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tor announced that she had met with
serious accident.
All, said Aunt Sarah, has she been
prematurely called 10 mourn the death
OF her infant 2 das ar
II is too true,' sighed Falk., ,3
Alas poor women, that we are
exclaimed Aunt Sarah, signing in her
turn.
The doctor advised her to be as calm
as possible, and the conversation tcrmiI-
ated.
A day or two afterwards, at the carli-
est dawn, Aunt Sarah was awakened in
a singular manner. Somebody sprink-
led water in her face. and held volatile
salts to her nose. She opened her eyes
and saw the doctor near her.
Great God : she exclaimed, am |
dying :? WHAT'S the matter, my nephew
Silence silence my dear aunt. said
the doctor, artful!y Merely make mo
a sign that you feel better
What better 2 she asked.
Yes, better said Falk ; for four
hours you have been in a fainting fit, but
now you have come out of it. All will
be well, and the child is charming boy"
Heaven be praised " calculated Aunt
Sarah, and she desired to see the dear
child.
Truly said the crafty doctor, that
is the first consolation Of a mother; 1t ls
the recompense of her sufferings. IL
shall soon be brought to YOU
But the secrct'-began Aunt Sarah,
have managed that matter, replied
her nephew L have given out that the
infant is my wife's, and you must allow
her to nurse it. The whole household
supposcs ii to be hers
God bless you, my nephew said his
aunt; how shall ever repay your pru-
dencc, your kindness, your counsel. You
are an angel "
! The doctor went out. The aunt trom-
bled with both JOY and fear. She turned
1 towards the front of tie bed. The table
was covered with vialS and surgical In
strumonts. A nurse now brought in the
child, which slept sweetly. Sarah did not
say word; she contemplated it long
time, wept bitterly, covered it with kiss
es, and said to the doctor, who was left
alone with her All, it is the living i'm
age of the trumpeter 1t seems as if |
was looking upon his breathing rinla-
ture. God have mercy upon his soal :
After several weeks OF strict regimen,
Aunt Sarah, still little weak, went out
from her chamber. She took great plea
sure in rocking the cradle anl carrying
the beloved infant in her arms. Her first
visit was to church, to thank God for the
/ favor which had been vouchsaled her.
She next wen. TO her notary aaI drew UP
a will bequeathiug her entire possessions
to the doctor, reserving, however, most
liberal pension for the child Of the trum-
petor. e
In this manner. thanks to his aunt, DR..
Falk became suddenly rich man, and
the faculty of medicine attained to hon
ors that were vainly sought by philoso-
ply, law and divinity!
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4oftrp.
@ From the Atlantic Monthly. Hl
THE WIND AND THE STREAM.
BIZ W. @. BRYANT.

A brook came stealing from the ground f{r.f
You scarcely saw its ,silyery CLEAN gb
Among the herbs that hung around -r.sa
The borders of that winding stream
a pretty stream, a placid stream, "a IA 3
A softly gliding, bashful stream. .-s.
A breeze came wandering from the sky, -
Light as the whispers of dream:
He put the o'erhanging grasses by, .'' -
gel And gaily stopped to kiss the stream, -
The pretty stream, the iattered stream ai
Il The shy, yet unreluctant stream. 8 ha
The water, as the wind passed DER, W -it
Shot upward many glaneing CLEAN,
Dimpled and quivered more and more,
And tripped along livelier stream,- n.
The fiattercd stream, the simpering stream
q The fond, delighted, silly stream.
Away the airy wanderer flew
To where the fields with blossoms TEEN,
To sparkling springs and rivers blue, 2 y fA
And left alone that little stream,-- 90. 2
The flattered stream, the cheated stream,
The sad forsaken, lonely stream.
That careless wind no more came back
He wanders yet the fields, deem
But on its melancholy track
Complaining went that little stream
The cheated stream, the hopeless stream,
The ever mnrmuring, moaning stryam. -.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24
CHAPTER Ill.
MORE CARES.

Pious as. Aunt Sarah was, she had not
the least desire in the world to exchange
the earthly for the heavenly, and without
any inquiesude the four faculties to dis
pute among themselves concerning the
succession Of her property. She was a
gamer by this rivalry: the choice tit-
bits of philosophy, the consultations Of
theology. the protection and succor of
Jurisprudence, and the cares Of medi-
cine, all came to her thereby. Dir. Falk
was not less attetiye than the others, ac-
cording to his means, but he obtained no
preference only when Death, in making
his rounds, struck at the old maids door,
the physician for short time became the
dearest of her nephewsl1 lo q7nim-iae. E
Quick, doctor, quick! Miss Sarah is
dangerously sick So e4siaimed, one
morning, the old maids ho1sekeeper, as
she entered DR.. Falk''s 5, residence. AT this
moment he was seated in an arm chair,
supporting his Suzette, who was weep.
ingsa Fak lad long since learned that
the complaints of his aunt were never
dangerous. He promised the, housekeep-
to go Instantly, but he still waited to con,
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lia CHAPTER I.
THE vESTuREsoME MARRIAGE.

F-tft a44tItf Hfa4 EszEH f|l l&zEftsH
The young DR.. Falk tenderly regarded
the young Suzette, and Suzette regarded
the doctor in that way which has been
common among young people for solmany
ages. The doctor had been reared in a
most excellent and judicious manner BY
his parents, he had studied in two uni
versities, he had received additional in
structions in the hospitals Of Boston,
New York, and Philadelphia, and had
learned so much that he was as well fitted
as any member of the faculty whatever
10 lead his patient TO the tomb in accord
ance with truly scientific principles. But
such an ability is only acquired by means
OF much time and great expense, 1t alb
sorbed almost the entire amount of the
doctors patrimony, and policy required
that he should wed some lady with rich
dowry, in order to reimburse the charges
OF obtaining his medical degree. But
the head proposes, and the heart disposes.
Tie pretty Suzette possessed every quail,
ification requisite for the Doctors wife,
except one thing only-the cash. a
Never mind, my dear Suzette, said
the doctor, folding her in his arms, g the
money ! can earn, and a physician must
have wife, or else no one puts conf
dence in him. You will bring me con
sderation, consideration will bring me
patients. and patients, will bring the
gold. Besides. Miss Sarah Waldhorn is
your aunt. She, has already passed her
fortieth year, and she is so very rich that
n quarter part of her fortune would en-
dow US with ample afiluence, Let us
marry, then, dear Suzette. | am poor,
but dare you not venture ?''
What young girl is not willing to VEN
ture for Q young man whom she loves !?
Suzette's mother had no objection to urge
against the marriage. and her father had
quite as few, for indeed, they had both
been dead for a long time. Neither did
her guardian object to the match, for he
was very much rejciced to get rid of his
ward. Her aunt Sarah was equally re-
Joiced, for Suzette always cost her some
thing, and Miss Sarah Waldhorn was
very ayaricious. or. as she was in the
habit of saying, she had not a penny too
much. Suffice it to say. Suzette became
Mrs. DR., Falk, and the doctor paliertly
waited for patients, whose number he
wished to be large--But he wished in
vain. In the meantime his family in,
creased, and almost every year Suzette
presented him with girl or boy, and
thus increased his consideration by the
honors OF paternity. Sometimes the doc
tor scratched his ear with an air Of re-
necs'on,i but the childrenwere so pretty
Iney were four in number and were sim
y ulariy thriving. Their genileness con-
hansa asso not Alittle to the gaiety Of the
nousenoid, = and every one ne said that DR..
: ak was the happiest Of spo uses. s
sselsneiess, he had some sorlrowfuI
especially when d whole week
passed without his making a single y;s;tI
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24

AN UNsoPHIsTIcATED GERMAN applied
at the Probate Court, Cincinnati, day
or two ago, for license to be unmarried.
He said he had been a soldier in his
native country, and had seen great deal
of hardship; but welded life was more
than he could bear, and he declared. if he
could not get rid of his ''trau," that he
would drown himself. The wife Of tho
German professed to feel a romantic al
tachment for him at home, and even fol-
lowed him across the sea. Touched by
her devotion, and convinced of her sin
cerity, he married her, six months ago.
and has since led the life, to use his Ian
guage, of a .leetle tog nit te tin psil to
him all de times 5a
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24

NOVEL NEWSPAPER CELEBKaTIoS.-
The proprietors OF the Newburyport
{ Mass, Herald intend celebrating the
18th anniversary of their weekly paper.
and the Goth of their daily, on the 18th
Of january next, Franklin's birthday.
They propose calling together every
living printer who served an apprentice
ship in their office, and every editor or
prominent contributor. The list embraces
the names ola number of distinguished
gentlemen who now honor the professions
of life An Grafton will be delivered by
an eminent statesman, and the occasion
viii be one of great interest Chicago
7ri5uns.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24

came to offer his aunt the constitutions Of
philosophy, and also some more carna
consultations which his cook had prepared
according to the best receipts of gastron-
omy. But Aunt Sarah rage was thor
oughly excited at his view, and as soon
as she perceived him she cried out: Go,
Mr.. Philosopher save your jellics and
your comfts; 90 and refresh yourself on
that bottle Of champagne which you in
tend to crack on the day Of my death.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24

They then coiisoled themselves by say =
ing Aunt Sarah was rich, old and feeble,
and, said Suzetle, 3" Itis always the dark
est just before day,'---a proyerb as inge-
nious as it is veridical.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24

THE DEAR GKSrLEnAS.-Onc night the city
of London was visited by a tremendous gale.
the roaring of which reached the auricles of a
deaf gentleman, much to his terror and dismay.
Next day, upon proceeding to his counting-room
his whole mind Impressed with the severity of
the gale. and supposing every one was talking
about 1t. he met an acquaintance. who accosted
him with the usual greeting = .e
I" Good morning"
Bowed hard--5lowed very harde eg
How is Your hiy this morning q"
:" Liked 10 have blowed me out of h,.,--,,,,
Of bed " r5 IN -
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24
:" Madam said n conductor a day o

MADAM said a conductor day or
two since, '.your boy can't pass at half
fare--he's too large" "He may be largo
sosc, replied the woman, who had paid
for half ticket" but he was small
enough when we started T.
The above dialogue was overheard or
one of the trains of the Rutland and Bur
lington Railroad. The joke may be bet
ter appreciated when it is known tha, tho
train had been delayed all night at a sta
ton.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24
CHAPTER VIII.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF MUSIC.
When Miss Waldhorn had taken her
NIL OF groaning, she said with ,rem bling
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-12-24
a For The Qpasqucton Guardian.
TIL + OIL D. M "A I'D.
OR '
TIE DOCTOR TRIUMPHANT.

TRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN OF HEINRICH
11y zsCIioRKE. f#iati DiHt.
a9a BY Ms. N. ROBAT. 'i.at
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CHAPTER V.

> AFPEcrIoNATE RELATIONS
I This time as the doctor rushed along
Ihe street, he had like to have overlhrown
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-10-24
L EST NEW S.


OsWEGo, Oct. 21.-Thc name Of the
vessel that capszed yesterday has been
ascertaincd to be the William Raynor, of
Toronto. All on board persisted, and the
vessel has since gone to pieces.
NANTUCKET, Oct. 2l.-The bark John
Swazey, from the Coast of Africa for
Salem, laden with palm oil and
ivory, before reported ashore. is full of
water, and the weather is too rough to
render her any assistance. Her crew are
safe
The schooner Ann D. Washington.
bound to New York, arrived here to-day
leaking, having been ashore. Her cargo
will have to be discharged.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 23.-The bark David
Nickels, of Seaport, Maine, from Mat
anzas: bound toSt Mary's, put into Au-
gustine on the 18th in distress. The
captain having boon lost overheard, the
first mate and two of the crew lowered a
boat and went in search, and all were
supposed to be lost. The second mate,
Charles Smith, and two of the crew and
the cook are all that We're left on board.
Pilot boats were searching for the missing
boat.
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-The Southern
Bulletin, published at Philadelphia, Mes
hoba county, Miss, records the following
melancholy accident:
"On last Thursday morning, Mr.. Aaron
Fox, living five miles southwest of Phila-
delphia, was making an ox-yoke, and
while so doing his little son Albert, about
six years old, was playing about him; and
just as the fathers AK was coming down
upon the piece of timber, the little son
stumbled under the AK, too late for his
father to recover the blow. We are in
formed that the AK entered the back part
of his head, splitting the skull some four
inches, and that he died in less than an
hour"
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got Of them, dollar fol dollar, in order to
appease the wrath Of this modern reform-
er-that points the way to others it does
not travel itself.
Our Banks are governed by fixed rules
in regard to what money they are to re-
celve i'll exchange for what they pass out;
and we have no doubt the directors of
those institutions are capable of Judging
whether or no they ought to cxat the
money of another State to the standard of
their own. If they receive at par the
notes of the North Carolina Banks and
pay out specie for them of course the bro
ker's occupation would be gone so far as
that was concerned. But they do not do
so; consequently the money of that State
that is received by our merchants and ira
ders in exchange for their goods finds its
way to the shaver" who cannot be ex-
pected to render his service for nothing.
II brokers are an evil. we think they
will be admitted by many to be ncces-
sary evil though most of our trades
people we know will not admit that they
are. They in many cases prove them
selves to be the correctors of evil which
springs from another source.
The merchant who has made his profit
on the sale Of his goods in payment for
which he has received the deprecated
paper of another State, resorts to the bro
ker to convert that paper into available
flnds-who charges him such per cen
tage as to destroy large portion of that
proht-conclude there is a shave some
where, an evil.-and smarting under the
loss, without proper reflection in the pre-
misses, concludes that the broker is the one
to blame But such is not the fact. The
customer from whom he received that de-
rrecatcd currency occupies the same po-
sition towards him that he does to the
broker. There is no other compulsion
for him to trade with the broker than
there was to his customer to trade with
him.
Viewing all the facts in this case to-
gether, we are constrained to believe the
promptings of the writer in the Index
have not been made to appear in public.
We think there is an appearance of spite
splitting in the matter. which the author
has endeavoured to keep hid from the
public eye,
We may revert to this subject again
hereafter. But at present we find our
selves deficient in many points of infor-
nation on the subject Of Banks aud Bro
kers which we will endeavour to pick up
in future.
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FoRT1TUDE.-Mr. Clinton E. Bronson,
who was fatally injured by the late ac-
cldent on the N. Y. Central Railroad, ex-
hibited remarkable GOODNESS and fortitude
under the most trying circumstances
His abdomen was cut open SO that the
bowels protruded. He was found sitting
on the track, holding his bowels in with
one hand and protecting himself with an
umbrella from the pouring storm with the
other. When told that his injuries would
prove fatal, he gave some statements of
his name, occupation, &C., and requested
that chloroform might be administered to
render him inscnsible to the agonies of
death.
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Conservation OF Vale Cemetery

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. 21.-Vale
Cemetery, at this place, was duly conse-
Grated to-day with imposing ceremonies.
The st. Georges Lodge and the Mohawk
Royal Arch Chapter of Freemasons and
three lodges of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, in full regalia, took part in
the ceremonies, and with the common
council and citizens, merehed in process
sion to the grounds. The exercises at
the cemetery were solemn and impress
sive. About three thousand people at
tended the conservation.
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Convention ofNew York Country
Banks,

SYRACUSE, Oct. 22-The convention of
the officers of the country banks of this
State held here to-day, resolved as fol-
lows: That it is their duty to prepare
for the early resumption of specie pay
ments; that before said resumption they
will endeavor to keep their bills as near
the specie basis as possible; that they will
increase their line of discounts to the ex-
tent of their ability to aid in forwarding
produce. They also appointed COM
mlttee to effect an association of the
country banks for mutual protection; to
arrange system for redemption and ex-
changes, and report to future meeting.
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Run on the .Banks.of st. John,

BosToN. Oct. PA St. John, N. B.,
correspondent of the Boston Journal,
writes :-"Our banks here have had
large run upon them by some of -your
people. In one day SIG. 900 in gold was
taken from one. We have had no fail
ures lately, and our people weather the
storm nobly, showing an amount of solid
ity that l did not think was here.
Newspaper accounts says that the mer-
chants of st. Johns have memorialized
the banks to suspend, and that it was pro-
bable they would do so in self-defence.
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A SoMNAMBUL1sT TAKING RIDE.

A SoMNAMBULIsT TAKING RIDE
Early on Wednesday morning young
man named Parker, residing at Pough-
keepsie, got out of his bed, dressed, and
went to the depot, got on board freight
train and rode as far as Dobbs' Ferry be-
fore he was concious where he was. The
conductor seeing a person in the baggage
car, enquirod for his ticket, but received
no answer. Upon shaking him Parker
awoke and was astonished at finding HIM
self where he was. As further proof it
was found that on dressing he had put
both socks on one foot. The distance from
Poughkeepsie to Dobbs' Ferry is about
fifty miles.
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TERMS.
M The Largest Circulation In
the City. 3
The News.

The merchants of St. Louis have resol-
we'd to take notes of all solvent banks of
the country at par.
The Niagara, which left for Liverpool
on Wednes day at noon, took out no spe-
Gle.
Official returns from twenty-five coun-
ties of Minnesota, received at Chicago on
Thursday, give Siblcy (dem.l 100 mai.
Tor Governor. From seventy-two coun-
ties of Ohio, give Chase Repub.) 1927
majority. Legislature democratic.
Yesterdays New York Markets were
firm for Flour, Wheat and Beef; dull for
Corn and Whiskey steady; Lard
unchanged.
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A PRINTER IN LUcK.-One Of the pee
nliartles of printers is that they seldom
live long enough for Luck to catch them.
10 see printer old in gears is a rare
thing, because they seem to be particular
ly under the influence of that dictuna
which says "whom the gods love, die
young" Lately there was young En-
glish printer, named Henry Floyd, enga-
ged on the Savannah Georgian, and yes
terlay he sailed from this port for Liver
pool, on the ship Georgia." having re-
celved the welcome news that he was heir
to an estate of 100000, about 5000, 900;
a sum much to be desired in "hard
times. y Floyd is calculated to make a
sensation with his fortune, 50 in anticipa-
ton of " the good time coming" he did
certainly" cut his STICK" Yesterday he
sailed down the bay with a Champagne
bottle in one hand and flag in the other,
upon which was written. "Hurrah for
the Press which gives good proof of its
work and adds to the columns of Liberty
-Saua1mah Georgian.
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FASCINATING AT SIXTY !

FASCINATING AT SIXTY @sdemoi-
selle Mars, the great comic actress, at the
age of sixty Says Lola Montez.) was the
beloved of Count de Morny, one of the
wittiest and most elegant men in Paris,
and though not even in her youth beauti-
full, she knew how to flscinate This
was specimen of the attention which in
tellectual superiority received in Paris
and ofthe grounds on which many per-
sons acted in selecting those with whom
they formed attachments. Nowhere else
could so many literary women be found
minging in the society of literary men,
and in no other place were the pleasures
of literary SO refined.
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New York Markets.

New YORK Oct 23.-t'lour-The mar
ket to-day closed firm, with sales of 1000
b,rrels. CJmmon t. good State $4, 70a480;
Ohio $5.20a5, 55; Southern $5.25a5.4o.
Wheat-The market is firm with sales
of $4,000 bushels-Souther white 135a
147 cents; red l25a132 C.
Corn-The market is dull no sales worth
reporting.
Pork-The market is dull with a de-
cline of so Cts. to ST on Mess; and 25c on
Prime-sales of Mess at $2000a20.50.
and Prime $1675.
Beetle. market is irm;sales ofRe Ike |
Chicago at $l3a14-an advance Of 40c.
Lard-Is unchanged-sales at 124a14c.
Whisky-Is steady-sales of Ohio at
21a21 ] cts.