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great precautions to protect his model Of 'lhno-
cencefrom profaue eyes, and for this purpose
confided her to the care of a trustworthy do
emma. Being suddenly called to Paris by am'
portaut business, he> discovered on his return
that be had been robbed. His jeweiry and
valusbles, together with money, had >beet car
rep off: he soon discovered the sad faet that
Pierrette D. wasthe thief, and that Hehad
.iea Maisoiis il the company: of q nran !Slth
whom she was ON terms ,of. Intimacy On the
following day she, was discovered sitting upon
one Of the stone benches near the Arc de Tri'
ompbe; and, on being taken hnto ,cust,dy, made
afau confession Of her guilt As fog the pie
tare Of innotepee, iewaits, we believe, for .
.mddel.-lPuis paper. ... 49,. ..-... .
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Of the sweet gum will be- sold by, Northern,
nurserymen all over the world, and our travel.
ler will look with admiration at the sweet gum
in the English parks, that came from his own
| neighborhocd and grounds. without reeognlz.
ing his ltafy kidsnan Of the forest There is q
sad wait of taste for ornamental tees in. the
,qn,ry. Our, farmers are great in deadening
trees, ard care little for the Beauties OF the
living. How many ''of the. wealthy piaaters
Eof the South live among The feafless branches
s'f the girlted. trees without II green leaf or
|Bl,ssoIiI to, o,teach fEren bjve and gratitude.
tts'Ehe 1,ative'frees sf'str forests are fast dis
appearing before the "edthiess axe, aud with
them goe, 4he" greatest orHameat Of natnfe,
Would gentfei,,ei, IF intelligence reflect :iU .
msment 'befsfe laying tie axe Mt the 'foqt Of
Tie venerable .centenarinh, hoy long it has
t,tltsu in its Silent, headtifui workings; 70 pro
duce its masssivs: trunk aed tlofty .branshes
what tsles Of primitive itcouid tell could
its voiceless ips translate the poetry Of it's
Fbitth, surely they would pause before commit
ting such indiscria,inats destruction; .Dehizers
-ofthe sunny South save The. .datiSs trees around
Ynh,t The Safacit.ds sawmi!l is now Perched
on. every .h,a,lntain groye!as well as on every
stream 'of Inc .Fafiey and the. aPelktion, Of
Burning South allisbe 'uiate lappropfiste than
sunny when not sspfeadiag branch, with its
fefreshing hBasss shah break the :darting rays
EofIhes sun. bot tie esfth, baked and patched;
aud men saeltsf:sfd sweat, as ifthey were oi
the GoI6nessdf sYssusins Or an Etna, The
e,su,itry,s ailere is iig Why; q few miles from
town. Bit iaEthat should. characterize; 4 conn:
try residences has been swept away BY the de-.
stroymg hand Of insn. :; II has been said. God
made: the rouotry, man the. city but if the
| yaHdak kspiFiE of arbereias destruction which
niafks the settlement Of metz c,,6htry, be not
stayed, ES ttauss Of Gods handiwofk will be
iound u6marrha blythe improving skill ofmap,
s':r ~ ,"woodnsui spare that tree" - :: :
should be in the mouth Vt .esery. landed pro-
prisior, in ihy c,,uutry, for i itsbas not !shet
tered hin III bis youth, it may his: children
Not. only. spare the ", brave; Old, oaks = but
plant the, evergreen, cedar, magnolia, baysan
molly. The graceful and mourning willow ;
| the majestic elm; the light saud SNOWY dog
wood ); the. wide, ,spreading chesnut ), the tefia,
fted tcathered iniulosss; the. .oupped tulip: the
fnit. .yietding mulberry; the, cork ktlin,bed, as.
pen: :teaved, sweet gum or Casolinas apr9ad
emblem, the spear like Paln,etto-AAs, all are
beautiful aud Jaepropris.e, Tor there meyer yei
grew y; perfect ifee, that was. not ornamental.
- Soil Of tie Soath.-e.
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ASIsauLAR MxRRrAsE BEuHpss.-In Eng
land. recently. . singular marriage blander oc
CURED. A clergyman by miaske, married 3
isdy-to the person who ofioiated in the cere:
monyl "a her father. When the. new made
husband was printed quite her, the: bride de-.
c!sred, with tears in her eyes, that;that could
not be, a. be was already married, and had a
family. The clergyman was somewhat as,
founded at the result Of bis blunder. and asked
Cor time to consult the authorities upon the
subject, the result Of which was that the next
day he performed the services over sgain, with.
put making any moro tnistakeS
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The Southern Presbyterian says, the. state.
meuts made ia our public jousuals With regHd
to the amount Of Mr.. Chambers' rnuniicent
bequest to Davidson College haseFbeen 90
various that we are grat,6ed in having recsiged
full statement Of the matter from the lips oi
one of the Trustees of the College whois also
Pastor of the Church of:-sbich Mf. g. died q
member The exact amount of the legacy
cannot be ascertained at present. inasnuch -
special bequests are to ne paid out OF the estate
Of which the College stands as the residusry
legatee No. doubt, however, is entertained
that the College will receive the sum OF two
two hundred thousand dollars. and perhaps q
larger sum. ~" -. i: ="
"Mr. Chambers also.leit property and money
amounting to $50, 900. or more, to tire Ptesby.
terian Church at Salisbury.
,"We-do not remember assimilsr. instance OF
Iiberality>towsrd the Church and her institp
tons in our conntry.": y. -. =. - :..
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The Graves Of Those we boye.
e. BY WASHINGTON IEyING.

1
| The grave is the ordeal. oftrue Affection
| # IS there the divine passion Of the soul mani,
test its-uper.ori,y tt, the Instructive impulsr
Of mere i,tii,,ul nttachins,t The latter must
be continual, refreshed and kept alive by the
presence of its object; but the 1--we that: is
] seated in ths suaicantvaonlong remembrance.
The mrre inclina,ions of sense .langaish and
drc.iue 9ii. the cha, ms that excited them, and
tIrn with Shud;Ierins and Disgust from tie; dis.
saai 7ir"crts of the ,oub;. but it is thence
dat Srn. iitns .fE.ction rises purified from
ey..y se,..uai ,iesire, ap,d returns like'a huty
flame, l.. ,liun, tste and sanc,ify the heart OF
fthe survivor. Sc
The sorrow f,r the dead is the only sorfow
fron which we refuse to lie :disorred. Every
foher wound we seek l., heal every other ai:
fciiou to forget; but this wound we consider
u duty To Keep ,,peu Where is the mother
wh'.:st;,ld I'll Iingll ,frget The infant that Per:
ished Ikea Blosso,ini III her arms, though every
,rpcolIectioa tsa pafgl>, Where IS the, child
/ who wdi.ld taost willingly forget the, friend
tnver whom he ruoatasT Wto, even when
I the iomli i clpsiniS upon the remains ofthis
most loved, when he fesls his heart as it wyre
crushed in tile closing or ,its portal. would
| j Il -W
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= From tie Country 6sns1smas.
Tie willing 20 Labor:

How many things fall to the Rt- Of those
tto t 90 that are willing to labor with hand and
<6rain; even until the one reels from intense
application and the otbeffafls msvelessto Tie
side. - . y $; =, .'''EE p,
:! inst because there are two many drones In
| the hive, too many willing to live without
work, willing to shirk out any way no matter
/ how, SO that they, don't. have, the trouble Of
thought or action ; ;and thus weight of mental
and physical toll falls on: those willing Ito
( do -. - = - :. - - :'''' :" =
:. Here's the delicate mother, toiii1g ilr her
cheeks are flushed and, limbs swollen" while
her sisteror dsnghtersar are listlessly folding op
their hands and looking out Of the window Or
str6lling from, shop to shop to, geta skein Of
worsted matched ostensibly. -. "a ''r@' ~
Here's rhes= father with . heavy mortgage
ot.his farm, and, ,fheumstism on his back so
that his son msy strut the street in rufled
yshirt, or trim the,lilac bushes with his gloves
on TO- July ~ = -. - - a., -
=. Aud here perhaps is poor widow Sand
,daughters.r with the needle, busy from early
morn tilt midnight hour tGili6g to- give that
suucy, two listed boy q start 10 profession
his sidleness:wlll- -dishonor, Willie how pleasant
might the.tim be with division Of Study, or
amusement, in. each instance. 49,. :
There's the eldest daughter tied to. .hoasehnld
cares, while the othsre are free TO ride or sing
dance or walk 1T leisure. s! - '"'>
| :. There's man almost perishing with long
protractea toll, and dozen labelled gentleman
stand looking on without lending single
blow to his aid because it ain't their business,
their dignity lnustnot stop to aid fellow nisn
!" though countless millions mourn."
|. God bIess the willing Iaburer, who is more
ready to do@for his neigh bur than his neigt bor
is to do for himself, and grant that "as his day
is, 30 shalt his strength be-" E.. Cedar Hill
w.. 1854. t. =
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PETERSBURG, Mafch'5:

g.. ~ :. ,...;-> PETERsBURe. Masch'5. :
+ DESPERATE .AfFRAy.-The town Of Weldon,
N. c., was 10: :daythe seems Of atragcal occur
renee. Patrick MtGDwsi, mail agent ant ths
route between Weldon and Raleigh, was attsck.
ed by three men,. two oEthenr nahied ERsrett
and the other Price, aud terribly woupdsds+ It
appears that some misuhdei standing had'oGcur.
red, relatiss to sems business TRANSACTIONS ihe
amount IN controversy being only 6neS; doilat7
that bitter. feelings were engsadered; aud chat
MCGOWAN. wasfollowedto Weldolfby thespar.
ties sbeee named, who there uades> murder
ons attack upon him, shooting him through dhe
:hend, neck ard abdon,eu-lcdeing six; balls
;about;his persda;:f Jndeed, T am informed that
after MctSowan was. down. his assailants con-:
tinprd arilg$pponhiq! S;Whso thepsrkisfthe
wuunded man, wss supposed TO, beia , dying.
condition.. + have. not leaned yhsthef any;
arrests have, been. made. + 'FAe Evetstts eoas.
cerned in this terrible affair ara. hsdet zsnd
|SIWss learn arm tlat sMeeowan vsa brnstlsl
employed, 1.-THE; Arlington Monument: .ia
Riehmord. .IrR.chmoad Despatch. -. =,
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CURIOUS FAcra .CososRsIa DYsrEpsrA. -
The effect Of mental disquietude in' producing
this prevalent complaint, is far greater thanais
supposed. 1t iswell known that persons. in
good heslth, ,ofl sound Digestive organs, who
take sufficient exercise aud are free fromSdx
iety, may eat almost anything, and in quantis
ties which would kill those in different circum'
stances.- Ia reference to this point, Dr. Brig
ham, an English medical writer; observes ::
",We donot,flud dyspepsia Frevalsntin coun.
tries where the people do eat fuost ENORMOUSLY.
Travellers in Siberia say that the people. there
often eat forty pounds OF food ips <oRs: day.
Admiral Seripchoff saw a; ;SibeJidneat sdGsotty
after breakfast. twenty. five pounds of cbns!eal
rice, with three pounds Of butter. Rutd9shep.,
sia is not common di.ease in Sibesih- We
do not learn from Captain Parry et; Captain
Lyon, the Arotio travellers, that theR friends,
the Eiauinaux, are very nervous and dyspep.
tic, though they Individually eat ten or twelve
pounds Of solidfood per day, washing 1t down
with gallon or so Of train oil. Captain Lyon
was. to be sure, little concerned for delicate
young lady Esq6imaux, who ate her candles,
wicks and all. yet he dues not slluds to her in
ability to digestthsm." 49,. .s>.
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A MAN WITHOUT MoNEY.-A,man without
money is body without life, q walking sha.
dow, spectre that affrights. His look is dole
fnl, his conversation is, languid and heavy. If
he wishes to pay visit, he never fluids any
body, home, and If he opens his mouth to speak
he is Interrupted, every moment in order that
he may not finish the sentence, lest he should
end by asking for money, he is avoided as a
pestilence, and is considered useless clog upon
tho earth. If he has wit, he cannot display it.
and If he has none be is looked upon as the
most frightfa! biped that Nature can create.
When in ill.humor bis enemies say he is ftfor
nothing. and those best inclined towards him,
preface their eu1ogy .hy q shrug of the should
ers. Necessity awaits him inthe morning,
and misery attends him to bed at night, The
women say hsis vulg gar and unmanherlY, and
regard him with suspicion. Tavern Keepers
wish that, like the chameleon, he would live
upon the air and tailors that like cur .first
parents, he would clothe himself with fig leayes
If he wishes to argue, he lis not. listened to-;
and If he sneezes he is not heard it:he wants
any thing from astradesman, he is:asket to
pay before hand, and n IN debit he is consid!'
ered. 3 rogue. 3; q. r:,,.' -; g ~: -: :|,'<s
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purtrq.
THE LAST WISH.

.
The wisl, Of Mr.. Wilson, the celebrated ornithel'
gst in regard to his bursl place. IS beautifully 81
pressed in the following lines: :, =; -:
In some wild forest shader
Under some spreading oak or waving pine, =-
OR old elm festooned with the budding vine, ::
-
In this dim lonely gros
No foot Intrusive will disturb my dust;
But DER me songs Of the wild birds. shall burst,
. Cheering the spot SO, ,..i 4 :
-, Not amid charnal stones. -; -
Or collins dark and thick with aucien: mould, e
wishtst.ered pail and fringe Of canke9sd gold,
Nay rest my bones :.'r..<>.>- :
Baslst the aewy ross - 49,.
Tho snow drop and the violet lend perfume,
Above the spot where, In my grassy son6 "a" !,
- ] takerepose. - = -
Year sAer year,
Within the silver birch tree, oerme; huns, -:
The chipping wren shall rear her Jcaiowyoung,F P
Shall build her dwelling near:
and at the purple. d.whOf day. =
The lark shall ehaupt apealing .sbpssr :: :
And the shril quail shall pipe her songof iose,.
Whsneve grows. dim and grsy.I,. = ;"
The black bird and tie thrush. -,
The golden orioie shah fiif around, ~ ?
And Waken with mellow gust Of sound,
The forests solemn sound .s:". :
60. .x...:.. - .
Birds from the distant sea e. Es.s
Shall sometimes fither flock on snowy Mipga
Andsos aboze;uy dust IN airy rings
Singing y dirge to me-. 80 *
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:. <sofflerik pioslrY. --Some years ago: the
.yeaershle. Jesish, Quincy then Presidsnt 2of
Howard University. aud :his SOP them Prssi.
;dsntofehe eomnop Geuucl of the city: sof
ABostan,, were5 5toasted.or: sIladed. t0h;aa tyo
President Quineys. After the usual inoisy de
'monssration, the youhger Qaincy very gFavefy
arose, and repudiatsd the idea nf such .greuR.
ing of presidentss He told che audience. that
he intended I'd be, courteous to Others, and yet
submit ar allow nothing "a, be said sderogatery
to his own dignity. 4 beg leave to-. request
the. audience to.remember, that the ald> gentle
man over there presides ever a>paroel q, boys
while preside over Ia body Of menGs ), i h
'superauaus ts mention that the uproar among
people who had known. both, gentaemen long
and well was tumultuoas. So, -: .a.- .c..
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'>Perhsps tie oldest tree on record IS tho
eypies Of Somma, in Lombard. 1t is supposed
to have been planted in the year'of the birtk
:ofChrst and on that account is looked on with
reverence by the inhabitants, but an ancient
chronicle at Milan is said to prove thatit 'Ass
tree in ihe time Of Julius Caesar; B: c. 42.
1t IL LIB feet 10 circumference 1t one foot fioin
tie ground. Napoleon when laying down
the plan for bis great road over the Simpaon
diserged from straight line to avoid iajufiag
this t1se. E
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,FLsEINo DEArH.--A note 10 the Koran 70.
lates the following iegend @The angel Of
desth< passing once BY Solomon in s7isible
shaps, and looking at one who was sitting with
him. the man asked who he was, and nPon
Sulon,pn's acqasipting him that il was .hs an
gel Of death, said, i"I1e; seems 10 want me.
wherefore order the wiud. to carry me from
hence into, India : which, being accordingly
done, the angel said to Solomon, y looked SO
earnestly at the man out Of wonder becapse
was commanded tu take his soul in India, and
found hin, With thee ~ 'RaIesdne,,"' p, :. /,
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CAuroRS1A I7Exs.-We gsther the follow.

CAuroRN1A ITExs.-We gather the follow.
ing item from the late California papers:
Mr.. Joseph Hsslep. Treasurer Of Tuolumne
county, was murdered in his Office and. tn"
safe robbed OH The evening of'the 10Th nlt.s A
man named e: C.. Gritfiths was suspected and
arrested, and the money WAS found in his: car.
pet bag at his boarding house. He confessed
the whole affair saying he was with Mr.. Hes
lep, md asked to borrow some money, which
he refused, l'rifiths said be took hold Of bag
Of money in q joking wa, when Heslep struck
him. His blood being up, he seized an axe
and continued to strike Mr.. H. until he was
dead He tGrtfths) then took all the money
he could find but,said he had no idea Of doing
so Eve minutes before. -.
The: following letters to his wife he wrote
kafter his confession. Throughout the whole
of The proceedings he displayed, no sign Of
nervousness or, fear, but on the contrary;
maintained: perfect coolness and. aelfpossss,
sion TO the last: -
/. Sonora, Jan; 10, 1855.
,Ay Dear FIFE: Let not my Iats shock or
disturb you for | die under a Just sentence,
and although the blow was struck in . mo-
inent Of passion, am nevertheless your now
guilty but sver:loaiug husband, z. c. G:
,,.:' - SoSoRI, Friday morning, a. m. :
/, Ny Dsarsst Wife: One hour more aud I
will cease to be as if never was:but, thank God
l iesl happy under my present circumstance
in 6fm reliance on that God who has SO long
protected me. Tlittle thought, when last We
psrtsd, that it was forever; but my hopes are
firm in our meeting again in. another and !
better world, ffniy dying could but return
my victim 10 iifs, what ., source Of happiness
&c would bel. Pray for me, my dear. Mary
Anne, and strive to, forget this dreadful affair
but you may depend that, though black and
bsd looking it was not premeditated.. The
crowd sre ips.Iss waiting @ aS5 dsy lsht sS saS
that yon may bs bappyis the last wish: Of YOUR
unfortunate ana dying husband. =: G. G
In tie morning, the crowd took him out and
hung him 70 . tree. Griffiths was born in Liver.
pool, and was formerly sailor. =. -
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A Coop REASON. Mother this book telis
about the "angry waves Of ftheocsan. Nov
WHIST makes the 1oeeap get AngrTI because
Il hss bean ersssst sep1sI ny spu, (, g..
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BEAUTIFUL ExraAot.EThe following beau
tiful paragraph we extract from the, address,
delivered before. the graduating Glass Of Rutgess
College, BY. the, ,Hoa, Theodore .FreliGghpy.
Sen, aud commend ito. il % the pefusal Of the
:. "Resdse 10 do something E-asefui, honorable
dutiful, and do It heartily: Repel the thought
that you csa, and therefore you may. lige
above work shd withaasit. Among ths most
pitiable objectsjn society,", is the man whose
mind bias not been trained by The. discipline
ofeduca,iop- has learned how. to Think
and the value OF his Immortal powers, and with
all these noble kcnkies cultivated and PREPARED
fof an honorable activity ignobfx sits down to
do nothing: with no influence oyer the public
mind-~ith no interest in The. ;eoncerps ofhia
country, or even :. his neGhberhood1-to be
regarded as ., diene, without object Or charac:
ter. with no hand to life, aud no effort to. put
firth to help the right hand Or defeat the wtpngg
/, WHO can think, with any ealaness, of: rush a
miserable. careers And however: it may be
with yoi. in. active enterprise, never permit
your Influence to gointo hostility to the capas
Of truth and; virtue. So live, that with the
Christian poet you may truthfully say that, <.
! {. If your county stand not by yourskH,
AT least your follies have not wrought her al.
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ADVANTAGE OF RIcH MAS's AxA-Ms.
Rothschild wss asked, in Paris, lately, by 3
young mao, an intimate friend ofhis family, to
lend him 5000 francs. NO." said the Baron,
81 only do business now with crowned hesds;
but III get you the money. j. You msy walk
with me, once, along the arcsdes ofthe Boufse,
taking, me familtsdy BY the srul." Tbe.Rroms
enade, wis effected, and at tue endlof II the
goung man had-hip.5 5000 in bic pocket sndthad
refused offers Of $4,000 more. = -, g.
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: BsiufiiyuE 9aD 'FaaElThe is.s- eminent
Judge 81, Alien: Park. once said atsa public
i meeting ID ;Eo0ndon. .ws live rin,she midsts
blessings It'll we aye utterly insensible Is theia
greatness, and Of. tSe source from whencet6sE
How. We speak Of our civilization. oqr ard,
Our freedom. OUR trwsy and forgeseudrely how
large shmeis due to.C C6fistiunity. Blot Chris
tianity opt Of the page Of mans history md
what would his fsws hsvs beenf what hiS Siyt
lizatioaf Christianity Is mixed up, with .oah
very being and our daily life there. .Sis not &
familiar object around Us which does DOT Wear
'aidRsrent aspect because the light Of GHfT
tan love is on it--not a,,law- which DOES not
owe ifs truth and genheness to Christianity; ;;
not custom which cannot be traced; IN aif'
its holy, heslshful parts 70 tho Gospel !''
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SHELTERED F4nMs.-This is subject that
ihavs not seen noticed, though It ifs.oue Of
great Importance and should receive the early
attention of those who are about building iH
the country; especially on the Western Pra;
ries, where the winds come nnobstrueted TOR
miles. Persons! building gensially select<tbe
highest spot, and this is.ight in one sense of
the word. Il is well to have advantage ,ot
pure sir, to be so situated as to have q com,
manding prospect, and to drain the, water from
your buildings but the effect Of the winter
winds more than balance the conveniepees and
pleasures above enumerated. No one is-mrre
liable to be deceived in this than he who comes
from the city, to select residence in the
country. The selection rs generally made in
the summer. when the soft breezes pass by,
makingit, as it were, q paradise. He bnild!
thereon. with prospects tfatteriug re,irfstr
his newrhome, and all goes on well, until the
December winds tell him that he has chosen
the wrong spot. He becomes discouraged,
falls out with country life, returns to the city
to spend his days; all from not building in q
place that would be sheltered. "A farm house
should be 80 situated as to, have woodland on
the Northwest, even at, the privation Of Other
conveniences. Aud if lis impossible to be,so
situated. trees should be grown on the. north
and west, so as to shelter house and garden. p.