land ofmy birth.
Ay! plunge my dark heart in the infinite sea
1t would burst from narrower tomb
Shall less than an ocean his sepulchre be
Whose mandate to millions was doom!
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There Were Giants in those DAYS.

Professor Siiman, in OF his lectures, mentions
| the discovery Of an enormous animal of the izart
tribe, measuring eighty feet in length, from whcl
he ners that all animals have degener ated in size
and this supposition is fortified by reference to the
history Of giants in the sden time. 1t appears from
the list furnished by the Professor that we of the
present day are mere Tom Thumbs, when compar-
ed with the huge individuuties Of antiquity. Here
is the list
The giant exhibited in Rouen in l745, measured
over eight feet.
Gorapius saw girl who.was ten feet high!
The body Of Grestus was eleven feet and hall
high!
The giant Galbara, brought from Arabia to Rome
under Claudius Cesar was near ten feet.
Funnman, who lived in the time Of Eugene II
measured eleven feet and half
The Cheyaer ScrJg, in his voyage TO the peaks o
Tenerife found in one of the caverns OF that noun
tain the head Of Guance, which had eighty teeth,
and it was supposed that his body was less than
fifteen feet long!
The Giant Gerragus, slain by Arlando, nephew
to Charlemagne, was eighteen feet high!
In 1914, near st. German, was found the tomb o
the Giant Isorel, who was twenty feet high!
In 1890, near Rouen, they found skeleton whose
skull held bushsl Of corn, and whose body must
have been eighteen feet long.
Platerus saw at Lucern, the human bones of n
subject nineteen feet long!
The Giant Burat was 22i feet high, his bones were
found in l705, near the banks Of the river Moderi
In 1913, near castle in Dauphine, tomb was
found thirty feet long! TIVE I've wide and eight high
on which was cut in grey stone the words 'Keut.
ulOchnS Rex The ok kpntnn +,
feet cng 10 feet across the shoulders and feet deep
from the breast bone to the back.
Near Maxarine, in Sicily, in 1916 was found the
skeleton of giant 80 feet high! His head was the
size OF hogsllead, and each of his teeth weighed
ounces
Near Palmero, in Sicily, in l44s, was found the
skeleton of giant 80 feet long, and another 80 feet
high, in 1850
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A sEAsONABLE SONNET.

When June'sho sun pours down in fervid beams
In striking beams that knock mortal down,
Or make the pers separation flow in streams,
In regular streams descending from the crowns
NV mind recalls fat and jovial one,
A jovial one that did call my friend,
Who melted on time meath such SUM-,
Meath such a sun, just like a candle end
saw him for a'moment stand alone
Stand all alone beneath hat of straw;
A moment more, and on the side walk stone,
That reeking stone, my wond'ring vision saw
A heap of clothes, suspenders, hats and boots,
An empty wicker flask, and twenty smoked cher
oots. WlDEoW Ahlfl.
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An EXQUISITE Story by Lamartine.

In the tribe OF Neggdah, there was horse, whose
fame was spread far and near, and Bedoun OF an
other tribe, by Daher desired extremely to pos
sessit. Having offered in vain for it his cames and
his whole wealth, he hit at length upon the follow
ing device, by which he hoped to gain the object of
his desire. He resolved to stain his face with the
juice of herb, to cothe himself IN rags to tie his
legs and neck together, so as to appear like lame
beggar. Thus equipped, he went to wait for Nabor,
the owner OF the horse, who he knew was to pass
that way. When he saw Nabrr approaching on his
beautiful steed, he cried out in weak voice, II am
poor stranger for three days have been unable
to move from this spot to seek for fool / am ing
help me, and heaven will reward you" The Bedoun
kindly offered to take him on his horse and carry him
home; but the rogue replied, II cannot rise; have
no strength left" Nabor, touched with pity, dis
mounted, led his horse to the spot and with great
difficulty set the seeming beggar on his back. But
no sooner did Daher feel himself in the saddle, than
he set spurs the horse and gaoped off, calling out
as he did so 1T is Daher. have got the horse,
and am off with it," Nabor called after him to stop
and listen. Certain of not being pursued, hs turned
and halted at a short distance from Nabor who was
armed with spear. "You have taken my horse, "
said the latter "Since heaven has willed it, wish
you Joy of it; but do conure you never to tell any
one how you obtained it," And why noti" said
Daher. because" said the noble Arab, 'anolher
man might be really i'll, and men would fear to helr
him. You would be the cause of many refusing ,o
perform an ,ct of charity, for fear Of being duped
have BEEN" Struck with shame at these words
Daher was silent for moment, then springing from
the horse, returned it to its owner embracing him
Nabor made him accompany him to his tent, where
they spent lew days together, and became fast
| friends for life.
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The FATHER AT HoME.--In most of the
families in this country, the father is absent
the greater part of the day, engaged in phys
ical labor. To gather his children around
him upon entering his home, and converse
with them about their sports, their occupa-
tions, their studies, and their duties, incuca-
ting occasionally some moral and religious
truth in what he says, would be by change of
occupation, actually relief to him and a de-
light to them. Cannot any father see how,
by such course, he would bind his children
to their home, and make it a delightful place
to them, the sweetest spot on earth! Let
him pursue this course and no coerciye meas
ures will be necessary to keep his children
from the streets in the evening, the place where
almost every boy who is ruined, may date the
commencement of his downfall.
Besides all this, let him calculate, if he can,
the amount of relief this would afford his COM
panion, The mother of his children, who, in
addition to the ordinary, ever recurring, mon
otonous duties of the day, has had the care
and responsibility, not only Of the personal
safety of the children, but also of their moral
health and purity; duties which alone in their
wearing and distracting nature, would more
than balance all his labor. 1t is in a
fathers power to inspire his children in early
life, especially if he keeps the word of God
in his hands as he proceeds, with moral he
roism which viii make them PIuvf against
all the seductive influences of immortality and
vice, by which they may be surrounded; un-
moved--under the dignifying consciousness
of selfreetitude--
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1--WE wish" says the Presbyterian Quarterly Re.
view, THAT Mr. Dickens could be persuaded for once
if only for the sake of variety and truth to nature
to become acquainted with one decent minister, OF
any denominations and give US his portrait as an off.
set to the disgusting hypocres he delights to pa mt
Is there such thing honest man in Engla nd
preaching the gospell"
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er than the ruins even, which ruthless civilization
has yet left standing on the soil. Whcre-where
can the eye that tho history Of this day turn
with joy.-without grief withou, vengeance, without
despair--unless 1t be to this great commonw wealth,
the powe the progress, the immensity Of which are
mapped out in those mighty waters Of the west
from which came but Yesterday"
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THE 'Revrries ofa Bachelor are over, and the
'Reveries of a Married Man are begun! Our es-
teemed friend and correspondent, TX MARVEL has
been Joined in holy wedock toa fair and accomplish
ed daughter Of the Sunny South and before these
lines shall reach our distant readers, he will be on
his voyage to the blue Adriaic with his bride, to
take up his residence in the city Of the Doges hsv'
ing been appointed American consul to that World
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renowned capital. Ho will doubtless encounter
WASH FvDsE in Paris, and report, not only from
what that interesting young gentleman writes, but
what he himself sees in his European career. Take
with ye gentle winds your sails to swelH is our as.
piraton for the voyagers and when next they touch
our shores may we be there TO see!'
Knickerbocker.
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BEtnGEPoRr, July IL, '53.

MEssRs. HOWARD g. CowES:-
The following address delivered to the
Soldiers on the 4th, by the Rev. D. s. WELL.
ING, in Bridgeport, by the request Of the Of
fcers of both companies is sent to you for
publication. Yours, &C.,
s. F. FARIS, Lieut..