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ruE LITTLE FHOCK AND SHOES,

by BENZ. II MITCHELL.
A little frock but slightly worn,
or blue aud white delain,
With cdging round the neck and sleeves,
Lay folded ne It anu plain;
Besides little pair of shoes,
With here anG there flaw
Lay half concealed among the things
In mother bureau drawer
Summer had passed away from earth
With all their sweetest ties,
The birds had left their summer hauntS,
For more Congenial skies
The twilight brezes sweetly played
Among the dues of even-
An angel left his home on high,
10 gather flowers for Heaven !
The angel near and nearer came,
Where sister sick did lie
Then gently fann'd her faded check,
Aud pointed to the sky
The morning shone upon the bed,
The autumn wind blew free,
The angel moved its silvery wings.
And WHISPERED "Come with me +"
We gathered round her dying bed
With hearts to weep and pray,
And many were the tears we shed,
When sister went away
No bitter tears had she to weep,
No siu to be forgiven,
But closed her little eyes in sleep,
To open them in Heaven!
We laid her in the carth's green breast,
Down by the village green,
Where gently wecps the dewy grass,
And summer flowers are seen,
And often when dear mother goes
TO e her things to use,
sec her drop silent tear
On sisters frock aud shoes.
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Rg'Some eighty years ago a very zeal
Gus prole >sor of religion, in Que of the
sects in England, went to DR.. Gil, and
told m she had something against hun,
and she considered it her duty to reprove
him.
Well, my good lady, said he, what is
the difficulty?
Way, SIR, think your bands are too
long.
Ali do you? | have never thought
any thing about it; will get pair of
scissors, and will thank you to cut off as
much as you think best.
She replied; hope you will not be o.
Tended.
Not at all, not at all, madam, he re-
pied.
Without much ceremony she folded
and cut off quite large piece of the
bands,
Are YOU now satisfied? Look again
and see; perhaps you had better cut OIL a
little more while you are about it, and be
satisfied.
| do not know but had; | think they
are still rather long;-and she cut off a
second piece, saying, there, l think that
will do.
Well, my friend, said the doctor,
must now tell you have something
against you. =.
Have you, sir, she exclaimed, what i:
it? p"
think your tongue is rather too long
and you had better let me me cut plec'
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EE What wou d the cream Of life be
without strawberries?
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n ulnber 20.

sooner / git it the better. That plor;ora
day aboard the Two Pollies we was al
swlmmln's in happiness masthead high.
But a few weeks afterwards, when we got
the next batch Of news from home, we was
like bein' all down in the dark hold of the
vessel wallowing inbilge- water. Thunder
and black snakes if ever could swear,
it was then. That Davis had turned out
10 be a very different chap from my old
friend JEFF, and somehow or other every
thing had gone wrong end foremost. The
Cuban patriot cause was all smashed up:
their half million Of dollars was all scat
tered to the winds; Gen. Quitman had
backed out, and Government was seizing
steamers and vessels all along the coast and
making them suffer the delay and expense
Of lawsuits to prove that they had no notion
of gang to Cuba. And, more than all
this, some Of the best patriots in Cuba,
men who had opened their whole hearts to
Davis, men worthy enough to be President
Of the United States or to command the
Two Pollies, had been. arrested in Cuba
aud executed like dogs. Now, Mr.. Presi
dent, where has the blood Of them pa.r7ets'
left the heaviest marks? l. it in Havana,
New York, or Washington? But how
could all TINS terrible change come about 2
Was there any awful accident the cause Of
it, like switching train Of cars on to the
wrong track and making a terrible smash
up? fpuZzled upon that pint a good dea',
and finally come to the conclusion that pos
sibly it was all an accident, and nobody to
blame. And the most likely way l could
think Of that sich o terrible accident could
happen was, that Mr.. Davis received his
secret commission to Cuba from one end
Of your Cabinet, and, somehow or other,
accidentally made his report to 'tOther end
Of it. But may be wrong, and shall wait
anxiously for your explanation.
Let me hear from you soon, for I don't
think shal! hold on here much longer; as
things now is, unless I getnew orders. I
see things is thickening up all round you,
and with the troubles in Mexico, and Dem
mark, and Kansas, and the melting down
and mixing mp about fifteen political par
ties all over the country and running them
into thirty new mouids, you must have
your hands full, and will need all your
friends to stick by you; and assure you
I am not the man to descyt an idministra-
ton so long as I hold an Office under it.
50 | remain your old friend, and Minis
ter at Large, and Capt. of the Two Pol
lies, M(JORJ JACK DOWNING.
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things as they might need in setting up
their free government, and number Of
large steamers and other vessels were al.
ready chartered and paid for to bring them
over; and, more than all that, if they
Should want any fe!p, there was great
Gineral stood ready, with brave little ar
my all enlisted, to come right over and
put his shoulder to the wheel. That's the
way the thing stands now. The patriots
are all right, and our Governments secret
agent has been round and seen that they
are all right. And now the Government
at Washington is going to look 'tother way
over the left shoulder, while the business
is doing. 50 they shan't see any body vio-
lating the neutrality laws
"That's capital" says l, Captain
Drummond; that's capital, if that agent
is all right. Who is he ?"
Oh. he's fine fellow; he's got the Go
yernment dockyments in his pocket. His
name, | think, is Davis. don't know
what Davis, but believe he is from Mis-
sissippi."
At that l hopt right up and 8lapt my
hands together SO hard that Capt. Drum
mond jumped hallway across the cabin,
for he thought | was going to pitch into
him. and says he, "What in nature, Ma
jor Downing, is the matter %
"Matter enough" says /. II verify
believe that agent is my old friend JEFF
Davis, for he's from that part of the
country, and he's jest the boy for it. He
was out in Mexico with us and was clear
grit. If Jeff Davis is in Cuba, the thing
is done, and no mistake about i"
Upon that We took another drop of ia
maky, and Capt. Drummond histed sail,
and | went aboard the Two Polles and
told the boys they might crack on and
hoorah as loud as they'd mind to, for The
business was all right, and the egg was
most ready to be hatched. Finally, felt
so happy l told all hands they might have
a holyday, and cut on and do Jest what
they liked. And they had jolly time, ]
tell ye. gave them an extra good dinner
and after dinner they sung songs most ot
the afternoon, and some of 'cm secured Tie
deck by cutting down double shuttle
They sung Captain Robb," cousin Sar,
gent Joel's favorite song, five times, in the
tune Of Yankee Doodle; and every one
aboard that could sing Yankee Doodle
soldiers, sailors, marines and hoss-marines
all jined in and roared it out we'll
Cousin Joel declared afterwards that be.
fore they got through he saw more than
fifty dolphins Shying round the vessel anl
listening. If YOU haven't seen that song
Mr.. President, it is rally worth your read
in. So ! think III send it to you, anC
Laro n tic.
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CAPTAIN RORB.

AlR-Ydakee Doodle.
Says Captain Robb to Farmer Cobb,
"Your farm is very fine, sir:
Please give me up your title-deeds,
claim it all as mine, sir"
"Pray, how can it be thine p says Cobb,
I'm sure l never sold it;
Twas left me by my father, sir,
Ionly ought to hold it."
"Nay, Cobb, the march Of destiny
IT'S strange you don't preceiye it
Is sure to make it mine some day;
solemny believe it,"
"But have you not already got
More land than you can till, sir?
More rocks than you can ever blast,
More weeds than ycu can kill sir2"
cay Cobb, but something whispers inc
A sort of inspiration
That I've RIeHT to every farm
Not under cultivation.
I'm Of the AnglO-Saxon race,
A people known to fame, Siri
But you, what right have you to land
Who overheard your name, sir?
"Idecm you, Cobb, lazy lOut,
Poor, trodden down, and blind, sir,
And if take your useless land
You ought to think it kind, sir
And, with my scientific skill,
set it down as true, sir,
That can gather from the farm
Full twice as much as you, sir.
"To be explicit 'Tis an age
OF freedom and progressionj
No longer, dog-in-manger like,
Can you retain possession.
The farm long since you forfeited,
Because you failed to till it;
To me it clearly now belong,
Simply because WILL IT.
"My logic if you disapprove
Or fail of eomprchending,
Or do not feel convinced that !
Your welfare am attending,
I've plenty more of arguments
To which can resort sir
Six-shooters, rifles, bowie knives,
Will indicate the sort SIR"
$50 prithcc, Cobb, take my advice,
Make over your domains, sir;
Or, sure as am Captain Robb,
Will Iblow out your brains sir;
Poor Cobb, can only grind his toeth
And grumble protestations,
That MIGHT should be the rule Of RIGHT,
Among ENLIGHTENED NATIONS.
But now, Mr.. President | must come
,e bitter end of my dispatches, and bit
nOugh it is. This business needs So
rplanation between you and me and
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The Mission Of the Newspaper.


The world is too apt to slight and for
get its obligation to the newspaper. 'Tis
the newspaper that keeps men posted up
on all matters and on all subjects that do
not pass under their own immediate OBJ
servation.
The eye Of the newspaper isuniversal--
it falls on all parts of the world, and search
es out its incidents, as well as the motives
and passions that control its movements.
Nothing is too great, nothing too trivial to
escape its keen, penetrating glance it is
everywhere---on everybody; above, below,
around 1.-THE four quarters of the earth
are its parade ground; and it passes over
them every moment of each day. 1t is
ceaseless in its industry--tireless in its
character, it is vigilant at times, penetra-
tive as light, and sleepless as the stars.
Each succeeding week comes not with
more regularity than the weekly journal
with the fresh batch of news dispatches
from all parts of the world. The thoughts,
positions, incidents, and movements of in
dividuals and of nations, are presented in
its columns, as in mirror-the reflex Of
the thoughts and progress of man the
world. He who reads carefully a we'll
conducted newspaper is never in any dan.
ger of falling behind the age His Journal
keeps him posted up in every thing running
on with the great march Of time it grad
ually prepares his mind to receive all the
new discoveries Of the human brain its rapid
strides to clear and unclouded intelligence;
lit weans him from old fashions, old GUS
toms, and old fogy thoughts; it separates
him from early prejudice, and gradually
imbucs him with sound practical notions.
and enables him to fathom the heaviest and
most abstruso subjects with the plummet
of common sense it keeps him alive to
all the new progressive steps in trade,
commerce, literature and art it makes
him familiar with the details of all the
events transpiring in no matter what part
of the world, OR day itenables him to keep
pace with the intelligence and progress of
the times it carries him on, impercepti-
bly, to himself, with each progressive step
of the era in which he lives and enables
him ifhe be a man ofbusiness to open new
channels of correspondence, and thus Sc
cure for himself new openings for trade,
and new sourses of profit.
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I'm b. DICKAsON. Dealer in Fancy Dry
I ., Goods, Main street, 2 doors east OF Post
OAiee, Jackson Ohio.
jackson, Aug. 10, '54 20-y
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UTwheuever you find yourself in company
with man who is constantly limiting to treat
the very best thing you can do is to retreat
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" Broken hearts are easily mended with silver.
There has been number of hearts around here
healed that way lately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-14

A House THIEF CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
A day or two since Mr.. Hartman and family,
who have been spending the summer abroad,
returned to their city residence, 495 Broome
street. While putting down new carpets, ar
ranging furniture, and getting the house in
9rder, a thief slyly ard unobserved entered
the premises and stole an oyerooat worth S35,
besides two keys to outside doors. The ex.
pert robbery was at once reported TO Capt.
Turnbull, of the 9Th Ward Police, who placed
officer Understiler to watch the premises, be
lieving that the rascal would return at night
to enter the house with the keys in his posses
sion, and attempt 10 plumber the dwelling.
And sure enough at a late hour the thief re.
turned and having opened the front door with
the key, was caught by the officer, who found
in possession not only the stolen keys, but the
lost overeoat. The fellow was caught in his
own trap, and ceuli make no defence. He
vas locked up for trial. He gave his name as
Adam ~stsai IBIS occupation ID thai Of stage
driver.-N Y. E1pyes,.
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THB YELLOW FEvER.-Ths report current
ID some Of the newspapers that the yellow fe-
Yer, as an epidemic, had made its re-appear-
aGee in Norfolk and Portsmo uth, and that there
was large number Of cases in each place, is
untrue The only persons that have had the
disease within the past three weeks were men
toned by US on Monday, (Messrs Snead and
Reynolds,) the first named having died On
Saturday, and the latter being very ill. These
two cases occurred in that part of Portsmouth
known as Newtown. Mr.. Snead had been
at home three weeks the day of his death, ten
days of which time he was down with the
fever; and Mr.. Reynolds had been home
about two weeks. They both boarded in one
house, and slept in the same room. They So
journed in Mathews county during the late
sickiy season. In Norfolk, there was but one
case, that Of a child, six years of ago, who
had the fever very slightly.
The above can be relied on, coming as it
does from our attentive correspondents at tina
point, who have ever been noted for their cor
rect reports Of the progress and disappearance
II the late terrible epidemic.
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A NEW FEATURE IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
There is now lying at Feil's Point vessel of
entirely new style Of rigging to the mariners
of this section Of the world, but one which will
probably be adopted by many ship owners, as
it will be found economical. This vessel was
built on James river, Va, for New York
house, and registers 625 tons burden Her
model is excellent, and there seems to be no
reason why she may not make d fast sailer
She has three mssts, the first of which Is rugged
with spars and square sails like a brigantine.
hut her main and mizen-msstS are rigged pre-
cisely like the Inasts of schooner. Her bow
and stern have been handsomely o.namented
since her arrival in this city, the former rep
resentiDg the head Of dog, and the latter an
American trophy, over which is the name,
Clairmount. By this style of rigging the yes
sci will be much more easily managed with a
less number Of men than is required for either
q ship or bark. She is styled by her COM
Inander barkantine, and will soon test the
experiment Of her style of rig by voyage to
New Orleans. The result will be looked for
with considerable interest by those engaged
in shipping, and especially so at this time
when sailors are scarce, and command more
than ordinarily high wages Bali. American
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PERSONAL.
Capt. W. Ii. Walker, of the q. g. A, is In
thi. city, at Wiliards' hotel

Capt. W. Ii. Walker, of the q. g. A, is In
thi. city, at Wiliards' hotel.
MARY speleuskie was, on Monday, ar
rested, in Philadelphia, on a charge of lar
eeny. This is the damsel who created such a
sensation in the Court Of Quarter Sessions.
some time since, by the novel mode adopted of
paying her lawyer with a kiss. when acquitted
Of the charge Of robbing Joseph Shoemaker,
in who.o house she was employed as a domes-
tie.
....HOn. Thos. L. Clingmsn, of North Caro-
lima, is at Wizards hotel.
THE case of the people against Sydney
II. Stuart, City Judge, charged with corrup-
ton ia Office, commenced yesterday, in the
Court CT Oyer and Terminer, New York
80. A MIs Kendrick, Of Taaswen county,
Va. after an illness of several weeks, sppa-
rentiy died, recently, and preparations were
made for her interment. While some persons
were preparing her shroud, however, thew
were amazed TO hear the seeming corpse, in a
faint voice, ask for food. She had been under
the Influence of n cataleptic attack, which,
fortunately, passed of in time to prevent the
burial Of her body.
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GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
GEoRGBrows, Nov IA. 1855

9EoRGBrowH, Nov IA. 1922.
From present indications, there will be q
very general suspension of all kinds Of bust
ness in our city tomorrow. Services suitable
to the occasion will be had in each one of our
churches at the usual hour in the morning
The death in our city Of no young person,
for many years, has caused 50 'general a feel
ing Of sorrow and regret as that of Miss Edes,
youngest daughter OF W. Fl. Edes, Esq. Her
affectionate, gentle air, and kind disposition in
every circle in life wherever she moved, had
won for her an unusually large circle Of
warm personal friends for one so young
She had for number of years been an atten-
tive teacher in the Sabbath School Of the NJ
L. Church, of which she was a member, whore
she labored faithfully and affectionAtely in
what is known as the infant class, and many
of the young hearts that survive her, will
hereafter cherish in their hearta kind re-
membrance of her for the many lessons of wis
dom and affection which they have received
from her. Her position, together with the fact
of her being cut down by that fell destroyer,
consumption, in the bloom Of youth, like the
tender plant nipped by an untimely frost,
causes q deep, sincere sympathy for the family
among all who knew her
e. s. Wright, auctioneer, sold yesterday q
two-story brick house and lot, near the eastern
terminus Of Bridge street, for 81 400 cash.
The lot fronted thirty-two feet on Bridge
street, running back one hundred and twenty
feet.
Arrivals-Schooner Volant, Wear, N. Y, to
Peter Berry Schooner R. L Seth, Gibson,
Philadelphia, to Hyde 4 Davidson.
Flour-Market quiet held at S9as9 12t.
Wheat scarce, selling at S2aS2 05 for red, and
S2as2 10 for white Of good qualities.
SPECTATOR.
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fNo. SAL

NJ ofs
Notice of tire dtScontina1ncs of esrtctn Un,-
ted States Land Offices tn ths States of H.
AnoIs, Michigan, Wisconsin, aud Iotca.
hinder THE PROVISIONS OF THE Sc
~ cond section Of the act Of Congress, approved
June ~ 1910, which declares 'sthat whenever the
quantity Of Pablo land remaining unsold I'm any
land district shall b reduced to a number Of ar rs
less than one hundred thouSendn such district.
shall be discontinued, &s; End, I'm compliance
with other Laws on the su bject, the Secretary of
the Interior, has directed that the following ofces
be discontinued, viz;
Sbawneetown and Kaskaskia In Illinois
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fairfield, Iowa.
Lands remaining unsold and undisposed of ga
the above dist lets will cease to be subject TO en-
try at those Offices from the date o. the RECENT az
hoice 10 that effect by the registers and receivers
al those points, and will be made subjsc to entry
as follows: ~
Saawneet1wp and hask skia, TO be attached to
tnsrprinsneid district, illinois
Kalamazoo to the Ionia district Michigan.
Mi.waukie TO tn. Menasha district Wisooaxin
Faifh7ld TO the Charlton district, Iowa
The officers at the points Of consolidation Will,
give public notice of the davs on which thew will
respectively be prepared to receive ,pplicst,on,
FOR entries Ct any such lands al their Offices
Given under my hard, at the CITY of W.sbino.
ton, this l2th day OF N ovenber A D. 1855
THOS 4. HENDRICKS.
Ccmmi ;sianer General LII nd Once
new H-lawow
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ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. IA, 1855.
Tie Circuit Court was engaged the greater
part Of yesterday with criminal cases. The
case of Jefferson, for the murder of Breeu,
in consequence of the absence of material wit
ness, was continued till the May term. John
McGinty, convicted of the grand larceny of
$40, was sentenced to four years in the pen-
Tertiary A few civil actions were also dis
posed Of
Last night, Lyceum Hall was occupied by a
large and intelligent audience, in fact one of
the largest ever assembled within its walls, to
listen to the lecture of Rev. W. H. McGuffey.
The accomplished lecturer handled his theme,
Christian Benevoence, ably and eloquent
Iy. This is the first lecture of tho winter
course before the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION
At Council, the resignation of J. P. Camp.
bell, as superintendent Of gas, was accepted;
and upon petition of seventy-six citizens, the
lower Board passed resolution authorizing
another popular vote upon the question of ad-
hitting the Alexandria and Washington rail-
road into st. Asaph street rs far as Princess
street, with proviso that the rails should be
laid on the eastern instead of the western side
of the turnpike.
The Aldermen-at least a large majority of
the six present-seemed astonished at the
COunciis proVisO; most OF them made speech
es against it, and finally, it was unanimously
agreed to strike it out. The resolution of the
lower Board was then concurred in, and so the
matter remains in Statn guo for another fort
night
The Misses Nivison and Smith open their
course of lectures on physiology and hygiene
next Friday at the Lyceum Hall.
The Sun Fire Company intend uniting in
the iremeI's procession at Washington to-
morrow. taking with them the superb new
suction. AMI.