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How Murat met his Fate.

The sentence Of the military commission
was read to him with due solemnity. He lis
tened to il as he would have listened 10 the
cannon Of another battle during his military
life, equally without emotion or bravado. He
neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for ap-
wards the door, as if to accelerate the catas-
trophe. The door opened on a narrow espla-
made, lying between the towers Of the castle
and the outer walls. Twelve soldiers, with
loaded muskets, awaited him. The narrow
space did not permit them 10 stand at a sufficient
distance TO deprive death Of part Of its hor-
ror. Murat, in stepping over the threshold of
his chamber, found himself face to face with
them. He refused 10 lei his eyes be bandaged,
and looking at the soldiers with firm and
benevolent smile, MY friends he-'do
not make me suffer by taking bad aim. The
narrow space naturally compels you almost 10
rest the muzzles Of your muskets on my breast /;
do not tremble, do not strike me in the face,
aim at my heart, here it is.' AS he spoke
thus, he placed his right hand upon his coat, TO
indicate the position Of his heart. In his left
hand he held a small medallion, which con-
tained in one focus Of love, the image Of his
wife and Of his four children, as if he thus
wished to make them witnesses Of his last
hour, or to have their image in his last look,
as in his last thought. He fixed his eyes on
this portrait, and received the death-blow with
out feeling it, absorbed in all he loved upon
earth! His body, pierced at SO short dis
tance by twelve balls, fell with his arms open,
and his face 10 the earth, as if still embracing
the kingdom which he had once possessed, and
which he had come to reconquer for the tomb.
They threw his cloak upon the body, which
was buried in the cathedral of Pizzo. Thus
died the most chivalrous soldier of the imperi-
al epoch /; not the greatest, bnt the most heroic
figure among the companions Of the new Alex
ander. Lamartine's History Of The Restoration
Of the Monarchy in France.
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How Husbands may Rule.

Dear Mary said Harry - to his little
wife, i have favor to ask Of you. You have
friend whom dislike very much, and who ]
am quite sure will make trouble between US.
Will You give up Mrs. May, for my sake,
Mary!'
A slight shade 1of vexation crossed Mary's
pretty face, as she said, you are unreasonable,
Harry. She is lady-lke, refined, intellectual,
and fascinating, is she nol.
Yes, all Of that, and for that very reason,
her influence over one SO yielding and impul-
sive as yourself is moreto be dreaded, if unfa-
vorable. I'm quite in earnest, Mary. / could
never wish 10 see you together again.
Pshaw dear Harry, that's going TOO far;
don't be disagreeable; let US talk about some
thing else. As old uncle Jeff says, how's
trader and she looked archiY in his face.
Harry didn't smile.
Well, said the little wife, turning away,
and patting her foot neryously, Il don't see
how can break with her, Harry, for a whim
of yours besides, I've Promised to 90 there
this evening =
Harry made no reply, and in few moments
was on his way to his Office.
Mary stood behind the curtain and looked
after him as he went down the street There
was an uncomfortable, sitting sensation in her
throat, and something very like tear, glitter
ing in her eyes. Harry was vexed she was
sure Of that; he had gone off for the first time
since their marriage, without the affectionate
goodbye that was usual with him even when
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Beautiful Extract.

The following beautiful extract IS from the
riot, on 'Gratten and the Irish volunteers of
1882
"The Parliament of Ireland is no more
The last Of the Volunteers has been borne 10
his grave. And so, too, their successors and
their betters-the men Of 98-the men who
had keener sagacity, sharper swords, better
style Of action, though less easy fortune than
the soldiers Of Dungannon. The streets of
Dublin are silent now. The hoOfs that paved
the pavement ON that day vex the dull stones
no more. The beauty that shone as the hues
Of the morning through the vision Of freedom,
has vanished in the night that came upon the
land the throbbng heart has grown still be-.
meath the shroud-the white arms that bore
those chains of crusted gold have withered
like the leaves of the lily, have been strewn
upon the earth, have become the sport Of the
wind, and the spoil of the worm. W @
In silent hall, into the desolate secIusion Of
which no busy or inquisitive foot intrudes, and
where the dust falling from the cornices might
steal languid sound from the marble slab be-
meath, so deep the repose that dwells there by
night and day-in this silent hall stands the
statue Of Henry Grattan-erected, as the In
scription in foreign tongue with PlaintIve
modesty relates, by country not ungratetuL'
Thus has passed away all that was Perlsha-
ble-all that had not been stepped in the living
waters, and with their virtue made vital and
invulnerable. Not so the lessons which nads
that day, more than the pageantry that illu-
mined it, the brightest in our annals"
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New WAY OF LAUNCHING VEssELs.-An
iron ship-buider at Havre, Mr.. Nillus, has
hit upon d mode Of launching his vessels,
which has excited good deal of attention.
The paris of the vessel are constructed in
the workshops and then put together on a
floating 'dumby,' consisting fan old twin
steamer, which has great stability, from its
peculiar form. When finished the water is
admitted into the 'dumhy,' by sIuices, and
the new vessel rises like phoenix from its
ashes and is ffoated off without any of the
risk usually attending launches in the ordi-
nary way. The 'dumby' can either be
raised by being pumped dry, or i can be put
on the ways, where the tide will leave il at
low water.
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by majority Of over 2O0O yoIes Inihesuc-
ceeding Congress the 29lh) he proved him
self an able and jealous supporter of Mr.
Polk's Administration. AT the close Of his
term he peremploralIy declined are-elec-
ton. But he was not long pernitted 10 re-
main in private life. He was elected andre
elected meplber Of the popular braDch Of
The legislature of N. Carolina several times.
and chosen Speaker. His qualifications for
the high position 10 which he has been in
Yited are undoubied.
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johnson says he never was in tight place
but once, and that was when he had an insane
bull BY The tail. Had he held on, lie said be
wonId have been dragged to death over stub
BILE field; while if he had not held on, The
critter would have turned around and gored
his bowels out. The question now il, which
did Johnson do, hold on or let go' Answer
may be sent by return mail. r .av. s.t.i,
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LYING Although the devil be the father
of lies, be seems. like other great inventors,
to have lost much of his Repatriation by the
continual improvements that have been
made upon him. e.s ,.r-o. .,,,'ss,..,,
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sEcRErARr or rHr NAVY.

James z. Dobbin, was born in Fayette-
vile, North Carolina, in the year 1914, and
IS therefore lhIIsy.nlne years Of age, being
The youngest member Of the Cabinet Mr..
Dobbin graduated at the Universaty fNor,h
Carolina IN S35, and entered upon tIIe srndv
Of the law IN The Office Of Hon. Rober,
Strange. Upon his admission to the Bar he
entered upon a lucrative and extensive prac
Itice, declining alLpoliIical preferment until
iI845, when he was unanimously nominated
for member Of LCongress by the Democrats
Convention for his district, aud was elected
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e The ~ II. Patriot gives an extended bio
graphical sketch OF each member of Presi>
dent Piercc's Ca5nel, OF which the following
is SUMMARY
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And what il encourapiup. too tha ladies bov

And what is encouraging, too, the Ladies have
joined in raising this cold water army, and now
manifest their interest in presenting this Banner
that shall the heads of victorious leaders
whose battles proudly fought-not great and
bloody like those of Marathon Thermopyla Lex
ington and Buena VISTA but without the shedding
of one drop blood or the death of single foe
May you, Ladies, receive proud recOmpense for
your ready cooperation and cheering influence.
which are more powerful than the charms Of music
and more persuasive than poets tongue 1t is
your sex that has experienced the deepest agonies
of misery and wo, and that has endured with in
credible fOrtitude the abuses of mercess husbands
and toiled with flowing tears to win them back to
their first love. 1t is not matter Of surprise them
to see you actively engaged in this glorious war
fare.
In behalf Of the Division, I accept, fair Lady.
this splendid donation; and rear it aloft and
gather under its trumphal folds of health and peace
and honor, we will sing the song of freedom whose
echo shall vibrate from mountain top to old Atlantic
shore.
High the temperance banner floats luttering in the
breeze,
Afording to the ruined lost, life and health and
peace.
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and my whole being was trembling With
despair. | knelt down by my bed and pray
ed. Oh! how ferveutly | prayed to die
yes, to die :! felt that eternal torture was
the portion ofmy emp, and the sooner it was
in hell, the sooner | would know the in ten
sitv Of those torments to which | was con-
sciousIy doomed But like the Corsair of By
ron, in PRAYING for the thunder bolts of heav-
en- to strike him dead, God needed not my
frantic supplicatons, and lived
Again in my ftful slumoers have I seen
my aft ctionate mother, bent in anxious solici-
tude over me. Her countenance was pale,
and her eyes were red with weeping. Task
ed her the cause of her suffering. She gave
me no answer, but in her countenance there
fection, so deep, 90 unutterably eloquent of
the souls deep emotion, that it fastened up
on my heart with power that can nevs', be
destroyed.
have seen you E-s, in my madening
dreams. You did not upbraid me nor re-
proash me. You seemed to understand how
| had fallen, and YOU weepingy sympathized
in my suferings You know the rock upon
which | split, and while you mourned and
prayed over my wretched ap STACY from the
faith, once delivered to the saints, you kept
pointing to beacon light afar of in the dis
tance. heard your words, and they are
vivid in my memory now. You pointed
me to that star hiat arose in the east, on the
wandering inebriate, under whose genial in
fuence might again be restored. You
pointed me to that brighter star that arose
on the night Of the world, to guide the be-
nighte2 sons Of earth to a holier heaven
My reply was, it is too late am | not al
ready damned
Ny dear brother. this unnatural strife can
not last long, My appetite IS almost go"o.
Sleep 'balmy natures kind restorer, has fled
from my couch. Ny whole being is prostra-
ted in the dust The grave will soon be I'M
covered to receive me. Hell from beneath,
is moved to meet me at my coming. When
you look upon my grave, remember the
rock upon which l split, and warn Others
that they come not to this place
Farewell, Yours, -
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sign, aud he with them.
And now, for the first time the truth pour
cd irto his mind, aud he saw his condition,
anil sat down b,lhed in tears.
Now sail he, gentlemen, you must 90
and Communicate these facts to my wife
poor woman! | know she will be glad to
hear it, but caunot tell her.
Two of Them started for that purpo'e.-
The la&y MT them at the door, pale and
trembling with emotion.
What, she inquired, is the matter? >
What has happened to my husband! I!
They lid her dismiss her fears, assuring
her that they had come to bring her tidings
Of her hu,band-nut good tidlngs, such as
she would be glad to hear.
Your husband has signed the temperance
pledge; yea, signed it in gooa faith
TIE Joyous news nearly oyercame her, she
trembIed with excitement; wept freely, and
cIasping her haads devotionaIIy, she looked
up To heaven, aud thanked God for the hap
ny change.
Now, said she, Il have husband as he
once was, in the days Of our early love
But this was not what moved me, said
the gentleman There was in the same vi
cinity another gentleman, a generous, noble
soul, married young, married well, into a
charming family, and the flower Of it. His
wine-drinkiug habits had aroused the feaS
Of his friends, aud one day, when several OF
them were together, one said to another,
Let us sign the pledge i will If YOU
will said one to another, lill all had agreed
to it, and the thing was done.
This gentleman thought it rather a small
business, and felt Il little sensitive about re.
vcalinr to his wife what he had doHo. Bu
on returning home lie said to her:
Mary, my dear, L have done what feat
will displeaSe YOU
well, what is it?'
why, have signed the Temperance
pledge
Have YOU ?
YES. have, certainly
Watching his manner us he replied, al,
reading in II sincerity, she eutwined her arm
around his neck, laid her head upon his bo
som, aud burst into tears. Her hushan,
was affected deeply by this conduct of hi
wife, and said
MARY, don weep; dld not Know
would atllct YOU so, or | would not hav
done it; | Will 50 ana take my name ofim
mcdiatoly.'
Take your name otIr said She; no, no
let it be there. Shall now have no mo,
solcitude in reference to your becoming
drunkard. shall spend no more wakefr
midnight hours. shall no more steep m
pillow in tears
Now, for the first time. truth shone upo
his mini, and he folded to his bosom h
young and beautiful wife, and wept with he
Now, | can't stand these facts, and am 9,
ing 10 sign the pledge.
Speech Of Cor. Byiggs.
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The PowEa OF Boxes" What box
es govern the world 2 asked New York
Paper 1t answers the question thus: The
cartridge box, the ballot box, tAe jury box
and the band box.
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A PRovIsIoNAL GovERVMENT.-Ana native
of the Emerald Isle. in 1913. on hearing of
the Revolution in France. the fight of the
King and his family, the triumph of the de-
mocracy and the establishment by the people
of provisionary government, exclaimed =
By ST. Patrick. and is that not the thing
that swate Ireland wants! A proVlsionary
government forever! By the epowers, the only
government she now has is a starvatlonary
one =
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CHAPTER xiv.
IF hearty sorrow

Be sufficient ransom for OfcHcet
/ tender it here; do az truly suffer
As ere l did commit. SBAKsPRxRE.
David Fannen was a notorious Tory of
marauding disposition He, on several occa-
sions. went TO the houses Of prominent wings
and shot them dead in cold I.lopd. He enter
ed HiIlsboro' on the 18th of Sept .mber 1881,
then the seat Of Government for the Province
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DEAR BRoTHER The deed is done -
The irrevocable decree is passed, by which
mercy is gone, and hope is enguIphed in the
blacknrss of darkness. Enough /:
You know it all have concealed nothing
from you in reference to the whole matter
Could | reveal to you the thousandth part
of tho anguish-ihe intole ,able torture-the
unmitgated horror. from which my poor
heart has suffered for the past four weeks,
yon would be astonished that a person, cur
sed with such overwhelming agony, could
live a moment In the visions Of the night
horrible scenes have been presented in all
their terrors. and I have heard in the dark
ness of the night. al awful curse pronoun-
ccd against me by the Almighty.
One night in particular, after having fallen
into restless slumber, l heard my name
pronounced by person who, | thought
stood over me. 'J-h,' said the voice,
and it sounded strangely like my fathers
well remembered tones. A high and holy
mission was given to you, but you have re
iected it. The voice of God you have no
obeyed. Therefore the things that belong
% your peace, are forever hid from your eyes
The Gospel is hid from them that are lost
Oh! how startlingly distinct the word Lost
Lost! fell upon my ear. l awoke in terror
and started wildly from my bed The col
'Persplration was starting from every pore
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TIE RICHEST NINE The manures appli-
ed to the soil of En- gland amount to three
hundred millions of dollars being more
than the value of the whole ofits commerce !;
yet the grateful Soil yields back with interest
all that is thus lavished upon it. And SO it
would do here, remarks an agricultural paper
if we would only trust the soil with any por-
ton of our capital. But this we rarely do.
A farmer who has made any money, spends
it not in his business, but in some other oc-
cupation. He buys more land when he ought
to buy more manure or he puts out bis
money in some joint stock company, to con-
vert sunshine into moonshne-or he buys
shares in some gold or lead mine Rely
upon it, our richest mine is the barnyard,
and whatever Temptations stocks or shares
NAV offsr, the best investment for farmer
is live stock and poultry. From not under
standing or believing truths like these, thou
sands of our farmers have gone to seek in
California what they might have found at
their own doors at home, and countless farm:
that would Weld mint of money in proper
hands now lie unproductive.
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Wit and HumOr.

@ Never set yourselves up for musi
clan just because yoa have got drums in
your ears. nor believe that you are cut out
for school teacher merely because you
have pupil in your eye.
PURGAToRY VS., MArRIMoNY.-By the
way, the ghost of the depar ed reminds US
of Joe KelIey's ghost coming to his wife.
Molly says be, I'm in purgatory at
And what sort ola place is It ? says
she.
Faith it's a sort of halfway house be-
tween you and heaven says Joe, but |
stand it mighty asy after leaving you =
A misery skinhnt old gentleman down
East having lost son, was waited upon by
minister, who suggested many alleviations
to his calamity, adding that, doubtless his
own reflections would suggest many more.
Yes replied the old curmudgeon, wi
ping away his tears Joe had an awful
appetite-it cost almost twice as much to
feed him asany other member Of the family.
A good story is told of an eccentric old
gentleman WHO was Post NJ tster in Provi
ucuCe lCuOl0 ISidtlu "A way, WIN 1ilOuS III
he would play off some trick upon him, went
to his house some time in the night after
rapping loudly for some time, the old man
came TO the window, and exclaimed:
What DO You want? 2 whereupon the
wag replied very cooIly,
+ Nothing-only have put letter il
your box-you will know where it is to g
by the direction on it !
1t is needless to add that the old man re-
tired in rage.
The following question was propoundec
, by an anonymous Scotch maiden, man,
years ago but to our knowledge has nevei
been answered
4" If a body meet body comm thro' the rye
If body kiss body need body cry?
So far as we are inf,r,ned in such mat
ters, (Says the L0,oeU Vor Populi.) we d
not hesitate to Express our opinion that, un
der these clrcum stances, there is not th'
ighiest occasion for tears.
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THE USE OF TOBACCO.

An application having been made to me
for an opinion of the properties of the vari-
Gus forms Of tobacco, have undertaken to
express the same, in the hope it may be of
some use in preventing the further extension
of its use.
Tobacco is we'll known to be a powerful
vegetable poison. A few drops of the essen
tial oil will extinguish life in many animals :;
iftaken in the stomach In substance, very
small portion of leaf is sufficient to bring on
nausea, vomiting, accompanied with great
weakness, and cold death-lks sweat; many
persons have actually been killed BY an in
cautious internal employment oft for medici
nal purposes.
When taken into the nostrils in the form
OF snuff, portion of it enters the sonorous
cavities "a tie OF the face, and gradually impairs
known snuf-takers to lose the power ofpub-
lie speaking in an audible manner. The
most common and fashionable mode of using
that noxious weed is smoking: the smoke of
verdant tobacco penetrating the innumerable
air cells Of the lungs, heats and irritates, and
being absorbed from them, into the blood,
causes headache, weakness, soreness of the
eyes and brings out pimples on the skin. I
feel confident also that it occasions that can
Ger of the lip, so frequently subject of sur
gical operation, and sometimes terminating
in death.
The most mischievous of the forms in
which tobacco is used, is the taking it into
the mouth and impregnating the saliva with
its acrid principle, which compels the sxpuI
sion ofthe saliva impregnated. Some per
sons are so unwise as to believe they may
avoid the baneful influence arising from the
t8fs va" they they 1hRFr6Eatt HtB this this ggijed
large amount of deleterious principle. In
whichever mode the operation is accomplish
ed, its consequences are pernicious the tone
of the stomach is impaired, and indigestion
with its train Of evils, is the consequence
In many persons the nervous system is affec
ted, and the individual becomes tremulous,
feeble emaciated, and sallow in short, TO-
bacco used in the way of mastication, is regu
lar slow poison, which, if it were administer
ed by another person, would deserve anG
receive retribution from the laws Of the land
| will only add, that these statements are
not exaggerated, but the result Of many
years experience AID observation; so tha
when young man applies to me for cure
of pain in the chest and the symptoms o
dyspepsia | feel it my first duty to inquire
! whether he smokes or chews tobacco.-
JoHN G. WARREN, NJ D.
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THE DRuNKARo's CHARACTER From
volume of pamphlets lettered Miscellaneous
Sheets presented by George III. to the
British Museum, was taken the following :
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty !;
the trouble oc civility ; the spoil of wealth !;
the destruction of reason. He IS only the
Brewers agent, the tavern and ale-honse
benefactor the beggar's companion; and a
constant trouble. He is his wites woe ;
his own shame. He is tub of swill, spirit
of sleep. p;ctureof beast, and monster
of man
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From the Ohio Organ.
THE WARNTNG.

Mr.. E)1roE The following extracts
are from the pen of ma urally noble young
man-one endowed with intelligence above
his fellows bat who. in an nnguarded mo-
ment was allured to the wine cup and
at very early age formed habits, the re-
suit Of which is fearfuily depicted.
1t was after one Of those frightful spells
which takes the reason prisoner that the
following letter was dictated. Young man
if you are in the habit os occasionally sip.
ping at tho wine cup pause! Read this
before you take anorher 8 lass. Look at the
throne of King Alcohol as described by the
author Of this letter.
On the bones of the dead and the sorrowful hear
ted,
The throne of the fend is rearedup,
His crown is the skull of the victim departed,
His sceptro the fiery cup.