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john 3. GouoH.-What the Ions
don Times says Of his oratorical POW,
crs:
lie is the Paganim of orators. He
plays only on one string, but one cas-
pable ofinfnite responscs-the life Of
q drdnkard Oh, Heaven and Earth!
oh, angels, men and devils ! what q
theme running from the cherub in>
FAINT through wasted youth, blasted
manhood, days of alternate rsvelry
and cursing, home Of unrelicved miss
cry, death Of shame and anguish !!
1t is this that Mr.. Cough recites
night after night. lie PAGES up and
down some twelve or twenty feet of Il
platform, judicously left clear for him,
with hands clenchcd as in agony, or
paving the air to keep of; the ghosts
Of memory, pouring ont words with
such spontaneity that they sometimes
seem to tumble over one another, and
smother meaning in their fall, scarce
ly stopping at cheer--neyer inviting
one.
lie tells you with gestures, ever
more significant than his passionate
and sometimes beautiful words, how
he went ont from the homo Of pious,
loving mother, wandered from the
straight path, was whipped by demons
over an arid desert, fed upon tho
sand in his burning thirst, felt word
Of mercy like cooling water on his
tongue, saw a rainbow of hcpo over
tho abyss of seven years Of sin, and
was restored to strength and happi,
ness. When he has told this, he can
turn to other men, can paint society
with a vivid pencil, and conduct an
argument with vigor the more effcc>
tive because tolerant. Sometimes he
will introduce an Illustration like that
of boat On the rapids. which will
hold an audience in suspense Of al>
most agony, and force them to seek
relief 10 appropriate tunult.
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MARRIAGE BY PRoXY.-A CORE
spondcnt Of Tie National LntdHgen-
Ger writes:
1T is but recently that l became
aware of the fact that marriages by
proxy were allowable in the Old Do
minion. Some years ago a sable son
Of Afica, called General--a title
which he had not earned by gallant
services On the battle field, neither
had he acquired it as Gen. Mathew
Arbuch!e did his Of the same grade,
but had received it from lis sponsors
i'll baptism, if lie ever had any-suod
and won the love Of a colorcd lady
sporting the rural name Of A,ilken
Sally. A day was fixed for their wed,
ding ; the officiating clergyman being
a colored gentleman, slave on an ad-
joining plantation, s,ickler for dig
nifty, and firm believer in the resolu-
tions Of '9S and 80. Those WHO nee.
ded lis services had to 20 to lis cab
in, General and Milken had to make
the most of it, and as Mahomct would
not 30 to the mountain, it remained
for the mountain to so to Mahome,.
The eycntful evening at length ar,
rived the guests are assembled, the
groom has come, but the bride is miss
ing. The venerable clergyman at
length becomes inpatient, expresses
his astonishment at Milken's absence;
when the General, rising from bis
seat, thus delivers himself; Look
here, broder CulIifer,it is no use wait
ing for that darkey | knows her
like a book she bin gone to sleep,
setting fore de fire. Use authorized
to speak for her; so jes 90 ahead jes
de same if she was here Old Culli>
fer thought it wise suggestion, and
proceeded to unite them in the holy
bonds of matrimony. When the Gen.
cral went over to Milken's cabin, sure
enough, there she was fast asleep by
the fire, with some of her wedding f.
merry in her hand. She was terribly
provoked to learn that her wedding
had come of and she was not there. -
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TRE BuslHrss OF LIrE-We recol-
lect walking With Mr. Thomas Carlyls
down Regent street, when he remarked
that We poets had all cf us mistaken tho
argument that we should treat. " Tho
past" he said, is all too old for thii
age of progress Look at this throng Of
carriages, this multitude Of men and
horses, of women and children, Every
one of these has a reason for going this
way rather than that. FIVE could pen.
citrate their minds. and ascertain their
motives, an epic poem would present it.
self, exhibiting the business of life as ii
actually is, with all its passions and in
terests, hopes ard fears. A poem
whether in verse or prose, conceived in
this spirit and impartially written, would
be the epic Of the age And in this
spiri, it was that he conceived tie plan
Of his own " French Revolution His
Monthly Masastne.
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Excitement in New Hampshire-Bom
bardment of Washington Proposed,

Excitement in New Hampshire-Bom
bardment Of Warrington Proposed,
We learn that a public meeting was
held at Lumber7llle, n. Il, on the 9tl
inst. to express the Indignation of the
people at the insult offered to the favor
ite son of that State, the President, al
Washington OH Saturday last, by an egg
flung from the hand of chivalrous Car
Gilman. whose name is Jeffards. A cor
respondent has favored us with report
of tie proceedings, from which it ap'
pears that the principal speech of the oc
casion was made by Jotham Peirce Esq
(no relative of the Generals, since his
name is spelled differently and that its
eloquence was received with rapt atten-
ton and thunderous applause. We give
herewith the principal points Of this re
marbable speech
An egg, fellow.citizens, has been cast
upon the hat Of our honored President !
Bs this base act the valuable hat of His
Excellency has been seriously damaged
but this insult has a deeper meaning aud
wider rnngo-the Government itself is
iusuted, aud by whom2 l ask. sir, by
whom2 VIII you tell me that the
wretch who threw the egg is the party Of
whom redress should be sought, ? scorn
the conclusion. How would such pro-
ccedirgs he regarded by foreign poten
tates} What would the Emperor Mich
olas say of it2 The city of Washing
ton. sir. is then responsible for this in-
suit Her inhabitants are guilty of the
crime. and shall they escape deserved
punishment No. Let Washington,
like Grcytown, be blotted out In
menSc applause ! Let the world know
that our Government. from the lowest to
tha lighost of its officials. is not to be
insulted with impunty 1t may be said
that some of the people Of Washington
are American ciiizeus and innocent OF
the crime So were they Of Greytqwu.
Is there anything in the character Of the
city which calls for mercy? 1t was said
of Groytown that most Of its iulabit-
ants were pecu,ators, disordcrly persons
and niggors. Can that be denied Of
Washington ? 7 ask, why should Grey
town be destroyed and Washington
spared Is the nose Of an obscure chap
like 8orland Of higher national impor-
tance than the old hat Of our honored
Presidcrtl Sir, offer the following
resolution
" Resolrel, In view of the enormity
Of the outrage offered to President Pierce
by tho City of Washington. that Sccrc.
tary Dobbin should be directed to in
struct Commander Hollins to proceed
with tho sloop'ofwar Cyane to that city,
and to open Oh it with all his guns for two
hours, without intcrmission and in case
anything should then remain stauding,to
land party of marines and burn and
destroy the residue and remainder, un-
less the authorities shall humbly beg
pardon Of the President, and purchase
for him new hat Of such quality and
cost as lie shall sclcc, and approve"
Other speeches were made in support
ST tla resolution, after which it was
unanimously adopted and tie crowd dis
pcrsci to their homes.--N Y TfiLHhe.
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How TO GET THE REAL FLAVOR OF
CorFEE.-In Knighton's Forest Life
in Ceylon,' are the following hints
on the preparation Of coffee, derived
from long experionce:-The subtle ar
oma which resides in the essential oil
of the coflee-berry, is gradually dissi-
pated after roasting, and Of course
still more after being ground. In Or
der to enjoy the full favor in perfec'
ton, the berry should pass at once
from the roasting pan to the mill, and
thence to the coaee-pot: and again,
after having been made should be
mixed almost at boiling heat, with
hot milk. 1t must be very bad coffee
indeed, which, if these precautions be
taken, will not afford an agreeable
and exhilarating drink.
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A ppop,oy YIN AyRsHrRE.-There

A PRoDIdY IN AYRsHIRE.-There
is at present attending the Hastings
school, Darvel, in Ayrshire, girl
aged between 8 and 9 years, who com
menced the study Of arithmetic less
than a twelvemonth ago. Such are
the powers other memory that che is
now able to calculate mentally, in a
very few moments, such questions as
these How many seconds in 20. 80,
90, or 900 years ? How many ounces
in 20, GO or 100 tons ? She can null
tiply such line as 9894 19s. I'D.
by 80, So or 96, as cleverly and cor
rcctly as any ordinary arithmetician
would multiply by 4, 6 or 8. Counts
in long division Simple and compound)
she divides by short division, or in
one line, by such figures as 34,56, ~,
SO, &C., in eight or ten seconds. The
first time her teacher, Mr.. Tarbet, dis
covered her remarkable abilities was
when she was showing him sums null
tiplied by numbers from II to 1850,
which at first he thought she must
have worked on the slate below, and
then transferred. He alleged as much,
which she would by no means admit.
lie then, to test her, ted her to rnul|
tiply line of pounds, shiIilngs and
pence, which he gave her by II. To
his surprise, she multiplied it as fast
as any ether person could have done
By 7. Yet this girl never learned
the multiplication table higher than
II times u. She can also add up
eight or ten lines Of pounds, shillings
ard pence, by first adding the two
lowest lines together, then the third
lowest, and 50 on. When performing
these calculations, every limb and
feature seem at rest. One day lately
the teacher set the door open, and or.
dGred the children to be quiet, as he
Was going to give her the NEST diff
cult count she had ever got. lie then
told her to walk out into the garden
and find out how many moments there
were in 800 years. Shewalked only a.
bout ten yards at ordinary pace, when
she told the answer correctly-never
having reached the garden" Blu" says
one OF the boys, "she did far bigger
count than that yesterday--the big
gest, they say, that ever was done by
anybody-she multiplied 12345G1S9
by 9S7G5432l, and gave the correct
answer in less than half a minute, for
the bet of a penny" which she refused
to take, because her teacher had for
bidden her in the presence of the
scholars to calculate large sums at
the bidding Of any person. On being
interrogated as to how he knew whcth-
er the answer was correct, the boy re-
Piled that two CT them had counted it
on slate. and found it correct; and
that the figures we're so far above hun
dreds Of millions that norc Of them
could read them. The girls name is
Margaret Cleland, daughter Of Gavin
Cleland shoemaker in Darvel.-North
British U0iiU Udu.
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EE Horace Greeley has taken to
farming. Last year when in Ma.sachu'
setts attending the poultry show, he
bought half dozen pure Cochin China
eggs, sc dozen, which produced him
six ugly ducks. An editor from Maine,
however, Jared still worse. He bought
half dozen eggs Of a new Variety"
which the dealer assured him would pro-
duce "yery rare birds" So they did,
for they were put under the very best
hen, and in due time came out what
do you think ?" 81 could not guess"
said his friend ,-'what were they ?"
"Lahd TuFtleS, and what was worse, as
soon as they were hatched, they seized
upon the old hen aud such a squsllng
never was heard in any other hen's nestl'
Gydntte Ra,mey.
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A Touching Relic of Pompeii.

TCuching Henc OF Pompeu.
In digging out the ruins Of Pomroi
every turn of the spade brings up some
relic Of the ancient life, some witness of
imperial luxury. For far the greater
part. the relics havo merely curious in
terest they belong to archaeology. and
find appropriate resting places i'll hiStor-
ical museums.
But there are some exceptions. Here
for instance, the excavator drops an un.
invited guest, upon u banquet there he
unexpectedly obtrudes himself into a
tomb. In one place he finds a miser
covering on bis heap; another shows
him boucs Of dancing girls aud broken
Instruments of music lying on the mar
bic floor. in the midst Of the painted
cha mbers. baths halls, columns, fouu
iains. ainug tie sIlcrdid evidences Of
material wealth, lie sometimes stunblcs
on a simple incident, a touching human
story, such as strikes the imagination
aud suggests the mournlm interest Of
the great disaster as the sudden sigh;
of n wounded soldier coljures up the
horrors Of Il field Of battle.
Such. to our mird, is the latest discov-
cry Of the excavators in this melancholy
field 1t isa group Of skeletons in the
act Of flight accompanied by dog
Ihore are three human beings. one of
them young gll. with gold rings and
jewels still on her fingers The fugi.
tives had bag of gold and silver with
them snatehrd up. no doubt, III haste and
darkness. But the fiery food was OF
their track, aud vain their wealth, their
hlght--the age Of one, the youth OF the
other The burning lava rolled above
them and beyond, and the faithful dog
had turned back 10 share the fortunes
Of bis mistress dying at her feet
Seen 10y the light Of such an incident,
how wildly that night OF horrors looms
upon the senses Does not tue imagin-
alton picture the little group IN their
own house, BY the side Of their evening
fountain larsuldly chatterine over the
days events aud the uuusual heat! Docs
1t not hear Will them the troubled swell
OF the waiers IN the bay ! see, as they
do, how the night comes down in sudden
strangcncs', how the sky opens over
head and flames break out, while c"rin
sand, aud molten rocks came pouring
down. What movements, what emotion.
what surprise The scene grows dark
er every instant the hollow monotony
o. the bay Is lifted into yells, shrieks
the air grows thick aud hot with flames
and at the mountains foot is heard the
roll of the liquid lava.
Jewels, household cods. gold and sill
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III secIlonp j .
The Thirty Mine Collar Mare.

-FOUR or nve years ago, while travel
ing in the State of Maine. cbanced to
halt at an out-of.the-way tavern in those
parts. in the bar-rooom of which. during
the evening, heard tho substance of
the following story related. 1t may
divert portion Of your readers, and SO
| write it out for you.
Speaking of horses-rcmarkcd the
leading talker of the cvening-Speaking
of horses reminds me of a mare | knew
a long time ago, when "three minute
nags" wern't SO plenty as we hear about
now a-doys.
There was blacksmith in the town
where ihcu lived, who was q very fair
judge OF horses and who generally owned
Il " rusher' for those times-though al.
most his entire fortune was ordinarily
invested in his crab" lie sold his old
mare ono day, and kept his eye open for
another beast. when the right kind ofa
animal might fall in his way.
1t Glanced soon afterwards. that there
came to the door of his little shop. one
dny gray mare-a long lcan.bodied
wench-the owner Of which desired to
have her shod. The blacksmith looked
in her mouth. (as horsemen sometimes
willy and then he tried her dock He
stood in front Of her, and ther beside Of
her. and then examined her feet-and
'hen went to work to shoe her
How old is sbo p he asked quietly.
N he proceeded to pare and trim her
''cofs
Nine years come spring" said the
owner.
The blacksmith looked in her mouth
again, aud said; &" Yes you can war.
rant that"
Warrant2 well, shes good beast
anyhow" responded the owner.
" ls she sound :"
As fresh hickry nut"
Kind p
Asa cossct sheep"
May be you'd sell herr" continued
he blacksmith, slowly, as he flashed her
last foot.
Yes" replied the owner, handing the
blacksmith dollar for his job. Yes
LII sell her."
How much money-cash down 2"
"Forty-Gve dollars" "
"Five and forty. She must be good
an, then"
She is good one"
"Say forty, stranger. and II yentur
10 take her"
The bargain was closed, the stranger
walked away with his old saddle Oh hi:
arm. and the gray marc walked into the
blacksmith's little she'd stables. 1t wa.
a heap of money for him to put into .
single horse, but hO thought she had
good points in her making-up, nolwi,h
standing the fact that she hadn't beer
over.fed, of late, or too carefully groom
ed.
A little care and grooming very sooi
developed her moro satisfactorily, ant
the purchaser CHANGING TO be a dozel
miles from home one night, hurried ~
her cakes" on his way. aud led a note
three minute pelter straight into town
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DR.. JonNsoN.-Johnson says some.
where that he never was in a tight
place but once, and that was when he
had a mad bull by the tail. Had he
held on, he said he would have been
dragged to death over a stubble field /;
while if he had not held on, the bull
would have gored him to death. Now
my Query is, what did DR.. Johnson
do, hold on or let go !--Notes and
Queries.
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Stanzss.


There isa quaint grace in this lyric,
perfect in its kind, Characteristic of the
song-writing of the time. 1t is from q
work entitled An Hours Recreation in
Music" by Richard Allison, published
in 1906:
There is n garden in her face,
Where roses and white lilies grow,
heavenly Paradise is that place.
Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow.
There cherries grow that none may buy.
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
These cherries fairly do enclose
OF orient pearl double row,
Which when her lovely laughter shows,
They look like rosebuds filed with snow
Yet these no peer nor prince may buy,
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
Her eyes, like angels, watch them still;
Her brows, like Bonded bows, do stand,
Threatening, with piercing frowns TO kill
All that approach with eye or hand.
Those sacred cherries TO come nigh,
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry,
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The FIRST Quaker PUN.-Not long
since, a Friend, who rcjoiced IN tho
name of Comfort, paid his devoirs to a
young and attractive Quaker widow
named Rachel H. Either her griefs
were too new, or her lover too old, or
from some other cause, his offer was de.
cliued. Whereupon Quaker friend re.
marked that was tho first modern in.
stance he had known where Rachel re.
fused to be comforted' The anecdote is
remarkable as being the hrst Quaker pun
on record
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AFT lLLusTGATio Tile Hon. Pelcg
". Chandler, in his speech at the Wing
Convention. yesterday, told the following
capital stories. illustrative of recent ro-
litical movements. Onc was Of an old
man in Bangor, who would steal, but at
the samo time was n man 0t HE word
He wos ore day engaged to he p unload
a cargo og fish, on condition that he
should have nine Of them u he uouAl
not steaf any. Bat night coming on.
and opportunities for stealing becoming
good, he took the nue fish and returned
them to the employer. saving that be be.
lieyed he couM do bcttcr The South
have kept the uine fish. aud then 90 on
to steal the rest Of the cargo. The fraud
ulent name of popular sovereignty given
to the Nebraska System was Illustrated
by the story Of a man who cried Hot
Mnce Pies" Some person bought one,
and found it frozen hard as an iccle.
You Internal scouudreln said he, why
did you call this hot minco pie y Be
cause that is the name Of H." was the
reply Bost. Trans, l7th
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zoo PER CENT ASSURED!
4 EIV DISG1VElY AND INVENTION.


Phclps' Ohio Combination Patent Bee Hive
Wa, awarded the first premium and diploma
nj the Ohio State Fair September, 1851. over
Kersay'S. purdalis Case & Landreth's Wheel
er', and Gilmnrc's. also diploma for the best
Hive at the Indiana State Fair, and prcmi.
um Mt the New York State Fair, September
1852, also at the CRYSTAL Palace and atrumcr-
ous County Fairs. 1t is acknowledged by all
practical bee keepers, stands unrivalled, and
ahead of ali other Hives vet kmown, TO be
what its name indicates, combination Of all
those principlcs necessary TO the successful
MANAGEMENT of Bees. Many persons have
been obliged to abandon the business on ac-
count of the ravnrcs of the Bee Moth and fire.
ouent losses hy starvation. This Hive by
aimnle arrangement guards most etfectunllv
against those Two great evils. lis also equal
ly well aiapted TO large or small swarms, and
likewise for swarmng, non-swarming, or di-
viding hive, and in fact it exccls all others.
Every farmer mechanic, physician, LAWYER.
gentlemen. lnIvand clcrryineu having n Der.
manent residence. will procure 1t as soon as
they learn lis excellcncics. We wonld say IN
those who never kent bees. ,hat with this Hive
,h.v NM la ,,.u,,,cd viii ,crr,ct ;,n,,n,;,,.
''o! '''! wv """'eV' "''' P''''''
as MI paris Oh inc case may hcopehcu ana tie
operation Of the hee' Witnessed without com,
iny in contact with them The ADVANTAGES II
.,'I =" ,,,.s ",a ". ~ r.,ia II
P',"H',s wv, "','S.' W. 20 ''',''"'
'St' us Pc''N'' "''p''"'" Nin icShlu 10
sizcl 10 the actual wants of II colony of bees
at ALI sposons let il lac large or small enc
o. NJ ,n,li,;a. :, on:,rds e,n oI,ai,';
~ ine "o'"tes " "'"''s '"' o"'"'lhhe
surplus hhn5y or removing auy portions OF the
Old combs, are superior to an" other, as tho
bees may te mldc 10 leave either box when
desired before r'mnvinl ii f'om the hivc,wiIh-
out diSfnr' ing or iujnring Them in tie least.
al 1t nG rs the best opportunity for oh
serving the operations of the bees the amount
Of honey in store and the 9Th cf the col
onv At all times without exposure TO The bees
Arb, The construction Of the hive with lhr
nlishing board is such that it will "lwnys save
the cxprnsc of building on purpose fer bees
na il may he put in any out building, garnet
granery. attic or even dining room if ,o,
please, where your honey vi not slip oG
without y"ur personal observation
5'h lti ncknlwledged 10 afford the bees
hcler pr trriion against moths aud rol,hcre
than any other hive vet known rs thr sn'al
npPeTuie ut which the hees enter is the only
means OF access Tor the miller. and this being
three inches over The bottom the bees &C noi
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.Sdm-Julius, whar did you get dat
coat
Ilius-Down here to Push's.
lSam-Whar's dat ?
Jnlius-Little ways down in Brat.
tie street, whar it says "Push" on de
door, pushed and went in. 1t said
"Pull" on dc odder side--I pulled dis
coat and ran out.-Boston Post.
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A SENSIBLE WiLL.-The following is
tho copy of a will left by man who
chose to be his own lawyer
"This is the last will and testamens
Of me, John Thomas l give oil my
things to my relations, to ts divided
mongst them the best way they can.
N B.-.Ifauybody kicks op a row, or
mskes any fess about it, le isn't to have
anything
Signed by me, JoAE THoass'
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s9-We learn from the Minnesota
Times that "the saw-mill at Jordan
is now in operation" 1t is to be
hoped that enough boards will be got
out to plank the road, which is noto-
riously "hard one to travel"
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@~The Manchester

sS5~The Manchester American
states that the late attack on the Pres.
ident is suggestive Of the character Of
the administration. Cesar fell by
cold steel internal machines were
prepared for Napoleon T; stillettos
sought Louis Philippe. Our Presi.
dent is attacked with boiled eggs.