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IF Tue PracHAsg OF Mourn VERNoS.-
The women OF the South have commenced an
effort for the purchase of Mount Vernon, 10
be forever kept for the nation, and TO he pre-
served sacred as place of plgrimaGe. They
will appeal to their sisters in all parts OF the
country to aid them in this patriotic work,
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ly~GRAs,uorrERs are very destructive IN
St Johushury, this year, destroying almost
entirely the feed in some pastures, but so far
have not done great injury to the crops gene
rally. In the northwest part Of the town
they passed over a strip of pasture for the
distance of nearly half a mile, leaving the
ground nearly as free of vegetable life as a
hard travelled road
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" JORDAN is a hard road to travel" Is a
plagiarism from one of \. y. Willis's scrip
ture Poems; lor example;
king Dalid's limbs were weary lie had ned
From far Jerusalem and now he stood,
With his faint people, fm hnio ret
Upon the sho:e of Jordan
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BANKRuPrcy IN HAMBuRG.-The following
scene occurred in Hamburg. How would
such a course answer here
AT noon, just as the Exchange-crowded
with merchants presented its busiest aspect,
two drummers in the civic uniform came up
and rolled their drums for the space of ten
minutes, causing a great commotion both
within and without the Bourse, While this
was going on, workmen were seen over the
principal gateway of the building eevating a
black board, on which was painted in white
letters the name of merchant of the city
who had lately suspended payment and ah-
seconded with all his assets. W hen the name
had been fairly set up, bell called the
sham. gloeke," or shame bell, only rung on
such occasions, was sounded for two hours
from a tower on the Bourse. This penalty OF
disgrace, called the execution of II fraudulent
bankrupt, is ordained by law which can be
traced to the lith century, when the Han
sea tic league was at the height Of its great
ness At that period. however, the bank,
rups s patent of citizenship anu his eqpiss
cate as a merchant, were also burpt by tSe
hangman." .. s y ? I
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p @ EFT Il Y.
THE PAST.

How wild and dim this life appears
One long deep heavy sigh,
When Ger our eyes, half closed in tears,
The images of former years
Are family glitcring by
And still forgotten while they go
As, ON the sca-bcach wave wave
Dissolves at once in snow
The amber clouds moment lie,
Then, like dream, are gone
Though beautiful the moonbeams play
On the lakes bosom, bright as they,
And the soul intensely loves their stay,
soon the radiance melts away,
We scarce believe it shone
Icaven-airs amid the harp-strings dwell
And we wish they me- may fade -
They ceasc,-and the soul is silent cell,
Where music never playd
Dreams follow dreams, through the long night hours
Each lovelier than the last
But, ere the breath of morning flowers,
That gorgeous world flies past
And many a sweet angelic cheek,
Whose smiles of love and fondness speak,
Gldes by us on this earth
While in day cannot tell
Where shone the face loved well,
In sadness, or in mirth
PRotsssoR WILSON.
An ARKANSAS PoEr-An " original contributor"
of the Fayetteville (Ark.) Independent, furnishes
for its columns the following gem of poetry -
Warrum meher and Wd,rum tops.-Tran.lated
from the jermon expressly fur grayhams maggy sin,
| by Reuben.
the wcther groze quite warrum. And the swct
roles trickcn from my he'd and neck and arrums
and boldly clean down to my feet, and wet
is every stitch of close, which spilcs my charrums
scz to jane, jane the wethers mighty hot
and she Reuben that's a sartin fact.
and jane side like bilcn cofy pot
and her sole scanned in hard pane rackt.
seq jane spose mad X broot beast
hopdr ruu Mt nd one moi nd mt
His pzen teeth upon you savedgely, at least
inches jest abuv yer little foot
jane scz, you wood beat him Reuben that no:
seq i, wood whip him if had to folor
him clean to the rio grand in mexico
idc beat him with club and make him hollor.
iane ookt at me swetc, lookt at jane,
and we both felt considerably nonplusscd
we both happy 'nough togo insane
and we set there and for short time bussed
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ga FRrr1rrI NrlcupossqsS = p wa Fe
Co, Penn. in a circla of sasclfisaeT teers
live thirteen families whey lsaserhs asSrs,
gate number OF .F5ehildrenS HesaR 8s,.
trihated as sliss s = :
JOnqshr Asssas' Is 3fSos w. = SsEsaSl Z 81
+ "a ,sTS6inds yyodd, q sS,tS sHPhillSpsTlssi
'aslserBulhnfs, ISs ,Eshss gTosni ny WSl-
. ism Etkr, I'd; -AmeS isle, Iotal y3Q,Ft
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Jun,Or Exhibition.

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Music.
/ The Religious Element as ground OF immor-
tality IN Literature. Thomas Russell Roberts
> Prospect Of Freedom to the American slave.
Harmon Proctor Bicknell.'
B. Advantage of Systematic Industry.
Joseph Booth wilkins.
G. A Nation dependent on its Great Men.
Charles Wallace Clark.
j. Sopr-a, characteristic Of the Spirit of its time.
George Elbridge iIcrrick.
G. Models in Literature.
Norman Williams Jr.
BENJAMIN Franklin Fi6eld,
Music.
: Position of the Saracens in the course of Civil
i,ati,u Calvin Josiah Shortt.
0. Literature of the age of George III.
Austin Iiasen Jr.
10. Music-Its distinctive characterstics.
William Cyprian Hopkins
II. The Spirit of Patriotism,
Horace Henry Powers.
10. true scevticiSm,
Moses Payson Parmelee.
l3. The Modern spirit Of Philanthropy.
George Whiting Perry.
u Ethan Allen Poem
Constance Libcrti, Goodsll.
-. The Many, ruled by the Few.
Henry Nathan Hewitt.
Music.
Is, American Aristocracy.
Charles Robinson .
H. The Poet of AN Early, and OF a Civ ililed Ago,
benjamin Lincoln benedict.
Is. The true Relormer, his Work and Reward
Henry Clay stephens.
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EDIToR AND PROPRIETOR.
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as the Baptist denomination x.s b.,.
more populous and numerous than hrs
former sect, he left the Method;s. .nd
came out deeply immersed Baptist H.
left Jamaica, and next started a dsnc;ns
school in . small village, during WHICH
he first heard Of the f1ourishine Mormon
settlement at Nauveo, in Illinois, and
immediately determined to push his for
tunes ip that direction. He arrived in
Philadelphia just at the period of the Ma.
tive American excitement there, and con.
cealing his origin and antecedents, and
being dashing, spirited fellow, he soon
was an acknowledged leader, finally BE-
coming the editor Of Q natiyist paper.
He gave mp eli idea Of following Joe
Smith, Is the harvest here was already
ripe for the reaper. He came to New
York, had just money enough to purchase
brass horn, which he has continued to
blow until his name has filled the earth.
The particulars of this strange biogra.
ply are related by one who was born i'm
the same town with the "Angel Gabriel, ~
and he is quite as much astonished at his
success and notoriety as any one. He
always wears his trumpet, frequently
rides on the tops Of omnibusses, and
blows for the amusement of drivers.
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THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

We copy the following from the Paris
correspondence of the New York Jour.
nal Of Commerce aa o..
The number Of workmen of different
trades, who are employed in the compile
ton of the Louvre, is upwards of three
thousand. Emperor Louis Napoleon has
taken particular interest in the progress
of their labors, and visited the scene fire.
quently, on foot, sometimes with q cigar
IN his mouth. One of them, about three
weeks ago, in an interval of recreation
after their lunch, offered to wager three
hundred francs that he would light his
pipe by the Emperor's segar. A large
group near him clubbed Immediately and
cried Done" 1t happened that the EN-
peror appeared the next day, and smok.
ing; the bettors pushed forward their
man, whose assurance nearly failed at
the pinch. However, he accosted HIS
Majesty, and hat in one hand, pipe in
the other; requested and obtained permis-
sion TO speak. Il have laid a wager"
And what have to do with that, nv
friend I! said the Emperor. The case was
tucu oIdIulhcrtu Out the OtQer DarleS
forming an eager circle. Louis Napoleon
laughed; put his hand in his pocket and
drew forth bank bill OF five hundred
francs, and said, 'My worthy fellow you
have lost; here, take this to pay your
debt, and buy matches for your pipe. ~
Vius FEmpertw, shouted the winners.
He is familiar enough with the multitude
but the wager was precedent he was
not disposed to encourage. Cheek by
jowl seemed little too close for his dig
nifty. he shakes hands freely, and had
not little of this exercise, last week, at
the agricultural exhibition in the Champ
de Mars. He is more at his ease in the
midst Of the masses, in both town and
country, and, I should think, enjoy more
of direct, personal popularity, with them,
than any one of his predecessors at the
head oil the government. 1t is announced
that the Imperial Guard. mentioned par
Gcularly in one of my preceding epistles
will be completely organized and equip
ped by the 18th Of next month.
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HDs In EASTERN VIRGINIA.

No one, says the Williamsburg "Vir-
ginia Gazette" who was in the habit OF
visiting this part of Eastern Virginia some
years past, can now do so without motto.
ing the marked improvement which has
taken place in the manner Of cultivating
the soil, and the still more marked inn
provement in the appearance and produce
of the various crops. Around and about
Williamsburg there has sprung up quite
a spirit for renovating poor and worn-out
land; and the efforts of the farmers in this
respect have been crowned with the most
signal success. Nearly all the farms in
this section of the country have elements
o improvements imbosomed within them
s,lves, for with few exceptions they
abound in beds of the richest mari,
and by q judiclous application of this
fertilizer, accompanied with the SOW.
ing of clover and other grass seeds, and
an occasional crop of peas, many of the
farms in this vicinity have been made to
produce three-fold, when compared with
the product few years ago.
We visited, says the editor, the pre-
mises Of our friend, K. F. Cole, tone of
our crack farmers) few days ago, and
we venture to say that he has managed
so well rs not to be beaten in his farming
operations by any other tiller of the soif
in this region. The improvement in the
fertility of his land is most remarkable.
He came in possession Of it Some six
years ago, and no field at that time would
have averaged three barrels of corn to
the acre, and now, he has no land upon
the premises that will not produce from
eight to ten barrels and the same land
which at that time would not have yield
ed more than five bushels of wheat per
acre, was, when we saw it, covered with
most luXuriant crop Of wheat, which
has since been harvested, and which, had
it not been injured by the rust, would
have yielded, at least, from twenty to
twenty five bushels, throughout the field.
This land has been brought to its present
fertility by means of material found on
the premises, and which abounds in the
greatest abundance on almost every one's
land. When Eastern Virginia can be
brought to greater fertility even than 1T
possessed in its original state, by such q
cheap and economical process, We see no
necessity for her sons forsaking the homes
of their fathers, to search in q western
wilderness for that ease and comfort
which they vainly imagine cannot be en-
joyed in the land of their nativity.
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BfG.Ard Tab,s Manufacturers,
ap 1S-3u No. 81 Ann st New York.
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THE CANCEL GABRIEL"
The biography of the "Angel Gabriel
has heen nuhlished in New York.

udS uCCu PuOAiohO0 III &<VV Aoi
The name of this eccentric and peripa-
tetic orator is McSwish. His father was
a native of Scotland, and was domestic
in the establishment of the Marquis OF
Huntley. He married a female domestic
in the same household, and with her en-
lgrated to the Isle of Syke, where this
precious "Angel Gabriel"-the fulmina-
tor ofunpalatable truths, first opened his
eyes upon q sinful world. His fortunes
and wanderings have not been untinctur-
ed with romance and tinged with some
most disreputable "reminiscences. He was
born on the Sd of September, 1909, and
is consequently As years of age.
His mothers maiden name was Saun-
ders, and he was christened Sandy Nc
Swish. He was very dull lad, and in
stead of ofremaining at school, was appren-
ticed to q weaver in his thirteenth year.
His mother having in the meantime be-
come a widow, she married an itinersnt
Baptist preacher named Orr, whence the
Angel" not only derived his present
name, but imbibed his singular notions
of handing his name down to posterity
The family, in course of time, left the Isl
of Syke, and Orr went on q preaching
tour to the highlands, but finding the
8. business" bad, he changed his name Is
well as his occupation, and as one Wig
gins, he joined an equestrian troupe. -
Sandy, Of course, followed in the foot
steps of his illustrious step-father, and
soon distinguished himself in his new
calling. He shortly quarreled with the
manager, however, joined q company of
acrobats, with whom he Travelled over
England, and finally came to Liverpool.
Here he fell in love with wine mer-
chants daughter with whom he went 10
to Wales, where they were married. In
Wales, he first set up as preacher Of
the Methodist persuasion; but his hear
ers soon growing weary Of his discourses.
be conceived the happy idea of setting
his sermons to music, and introduced for
that purpose, q tin horn into the pulpit.
Hence the origin of ali our woes ! Hav-
ing by some means fallen into disgrace.
he left his Welsh charge under cover Of
| night, leaving . few debts behind: and
taking in exchange the pewter tankai d
which had been employed in the church
sacraments, and with his trumpet be
commenced his wanderings. 9
Embarking rs . cook on board Bris.
| tol vessel, he first landed at Jamaica, in
in the West Indies, where be resumed
his functions Off stated prsaching. but
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THE
WEST POINT HOTEL.

nN the United States Grounds at West Point Is
~ now open for the reception Of guests. A new
Do-k has been built by the Government, afording
Convenient landing for the steamboats,.
ftsen Ferries plsiag between Cold Spring an,
es Point, and also between 6arrisons Depot and
,st Point, have been established to meet every
'n Oh passenger cars on the Hudson River Rail
raj
The fast and elegant steamboat Aida leaves N
gk daily at O'Clock p. m at the foot of Robin
= street, handbag bar passengers at the Point in
ne to witness the evening parade of the Cadets
. ID returns 20 the city at 9 O'Clock =. m.
Cthsr steamboat communications viii be frequent
Dtng the day.
The Hotel has been freshly painted and renova-
b 6r the season and the subscriber will be happy
{ scco nmodste his friends and the pub ic.
.el5-tf g. r. ROE
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Feb llth, 1854 the provisions OF the act entitled
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therefore all holders Of any Of the nrbites Of the
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A LOFTY CELEBaATIoN.-ln view OF
the nations birthday, the following quo
tation from Niles Register of August 2,
1923, may not be unacceptable: The
late anniversary of our independence was
celebrated on the top of the fBRo9sIs-
BILE Rock, in Pendleton district.sy y:
Mr.. Wilson, Governor Of the State, with
his suite, was of the party The rock is
about one thousand feet high. AID very
precipitous, yet brass six-pounder wssl
dragged TO the top. and tbs dischsrgsA
from it were ,hoed and re-echosd for
great length Of time. 10 the wender and
awe Of au present.