Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-28
From the New York Mirror.

Oar all of mortal state,
~ Iowly and the great.
III nIls his sceptre of appointed power;
reath w. w. wealth. nor rank nor pride
y hind their masks can hide,
pan at length, the inevitable hour!
,,ao with this g vale of tears,''
IIn old man ripe with years,
- Lni and sheaved like golden harvest grain;
BcaPRPge child with budding bloom,
Th+ smiling, mocks the tomb.
emf stems is rudely rent in twain.
'''' ..yyhv is it thus 2" one cries
AID wisdom's voice replies
Ills it thus in his good providence 20
"OO' sIonc God knOweth best
What time the sickle prest
-, we orr state, if not mortal sense.
n Won. whom sorrow late
nd grief. have made their mate.
,4Iis that Death is Gods own reaper brave,
Feel And YOU shall see your boy,
Immortal in his joy,
~.,.ri and faro, far above the ave.
The shadow on your hearth
lis spirit flown from earth,
,.r,ff. to show = what shadows pursuc;''
.l' His soul and life and light,
Der time and sorrows night,
r-,rk heay'n's fair fields and pastures ever new.
From thence. in glory falls
Ills voice. and mem'ry's halls
alliance lose the shade OF sorrows gloom;
-'' And mortal heartS-Catt-
To an immortal state,
-roId their bow Of promise through the tomb.
c. d. s.
e, aytract the following ingenious trick from the
York Star 1t was practsed about twelve
rs since upon the famous house of the Stewards,
.,r York, anil is worthy of publication
.,rt year since, welldresscd lady called in
ARE and selected a shawl, the price ofwhich was
She handed out a thousand dollar bill which
.,-s questioned She took it back and appeared
Indignant when on reflection, she handed over
..r and genuine note on the same bank, and
..ed that it be taken 10 bank. This was done
.aounced TO be genuine one. The lady then
!. IN her purse, shaking her pretty head omlnOus-
.Io clerk, who had dared 10 Insinuae that her
was not good She started TO 90 out, the poor
. ,Eing all sorts of apologies. But after reflec-
.rs reurnod-the shawl pleased her-it was so
.sm-she would not let her excited feelings de-
her of an article that pleased her so we'll She
-.cI to take the shawl, and had it put up
rs smiling clerk had it wrapped up in a iiffv. She
1sl out a thousand dollar bill on the same bank
.,e-k thought it was the same, and gave her $500
,, and the fair one left the store with the shawl
ao change On making a deposit in the after
. however they found that the bill was a straight
nn,er(eit The lady had shifted the good and
notes to suit her purposes, cody leaving the bad
,,a the hands Of the Stewards, CARRYING off their
n ot good money and their beautiful shawl. A
weeks since the same trick was again pIayed on
sane house, the only difference being that the lad
4. +. occasion took two 500 shawIs, left two coun-
a one thousand dollar notes, and received bacl,
"a n good cash in change
correspondent suggests that Mr. Vanderbilt had
.r1pwoprate a few thousand dollars intended for
.rc,sGre excursion 10 The relief Of the widows and
haas Of the California passengers who were left &c
nthe I>thmH< and al San Juan del SuA-passen-
yaa steamer North America, Monumental CITY
aue part culariy the Northern Light, Of the 9Th
Jay last.
,haRMGE IN GERMANY.-A German correspondent
be Boston Journal gives the following as one OIL
rrOsilieS of German law:
'T5e German law requires that man who wishes
married should produce Il certificate of baptism
a Of birth, and also proof of the possession of suf
at property TO sustain Il faniIv. OF course, :
.a who desires to take to himself a heIpmate is
7o.en unable 10 90 all that is eXacted by the au
.e> and the consequence is that, in thousands o
accs You Will find man and woman living to-
gT'b children whose marriage has never beer
m0Zei But it is understood here that a family
sing OF wife and children, is not permitted Il
sao city OF New York without producing salts
T proof that the woman is the wife of the mar
accompanies her. Consequently, when these peopl,
MO emgrac, They just go 10 the American consu
.e, married.
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l,s sa.' "5o' tlIS u"{, says WFI'eF IN ira
,l.9 'l."l' l1oul9 N"P0'eoh bohaParle wa
@ Yeas Il! "IIe"r OF rent IN Inc parish OF 81 James
..Da no. pay ms us '"IIof or ms uPhoISterS
-'' }" 'Ag cry OF al the west End.
A2s. SwIssHEL1I's OPINION OF OLE BULL.-In he
w.ay Visitor we find it. The lady says:-s "
rrei sixteen miles cf a ride through mud and raj
aar one-hat Of Ole Bulls last concert in OF
s. AMI feel that ii was very well worth the trouble
'hao" now what the violin was made for, an
u ~e great Norwegian magician turns people
US ana vans their hearts The delicacy viii
leu ne touches the string appears Superhuman, an
lt' Is so radiant, and gooi-humoured, and home
E 'la' one loves 10 look at him almost as much a
ven, we rejolce that ne becomes citizen OF Gu
IT, ana Predlct that the energy witch draws thun
-3t Oh wilderness blossom as the rose. Well! w
-1 IKE 10 move out to little Potter and settl
~ "nere we could eat apples with him of Ion
..s evenings ana near the wind signing throug
.UVS "S al accompaniment to his violin, and III
IN '"'CtS Oh young ami Old IN O!d-taShIOned COuT