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Sympathy.

Human sympathy is very good thing, if il
comes 10 us unasked and almost undesired-
ifit is not craved and yearnsd for and relied
upon but the momen; it becomes 10 us a
kind of necessiIy-lhe moment we must have
il in order TO DO our work, or suffer what is
assigned us, il then becomes almost q curse
10 US. Al any rate it is sign of great mem
tai weakness in us. We were made indeed
TO syIDpalhize with each olher-to weep with
and rejoice with each other, but then too we
were made 10 act apart and alone-to be
selfsustained, or rather heaven-sustained,
and he is reduced TO piliable weakness who
has 10 be shored up by ibe sympaihies Of
others in order TO do his tasks. That is the
strong soul that can do aud suffer alone, look
ing up only TO the sweet succoIs and sympa-
Ihies, that emenate upon il, IRON the world
beyond The stars. Such soul, il il be healthy,
will keep itself open on all sides for the
inhowiDgs of human sympathies--it will
give them a hearty welcome and reception.
and will never turn colGly away from aught
that any genuine and true heart is disposed
to bring il but then il will learn not to rely
upon them, but to do without them. II will
learn to 60 forward in its own paths, solitary
and alone. 1t will have root in itself. 1t
will be sef.poised aud self.susfained. 1t
will not have 10 stand like trees 10 thick
forest, supported all around by their fellows,
but will be like the oak that grows up in the
open pasture, thai strikes deep It's roots and
can bear all the beellings of the tempest
The strong soul will joyfully receive, but will
not ask for sympathy, much less beg TO-: il.
II will learn 10 do IT'S assigned work alone, if
SO it must. 1t can 60 into the forests shade
and do its work there, or il can stay in the
busy haunts of men, and do ils work there,
with few or none 10 appreciate its tasks or
with il while il does them. The
man who is looking out and fishing for praise
or a just appreciation of all that he does, is
no, the strong man. He 10 a child. He
cannot go alone yet. Let him learn 10 stand
IN his own sure and firm strength, and then
he can do with or without human apprecia-
tion and sympathy. Blessed il the man who
lives or loves 10 live in free and loving fel-
lowship with others, but who a the same
time caa live and walk lone.-Lewisten Jour.
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American Character.

Mr.. Casey, in his work, "Two years on the,
Farm of Uncle Sam" just published in Lon
don, gives the following analysis Of American
character -
"Vleing with the Partisan in dress-the
English in energy-cautious as Dutchman-
impulsive as an lrishman-patrio,ic as Tell
brave as Wallace and cool as Wellington-and
royal as Alexander-there he goes-the Amer
can citizen! In answering your questions, or
speaking commonly, his style is that of the an
cient Spartan; but put him on a stump, with
an audience of Wings, Democrats, or Barn
burners, and he becomes compound of Tom
Crib and Demosthenes-a fountain of elo-
quence, passion, sentiment, sarcasm, logic,
and drollery, altogether different from anything
known OF imagined in the Old World States.
Say anything (as public men) united with con-
yentional phraseology, he swings his rhetorical
mace with vigorous arm, pushing the antag-
onistic principle or person into most villain
ons compound. See him at dinner--he de-
spatches his meat with a speed which leads
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A Singular Custom.

We extract the following from New Or
leans letter
There is a man, day-laborer in the Gus
tom House, who receives thirty-five dollars a
month, which he spends the mos: of in decora-
ting his person. He has his own peculiar no
tions of taste, and on Sunday he attres himself
in his singular costume, and exhibits himself in
the most frequented thoroughfares and public
places.
Yesterday, at the request Of gentleman, he
came 10 the drawing-room of the St. Charles
to CRAFTY the anxiety of some ladies whom he
was informed had stayed day beyond their
time that they might have the pleasure of see
ing him.
He wore a modern-shaped coat and parts,
but his hat is remarkable for its broad brim,
which is nine or ten inches in width, on one
side of which be wears massive eagle of pure
gold his shoes are of pure 5llver, and are
jointed to permit him TO walk without much
difficulty His coat and pants are profusely
decorated with rich gold lace, and the seams
are strung with gold coins. A long string OF
twenty and fifty dollar gold pieces reaches from
his neck to the point Of his vest, and around
his waist is girdIe, from which depend bunch
es of gold fishes, each of which are seven or
eight inches long.
His hand, however, exceeds all the rest In
novelty the fingers are covered with rings,
one of which weighs one pound and half ;
he wore three on Sunday, the fields of which
were decorated with engravings on the gold OF
the flight into Egypt, Adam and Eve, and the
Cruci6xion; he has also a massive seal, on
which is engraved portrait Of himself.
His rings are attached to heavy bracelets,
and on Sunday very large gold chains weigh
heavily,on his shoulders. This expensive cos
tune is kept in the bank during six days Of the
week, in which he assiduously tolls for more
money to buy new decorations, which must al
ways be Of the finest gold.
This renowned individual is always willing
to answer questions concerning the cost Of his
golden armor, and expatiates very loudly upon
the exquisite skill and workmanship of his
rings, seals, fishes, &c. A gentleman in the
Custom House informs me that his Sunday
dress is valued at from three to four thousand
dollars. - Sentinel and Witness.
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Railroading.

AS the La Fayette train was pitching along
the other day, at terrible rate, it was hailed
from large farm house with loud shonts of
Stop, stop!'
The bell was rung- the whistle blowed-
the train was stopped. a vH
Whats wanted 2 asked the conductor of
the cars.
sWhy,' said the old man, 'me and my old
woman wants to go with you
well, said the conductor, get aboard
get aboard
But we amt near ready yet. My old wom-
an has just begun to dress, and wants you to
watt!
There was perfect explosion. The ladies
tittered-the men screamed 1.-The conductor
looked blank and shouted: g M
All right, go ahead
The passengers all begged him to wait un-
til the woman conld get dressed, and one gen.
tleman shouted
Come on with your wife and I'll hook her
dress
Who will dare to say that women don't
claim their right 10 this country, where a
whole train is stopped 70 give q woman a
chance to put on her 'becomingl' ANA.
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The Quadroon Girls.

MIR. Fuller, writing from New Orleans,
says:
The QuadroUn ladies oc New Orleans ex-
cite both feeling Of admiration aud of pity
admiration for their accomplishment and
beauty-cOmml lsseration for the unnatural
and unjust condition cntailed upon them by
the laws of Louisiana. man cannot legal
ly marry Quadroon woman, unless he he
able TO swear that he has black blood in his
ueins AS manly Of these women are not on
ly very white, but very beautiful and highly
accomplished, resistance TO their charms is
no easy matter; and as love is not apt to be
controlled by statute limitations, the conse-
quence Of this absurd state Of things is read
lily anticipated. They marry, or place, as
they call it without the sanctions ofthe STATE,
or the benediciions ofihe church. The moth
er of The Quadroon girl consents to a tempo.
rary arrangement, provided her daughter is
furnished with comfortable quarters, and
couple of slaves, with promise on the part
of a mock husband TO give his little quad
rooms good education. have heard of one
case, in which man was so madly, or pei
haps should say, truly in love with a beau-
Iliu quadroon, that, in order 10 marry her,
he elected little black blood into his veins
procured from one of his negroes; and took
The requisite nuptial oath, thereby fulfilling
the letter of the law. Il may spoil the ro.
nance ofthe story to add, that the lady had
dowry of three hundred thousand dollars.
But in this age Of gold the mercenary spirit
is an element not TO be overlooked; and here
in The South bachelor 10 a ball room, is
asked to be introduced 10 young lady with so
many hogsheads Of suSar-or so many bales
Of cotton or so many wellconditioned ne
groes. A young lady of more charms of
purse than person, overheard an ungallant
follow remarking the other evening upon the
number of freckles on her face, when she
turned upon him with the shcrp re;ort that
her fatker had a negro for euerY freckLe.
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", 70 be sure. that you are waiting here Tor.

dy, 70 be sure. that you are waiting here Tor. ;
- did not hear her say anything about il, ;
was The satisfactory response.-Frhen, sir,
may ask why you are here, and for what
purpose you THUS trife in the sanctuary Of
the Most High !-said the somewhat en-.
ragged clerlcah--lcame, Dir, simply because
you invited all those wishing to be- united in
the holy bonds OF matrimony lo-siep forward,
and I happened TO entertain such Il wish -
| arm very sorry 10 have misunderstood you.
sir, and wish you very good day.
w The benediction was uttered with 4 so-
luDpity of zone very little in accordance with
the twitcbing Of the facial nerves; and when.
after the church was closed, the story got
wind nmong the congregation, more than one
little girl regretted that her wishes had not
been an boldly expressed as The young gentle.
mans who had really wished 10 he sunied
IN the holy bonds Of natrimony.'--N. ".
PicGyune
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Highway of the Ocean.

An article in Chambers Journal, entitled
Steam around the Cape contains the fol-
lowing explanatory remaIks:- M
Persons who do not pay special attention
10 nautical matters, are likely edough 10 sup
pose, that considering the large number Of
vessels at sea, the surface Of the great ocean
must be dotted over, almost in every part,
with The sails Of tie countless feet. This,
however. is not the case; the ocean, like the
land, has its frequen,ed highways and its
regions OF loneliness. If an observer. fur
nlshed with forty ty-Herschcll.le telescope pow
er OF vision, could be elevated to height
great enough TO give him view ofthe whole
Atlantic, he would be struck by beholdng
hundreds OF vessels following one another
upon certain lines along very irregula.
course. while over very large portion of the
surlnce not sail would be visible.
Thus he would see the ships which leave
this country Tor the Cape or India, pursue at
the first south-westerly course until they
reached the neighborhood of Madeira, then
keep more directly south, at a safe distance
from the African coast, until they crossed the
line; then stretch away again TO the south
west, in the direction Of Souih America, ill
they gain the zone Of westerly winds; and
finally, making rather sharp turn into these
winds, 60 bowling along before them to the
eastward till they arrive at the Cape, or else,
if so directed, pass to the southwark OF il.
On the return voyage similar circuitous
route is pursued, although the courses are in
some extent reversed, he widest circuit, or
deviation from the direct line being made in
the northern, instead OF the southern hemiS-
phere. In the extensive spaces on either side
of these frequented routes, few vessels will be
seen. Here and there an African trader
might occasionally be perceived, lodging from
port 10 port; or SLAYER scIdding swiftly
across the ocean,-perhaps with royal cruis-
er following steadily upon her track, like a
fierce bloodhound in pursuit.
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you to suppose he is not ruminating animal /;
yet enjoying his cigar for an hour afterwards,
with the gusto and ennui Of Spaniard. 1ifa

ocHPocS hiO 10 uOt q IuuIlltdtiuk
yet enjoying his cigar for an hour afterwards
with the gusto and ennui Of Spaniard. wy
Walking right on, as if it were life against
time, with the glass at fever heat, yet taking il
cool 10 the most serious and pressing manner
a compound Of the Red Man, Brummel and
Franklin, statesman and laborer-on he goes,
divided and subdivided in politics and religion
professionally opposed with keenness OF
competition in vain locked for even in England
Yet but let the national rights or liberty be
threatened, and that vast nation stands pyra-
mid of resolve, united as one man, with heart,
head, hand and purse, burning with Roman s
zeal TO defend inviolate the cause Of the CON-
monwealth. Nj atal 4s J. ln glJ
To him who has lived among the Americans
and looked largely at the theory and practice
of their government and its executive, there
remains no possible doubt that the greatest
amount Of personal security and freedom has
been produced from the least amount of cost OF
any nation in the world. Culling its princi-
Piles and wisdom from the history Of all empire
it stands the nearest of all earthly systems, to
perfection; because it is built on and embodes
those principles which God hath proclaimed in
his attributes.
| notice that the American sets less value on
life than Europeans; that is, he does not think
the loss of life the greatest loss-the ultimatum.
When man dies you see none Of that senti-
ment Q use the best term can think of
which surrounds such an event in other coun-
tries. The American is silent in manner
embarrassingly so at first, extremely accurate
in his observations Of human nature, and any
one that cannot bear to be scrutinized had bet
ter not come here. The American judges
much by the eye, and has most enviable pow
er of estimation. Your temperament, speech,
looks and acts, are all taken in by him and if
you can get tablet Of his judgment, you will
find remarkable daguerreotype Of yonr exact
worth written thereon. They are all phrenolo-
gists and physiognomists, not merely as phil
osophers, but as practical appliers of those in
ductive sciences and beneath show of posi-
tive laziness or languor, there is an amount
Of energy and action, mental and physical, per-
fectly surprising. They are not averse to the
higher branches of science or literature but
they bend all to utility, and are, as nation,
the best ariihmeticians in this world; and this
science alone gives terse matter-offact to
their mental working; in fact, when a man
wants 10 reflect on proposition, he says
wait till figure up
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mjas in ihe hoh-and- mob fashiep. That ero 4
leftmy coat bad changsd itb eSlst, una y
had received tabtitm iR wine. The wed
ding presents were thsn displayed; butter
fashioned into baskets and boats hagka -ef
yarn. honey, pieces or RneB, add other
things, oil of which alas for the sweet UUuV-
enirs Of affection would be lnrHed into cash
in the morning. To this spcceedel dancing,
in which The saEot did wonders; and by
midnight, The bridal party being tired, and
the guests all drunk, the party Dispersed,
leaving behind them a ciear residue, after all
expenses, Of four hundred francs for the neW
couple 70 begin the world with
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FILE YOUR NEwsPAPERs.- How interesting
it would be TO an old man to look into news
paper which he had read when twelve, sixteen
and twenty years old How many events
would this call to mind which he had entirely
forgotten ! How many interesting associations
and feelings would it revive What view il
would give one Of past years What knpwl-
edge it would preserve, by assisting the mem,
ory! And how many valuable purposes Of 4
literary kind even might il be rendered sub.
servient to! How much wish I could look
into such record, while composing this a.
tcle. ~ na- staa sMrtl -rl MN .uir44srfa
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SUBLIME SPEECH. Upon certain time,
an orator who wished 10 advocate the con-
struction Of a new turnpike through sec.
lion OF Virginia, made the following sublime
speech May i please your worships -
While Europe is convulsed in civil diecords;
while her empires tremfle with internal COM
motion, and while astronomers mount The
wings Of their imagination, and soar through
the ethereal world, pushing their course
from planet to planet, and from system rO
system, until they have explored the vast
eternity OF space-let US direct our atteniion
to road more Immediately in our OtCR nGghr
bOrhood. .. MA .rt- r,,t
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II IL to be doubted whether be will find VlIe
way 20 Heaven, who dediteS 10 no there
alone. aJ .lSss Ike va4ra sft a~iziGiFsa
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Fixed Laws in Society.

In society we find law running through
the most apparently uncertain events. Thus
the proportion OF men and women born into
the world has been SO nearly nsceriain0d
that we can guess very near the proportion
of boys and girls that will he born in any
place, in a given time. The proportion in
about LOG males to 100 females. There have
been various reasons assigned why there
should be more mHles than females come in.
TO the world. Some say the surplus Of men
is an allowance for wars and accidents, 70
which men are more exposed. Others, IhaE
The six 10 every hundred are given on ae-
count of the celhaey Of the Catholic priest
hood!
Others again suppose that society needs n
certain infusion Of old bachelors, 10 give fla
vor, as lemons to punch! But The most phi
losophicaI reason, probably, is that given, by
a lady the other day, who said il was 70 pro.
duce equilibrium Of character between the
sexes-l00 women amounting to as much 90
106 men! Suppose this law changed, and
three-!ourths Of the persons born to be males.
What state Of society should we have? IL
would be Ike that Of San Francisco, in the
early age Of gold digging no faint type
of hell! If the reverse should happen, and
three -fourths Of humanity become females
every year would be leap year The poor
males would be obliged to hold Worcester
Conventions in favor of the rights OF men
and the propriety of the bloomer costume!
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-09-15

The New Orleans Delta of the l4lh
publishes paragraph from nor!he n
paper stating that young gentleman
had been expelled from his boarding
house, and narr owly escaped hoggIng
in consequence of his renarking to a
young lady, whom he saw loIing in a
rocking chair, )" Miss, you look sleepy /;
you look as if you had or will shortly
fall into the arms OF Morpheus" The
lady construed the remark as an insult
and told her mother that the young man
had said she had been hugged by Mr..
Morpheus. This, the Delta slares,
brings TO mind similar though more
excusable bIunder
A young lady. an only daughter of a
very fond, devoted, and scrupulous
father, was sent to fashionable board
ing-schooI, where she became the COM
panion and roommate Of another young
lady, who rejoiced IN one oil those
perversons Of masculine names for
which some ladies have great afecta'
ton in other words, her name was
Richardetta, and she was commonly
known among the girls as" Dickey," "
Writing "a her father, the new young
lady 10 ihis fashionable school assured
him that she was so happy, as she had
for her roommate sweet little Dicky
H"
Blood and thunder p exclaimed the
old gentleman, " is this specimen of
the morality OF your fashionable board
ing-schools." Ordering his carriage he
started Immediately for the academy,
and on his rival asked TO be shown
into his daughters room, where he
found her sitting very affect onatcIy in
the lap oi another young lady. The
aflectionaIe girl rushed forward to greet
the indignant father, who. drawing
himself up very l'rowningly, exclaimed,
Where is that rascal 2"
Who, papa 2"
That Dicky you wrote about. Who
is your roommate 2"
Why, there she is," exclaimed the
innocent damsel, throwing her arms
around the innocent cause oi so much
anguish. The hasty old gentleman
was perfectly disgusted with himself,
and also with the coniounded bad taste
OF giving girls boys nance
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LoLAs LAsT lIosEY Moon. - We
have just been shown letter from Ma.
rysvlte, California, which states that
Lola Montez has already had nare-up
with her new husband 1t occurred
just after her performance AT the thea
ire. The husband, on arriving at the
Hotel, found his vile relieving polite
attentions from celebrated vioiList
and being little excited, he became
furlously jealous, when a regular
pitched battle took place during which
hair was I ulIed and clothes torn-and
a genuine Lola Montez honey moon
was Juy illustrated. Her husband
was put out OF the house. The writer
adds that Lola i. one OF the boys. any
how. .'-New Hdren PdiiddiIm.
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Gov. STEVENS EXPLORING Parry
The st. Louis Republican says the
Northern Pacific Railroad surveying
party are now encamped at Camp
Bushing near The mouth Of the Yellow
Stone. The three sections into which
the party was divided came together at
that point by dIaeren, routes s-A repor,
ofthe survey thus far has been forward
ed 10 Washington the prospect is that
the survey will be complete, and the
report laid before Congress by next
February. The Republican further
states tha, they are in receipt Of private
information which will satisfy Congress
and the country that this route is
impracticiblc. - Boston Courier