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IRvIHG's LIFE OF WASHINGTON.

Is Washington Irving's Life of the Great
Patriot, lately published, the greatest pleas
urc is to be derived from reading his graphic
and vivid pictures of Virginia life in 1853
90, and Washington's personal character and
habits These are unhackneyed themes, and
when treated with such literary skill, they
have peculiar charm. The following ex-
tract will give some idea of that part of the
work to which We now refer
"a From a letter to his correspondents In
England, it would appear that Washington
had long entertained a desire to visit that
country. Had he done so, his acknowledged
merit and military services would have in
sured him distinguished reception; and it
had been intinsted that the signal favor of
goverumen. might have changed the current
of his career. We believe him, however, to
have been too pure patriot, and too clearly
possessed of the true interests of his country,
to be diverted from the course which he ulti-
mately adopted His marriage, at any rate,
had put an end to all travelling inclinations.
In this letter from Mount Vernon, he writes !:
Il am now, believe, fixed in this seat, with
an agreeable partner for life !; and hope to
find more happiness in retirement than I ever
experienced in the wide aud busting world
:. This was no Utopian dream transiently
indulged, amid the charms of novelty 1t
was deliberate purpose with him. the result
of innate and enduring inclinations Through
out the whole course of his career, agricultu-
raj life appears to have been his 6eau-ideal of
existence. which haunted his thoughts even
amid the stern duties of the field, and to
which he REQUIRED with unAagging interest.
whenever enabled to indulge his natural bias.
Mount Vernon was his harbor of repose,
~here re repeatedly furled his sail. and fan
scled himself anchored for Iife No impulse of
ambition tempted hiw thence; nothing but
the call OF bis country, and his devotion to
the public good. The place was endeared to
him by the remembrance of his brother Law
renee. and Of the happy days he bad passed
hers With that brother in the DAYS Of bow
hood; but it was . delightful place in itself.
and wen calculated o.inspire the rural feel
ing. ss
. The mansion was beautifully situated, on
swelling height, crowned with wood. and
commanding magnificent view up and down
the Potomac. The grounds Immediately about
n were laid out somewhat in the English
'aa'e The estate was apportioued into sep-
.'s lasns, devoted 70 different kinds of cul-
f1lre, each harv;n,, ;x,,-...-, : =
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THE BATTLE OF BRAHDYwME.
By RICHARD EVERETT.

At the latter end of August, 1777, Lord
Howe, with an army of about eighteen thou
sand men. sailed up the Chesapeake Bay, and
landed near Ekton. 1t was the intention of
the British commander to march directly to
Philadelphia, but he was delayed. from vari-
GUS causes, several weeks.
Washington at once OWNED that Howe's
movement was towards Philadelphia; and ac-
eordingly he put forth every effort to raise a
force capable of resisting him with some hope
of success. i.e sassaest ~
We will pass over the preliminary acts of
the armies, their maneyering, &C., nor viii
we dwell upon the superhuman exertions
made by the Americans to retard the British
force, and to bring into the field a respectable
army. Leaving those incidental matters, we
win turn at once to the 1Ith of Sept. 1777.
It was about daybreak when the British army,
eighteen thousand strong, in several columns
began to move towards the American posi-
ton. Washington had parted his army,
which numbered about eleven thousand men -
regular and militia-in several divisions
around Chadds Ford Sullivan La Fayette.
Wayne, Maxwell, were in command Of differ
ent portions of the infantry. The artillery
was directed by Knox, and the cavalry by the
brave Pulaski. aa gsls1sse seis siIs
e The British van, under General Knyphau-
sen, advanced directly upon the ford. and en-
gagged General Maxwell. whose troops being
militia were gradually driven back. Being
reinforced, however. Maxwell's men charged
the enemy SO vigorously that they halted for
q short time The conflict was very stubborn. :
but the British rallied, and AZ last succeeded
in driving Maxwelrs forces across the ford.
A. heavy eannonade now commenced between
the two armies without any definite results
The British lost some three handredn men,
while to the patriots the damage was triding.
Knyphausen's attack proved to be . foint. for
Corawalis. with strong division marched up
the Brandywine river. crossed and moved
swiftly down against Sullivan . division. whose
duty was to watch the fords just above the
point of Knyphausen' siassault. II N ~
Sullivan was nearly taken sty surprise, 50
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reading aloud to the family.

reaQlng aloud 10 the 1amlIy
81 He treated his negroes with kindness, at
tended to their comforts, was particularly
careful of them in sickness, but never tolerated
idleness, and exactcd q faithful performance
eye at calculating each mans capabilities.
An entry in his dairy gives curious instance
of this. Four of his negroes, employed as
carpenters. were hewing and shaping timber.
1t appeared to him, in noting the amount of
work accomplished between two succeeding
mornings, that they loitered at their labor.
Sitting down quietly be timed their operations;
how long it took them to get their crosscut-
saw and other Improvements ready; how long
to clear away the branches from the trunk of
fallen tree how long to hew and saw it /;
what time was expended in considering and
consulting and. after all, how much work
was effected during the time he looked on.
From this he made his computation how much
they could execute in the course of a day, work.
ing entirely at their case.
.. At another time we find hin working for
part of two days with Peter; his smith, to
make plough on a new invention of bis own.
This, after two or three failures, he accom-
plished. Then, with less than his usual judg-
ement, he put his two chariot horses to the
plough, and ran a great risk of spelling them,
in giving bis new invention trial over ground
tsickly swarded.
+" Anon. during a thunderstorm, a fright
Il Al Il ILL.,
the mill Is giving way, upon which there is a
general turnout of all the forces, with Wash
ington at their head, wheeling and shovelling
gravel during pelting rain, to check the
rushing water.
Washington delighted in the chase. In
the hunting season, when he rode out early in
the morning to visit distant parts of the estate,
where work was going on, he often took some
of the dogs with him for the chance of start
ing fox. which he occasionally did, though
he was not always successful in killing him.
He was bold rider and an admirable horse
man. though he never claimed the merit of
being an accomplished hunter. In the
height of the season, however, he would be
out with the fox-hounds two or three times
week, accompanied by his guests at Mount
Vernon and the gentlemen of the neighbor-
hood. especially the Fairfaxes of Bel7oir, of
which estate his friend George William Fair
fax was now proprietor. On such occasions
there would bea hunting dinner at one or
other of those establishments, at which con-
vivial repasts Washington is said to have en-
joyed himself with unwonted hilarity
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WONDERS OF CALIFoRNIA.-It is work Of
considerable difficulty to believe all the stories
of vegetable life that come to us in the Cali
fornia papers. We can stand bcets as long
as mans leg and thirty inches in circum-
ference, onions as large as peck measure,
and cabbages weighing sixty pounds; but
when they swear to a hundred and twenty
bushels of wheat to the acre and potatoes
weighing half hundred We begin to hesitate
But their big trees are the wonder of the
world. The Mammoth Grove is forest of
such monsters. Situated fonr thousand Eve
hundred feet above San Francisco, it has come
to be summer resort Of the people. The
largest tree is ninety-fve feet in circumfer-
ence, and two are sixty-fve feet in circumfer
ence, and three hundred feet high, and beau
tiful to look at. At the grove is a first class
hotel. On the body of the big tree there is a
house twenty y-four by eighty, which contains
two fine bowling alleys. The stump Of this
tree is intended for ba7-ro0Dt ~ Buffalo
Advertiser ass 4l'3 als.ie snss q bil1 =. =,
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Many tell us of the beauties
OF the world wherein we dwell;
OF the forest, rock, and fountain,
OF the CT ystal stream and dell;
OF the outward ties that chain us
With holy binding spell;
OF the gentle word of kindness,
- That invite us-that is well.
Still there's world of beauty
s Lies hidden from the view
The sacred world within US.
With its varied shape and hue.
{ Who can read the happy spirit
Who can paint the pleasing scene 2
, Are not thoughts that thus inherit
Brighter far than gems MAY seem 2
Have not hopes more verdant foliage
Than the palm or forest treea
DO not thoughts more gently ripple
Than peaceful mconlit sea 2
I. Though the storms of adverse fortune
On the outward world may frown,
Still the inward world may glisten
With radiance all its own.
The rock majestic towering,
The cavern bounded shore,
May be matched in minds imagining
Till time shall be no more;
The oceans vast expansion,
With its fathomlcss abyss,
And treasures deeply hidden,
Are small compared to this
The minds insatiate longing,
With endless motion rife,
Knows no ending, nor a limit
Through the active path Of life,
E'cn then its powers expanding,
When this world no moro is seen,
Proves the beautiful enduring
or the world that dwels within.
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We translate from the German journal Of
yesterday ...s.... -
a few days since, German was riding
along SAMSON street near Sacramento. when
he heard the whizzing of a bali uesr him, and
felt his hat shaken. He turned about, and
saw a man with a revolver ip his hand, and
took off his hat and found f-esh buiics-holp
In it.
. Did you shoot at me Y asked the ssznAz.
Ycs,' replied the other paEh5. ''that's
nv horse; it was stolen from me recently -
's.'.. You must be mistaken says the German.
have owned the hose fos three years. 49,
Well. says the eshsR. xhen so1se to
look at him believe ana Hisssken- Excuse
me, sir ; won't yea oospe and take q drink y
The rider dlsnounted. ked his horse. the
two found dhrsaking salooa By, they bob mob
bed and araak together. and parted friends.
That is she California fashion 10 make arquaiRS
taAecs,--Chroe' ssza .xE szsqe. ilse
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Lieut.. Gibson's explorations In the valley
of the Amazon presents 70 the reader many
interesting features We clip tie following
in relstion to bird hunters: s -. -
There are few individuals amofg the
Creoies Of Santa Cruz who unerstand the art
Of collecting and preserving the skins Of birda
with arsenical soap They make their living
by stufing birds with cotton. be boxed up
ard exported The bird-collector differs from
the bark -gatherer he Is found On the plains
as veil - IL the woods; his smrannition is
good powder. in small tin canisters. different
sized shot. and a small quantity of .quicksil-
yer. The shot are for ordinary birds He
puts few drops of quicksilver in a small
piece of paper, and loads his gun with il in
stead of shot. The quicksilver knocks tho
humming-hird over, without tearing the skin
or dis6guring the plumage it stups. and be-
fore the bird rocovers, the sportsman has him
in hand. After the hunter has collected some
five hundred kinds. he then becomes difficult
to please; he wants the beautiful little song
ster who sits at the base of the Andes. and
sends forth his music before the rising sun
There are many birds who feed by night and
sleep in daylight; some steal the eggs from
their neighbors others drive away the pa
rents. feed and rear their young. or sit upon
the eggs and hatch them for the rightfulown-
er. All these birds we see around US have
their regular hours for feeding, singing. bath
ing. resting and sleeping r-,., s..s -
We met a bird hunter in Trinidad he had
been at work two years collecting near six
hundred different kinds. He was of opinion
there are over thousand varieties of night
and day birds to be found in the Madeira
Platte, besides snakes, lizards, and any guam
tity of insects. Trinidad was his headquar-
tiers. from which he branched off in all dirsc-
tions during the dry season. His room was
perfect curiosity shop The birds were
rolled up in paper after being properly cured,
and slowed away in large wooden boxes
Every day, at different hours. he went 10 the
field; after days of labor. he would be seen
returning with single bird, differing from
any in lis room. He procures poisonous
snakes by splitting the end Of a stick to form
fork. which he places over the neck of the
snake, and holds him until gourd or bottle
is fixed over his head. when he loosens his
fork and the snake crawls into the cavity
He then corks the gourd and puts it into his
pocket. After the snake starves to death. or
is drowned in spirits, his skin is taken of.
preserved, and stuffed. ready for transporting
to the museums of the civilized world: ~
During the rainy season the bird hunter
enters canoe. and repairs to those places
where the various animals are collected to-
gether. He obtains many species there.
which would require length of time to fol-
low up. and fills his canoe with renison and
deer skins. i'a F-e $50 .as -
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E9-A young lady walking out one fine
morning met the celebrated John Wilkes.
g You see sir, 1 have come out to get a lit
tie sun and air. s'''s1
80 You had better. madam, get littla hus-
baud frs said Wilkes. ma
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cent in monster balloon at Cincinnati, on
Monday of last week. A reporter of the
Times, who was one of the aerial voyagers,
gives the following account of the descent:
:. Soon after Monster GODDARD had furnished
the altitude from his barometer, he gave us
notice that.we were descending. BY gesture.
he ordered us to lay fiat down in the bottom
of the car, when he gave the word of COM
mand, and not to jump out of the car under
any circumstances Just then we-struck a
tremendous gale of wind, and it was evident
that We were not only sailing furiously, but
descending rapidly. 1t was SO dark that moth
ing could be discovered, but our commander
mounted the side of the car, cast out his an
chor ard waited the result. He commanded
us to lie down, and we had hardly obeyed
before We felt the car brushing over the tree
tops. The anchor caught and held us for u
moment, then we dashed with furious speed
into an adjoining eorn-f feld-a field. however,
that was full of stumps. Suddenly the ear
was dashed with great force against tree; !;
then up we went, then down, now dragging
on a fence, again striking a stump or tree
with great velocity, and again whizzing over
the corn-stalks at a lightning gallop. Every
man laid close to the bottom of the car except
Mons GODDARD, who stood up. holding upon
the valve, all hoping that the monster would
soon be controlled, and we landed safely on
terra tirma. se aaxt IS ~ 4 haaa15
Suddenly the balloon took a fearful leap
and brought the car with tremendous crash
against stump, half upsetting it. Mons
Godard's face struck the fence, and he was
thrown to the ground. At the same moment.
Colonel Latham and Mr.. Hole we're thrown
headforemost out of tie car. Mr. Belman
and ourself were left in the car alone, and,
relieved of the greater portion of its weight,
we expected to bound again into the air.
Mr.. Belman, with great intrepidity, chamber
ed mp the car side and seized the valve rope,
while Mons GODDARD took hold of the rope
swinging below. A furious wind at that mo-
menf swept past. the balloon made another
bound ~ and dashed the Car against tall
heavy, dead tree. I, The blow knocked us IN
sensible, and the next we knew we were lying
with our back upon the ground, the rain beat
ing in our face. our head crowded into one
corner of theHrar. and the trunk of tree ly-
ing across our body. We could not move
1t appears that the netting caught in the tree
we hare mentioned, and so strong was the
force of the wind that the balloon pulled At
over on to- the car, and the gas then escaping
rapidly, the tree held the balloon secure-
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i
Yes, it was lovely spot, that viIIa Eravc-
yardl Such one, fancy, as inspired the
z Elegy in Country Church yard There
was less pomp and show than IN our city bur
ial places. but what Of that. as Jeremy Taylor
says, We cannot deceive God and nature.
for coffin is a coffin. though It be covered
with sumptuous pail. = So grave is a
grave. though il be FILED over with sculptured
marble
Then that little grill How her image
comes mp before me, bending over her moth
ssss erazes IL matkeal = vhsn- -ebe orstssSd and
was soon drawn towards the spot where she
was kneeling- I approached cautiously
there was something SO sacred in the picture
of that child weeping at new-made grave,
that feared my presence might break the
rapture of her mournful musing. know not
how long might have stood apparently read
ing the rude grave stone, had not the child
raised her eyes and timidly said =
s.Our little Willie sleeps here. We's too
poor to get tombstone; ; we and the angels
knows where he lies, and mothers says that's
enough" z
..Are you not afraid to be here alone ?'
1 asked
'sOh, no; mother is sick and couldn't
come, so she said must come and see if the
violets are in bloom yet"
How old was your brother 2' asked, feel
ing interested in the little girl.
"He was only seven years old; and he was
SO good. and he had such beautiful eyes; but
he could not see a bit"
:. Indeed was he blind ?"
:. You see he was sick for long time yet
his eyes were blue and bright as the blue sky
with stars in it, and va did not know be was
getting blind, till one day 1 brought him a
pretty rose, and he asked Is it white rose,
Dorag'
q. Can't you see, darling?' asked mother
- No, can't see anything | wish you
would open the window, it is so dark
:. Then we knew that poor little Willie was
blind but he lived a long time after that,
aud used to put his hand on our faces and
feel if we were crying, and tell us not to cry,
for he could see God, and Heaven and the
Angels. I'll see you too, when you go away
from this dark place
:. So one day he closed his eyes and feIl
asleep; and mother said he was asleep in
Jesus Then we brought him here and buried
him i; and though we are too poor to get a
tombstone, yet we can plant flowers on his
little grave, and nobody'll trouble them.
know, when they learn that Willie sleeps here
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TO LOVERS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

FNHE Advertiser, Frenchman ana grad
i uate of the Polytechnic School OF Paris, re,
spectfuly offers his services as teacher OF his
native tongue TO Schools, Classes, and Private
Pupils of this city and vicinity. The system he
follows 10 facilitate the acquisition of the French
Language, unites in due proportion theory and
practice; by which avoided the difficulties the
student often meets with in pursuing one of the
many theoretical grammars, not sufficiently show
ing the idiomanca part Of the language, or prac.
tical one, in which the necessary grammatical
rules, if not entirely, at least far too much, are
neglected. In following these theoretical gram
mars, the student must have experienced that
after having devoted long time 10 the mere me-
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slightest deviation must lead him into unknown
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. The advertiser feels confdaAt in the assertion
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Instruction in Pencil Drawing, Pastel Painting,
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References in success in teaching etc., ETC., will
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MEMOIRS, Speeches, and Writings, Of Robert
Rantoul, Jr, edited by Luther Hamilton.
SACRED POEMS AND HYMNS for public
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Novel, by Caroline Lee Hcntz, with illustrations
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HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL ana
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A VALUABLE FARM In VIRGINIA,

IA u,SOO Acres for sale.-Having leased for
term Of years, The Fsuquier White Sulphur
Springs" TO persons whose high reputation war
rants the belefthey will be kept in the best style,
the undersigned now offers for sale the valuable
farm which surrounds the Springs.
II contains upwards of $50 acres oflow grounds
remarkable for extraordinary crops Of corn, and
capable Of being made the best possible meadows.
As part of this land yielded 100 bushels of single
acre. in 1853 the twelfth year of successive culi-
walton, without manure; and in 1854, bad as was
the season, produced 20 bushels--the Farm Is
easily susceptible Of division, and is certainly one
Of the best in Virginia.
Terms One-third on the LIST OF December next,
and the balance in one and two years thereafter,
with interest from date of delivery.
For further particulars inquire of the subscriber,
by letters addressed to "Warrenton Springs, Vir.
ginia," or to Washington, d. 9.
May 1--tf THOMAS GREEN
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COMPLAINTS having beer

VI made of the rregulsrity Of the running Of the
boats between Washington and Alexandria, for
the accommodation of the public, the undersigned
has determined TO run the steamer GEORGE
PAGE as follows, viz:
From Washington, 81, s, 81, and III a. m; /, 8,
and AZ, p.
From Alexandra, IT, 81, lot, a. m; l24, 2, 4,
and ST. p. m.
Omnibuses connecting with the boat will leave
the corner Of Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue at g. u, Ct, and IL, a. M; l2i, "a, and ~
p IN.
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