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whole days, snd was rendered less tedious
than it would otherwise have been, by the sill
yer voice and just emphasis of Cowper, Clerk
of the Court, near relation of the amisble
poet. On the third day Burke rose. -Four sit
tings of the court were occupied by his open
ing speech, which was intended to be general
introduction to all the charges. With an ex-
uberance of thought and splendor of diction
which E,ore than satisfied the highly raised ex-
pectation of the audience, he described the
character and institutions of the natives OF In
dia; recounted the circumstances in which the
Asatic Empire of Britain had originated; and
set forth the constitution of the Company, and
of the English Presidencies. Having thus at
tempted to communicate 70 his hearers an idea
of Eastern society. as vivid as that which ex-
listed in his own mind, he proceeded to artaign
the administration Of Hastings, as systemati-
cally conducted in defanee Of morality and
public law. The energy and pSthos OF the
great orator extorted expressions OF unWohted
admiration even from the stern and hostile
Chancellor and, for moment, seemed to
pierce even the resolnte heart of the defend
ant The ladies in the galleries, unaccustom-
ed to such displays of cloquence, excited by
the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps
not unwilling to display their taste and sensi-
biity, were in a state of uncomfortable emo
ton. Handkerchiefs were pulled out; SMELL
ing bottles were handed round; hysterical sobs
and screams were heard Mrs. Sheridan was
carried out in fit. AT length the orator con-
cluded. Raising his voice till the old arches
of Irish oak resounded-
| :sMy lords,'' said he, esthcse are the securi-
ties, which we have in all the constituent parts
of the body of this house, We Know them,
we reckon, we rest upon them. and commit
safely the interests of India and of humanity
into your hands. Therefore, it is with conf
dence, that, ordered by the Commons,
81 impeach Warren Hastings, Esquire, OF
high crimes and misdemeanors.
II inpeach him in the name of the Com
mons Of Great Britain in parliament assembled
whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed.
| 81 impeach him in the name of all the Com
mons of Great Britain, whose national charac.
ter he mas dishonored.
Il impeach him in the name of the people
of India, whose laws. rights, and liberties he
has subverted; whose properties he has de.
| stroyed, whose country he has laid waste and
desolate. .-b f-z F1s -s 5-sa-s
81 mpeach him in the name, and by virtue
of those eternal laws of Justice, which he ha'
violated.
81 mpeach him In the name OF human ma
ture itself, which he has cruelty outraged, in
jured, and oppressed in both sexes, in every
age, rank, situation, and condition of life."
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4 WoMAN,s ANswsR.-A writer illustrating
the fact, that some errors are lifted into i'm
portance by efforts to refute them. when they
need to be treated with wholesome doses of
contempt and rdicule, observes that all the
blows inflicted by the herculean club of GER
tain logiciaus, are not half so effectua as a
box on the car of celebrated atheist by the
hand OF a beauty. Having preached nvain to a
circle of ladies, he attempted to revenge him
self by saying, <sPardon, my error, ladies' /
did not imagine that in house where wit vies
with grace, alone should have the honor of
not believing in God.'' 'sYou are not alone,
sIr,'' answered the mistress of the house, 'smy
horses. my dog, my cat, share this honor with
you; only these poor brutes have the good
sense not to boast of ito szl4ea - e
This reminds us of what occurred few
years ago, on one of our western rivers A
thing in the shape of man, was glorying in
his atheism, avowing that the present life was
all of man; that he had no soul and no here
after. Sand so you have no soul ~ asked a
gentleman in the group, evidently designing
to reason with him onthe subject. ssNo,'' re-
piled the atheist, ssnot whit more thana pig
The gentleman was about to enter on an argu-
mept with him, when an elderly Scotch lady
spoke up smartly. ssSir, l hope you will not
spend your breath reasoning with the crea-
ture 10y his ain confession, he has nae more
soul than pig; and ye .wad nae argue wi a
pig.'' ~ iaai r. a'''''45s a's' p.
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A SrRfoxnER FOR RuLEs.--We are acquaist-
cd with asprinter who is SO enthusiastic in his
business that he never sits down to dinner with
| out insisting on seeing proof ofthe pudding.
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A Teetotal Monkey.

DIR. Guthrie relates the following amusing
anecdofe of domesticated monkey: "Jaek,
as he was called, seeing his master and soma
companions drinking, with those imitatiSe
powers for which his species is remarkable,
finding half glass of whiskey left. took it uf
and drank it off. 1t flew, of course 30 his
head Amid their roars of laughter, hesbegan
TO skip. hop and dance. Jack was drunk
Next day. when they went, with the iatentios
of repeating the fun, to take the poor monkey
from his box, he was not to be seen. Look
ing inside, there be lay, crouched in acorner.
.Come out said his master. Afraid to diso-
hey, he came out, walking on threef legs-fhe
fore-p -pawitIiat was laid on his forehead saying,
as plain as words could do, that he had head
ache Having left him some days TO get well,
and RESUME his gaiety, they at length carried
him of, TO the scene OF revel. On entering, he
eyed the glasses with manifest terror, sknlk-
ing behind the chair;eand on his master order
ing him to drink, he bolted, ana was the
house top u, a twinkling, They zcsfied him
down. He would not come. His master
shock the wlIip at him. A gun, of which he
was always much afraid, was pointed at this
disciple OF tenpersnce; he ducked his head,
and slipped over to the back OF the house; up
on which, seeing his pEedicament, and less
afraid apparently OF the fire than the irslwateF,
themonkey leaped at bound on the chimney
top, and getting down ipto q Cue, he'd on by
his fore-paws He would rather be singed
than drink. He triuuaplied, and although his
master kept him for twelve years after that
/ he never could persuade the monkey to taks
another dsop of whiskey-"H h51s si7z8 e.
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asntfrrHtiluJ Hlisrrllntg,
{ Eafth ana Beatsn.

Is this the believers only heG'agsa Does
this vale Of tears open to no brighter re-
gion To this stormy sea is 'iere no cur
ct haven. =. Beyond this tirmars ;sts & etlss
overcaf here no cloudless sky We toil
on, struggling with the elements, alternately
parched, and chilled, furnished and surfeited !;
we buffet with human sefishness and Satan
ic malice: we gropc ina labyrinth of falla-,
cies; we chase famous lights; calumny
shoots her poisoned arrows; bulletins of war
come daily, written over, within and with
out, in blood the earth, we stand on heav-
ems beneath us presently it opens and We are
swallowed up.
What means This mysterious dramal Is
the whole tale thus told 2 Is mans life on.
ly riddlel Many bright dreams have we
there are traditions of Paradise and a golden
age, for thousands Of yS.lrs have mem been
talking of Hesperian regions, but for thou
sands of years have they dreamed, sinned
and suffered, till they drop into the grave. :
Amid this pelpleyity and gloom, a voice is
heard, Come unto mo all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and will give you rest
We go to him, we find him infinitely benig-
nant yet perfect rest we do not find. The
sun loses none of its fferceness thereby, nor
frosts aught of their chill, disease has the
same virulence, and slanderous tongues have
the same venom as before. Emancipation
from sin and its consequences is any thing
but complete. Evento the day of our exit
from earth do we go signing, O, wretched
man that am who shall deliver me from
the body of this deathl How, then, is it
true, BLESSED are the dead that die in the
Lorda What are we to think of those
who up to the hour of their departure, still
sin, suffer, and grieve! The. messenger of the
Apocalypse answers, They shall Rhunger no
more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shah feed them, and shall lead
them to living fountains of~waters, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Complete deliverance, then, from all evils
is the future portion of believers. They en-
JOY exemption from physical evils. The re-
.surrection body will be perfectly free from
all infrmities, all its organs discharge
their Offices with perfect exactness, and the
vital forces play forever with unabating
freshness. But without dwelling upon these
considerations of that kind, we are author
ised to affirm an entire removal of every evil
incident to the present constitution of things,
and keeping within the range of scriptural
imagery, We might safely enlarge upon many
points of joyful contrast. Land.
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iRsEENYIILE, S ee:: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 49, 1856.

tor rstells me, and my own feelings tell that it
must be SO. The situation in which l shall
leave my poor boys, who will thus be de-
,prised of a mothers watchful care, distresses
me beyond measure. THERE'S only one way
IN hich my anxiety9can be relieved, and
this sis which has prompted me to send for
yo& Promise me that when Iam gono you
.wiHs larry ar. Haskius, and be to them a
secsn 8 mother. .ssDo not trefuse me, tits my
last fe9uestf'
{ DESTROYS Of comforting her friend, Miss
Parker assented to her request, adding,
Il will comply with your request and :he
more willingly, for always liked Mr.. Has
kins."
!; aAlpays liked Mr.. HdskinS,n exclaimed
his dying wife, raising herself on her elbow,
her feelings ofconjugal jealousy for mo-
ment overpoweringeh her maternal affection; ;
"you always liked my husband, did you !!
Then Iyow you shall never marry him, if
have to live to prevent it ]" 49,.
And Mrs. Haskins did live The revul-
sion of feeling resulting from Miss Parker's
unexpected declaration, accomplished, in her
case, what theslill of physicians had been
unable toieff2ct. 5. s
There is an old saying, which, Ike most
old sayings, has in it not little truth, that
when a women wills, she will, depend. Mt
and when she. wont, she won't aud there's
an end ont. So it was in the case of Mrs.
Haskins. She has determined that if Mr..
I1askins ever does have n second wife, il shall
not be Miss Parker. .f ..
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NOT.

pute in business or lawsuit should arise con-
eerhing the payment Of any note, the bank
can produce the identical bill. To meet tho
demand for notes SC constantly used up, the
bank has its own printers, Its own eueiayers.
all at work under the same roof; and it
makes the lnachinery by which than,ost of
its own work is dore. A scomplicatesI Sbut
beautiful operation is rsgis,er extending
4 ON Die psjrains olfiess 10 tie baplxinS
office, which marks every Sheet of paper
which is struck off from the press, SO that
the printers cannot print single sheet of
blank notes that is not recorded inthe bank.
0nsthe same principle of eSaetness a shaft is
made to pass from one apartment TO another,
connecting clock in sixteen business wings
of the establishment, and regulating them
with such precision that tho whole of them
are always pointing to the same second of
time - ~
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4iam ono Cut .giahoRo.

SAID "My head feels little acheish,
what do you think / had better do?"-
'"Why, friend S." said the Doctor, says he,
"the best thing you can do is to go straight
home and soak your feet and take sweat !:
'causeif you don't; !" says he, 'like as not YOU
may have fever" Says !, I,"DoctorI was
just thinkin' that little sweat would do
me good, and guess Pllgo home and try it
right away" Well, / did, went home
and took a bowlful of tansey-tea, bitter as
gall, and if / didn't sweat like beaver.
faint no matter. The next morning my
head was as clear as a bell, and was rs
good rs ever was. WE'LL a day or two af-
forwards, | met the Doctor and after a lit
tie talking, says the Doctor, says, he "Neigh-
borS. I've got little bill agin you!n I look
at him clui. and says |, "a JiV, Doctor ?'-
"Ycs," says he, "a bill for advice, you know
at Simpkins' store the other day." What
do you think he had gone anddone2 He'd
actually charged me two dollars for telling
me TO go home andstakc sweat, which [
was just going to do myself, without his tel
ling. "Well, Doctor" says /, (for' ] didn't
want to appear small, you know,) "it's all
right; I will bear it in mind" Well, a few
days after, the Doctor was passing by. my
door in his chaise, and somehow or other
one of the wheels got little loose so says
/, doctor, If you don't drive that linch-pin
an inch or so, that wheel will come Off
Says he 'vThank you," and he took stun
and driv in the pin. Well, went into the
house and just made a charge oft; and when
he came along the next time presented him
the bill. "Hello" says the Doctor, says he
"What on airth isthis for 2" ."Why it's for
advice" says /. "Adgicc!" says he, "wha,
adviee2 Ihain't had none O. your advice"
"Why, for driving in your wheelpin, and I've
only charged you two dollars and twenty
five cents, and if hadn' given the advice it
might have cost you twenty times as mucli."
"Wel," says the Doctor, "the difference be-
tween your bill and mine is just twenty-five
cents" THAT is all you owe me-" says =
swell, I'll bear it in mind" says he. And |
expect he will; he's as tight as candle
mould, the Docter is, and guess he is able
TO bear it in mind.
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She Changed fer Dips.

/ There are some persons who are never sick
without thinking themselves very much
worse off than they really are. OF class
was Mrs. Hasklns, married lady, and the
mother of two fine boys. On one occasion,
being with fever, the consequence of i'm
prudent exposure, she gave herself up to the
melancholy fancies which usually assailed
her and persuaded herself that she was go
ing to die. S.
In, consequence of this melancholy present
ment, she assumed so WOO beQone aK ap-
pearance that even her medical attendant
was startled'into believing that she was real
ly much worse than from her symptoms he
had judged her to BE.
Under these circuT stances he advised
her to make what earthly preparations she
had yet to make, while there was yet time
to do SO.
Mrs. Haskins was an affeetionate mother,
and the thought of parting from the child :
rem to whom she was so warmly attached,
at q time when, more than any other, they
needed a aInothers care, was peculiarly dis
tressing. -
"Their father will be kind to them no
doubt and SEQ that they are amply provided
for, but nothing that he can do viii supply
to them the loss of q mother"
9 Gradually the idea Of q step mother sug-
gested itselfto the lady's imagination, and
such was her care for the happiness of her
children, thatshe became reconcled 10 an
idea 50 repugnaut to most wives, and actual
Iy began 70 consider who among her ac-
quaintanees was bcst fitted to become q sec.
ond Mrs, Hasssins. a
B @My dear friend, 2 said Mrs Haskins, ii q
feeble voice, Il have cent foryou for what
perhaps You viii consider a singnlas reason
But believe me, II il a mothers anxiety for
her childen that prompts me. am very
sicks and shall not live long. So the doc.
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voice. His effectionate brother then rose to
take Mis- leave, when the devoted. one consid-
erately advised him to take care Of himself.
Precisely alta quarters.ofa minute to seven
the next morning the yictimof Cupid having
been called according to his desire, he arose
and promptly dressed himself He had the
selfcontrol 10 shave himself, without the
slightest injury, for not oven q scratch upon
his chin appeared after the operation. It
would seem he devoted aslonger time thas
usual at his toilet. 4
The wfetched man was attired in a lioht
blue dress coat, with. frosted buttons, white
vest and nankeen trowseers, with patent
boots. He wore around his neck variega-
ted satin scarf, which party concealed the
Corrazzo of the BOSOM. In front Of the scarf
was inserted breastpin of conspicuous di-
mensions.
Having descended the staircase with a
quick step, he entered the apartment where
his brother and sister, and few friends await
ed him. He then shook hands cordially with
all present, and on being asked how he slept
answered, avery well?" And to the furth.
er demand as TO the state of his mind. he
said that he ''felt happy" One Of the party
hereupon suggested that itwould be as well
TO take something before the melancholy
ceremony was gone through: he exclaimed
with some emphasis, DECIDEDLY Break
fast was accordingly served, when he ate
French roll, a large round toast two sau-
sages, and drank three great breakfast cups
OF tea. In reply to an expression; of aston
ishment on the part Of a person present, he
declared that he had never felt happier in his
life.
Having inquired the time, and ascertained
that it was ten mintites of eleven, he remark
ed that it would soon be over. His brother
then inquired if he could do any thing for
him, when he said he would like glass of
ale. Having drank this he appeared to be
satisfied.
The fatal moment now approaching, he
devoted the remaining portion of his time to
distribute those little articles he would no
longer want To one hegavehis cigar case,
to another his tobacco stopper, and charged
his brother Henry with his latch key, with
instructions to deliver it, after all was over,
with due solernnity, to the landlady. The
clock at length struck eleven, and at the
same moment he was informed that a cab
was at the door. He merely said--"I am
.ohu diiOWSu DC conducted
to the vehicle, into which he. got with his
brother, his other friends following on
behind in others.
Arriving at the tragicaf spot, short but
anxious delay of some moments took place
after which they were joined by the lady
with her friends. Little was said on either
side; but Miss Gale, with customary deco
rum, shed tears. Pinckney endeavored to
preserve decorum, buta slight twitching in
his mouth and eyebrows proclaimed his in
ward agitation. lS -
AL necessary preliminaries having now
been settled, and the prescribed necessary
formahties gone through, the usual question
was put-"Wilt thou have this woman to be
thy wife 2" ~ will"
He then put the fatal ring on Miss Gales
finger, the hymeneal moose was adjusted, and
the poor fellow. was launched into--matri,
mony!
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.s. From tho London Punch.
last Bouf's Of a Single Gsn-
tlemen.

- This morning, November 18th, a. half
past eleven precisely, an unfortunate young
man, Mr., Edward Pinckney, underwent the
extreme penalty of infatuation, by expiatinp
his attachment TO Mary Ann Gale, in front
OF the altar ratings Of st. Mary's Church,
Islington.
1t will be in the recollection of all those
friends ofthe party who were at Jones' at
Brixton, two years ago, that Mr.. Pinckney
was there, and then first introduced to Miss
Gale, to whom he instantly bcganto direct
particular attention dancing with her no
less than six sets that evening, and handing
her things at supper in the most devoted
manner, From that period commenced the
intimacy between them which terminated in
this mornings catastrophe. y,
poor Pinckney had barely attained his,
twentyeighth year but there is no belief,
that bnt'for reasons Of a pecuniary nature,
his single lifewould have como to an untime-
" end. A change for the better, however,
having occurred in his circumstances, the
young lady's friends were induced to sanction
bis addresses, and thus became accessaries TO
the course for which he has just suffered.
the unhappy young man passed the last
night Of bis bachelor existence in this solitary
.c'an,ber From halfpast-eight to ten was
.engaged in writing letters. Shortly after, his
younger brother Henry knocked at the door,
when the doomed youth told him to come
in. On being asked when he meant to 90.
to bed he replied, "notyetn The question was
then put to him who he thought he would
'sleepa To which he answered. "I don't
know He then expressed his desire for a
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5elutrd pustrys
From the Southern Baptist.
Zines
Written In . Graveyard \
By LlNToNFIELD.

Nv, =. q 3 -
mno'9 n'e spo l'Yles :. :, s.'ly ], sA's.. :, i
s s ls..s,. y i see them not
For they have passed. from earth for aye,
In the cold graves their bodies lie:
- His the common lot. z,
4, ., *.
M - -, LIN Ia.a,s 49,
Sad is my heart;
And as read the tombstone's Ger,
Whichitell OF friends who ere'no more,
The tears will start.
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aa.,,or. lss, ,,,sn, ,ha;r h;e, 3
s.. 1r,,,. .,,,,,,a,.,,,.;,,,..
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Nsw JheoFy Of Tife.

In recent number of Blackwood's Mag
azine is paper on "the Length of Human
Life" illustrative of tue theory of French
Psychologist expressed as follows:
"The first ten years of life are infancy,
properly so called the second ten is the pc.
Rod of boyhood; from twenty to thirty is the
first youth; from thirty to, forty the second !,
the first manhood is from forty to tifty-iiFe;
the second from fiily-tive to seventy, This
period of manhood is the age of ofstrength, the
manly period Of human life. From seventy
to eighty-fye is the first period of old age,
and at cigAty-five the second old age begins"
The writer remarks that "the limits thus as
signed by Flourens to the several periods of
life are not wholly arbitrary like those we
generally talk of; on the contrary, n more or
less sound physiological reason is assigned
for each. Infancy properly ceases at ten
years, because then is the second to thing
completed boyhood at twenty, because then
the bones cease TO increase in length and
youth extends to forty, because about that
time the body ceases to increase in size
Enlargement ofbullS after that period chiefly
in the accumulation Of fat. The real deyei-
opments Of the part Of the body has ali ,ady
ceased. Instead Of increasing the str myth
and activity this growth weakens tb body
and retards its motions. Then when growth
has ceased the body rests, rallies and be-.
comes invigorated. Like fortress with all
its works complete, its garrison in full num-
bers and threatened with an early siege, it
repairs, arranges, disposcs everything within
ITSELF The new stores it daily receives are
employedin fully equipping, in strengthening,
in rebuilding and in maintaining every part
in the greatest perfection4 and efficiency -
This period of internal invigoraton laets fif-
teen years, that of the first manhood) and
it maintains itself for ten or fifteen years
more, when old age begins.
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A gentleman employed an Ifishman to
trim a few fruit trees, Pat went out in tho
morning and returning at noon was asked
whether he had completed his work. 10,
was his reply-b but he had GU, them all down
and going to trim in the aiterpooul -
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The Bank of England never issues the
same note second time. Itrcceives in the
ordinary course Of business about .f8oo, 900,
or 81 100000 daily, in notes these are put
up in parcels according to their dcuo,nina-
ton, boxed up with the date of their recep-
ton, and are kept ten years, at theexpiration
of which period they are taken out and
ground up in the mill, and male again pa
per. II, in the courseof ten years, any dis.