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Some of our New England readers
we have no doubt, will recognize I
once dirlinguis ed attorney general Of an
eastern State. IN the sdbjec, oflhe an.
nexef nnecdoie:l HH .a-nw SIS gu
ed Mr. B., distinguished advocate
and pttprney-general of far down east
State, was sitting with hal over mis- eyes
and bis chin on bis breast, bolstered W
on either side with chairs and tab e, snd
sleeping as com(or,acble as 'the indom
table spiri, Of GIN would allow, in the
court house at A -, when ',he Court
entered aud took his seal ON the bench,
Observing the situation Of Mr.. B.
which had not changed on The entrance
Of the She Court the judge looked at
the sheriff, W no seemed TO understand
that il was his duty 20 get the sleeper
into condition. -.
o l'Mi B, the CSnr, is in ',H.'.r
Iwont give the reply. Suffice i, to
say the sheriff has a decided objection
to going to The mursy and snlphurous
place to which he was consigned.
'Mr. B. said the Judge, Eve
have obs4w d, with profound regret, your
conduct during the last week; and this
morning we find you in no better condi'
lion to take up your cases than before
We are disposed to bear with you no Ion
ger. You disgrace yourself and yonr
family, the Court, and the profession
by your course of conduct This re
proof elected the lowing cclloqny:
Did your honor speak TO me?
Il did, sir! "
s''What remark di.hid you make? %"
..f said, Sir, thai, in my opinion, you
disgrace yourself and family, the Court
and lbe profession, 5y your course o.
condpcIH ta,sma5 lw ?, -r.taa
May ii it please your honor, have
been an attorney mimic this c-court for
fifteen years; ald permit me to say,
your honor, ;ha, that is the first correct
opinion ] ever knew you to giVe!H If.
a. Slightly 'pungenl,' :hat!- haicker
booker. lgr So sf at t9.Ir .9.rr al
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D.. Mrs SwIssHELM ON BABynLoGY. -
The following from the Saturday Visitor
is decidedly rich specman OF com
pounding: es.'aG a.a# #aw fa-Lu
SOUTHERN PRESUMPTION. -."The
South" )" the qarrogan, Soush,' the "insol
ept Sou,h,n the "overbearing South"
How these pesky Southern people d."
try our patience! Nothing will 10 ihem
bu, they mus, have all The Presidents
and all The say il Congress. They must
verify John Randolph's boast, and keep
us swhite slaves catching black slaves,
and nobody knows Into what outrageous
carrca,urcs of dogs and man they do
continue to work up their Northern
dough. But nothing they orany Of them
have ever done, did ever rlle our temper
like paragraph we fud in one exchanges,
stating thai Mrs Prevent, of the 'Yazoo
City Whig,' has off I'd 70 compare bpb'es
with us--in,ima,e her belief that he'
misqu,o-eatcn, flea bitten tck.t'rnpn-
ted pism r' prosecuted, alllgat, r-tn na-
ced mlasma p2is"ned, yellow fever
chased, sun scm ched, Mississippi baby
will compare with our Nettie! 'Fha, wo
man must be sceaia daft.' but in our
opinion ,h re is so much method in her
meadness, that she took care not TO send
,hat number Of the 'Whg' 10 our office.
She must have fel, tha,if we became.
directly aware Of her presumption, we
should have started forthwith for Yazon
Civ, 10 cover her with nex'rcable con-.
fusion. She took care that we should
get only second hand hintof what was
eoin. on. Poor benighted woman: we
do really pity her; and now lha, we have
',sflectpd on il, wa would not On any
c ,nsideralion let her see our baby, for
srraightway she would whip and pinch
her poor little thing for very spite that
was so entirely eclipsed. ego 'ad
She never imagined baby like ours
or dr., amed of any hing so PREFER. just
think of it, Ms Prewet,--'wen'y-three
pounds in eight months! So white and
soft, and round, with such violrteyes and
such tooth! Then, il you could see
tha,liule fat foot held up pf"r mother 10
kss, and the look Of wise wonder athat
follows this expected ca'ess! PooroMrs,
Prewptt, how we pity that you have not
seen the baby! I---' 3la|h (
Hear how the editor Of the Vermont
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-04
COME TO ME IN DREAMS.
BY GEORGE d. PRENTIss.

Come in beautiful dreams, love, .I
Oh! come TO me oft, a,
When the light wing Of sleep
On my bosom lies soft;
Oh come when the sea, .'
In the moons gentle light,
Beats low on the ear ,tH.7 .t.a Hr',|1
Like pause Of the night
When the skv and the wave
War their loveliest blue, 70
When the devils on the fuwer 10 FL
And the star on the dew. gr.
Como in beautiful dreams. love.
Oh come and we'll stray,
Where the whole year is crowned
With the blossoms ofMay-- v
Where each sound is as sweet .s
As the COO of the dove,
And the gales are 80 soft
.'' As the breathings Of love;
Where the beam kiss the waves y
And the-waves kiss the beach,
And our lips may catch a RI,
The lessons thay teach. 4 n wv. q
Come in beautiful, dreams, love;
oh! come and we'll fly m.,..
Like two winged spirits ... ..
OF love through the sky;
With hand clasped in hand l'. '.I'
On our doem. wings we'll go, ga.
Where the starlight and moonlight
,.. Are blending their glow; C
And on bright clouds well lingsr
OF fpurple and Of gold, - r.
Till loves angels envy NJ 'I'
The bliss they behold. ri.aa
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REGALITY OF GESIoUs. -Gibbon, in
sneak ing Of own genealogy, refers TO the
fact Of Field g being Of The same family
as the Earl Of Denbigh, who, in common
with the imperial family Of Austria, is
decended from the celebrated Redolnh
Of Hapsburg. Awhile the one branch =
he save, shave con,ended themselves
with being shefiffs Of Leioestershire and
justices Of the peace, the others have
enaemperors Of Germany and kings o.
Spaia; but the magnificen, romance Of
Tom Jones will be read with pleasure
when the palace Of the Escurial is in
ruins, and the imperial eagle, of Austria
is rolling iulihs busl."l vdaog io..
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PERnY. ofthe Delpbqs Osacle, is down
on "Bussing Bees" Wen bet our ole
quill ,h,a some OF the girls have slapped
his face'for him.. just h4Or him:
Notwithstanding the bad weather, The
young ladies' and gentlemen Of this place
have been enjoying social glee TO a
"onantum sufficit.'' Sn far their parties
have passed off finely. Oae feature
however, 1--WE only speak for ourselves
we do not like, and that is. the supper
abundance of BUSES that have attended
these gatherings, 2o
The superlative bliss sg u .Efs
r of a sincere kiss, f.,ur... ..u..
Should never be thrown away
In hussing and kissing
When true love Is missing, Aiss 19
g For surely it twill notpay
Now don't say we can't appreciate the
"boney Of llfe," for we love to kiss as
we'll as any body but !, must be when the
world IS sleeping in deep repose-when
but single star is gazing from on high
witness to the scene-when two hearts
bea. close Observation-Disclosures her
bnsom swells with thoughts of tenderesl
affsc,ion-.w when the ego speaks and the
cheek betrays emo,ion-'lis THEN the
electric influence Of kiss3is CARVED ic
the hear,-'tis then and then only tina
mans decreed 10 kiss Lima Argus.
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The great error of modern literature
is, that i, is either ulilitsrl an or merely
amusing; the great error of politicians is,
,ha, they are either too returning or too
laclious. Our artisans study that they
NAV invent a new steam engine, OF te-
cons,ruc, the British consiiiuiinn. =.
Weared with thase ambitious attcmpts,
they read silly trash, or take, up with
some petty agitation 7rEtord Joha, Rwr
sell.
.7ao 5 ae Il ,arot
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HANDSOME MEN.-tanny Fern, ibt
CORE espondentofthe B BlsionOive Branch
thus repIied 10 an individual who said
somebody was not calculated 10 win a
|Ipdy's heart because he was not hand
Q me:
Begging your pardon, Solomon that's
great mistake II is quite unessenI'al
tha, man should be handsome. be
him pray the gods, in the f;a' place, 'c
make him gentleman; agent!emn a.
home as well as 'abtoad. Let him sflp
ul lie Cor fine figure and conr'ly MANNER
and leave ii to !heir djscreton1atler that
10 shape his eyes nose and mou'h, pre-
vided they don't make them perfectly
hidpous, 1854 'aii'' i"''aI I'as
Save US from our plaid-panted, border
ed-vested. big-crava'ed, mousached, CO
logne-spriakled, bel ~e'led, .brai"les:
exau she. Give us a well formed,
plainly dressed, self-pass ssad, intelligent
masculine, perfectly al home upon all
subioc,s, foreign and domestic, nelth
crngng to the great, nor Expressing me
liule, who puts one hand on his sword
and the other ON his heat when wo
mans name Is mentioned; WIN raises M
blush on the cheek OF humble innocence
who holds in csn,empt no living thing
that God has made, who eau pity the
weak and etring without pharlsaic"l
reviIins; WHO can argue without loss ot
temper aud dignity; who scnrns brlbe
o. an oath, WIN has an arnpf rlrembling
age; a snilefor prattlng infancy; and q
strong brave heart, for The oppressed and
defencelessa Bui a'prettp mda;' a p'"h
and white Sir Brdinless!!"o the united
work Of tailor, halter, shoemaker and
perrumer! Heaven sare the ,mark.--
Women know better !" IsEaom9l 7
-s..
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actually thrown away, and then begging
,fpsia newspaper, alleging that he was
TOO poor 10 pay for it! Tha''s what we
call Saving at the spigot and loosiug al
the, bung. hole.' iH1H @i -
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WoMEN ~ THE FIELDS, An American
student writes from Hanover to the Bos-
ton Journal:-"You see here quite as
many women at work hoeing. reaping,
ploughing, otc., as men, They look
strong and hardy--are generally bare
rfnof, but sometimes have quite a cnmely
appearance--,heir arms, ot course, being
bronzed in the sun. Every eveing |
meet many nf them returning from the
fields with their hoes and baskets swung
over their, shoulders, This is by, no
means as bad as it looks, The women
often work with their husbands, aud
doubtless enjoy it, simple peasants as
they are, though sometimes they are i'll
uea,ed. /, For example, You may some
times seea woman in a field, the toonlaa
digging the holes in the the ground, and
the man 'e'snreIy dropping in the pofa-
toes. I, is cha acIerisric of the women
here 10 he much more in the open, air
lban the Americans, 100, vithout bonnet
or cap"
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promised myself the pleasdre of listening
TO bim. My first Sunday morning IN
Cincipnai, found me sitting with his
congregation. The pnslo, was not a.
pnnclual as the ll6ck.. Several minutes
had elapsed after the regular hour for be,
ginning tue service, When one Of the
doors opened, and saw bale looking
old gentleman epter. As he pulled ntf
his hat, half dozen prrcfs covered with
notes Of sermons AnItered down 10 The
floor, tie hat appeared 10 contain gond
many more. Shopping down and pick
ing them up deliberately, he came scut
telling along down the aisle, with step
SO quick and resoute as father TO alarm
certain prejndices | had on the score OF
clerical solemn,y.E Had | met him on a
parade ground, should have singled him
out as some general in undfess, spite OF
The decided stoop contracted in study
the iron gray hair brushed ST fly toward
the back Of the head the keen, sagacions
eyes, the firm, hard lines -ofthe brown
and wrinkled visage, and the passions
and power latent about the mouth with
its long and scornful under.lip, bespoke
character more likely to attack than to
defend, to do Than 10 softer. His manner
d d not change my frsl impression. The
ceremonies preliminary to the sermon
were dispatched in rather summary
way. A petition in The long prayer was
expressed so pi,hily ! have never torpot-
ten it. forgot now what reprebensble
inu que our rulers were busy in al the
time, but the Doctor, after praying for
their adoption Of various useful meas
ures, alluded to their conduct in the fol-
lowing terms: Sand O Lord! grant we
may not despise our rulers; and grant
they may not &c, so, that tre cant help IT,
II may be doubted, whether any English
bishop has ever uttered a similar prayer
FOR king and parliament. To deliver
his sermon, the preacher stood bolt up
right, stiff as muskeL AT first, he
lwiched off and replaced his sle"tacles
a dozen times in as may minutes with n
nervous motion, gesiuring meanwhile
with rrequen, ppmp-handle strokes OF his
igh, arm, but as he went on, his unoiec'-
cd language began 10 glow with anlma,
tion, his simple style became fgurotlve
aud graphic, and flashes Of irony lighted
up the dark groundwork Of his purltanl'
cal reasoning. Smiles and tears chased
each other over the faces Of many IN the
audience. His perora,ion was one OF
great beauty and power. l have heard
hi m hundreds oc times slhce, and he has
never fail, d 10 justly lis claim to the
tile oi",he old man eloquent" ..a.
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No physician deub's that precocous
children, fifty csses Tor one, are much
The worse for the discipline they have
undergone. The mind seems 10 have
been strained, and the foundation for
insanity is laid. When the studies oI
mature years are stuffed into the head Of
n child, people do not refec, on the ana
tumcal fact, that the brain Of an infant
is not the brain Of man; ,ha, the one is
confirmed, and can bear exertions, and
the other is growing, aud requires repose
that to force The attention TO abstracI
facts; to load the memory with chrono-
logical and historical, or scientific detail
in short, to expect a child's brain to
scar with impnni,y the exerllons Of
mans is as irrational as it oIld be tc
hazard the same sor. of experiments or
on Its muscles.-Quarterly Review.
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A PATRI rs .DEATH.-Thet records
Of ancient Greece and Rome, do not ex
bibt a nober instance of;patrioiism than
is conlai0rd in the following inscription
found upon a .grAves'one in new Londnn
Conn. Mo- wonoer our revollionar,
talbers were inyncible, while they were
ac'na,ed by such motives as are here re-
corded.
"On the 2O'h of October, 1852, 1000
English fell npnn this town by 6fu and
swerd; 700 American. defended the fort
for whole day, but in Tho evening
about 4 O'Clock; The commander OF the
besieged delivered up his sword TO an
Englishman who Immediately stabbed
him. All his comrades we're put 10 the
sword. r,,. f.. Casa .........
A line ofp,wder was then laid rom
The magazine TO the sea, there 10 be
lighted and blow the fortress into the am
William Hatman who lay not far distant,
with three strokes of the bayonei in his
body, said to his wounded friends who
were still alive.-''We will endeavor to
crawl TO this line, and thus we will com.
pletely we, the powder With blood, and
with tho life that remains in us, save the
fort and magazine, and perhaps few Of
our comrades who were only wounded
He alone had strength enough 10 accom-,
plish the noble design In hIs 30ih year,
he died on the powder which he over
fnwed with bis own blood. His friend
and seven Of his wounded companions
by tIa, means had their lives preserved"
After this narrative are the following
words in large capitals: lt'H st''a0 ga
"Here rests William Hatmdn."
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1T WILL NEVER Do. That is
what the croakers say about Ericsson II
Caloric Engine. That is what the in
QUESTION said when Calico affirmed
that the earth went round the sun
1T will never do" said Lord Jeffrey
when Wordsworth wrote the "Excur.
sion )" but it did do for all that. 1T
will never d." said Dr.. Lardner
when i. was proposed to cross the At
laatic in a eteamship-but it did do
and will continue to do, till something
better drives it out Of fashion. "How
| hate that expression" said Hayden
(the artist,) in his famous lectures
1T aoiU meUev do" has always been
the favorite watch cry Of those in all
ages and countries, who look on all
schemes for the advan cement Of man.
kind as indirect reflections on the mar.
rowness of their own comprehensive"
Of this or that new mechanical princi.
pie or scientific project, il may be, 1t
does not do YETI but who dare say,
1T will never do ?''-Beston Post.
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rWe are under obligations to
some one for Geographic despatch
from jackson dated the 2nd inst
Though murder and suicide, are com.
mon occurrences, they do not often
occur on the LIST Of April The man
must be a fool indeed, who would cut
his throat on the LIST Of April. 1t is
a rare occurrence. So the author of
our despatch has failed. We are OBJ
ligcd to him however. Our apology
for not biting at the hook is not to be
wondered at since we were taken in,
by the geological curiosities," be.
sides being fooled by our reporter Of
Legislative proceedings.
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A3assis and H1ss6otd DE,
Gill = Cbslreaon. q : dinssr =
- Medica) 6osissy, soselu1sd Z
speech with Ms suecdsss !:
VII Agassis 6rss sams y thil
country be Wss under the direction ci
Baron Humboldt, to whom he was
largely indebted for aid in bis pnr-
suits; and though DESTROYS Of remain
ing here. be felt bonnd soon to return
to Europe. Having received the offer
Of the Lawrence Proftssorship at Cam.
bridge, he decliued it on this account.
but in writing to his patron he men,
flowed this fact, and at the same ilaie
expressed u desire to remain Lager -
tho United States. The reply u the
noble Old man was: "SiF you belong
TO science. Wherever your lsbors
can be more available in its pursuits.
that is your ccuntryss You are reless.
ed from any obligaion to us. II you
find the field Of science, furnishes you .
better I portunity for your Abors, j.
the United States. you must remain
there
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The Infant Drummer will hold forth
at the City Hall, at half past three
o'clock this evening and at 8 to night.
From the noise made over him in the
Crescent City, we should think that
the bill does not err in pronouncing
him the greatest musical wonder Of the
age. Persons desiring seats should 60
early, as the house will be crowded at
an early hour.
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W-It viii he seen by advertise
ment in another column, that Mr.. s.
b. Dickins, Agent, for purchasing
Arkansas State Lands, Is now in town
and offers his services to the public
The General Government recently
donated to the State Of Arkansas
500, 900 acres Of land for Internal i'm.
provements, this land is all in market
and comprises the best cotton land in
thelUnion. Mr.. Dickens may be found
at the livery stable Of X. q. Hutch
son.
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I Altering the city charter cuts
Joff the Office Of Justice Of the Peace
from the Mayor. This lisa good thing
on more than one account. 1t has
heretofore been deemed necessary in
all ages Of the world, that fat man
should always fill the Justices scat
In fact so settled has been the opinion
that all seats Of justice have been made
with an eye to fat man. This we
deem radically wrong we can see nc
reason why spare man may not I'LL
the chair az well, and it is time the
order Of things was changed" Our
friend, Mr.. Francis Sans is candidate
for the vacant seat Of Justice, and We
recommend him to the friends Of PRO
gress." The only objection that can
possibly be urged against him is that he
doesnot come up to the standard weight
and measure, and this is an argument
in his favor. We learn, that some Of
the rabbid democrats will even vote
for him, because they say a small
whis is not very exceptionable.
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Mem AoDAnssmsnts.
Extra ordinary = AktouDAIng
MUSICAL WONDER,
THE INFANT DRUMMER
nj Macon. Ga. AZ.

ONLY xOU1 YEARS OF AGE,
UTHUSE astonishing and ineoeepisAble
w feats Of skill on The Drum hsve1eeM
the subject Of wonder and surprise tlsjSh-
out the civilized world and the eleet Of
whose perfumsnee cannot Be anticipated
au6 must he seer TO be appreciated. q IL Is
.isf beyand I'll rscrip Zion and even creduli-
~. WIN give only Three brilliant Mmic.l
Entertainment at the CITY HALL, on
TUESDAY AvrxasooN ut 3 l.2 and also at
eight at night, on which occasion the
unapproarhsbie Lillipusain Musical sisrt
viii! be assisted by brilliant array Of vocal
and Instrumental 1alsnt--fcr full and in.
terestins particulars, see future sdvertise-
ment - mar 30 0ts.
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10 A petition in circulation in
Massachusetts. signed by the advo
Gates Of Woman Rights, which is in.
tended to be, presented to the Con-
stitut;oual Convention, praying that
An amendment to the Constitution
may be adopted. striking out the word
"male" whenever It occurs in that
ipstyums1t.
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ga gentleman from Tennessee
observed to Gen Pierce a few days
since, that he came from a district
which had never held or solicited an
Office from the General Government.
Then. said Gen. Pierce. promptly it is
to be hoped that it will never break in
on such o beautiful custom. This wss
rather . puzxler.
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rSomebody is kind enough Ia
forward us regularly per mail, cir
cular from the United States head.
quarters for prizes" informing ustha'
one prize Of $4,000 is equal to $4,000
and 10 on down, a whole sheet Of fools.
cap full Of prizes, which we are assured
by the circular, any man, may win by
making an investment Of $50. This
is reasonablc-oue could not desire
more, and we have half q mind to
make an investment.
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~One ofthe best sevices done
to morality in France BY the republi-
can press, under the reign of Louis
Philippe was, the successful crusade
which it conducted against the gam.
lighthouses of Paris. The nuisance
was put down by law. Europe re-
joiced at the triumph Of reason and
morality over the inertia Of govern.
ments Enlightened Frenchmen coli.
graduated themselves on the with
drawal of so much seductive patron.
age from executive power. The
friends Of persons visiting Paris no
longer feared the contagion Of the ia.
tai passion Of play. But with new
men come new ideas. Under the re-
sived Empire the public gaming
houses--with all their vices--aro, II
is said, to be restored, and with a
splendor unknown in previous times.
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THE anachronisms committed by the
characters at fancy dress ball are re-
ally amusing We attended one the
other evening and enjoyed ourselves
hugely. 'Othello' was talking t.
Mark Anthony about the late rise in
the -four market, and intimated to Don
Caesar De Bazan, that I'm ess Hamlet
got rid OF his sock operations, he would
be bursted upin less than week. La.
dy Jane Gray was conversing with
Marie Antoinet e. on that love OF a
mantilla, which Genin had just brought
from Paris, while Cardinal Wolsey'
was whispering to Jack Csde' that he
intended 70 60 do down in the MORN
ing and cave the editor oftho Haralds
head in. Nice language that. for a
pillar of the church.
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ALLsPlCE informs us that the snrest
way TO ill a private apartment, wheth-
er in a printing Office, Gotten factory.
or sausage shop, with visitors, is to
place over the door placard, bearing
the inscription-'no admittance.' He
asseverates that no persons ever read
that prohibition over the entrance,
without being instantly attacked by
an ungovernable desire to rush right
in.
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On Laurel Street, bstwern Lafayette 4 Third.
pEGS respectfully to inform his friends
ID and the public generally, that he has
just returned from New Orleans with 4
splendid and we'll selected assortment Of
Spring and Summer Goods, for gentle
mems clothing which he offers ON the most
reasonable terms. r.
All he wants is call, before going else.
where mar 30.3n.