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CHAPTER II.

MARY, come mere; want to sec YOU
alone moment;;". and Mrs. ALLEY entered
her dressing-room, followed by her hand
some, innocent looking little chamber
maid. ~ -,... s z.asti ~
Mary, I have lost my emerald brace
let" she said, firmly, when she had seated
herself. II want to know if you re-
member seeing it? 2" ..,
Mary turned pale: she was extremely
tmid, and the thought that she might be
even suspected, frightened her exceed
ingly. r,-.r st..r ..-...
When she answered her voice trembled.
'sIndeed ma am, don't think I've seen
it at ALL" ..I -.'...'e7 fslH .....r." lE
But, Mary" and the tone grew stern
er, Lena writes that the last time she
saw it, it was in this room, on last We'd
nesday week. That night left you here
alone. | am positive that no one but
yourself has since been in here missed
it that very night-tell me if you have
taken it-fnd it-return it to me, and |
will forgive you" ..1
"Oh. Mrs. Alley, indeed, indeed
don't know anything about it, exclaimed
the girl beginning to wiring her hands
with look of terror; 81 nerer was a
thief-my mother will tell you that. She
brought me up to the Sunday school and
good things. I'd sooner spill my hearts
blood than touch it." . Io r-. .t
.'Hush, Mary! protestations will do no
| good; your looks are guilty. The brace
let couldn't have gone without hands
| reflect a moment. The best Of girls gave
| way sometimes to temptation. You said
first you didn't think you had seen it."
80! now indeed remember. 1t seems
| as if Miss Lena had it, repeated the
girl, trembling SO she could hardly stand
| upright. "I do Think believe saw
| it on her arm: yes, am sure Miss Lena
must have taken it to wear to the party. :"
'That is the coolest impudence have
heard yet, exclaimed Mrs. Alley, her lips
quivering with passion; 81 might have
forgiven you had you been candid and
told the truth. But the charge you make
4 against my daughter the soul of candor
|itself-places you entirely out of the
reacho of my sympathy. | am astonisied.
confounded at your duplicity, no less than
convinced by your manner. No honest
girl would blush and stammcr and then
turn pale-or turn her guilt upon another.
| shall dismiss you if do not restore the
bracelet. | heard you speak of it. saw
| you look at it that evening, but the
thought never entered my mind that you
would steal. If do not get the bracelet
soon, very soon, shall write to William
Harmon, and do you think he will marry
you when he hears that you have been
suspected as thief! You may take to-
morrow to restore me my property
| know do as | say"
| With a cheek as white as any corpse,
| and wild light in her glazed eyes, Mary
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From Constantinol,le We learn that
the Sultan has expressed his intention of
deyoting all the plate he lately inherited
from his mother, to the purpose of the
war; its estimated value is about 49,
100000 piasters. The same resolution
has been adopted respecting the treasures
accumulated for centuries in the Grand
Mosque. 80 VII -
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~ There is considerable saving by taking
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N: B.-Directions for the guidance of pa-
uents IN every disorder are affixed to each Pot.
june q
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MEDICINES.
NEVER-FAILlNG REDIEDy,
HO l. OW AY'S OINTMENT.

q CRIPPLE SETS ASIDE HIS CRUrCHES AFTER
.. TEN YEARS SUFFERING. -,tt....
Copy 0f a Letter from Mr. IHompsoa. Chem.
't. LtUerpool, dated August 10th, 1852
10 Professor HOLLOWAY, '1
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advice at the time, and was afterwards an in
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MOST EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF DREADFUL
SKIN DISEASE WHEN ALL MEDICAL AID HAD
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Copy ofa Letter from Mr. Hird, Draper, of
keaay, near Gatnsbro', dated March !, 1852
To Professor HOLLOWAY. ,..- ...
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From the Boston Olive Branch.
-Four Chapters of White Lie.
CHAPTER /,

CHAPTER l.
How unfortunate Mamma writes
me that she cannot find her emerald
bracelet. Now don't dare tell her that T
have lost 1T, as you remember did. re-
turning from Mrs. Lacy's party. It is
the last gift of my. father, and very
valuable. n sure don't know what to
do. And Lena Alley threw the letter
impatiently down. .,
'lts well you are here in New York"
replied her qleenly cousin, shaking the
heavy curls rom her shoulders, as she
toUisa %Sat Spes ap u,w'linsly nt from her book
'.She wishes to know if by mistake 7
could have Brought it on, or if | reme,n-
Der when | last saw it, and whereof -
Easily answered, little simpleton.
Just tell, in general way, that YOU won.
der at her for thinking YOU SO careless &C
to bring it fere, and say that before YOU
Went to the party, you saw it fastened to
the toilet cushion in her room-you know
you dressed there" '<#i.5a - T
g But wont that be falsehood, al
most" urged Lena timidlv.
"A ilddlestick, you little puritan;
where S the he! You haven't brought it
TO New York, have you! You did see if
on your mother toilet table, didn't you2
You must learn to distinguish between
prudent way of getting over a matter, and
sheer ialsehood, you little country bit of
perfection. lib VI
Lena seemed satisfied-she could not
brook the sneer of her beautiful cousin-
nor could she bear the term puritanical,
winch her fashionable New York relatives
styled her acts of conscience. The letter
was written, sealed, and sent; but that
1ss ens % ri ri midst Of splendid throngs,
ueed at WHICH An"4 nth ohnmo Gov e.
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MODERN TORTUREIN ITALY.

, The celebrated General Garbaldi had in
his train one of the most wonderful, as well
as excellent men of the age. This was vir-
tuous, patriotic and eloquent Bernabite monk,
of Bologna, named, Ugo (or Hugh) Bassi, who
served as chaplain to his army, and distin-
guished himself by intrepidity, constancy, hui
manity, and charity through the whole strug-
Gle in Lombardy, at Rome, and on Garbaldi's
astonishing retreat, after the fall Of the Re-
public, through the treachery of the French,
rather than by their power.
After surmounting "A thousand obstacles,
Garibaldi, with few remains of his force,
was driven ashore, by the Austrian squadron
cruising Off Venice, near the mouth of the
Pc. The gallant commander effected his es.
cape; his wife died, and his chaplain was cap
tured by the Austrians and taken to Bologna.
He was condemned to die, but the Austrian
commander, proposed delay in executing
the sentence, to await orders from Rome.
But the ecclesiastical governor of the terri
tory was of a different opinion. This was a
bishop, who had played the most aggravated
part of the traitor, by entering Bologna as
conductor of the Austrian army, urging the
bombardment of the city, which made no.
BILE, but useless resistance. This man insist
ed that Bassi should be executed forthwith; &
not only SO, but that he should be handed O.
YER to his power, in order to be "desecrated,' y
for having received the tonsure and handled
the waters; a very Christian operation, That
"operation" was authorized by certain hui
name Roman statute, but was not imposed.
The Bishop of Mantua has since dispensed
with the ceremony in similar case. In the
case of Bassi, however, it was not dispensed
with, but porformed--from choice Andwha'
will be said by American citizens, when they
hear the almost incredible fact, that IL con
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"THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.-

Our cotemporares are calling loudly for
the celebration Of the next independence Day,
by order Of our Common Council, and as the
| municipal authorities Of none of our cities
have ever yet advanced beyond the "sphere''
of rum and gunpowder, we all know what
kind of a celebration, if any, under this call,
there would be. A hot, weary, dusty, and
sore-footed procession. Two old red-nosed
eXtemporaneous Heroes of Seventy Six, who
probably were not alive in that blessed year,
or if they were, and were old enough to fight
at all, as likely as any way fought on the
wrong side. An Orator of the Day, with a
white roll tied with blue ribbon. Brass band
blowing amain, and bass drum with an un-
happy man to it. The Common Council, and
several highly respectable old iogies--iR car
riagcS. Reverend Clergy, brim full of patriot
ism, and eleven self-sacrificing citizens on
foot, the residium of the seething city. Then
the great event of the occasion, an Grafton,
beginning with ga iirst-notce" of the Faith
ers, who fought, bled, and died for Liberty,
and winding up with denunciations of ven-
geance dire on the Sons, who fanatcally 60
for Liberty, in opposition to the established
Government" Then great applause; then
dinner, and rum; than toasts, and rum; then
speeches, and Ium, then rum, without the
toasts and speeches.
The Day ue CeleJrdie-rum-BANG
The Heroes Of Suenty- -Sir-rum-bang!
bang!
The Memoryof Washington-drunk standing.
The Ge'loriouS UniOa-never to be dis
severed by the foul Vaccinations OF treason
and fanaticism, while the American Eagle
sits on her eyrie in the Alleghanies, or flaps
her wings over The Aroostock on the East, g.
the Sacramento on the West!
Hooary-bang! bang bang! Six guns and
twelve cheers.
The LadieS--God ess'em!,--H-(hic)
heavens last, best gift to man--rum--drunk
lying.
And so on, "noise and confusion" and
drunken revelry, with the appropriate sui
phurous fumes filling all the air and complet-
ing the picture of besotted nation in its
Jubilee. And when the day is over, how
stands the account! On the debit side sun
dry eminent citizens carried home drunk and
fearfully disgraced, sundry arms blown off in |
firing municipal cannon; sundry horses run
away and wagons smashed; Common Council
dreadlully out of pocket; Police Office sur
feited; Mrs. Bridget O'Shane with both eyes
bunged (Phelim's broth of boy when the
crathur isn't in hm;) and moral blight on
the whole city, beyond all power to estimate.
On the credit side, fat times for the tavern
keepers, great haul Tor the processes" fifteen
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The August Elections.

The approaching August elections seen
to attract little attention during the present
calm in national politics--a calm and que
most refreshing after the hurricane of last
fall. As journalists, however. we must re-
mind our readers that elections will take place
next month in States of Kentucky, Missouri
Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and
North Carolina. In the two latter States the
elections will be held on Thursday. the 4th
of August, and in the others on Monday, the
lst of August. In Kentucky and Arkansas
members Of Congress and ,he State Legis-
lature are 10 be chosen; g. in each of the States
of Alabama. Texas, and Tennessee Cover
nor, Legislature, and members of Congress
are to be elected. Party lines, except in
Texas are pretty strictly drawn, and in Ken
lucky. Missouri, and Tennessee the canvass
is exceedingly animated. In Missouri only
two members of Congress are to be chosen,
they being the additional members to which
the State is entitled under the late apportion-
ment act. The other five were elected last
year before the above mentioned act was pas IS.
ed, and the Legislature subsequently divided
the State into seven districts.--The elec tion
this year is held in the st. Louis e. Palmyra
districts, the first of which is Democratic and
the latter Whig.-Bahimore American.
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A Remarkable Man.

At temperance meeting, held in Alabama
about six years ago, Col. Lemanousky, who
has been twenty three years in the armies oI
Napoleon Bonaparte, addressed the meeting.
He arose before the audience, :all, erect ant
vigorous, with glow ofhealth upon his cheek
and said
"You see before you man seventy years
old. Ihave fought two hundred battles, have
fourteen wounds on my body, have lived thirty
days on horse flesh, with bark oc trees for my
bread, snow and ice for my drink, the canopy
of heaven for my covering, without stockings
or shoes on my feet, and only a few rags fol
clothing. In the desert Of Egypt | have
marched for days with a burning sun upon
my naked head; feet, bistered in the scorch-
ing sand and with eyes, nostrils, and mouth
filled with dust-and with thirst so torment
ing that have opened the veins of my arms,
and sucked my own blood! Do you ask, how
! survived all these horrors! | answer that
under the providence of God, owe my preser-
vaton, my health and vigor, to this fact, that
never drank drop of spirituous liquor in
my life and,' continued he, "Baron Larry,
chief of the medical staff of the French army
has stated a fact, that the 6,O00 survivors, who
safely returned from Egypt were all of those
men who a5stained from ardent spirts.'-
Christian Advocate.
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THE BLIND PREACHER.
JUNIOR.
BY wa. WRIT.

1t was one Sunday, as travelled through
the county of Orange, that my eye was caught
by cluster of horses tied near ruinous,
old, wooden house, in the forest, not far from
the road sde Having frequently seen such
objects before, in travelling through these
states, had no difficulty in understanding
that this was place of religious worship.
Devotion alone should have stopped me,
to ion in the duties of the congregations; but
I must confess, that curiosity, to hear the
preacher of such wilderness, was not the
least of my motives. On entering, | was
struck with his preternatural appearance.
He was a tall and very spare old man; his
head, which was covered with white linen
cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were
all shaking under the influence of a palsy;
and few moments ascertained to me that he
was perfectly blind.
The first emotions which touched my breast,
were those of mingled pity and veneraton.
But ah! sacred God! how soon were all my
feelings changed! The lips of Plato were
never more worthy of prognostick swarm of
bees. than were lips of this holy man! 1t was
a day of the administration of the sacrament;
and his subject, of course, was the passion
of our Saviour. | had heard the subject
handled thousand times: had thought it
exhausted long ago. Little did | suppose,
that in the wild woods of America, was to
meet with man whose eloquence would
give to this topick new and more sublime
pathos, than had ever before witnessed.
AS he descended from the pulpit, to dis
tribute the mystick symbols, there was pc.
culiar, more than. human solemnty in his
air and manner, which made my blood run
cold and my whole frame shiver.
He then drew picture of the sufferings OF
our Saviour; his trial before PLATE; his as
cent up Calvary; his crucifixon; and his
death. / knew the whole history; but never
until then, had heard the circumstances sc
selected, so arranged, so coloured! twas al
new: and | seemed to have heard it for the
first time in my life. His enunciation was 81
deliberate, that his voice rembled on every
svllable; and every heart in the assembl!
tremblcd in unison. His peculiar phrase
had that force of description, that the origina
scene appeared to be, at the moment, actin!
before our eyes. We saw the very faces o
the Jews: the staring, frightful distortions o
malice and rage. We saw the buffet: m
soul kindled with flame of indignation, an
nv hands were inyoluRtarily and convulsivel
clinched
But when he came totouch on the patienc
the fovgiying meekness Of our Saviour; whe
lie drew, to the life, his blessed eyes streamin
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FEMALE TYPE E-SETTERs.-The superabund.
ance. and consequent inadequate remunera.
ton of female labor in the department OF
needle-work, which is the principal field open
for large class Of intelligent and in many
cases well-educated women, (and that thcy
are losing by the invention of sercino
machnes) has induced benevolent individuals
to cast about and see if new branches of in
dustry, appropriate to their conditions, cannot
be opened to them. Type-setting is one OF
the branches to which, with this view, atten-
ton has been turned, more especially since
the recent enhancement OF prices bv the
printers combination. The setting of types
by females is not, indeed, an entirely new
thing, though it has been but little practised
in this city. When the "Day Books" COM
positors struck for higher wages the editors
at once advertised for girls to learn the type
setting business, and soon found themselves
overrun with applications.
The result Of the experiment thus far is in
a high degree successful as will be seen by
what follows. We know of no reason why
female type-setters should not be into other
printing offices, particularly book-otiices. The
printing business is becoming very extensive,
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D15'Toro is something, from the Clinton Courant. to
read TO children, and som ething, also, in which
children of larger growth may find food for med
taton:
COULDN'T Cos He Sung So,--Leaning idly over ,
fence, few days since, noticed little four.year
old ''lord of creation amusing himsetn the grass
by watching the froicsome flight birds which were
playing around him. Atlength beautiful bobolink
perched himself upon dropping bough of an apple
tree, which extended to within a few yards of the
place where the uichin sat- and maintained his po-
sition, apparently unconscious of the close proximity
of one whom birds generally consider dangerou.
neighbor.
The boy seemed astonshcd at his impudcnce, and
after regarding him for minute or two obeying the
instinct of his baser part, he picked up stone lay.
ing at his feet, ana preparing to throw it, stead
wing himself carefully for good aim. The little
arm was reached without alarming the bird, and Bob
was within an ace of damage, when lo his throat
swelled, and forth came Natures ploa "a nk--a
link l.i-n-k bob-o-linki a-no weet, a-no-weet!
know it-I know it! -alink--a.link.. don't
throw it!---throw it, throw it," &c, &C.; and he
didn't. Slowly the little subsided TO its natural
position, and the despSed stone dropped. The min.
stre charmed the murderer We heard the songs.
GER through and watched his unframed flight, did
the boy, with a sorrowful countonnnce. Anxious
to hear an expression of the little fellows feeling,
we approached him, and enquired:
"Why didn't you stone him, my boy' you might
have killed him and carried him home"
The poor little fellow looked up doubingy, as tho
he suspected our meaning, and with ali expressi on
half shame and half sorrow, he replied,
"Couldn't cos he sung SOL"
Who will say that our nature is wholly depraved,
after that or aver that music has charms to soothe
the savage breas,a Melody awakened Humanity,
and Humanity Mercy! The angels who sung at
the creation, whispered to the child's heart. The
bird was saved, and God was gloriied by the deed.
Dear little boys! don't stone the birds.
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An Indignant Lady in a Doggery.

The Cambridge City (Tnd. } News relates
! the following:
On Tuesday Of last week a young man of
this place (whose name we shall withold)
became intoxicated, and so continued for
some three days, to the great modification
Of his young wife and acquaintances. During
this time his wife visited all the houses in
this place where liquor is sold, and politely
requested them to not sell her husband any
more. They all declared that they had not
and would not sell him any liquor. On
Thursday afternoon, while out in search of
her husband, she was informed that he was
in sink hoe near the railroad. The lady
Immediately went there, and found her
husband drunk and almost senseless, At the
lamentable condition in which she found her
husband she became very much enraged
against the doggery-keeper. Provoked to
madness she seized club about two and a
half feet in length, and set upon the whiskey-
shop. The first lick she broke to pieces
large decanter, filled with whiskey, just
placed on the counter as she stepped in, for
the accommodation OF some four or five of his
drunken sots then within. The next move
she swept pitcher and glasses from the
counter; this made the old doggery-keeper
furious; he attacked the lady, while she, with
both hands, seized the club, and with one fell
stroke brought his hiqhncss to the floor He
raised the cry of murder and fed. The rest
of the inebrates, seeing the practical
demonstrations of her skill, as practiced on
the keeper, fed the house as fast as their
locomotive powers could bear them away
from the scene. Having the shop to herself.
she coolly and deliberately walked to the
whskey barre and beer-keg, and broke the
faucets, causing the contents to run out over
the floor After which she broke all the
jugs, bottles and TASKS that could be found,
and which he kept for the accommodation of
his bossom-rosed customers. She then
demolished the candy and spice jars, making
small pieces of all that could be broke in the
establishment.