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Gentihty.- Gentility let that odious
word be exercised from the language. Let its
use bo all index of a paltroon, silly fellow,
brainless miss--a fool. Gentiity! 1t
has in its enunciation the simper Of the
school girl; the twaddIe Of vulgarity strain
ing after refinement; the rustic of parcled
up charms in seedy silks tile mincing puck
er of the lip Of affectation. Out with it.
Is she genteel: is he genteela They arc
genteell Intensive nonsense. The Misses
Squrmudges-tl'ose dried up, rcady.to-
blow-away.next-March old maids, who
primped, and puckered, and minced, and
simpered by, when Lieutenant Crash was
here, last summer. are gentecl. Miss Ii.
.midity, who feels in duty bound to faint al
sight of toad, and Miss Modesty, who
will have no mirror in her chamber for fea,
of being shocked at sight Of herself en-
disha1ille, are both very genteel. GentiIity
1t is liideousness clothed with jpternsl robe.
and sitting at the portals Of its' master
disgusting his acqnaintanccasapd pptsngint
his friends. Spring. fsld [ HAITI 4ryus.
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4 Dy.b,nnu's Llen of Renufy-

Il Dutchman's Alea Of Beauty.-In
Philadelphia, the other day, a Fremont
man was "eleciioneering" with sturdy
but yerdant Dutchman, and among other
reasons urged upon his consideration that
lie should vote for Mr.. Fremont, from the
fact that Mrs. +. was a woman of rare per.
sonal beauty, while old Buck was bache.
lor, and Fillmore widower. Dutclny
looked reflective at this remark. "Deu
you say Mrs. Fremont ish a butivool WOO
mans, oh !" "oh, yes" was the reply, "she
is rs beautiful as sylph, with delicate
organization, and a." "Wl,at der tuyfe
does you call sylphs Yon tell me da
first" The Fremont man was slightly
struck this time, but after stammcrina .
little he said it was slim. slender person
"Oh, yawr replied Dutcly, ~ under
stands, you mean q wornans nit it'll,
middle bout SO tick as cl,oint Of stow,
| pipe; but you dosn't come that game q,
how" Why what do you mean r.
Mean, why, ! mesn dat a handsome wo
man ish one NIT a pig middle, spd a basl
as broad as q barrel 81 cider. und What q,
ItTnk six mugs ef lager beer SWitha.ii
npt, ~ hssssss 3AA; 90 81
1go axAy mt yoas ~ Ase I a,s sot
i lor. no man nit sael. i; III II II : Il IS sx a.
Iyor q l;lll!s 4 4 1 u \ ! s. e
i ieroMBdt DE Wjd H .l.s
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platform were of the last to leave. Mr..
Choatc, while passing to the door, for the
first time, seemed to indicate by expression
realization Of the danger which environcd
us. The floor actually sunk under him two
or three inches, and he was heard to re-
mark: "This is going but lie retained
his scfposscssion and walked on.
l think never heard him speak with
such voice and with such effect. shall at
tempt 10 description, however.
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THE EDITOR,

We are verify of opinion that if newspa-
pers had existed in the days of Job, he
would in his troubles have exclaimed, 80,
that mine adversary had edited newspa-
per-" instead of saying, go, tha. mine ad-
versary had written q book" The writing
Of a book is very simple task days,
but the editing Of a newspaper has its
cares and troubles, which many are ignor-
ant of. The Editor has multifarious class
of readcrs,-of every shade of opinion
some as opposite to others as the poles for
these the Editor writes and must write,
whether in health or in sickness, in Joy or
sadness-often hurriedly, imperfectly pre-
pared, he must write at stated times his
task, whethe, he has a subject to write or
not The deuil is constantly pursuing him,
even III his sanct,mt sunctoruDs. lie opens
his mail, and perhaps the first letter is from
subscriber who has not paid dime for
years, and instead Of containing the pay,
demanding his paper to be stopped, as lie
cannot 7mtronize the paper any longer
The next is from an angry contributor, who
"biows him up" for not publishing his i'll.
written, ungrammatical nonsense. The next
is from some sharper, threatening him for
having exposed some fraud on the public,
&C., &C., &c. The only letters which bring
something like gleam Of jow on the Ed
itors' check, are those containing the "pay
in ADVANCE" but alas! they are like tan
gels visits, few and far between" lie
opens his exchanges and his eyes falls on
an article he had written with great Gaze,
and deep reflection, expecting to receive
praise and honor by tit has been appro.
priated by others, who give him no credit
for it. lie opens rival paper and finds
himself abused, misrepresented, and lied on,
in an article, Which fills two mortal col
umns. His purse is empty, for his subs;ri
bers, "won't pay up" His creditors clam
orous, his wife and children,-here we
stop, for we have no heart to enumerate his
troubles farther. Writing with an ominous
dread of pistols, bowic-knives, and cudgels
in prospective,-defraudcd of his pay, by
fraudulent subscribers, threatened by swim.
dlers and bullies, abused by some love.sick
pumpkin, for not inserting lis delectable
verses to his adored Patties' eyclashes.-
Robbed of his articles and good name, by
opposition and rival papers. daily haunted by
the deviI, oh! who is SO wretcled as to
envy an Editor.
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Persevere.-How many young men in
our land are wishing and sighing to be
great, who, nevertheless, will pass away in
obscuritys And the reason is simple one
and soon told. They failed in perseverance.
There are two principles, which, if we pos
sess, we may succeed In any undertaking.
They are industry and perseverance. Do
you live secluded from the world, and wish
to rise in their estimation, and command
their admiration? Set your brains TO study
ing and rejecting, and you may scatter
your influence over the world. But you
must persist.
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Tie Wateh.-A watsll. Las lsans 5hGs
.tioa.ly dsslgnstsd s ii a IS,
ssss 81 sivs5s Eolds d. hssSs bssSss Is
fses, md however good its works may Be, II
is always rpppipg itself down. ii,
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Gold from Marrow Boncs.-In Austria
Ia, Mr.. Mooney has been delivering lee
ture OH the origin of gold, concerning
which he propounded the following novel
theory: lie set out by declaring his belief
that gold is the petrifed remains of matter
which was once animate; and accompanied
as it generally is by ocean pebbles, quartz,
crystal, and other saline and marine debris,
'Ic was OF opinion that gold is the petrified
fat or marrow Of peculiar fish, which,
was once foated over tho gold fields wien
those fields were beds and bottoms of tile
worlds great ocean. In proof of the hy-
potLesis that gold il nothing more than the
pctrified fat Of a peculiar fish, The lecture,
showed specimens Of quartz in which ma.
rine shells were embedded. Mr.. Mooney
also alluded to tho fact that iron exists in
tie human blood, and argued from tllat;po
sition that gold might be educed from ,t,t
marrow Of fishes.--AlJany Kaiekerboezer
1
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'SMVe Holders Philanthropy versas A6.
ok'tion PAilanthropy.-John Randolph, of
Virginia, manumitted his slaves by will,
and made provisions for their refuge and
settlement in Ohio. The Legislature Of
that State Immediately passed law pro-
hibiting the migration or settlement of any
manumitted slaves within her borders, there,
by defeating tue humane intention Of the
tcstator.
Connent-At the late election IN Ohio.
the Black Republicans carried the State by
large majority. -
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Il Fs'o Of Wush;ngton's Marims.-It
was saying of Washington, that ain all
matters of great national moment, the only
true line Of conduct is, dispassionately to
compare the advantages and disadvantages
of the measure proposed, and decide from
the balance" In another place lie remarks
that "l!ttle more than common sense and
common honesty, in the transactions of the
community at large, would be necessary to
make us great and happy nation.'' Else
where he writes; my system has uni
formly been, to overlook all personal, local
and partial considerations; to contemplate
the United States as whole; to confide
that sudden impressions, when erroneous,
would yield to candid reflection; and to
consult only the substantial and permanent
Interests of tile country" Again he says: {:
" A spirit of accommodation was the basis
of the present Constitution )" and again,
"there must he reciprocity, or no Union.'
In another place he writes, "The basis Of
our political systems is the right of the
people to make and to alter their Constitu-
tions Of government. But the Constitution
which at any time exists, till changed by an
explicit and authentic act of the whole peo-
pie, is sacredly obligatory on all" 1t is
worth while recalling at this juneture these
sound political maxims.
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The London Morning Chronicle, one Of
Queen Fictoria's organs, deplores the elec-
ton OF Mr.. buchanan, for this reason. It
said:
1--WE should be sorry to SEQ Mr.. Buch-
anan elected, because he is in favor of pre-
serving the obnoxious institutions as they
oxist, and the unity Of the States. There is
no safety Of European monarchial govern
'nents if the progressive spirit of the Democ-
racy Of the United States is allowed to sue
ceed. Elect Fremont, and the first blow to
the separation Of the United States is effec.
ted"
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Wonderful Transformations fair
ladies were reading, the other day, Byron's
"Prisoner Of Cbillon." That is, one lady
was pretending to read it aloud to another
lady. No woman has ever been, now is, or
ever will be capable of listening without
interrupting. So that at the very com.
mencement, when the reader read the pas
sage
"Nor grew It white
In single night
As mems have grown from sudden fears"--
the listener interposed as follows:
White! How odd, to be sure! Well,
know nothing about mems hair !; but there
is our friend, Mrs. c., Of .TwelftI, street,
the lady who has just been twety mine years
old for tie last fifteen years--ber husband
died, you know. last winter, at which mis-
fortune her griet was 70 intense that her
hair turned oonals ls.sly black within tweu.
ty.foprhouu after the occurrence Of that aad
event.. i.i ~ d. S5ssl.gz !, 80 = Z,
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Father" said, cobler's lad a. he was
peggiug AWAY at an old shoe they say
that trout bite good now" aWsll, WE'LL Ire.
piled the old gentleman, you stick TO yosii
work and they ,soa't bits yos. NJ 80 :,
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lSspposs = fellow Nhe H. 10 hSsh;;6fSi
aesssiss s ssnS IIsS s.
Nm 81 iasji
lss.a 4 ~ I p
lihsshk q n
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Il Hard Syearer.-A good story is told
of tall, raw-boned fellow, who went Into
market house at Boston-perhaps the
Quincy-and seeing large hog on exlibi-
ton, was nightly struck will, 1t.
II swear" said lie, i" "tl,at's great hog,
swear never saw finer looking one in
my life; swear, what short legs he's got,
l swear--"
"Look here, friend" said little dry
looking individual trot,ing up, "you mustn't
swear So"
II swear / should like to know Why"
said the hard swearcr, with an ominous
look.
"Because," said the little man, "swearing
is agIn the law, and shall have to com.
mi. you!" drawing himself up.
"Arc you justice Of the pcaoea" Ia
quired the swearer.
ayes, SIR" was the reply.
"Well, I swear r. said the profane one,
II am moro astonished at that than was
about the hog!"
Father" said. cobler's lad a. he was
peggiug AWAY at an old shoe, "tl,ey say
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PAYABLE IN ADVANCE,
THE LITTLE PAUPER.

There arc tears in her eyes, and her
breast heaves to and fro with suppressed
emotion, she is only pauper; pass ber
carelessly by, and reserve your sweet sym.
pathy for some favored child of fortune.
Cold looks and hear,lcss reproofs are good
enough fo' her, for what right has SIZE to
lntrude her sorrows upon your notice. Itis
enough that she be allowed to live at all.
degraded and sunken as sLo has become.
Teach her early, aye, even in infancy, that
tender and refined emotions ere not for sucl,
as her. Do all this, and you will succeed
even beyond your expectations in bunting
the holiest feelings of her nature, but the
end is net yet. With tenfold vengeance
will society he repaid in after years for this
infringement of the rights of childhood.
See that abandoned, degraded woman,
whose whole delight and ambition consists
in dragging others, yea, her own children,
down to her own level. She was once n
tender, confding child, child of loveliuess.
and her evening prayer was lisped at her
mothers knee, with all the sweet devotion
of pure heart. But misfortune deprived
her of lone and friends; and henceforth all
these gushing rills Of affection and sympa.
thy must be congealed within her bosom,
which should be as sealed book before tho
budding affections Of childhood. Contrast
with those who met with bitter reprooH any
attempt of hers to awaken sympathy and
love, has at last sent back to their hiding
place every pure feeling, and enclosed in
covering Of ice, from whence there is no
escape. the brighter gems of her character.
Tile healthy moral nature of a child can
only he developed in an atmosphere Of love
and kindness, and woe be to him who.
Withdrawing these, causes the meanest of
these made in Gods image to see pleasure
in forbidden objects those which corrupt
and curse our fair heritage. Withhold these
precious jewels from eartl's unfortunate
ones, do nothing to cultivate the hearts pu-
rest treasures, and instead of a garden Of
flowers will spring up rank and noxious
weeds of malice and distrust, which will
effect all with whom they come in contact.
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n eminent Judge Sir Allen Parker,
- ai = ! public meeting ave live
ithni1a e blessings until ve aEs Ut
- iasssihls of their great.ess, a.d q
= ssnes whence they dow. We speak
4 - dsiisaiion, our arts, our freedom,
- ~ ~ forgot entirely how large :
slan - = Chriaisaisy. Blot Chris
iag - 4 nan'sg history, and what
60 r. hvs haze been-.what his civil
- Christianity Is mixed up With
aMJ - asd Cur very life; there i
astn1rsaject arouad yoo which dec.
- ~ ! dilkreat aspect, because The
~ Christian lore i o. il. Not : law
- - - owe its truth and gentle.
- ehsisaiaaity-not . custom which
- = Traced, il all il help and heath-
al = the Gospel
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OU8 UATI0NS.
The Chaldeans and the Eeyp,ian'syear
vas dated from the autumnal equinox.-
The ecclesisstical year Of the Jews be-
gan in the spring; but in civil affairs they
obtain the epoch Of the Egyptian year.
The Turks and Arabs date their year from
the 18th Of July. Dremschild or Gems
child, king Of Persia. observed on the day
Of his public entry into Persepolis, that the
sun entered into Aries; and in commemo-
ration Of this fortunate event he ordered
the beginning Of the year to be removed
from the autumnal to the vernal equinox.
The Braehmen begin their year with the
new moon in April. The Mexicans be-
gin in February, when the leaves begin 10
grow green. Their year consists Of eigh-
teen months having twenty days in each
Of the last i've arc spent in mith, and no
business is suffered to be done, not even
any service in tho temples. The Abys-
sinians have eve idle days in the end Of
the year. which commences on the Goth
of August. The American Indians reek.
on from the first appearance Of the moos
u the vernal equinox. The Mahomme.
daas begin their year the minute in which
the sum enters Aries. The Venetians,
Florentines, and Pisans in Italy, begin the
year at the vernal equinox. The French
year during The reign Of tho Morovingian
rice, began o. the day o. which the troops
were reviewed which was on The lst of
March. Under The Carlovingiaas, i be.
gas q Christmas-day, and under the Ca
pstiaas q yesterday. The ecclesiasti.
cal begins o. he 6rst Sunday in Advent.
Charles * appointed. il l56A, that the
civil year should commeses o. Tho Ii q
January. The Julian calender, which
was - called from Julian Cesar, and is
the Old account Of tho year, was reformed
b Pope Gregory u 1852 which plan was
% called from Julian Cesar, and IL The
o!d aceoaat of the year, was reformed By
Pope Gregory il 1852 which plan vas
suegested b. Lewis Lillo. : Calabiaa As
troaomeE. The Dutch ard tho Profess
tanas in Germany, introduced the new
slyle il ZOO. The ancient clergy reck-
oned from tho 25ah Of March, and the
method WAS observed 10 Britain until The
introduction Of the new STYLE, A. D., l752;
afier which our year commenced On the
lst q January.
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Human nature has no essence more pure
the world knows nothing moro chaste-
heaven has endowed the mortal heart with
no feeling moro holy, than the nascent
affection Of young virgins soul. The
warmest language Of the sunney South is
too cold to shadow forth even q faint out.
line Of that enthusiastic sentiment, And
God has made the richest language poor
in that same respect, because the depth of
hearts that thrill with Loves emotions,
are too sacred for contemplation. The
musical voice Of love stirs the source Of
the sweetest thought within the human
breast. and steals into the most profound
recesses Of the soul, touching chords which
never vibrated before, and calling into
gentle companionishp delicious hopes till
then unknown.
Yes-the light Of = young maiden's
love breaks dimly but beautifully upon
her as the silver lustre If star that
glimmers through thickly woven bower;
and the FIRST blush that mantles her cheek,
a. she feels the primal influence, is faint
and pure IS that sight which rose Leaf
might cast upon marble. But how rapidly
does that grow stronger, and that flush
deePer-un.il the powerful effalence Of the
one irradiates every corner Of her heart.
and the crimson glow Of the other suffases
every feature Of her countenance,
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DO THEY MISS NET

Apleasing, melancholy thought do they
miss me? Father, mother, brother, sis
ter-do you miss me Oh, how the heart
thrills with deep and melancholy pleasure,
as the fond recollections Of home and kin.
dredEand dear loued friends are brought
to our view by the constantly revolving
panorama Of everyday life. Yes. we
know you miss US, and it is = pleasing, a
conscling thought, that, thougl, far away
from those we hold dearer than life
though the eternal snow-capped ridges Of
the Sierras, and the rugged and almost in
surmountable ranges ofthe Rocky Noun
tains loom up in awful grandeur between
us-yet, such kindly feeling as this is ca
pable Of winging its heavenly flight un-
harmed. high DER their lofty pesks, and
swift as an arrow, and light as if borne on
the wings Of zephyr, it speeds far over
the sandy deserts to find home in the
heart that loves. There Is 4 communion
Of fond hearts, and though oceans roll be-
tween, yet often breath, sigh, or \
.God bless you," is borne upon the wings
Of heavenly messengers, to gladden. the
heart Of the distant. though kindred spirit.
Dear, dear, dear old ..flre-side," we love
you, yes, ..au those scenes. re lore them
reA" Often when the evening is closed
in with the dark mantle Of night, we pic.
ture 10 ourselves the small and sacred fam
ily group Of the home circle; All! at such
time. we fancy we see their loved familiar
faces, as each member Of the family occu-
pies their own accustomed seat, ours is
vacant. Do they miss mo II home
Thank Heaven, the question while yet
trembling upon the lips, is borne on the
wings d love to that Same dear circle
Do hey miss me! Al, yes, they do; they
point to the vacant seat, where "my son,
my brother, my husband" burst simul,a-
neously from the encircled group, then,
perhaps they breathe An inward prayer,
drop silent tear to the memory Of him
who IS 6r away. Friends Of my child
hood, we can never forget you. Califor-
mia with her beauty, with Ill her charms
-ah with Ill her trials-can never erase
from cur memory the endealing recolloc-
tioas Of former years. Our days Of SUM-
shins are rendered more beautiful, more
lovely, By associaiing with them the sas-
sAise Of former years. Our days Of dark
ness and storms are rendered less dark
less gloomy BY the thought though all
around is dark and dreary, hallowed and
Frightening BY the purs and sacred love Of
enduring friendship. So let it ever Be !;
and If to our dying hour we never shall
have met, save in thought and in dreams,
even 1t that hour it will be consoling,
hdppy thought that, true to our sacred
vows and ties on earth we shall renew
them in brighter world than even Cali
fornia OF our old homes; We shall renew
them il world where mountains, OF riy-
ers, or deserts cannot intervene-but
where, in the fnllness Of ! future glory,
the voice Of love and gladness shall min-
gle in heavenly unison forever ;-in \
world whose brightness never hdes, whose
skieeare never darkened.
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Woman's Will Dip the Atlantic
ocean dry with teaspoon: twist your
heel into your boot; make postmasters
perform their promises, and subscribers
pay the printer; send up fishing hooks
with balloons, and fish for stars: whom
the rain is comming down like the cata-
ract Of Niagara, remember where you lelt
your umbrella: choke Z musquito with
= brickbat; in short, prove al things
hitherto considered impossible, but never
attempt to coax = woman to say she MI
when she has made up her mind 70 say
she cont. -,
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laA1snee of the Smile In Givin4 heane1
OfExpresslon.

A beautiful smile is to the female coun.
tenance what the sunbeam is to the land.
scape. 1t embellishes an inferior ace.
and redeems an ugly one. A smile, how.
ever should not become habitual, or in-
sipidity is the result I; nor should tho
mouth break into smile on one side, tho
other remaining passive and unmoved, for
this impart an air Of deceit and grotesque.
ness to the face. A disagreeable smile
distorts the lines Of beauty, and is moro
repulsive than frown. There are many
kinds Of smiles. each having distinctive
character, some announces goodness and
.weetness-others betray sarcasm. bitter.
ness and pride-some soften the coan.
tenance BY their languishing tenderness-
others brighten it by their brilliant and
spiritual vivacity. Gazing and poring b.
fore 4 mirror cannot aid in acquiring
smiles half SO well as to turn the
gaze inward, to watch that the heart keeps
unsullied from the reflection Of evil, and -
Illuminated and beautifed BY Ill sweet
thoughts.
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Great Iusaraisa-A genslemoa a .
steamboat With bis family, On being asked
BY his children. sswhat made tie boat 70
gave them the following very lncid des-
cription Of the machinery and its princi-
pies, which was certainly eempsehensivs :
You see, my dears, this thingumbob
here eoes down through that hole and fss-
tens On that ji&garmaree, and that con-
nects, with the crinkum csankam and
then that man, hos the engiaeer, you
know. kind o sairs up ths-what-do-yoa-
call Il, with his loag poker, asd- -and-
they shove along, and The boaa goes ahead
yoa So"
The children were quite pleased with
this scientific lessoa in meehanism-they
understood Il thoroughly. s # g