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POETRY.
Treasures of the Great Deep


Those of our readers whose recoliections date
back twenty-five years will remember with
what pleasure they were accustomed to read q
new poem of Mrs. Hemans. There are few fe-
male writers in the whole range of English lit
erature deserving higher place. She had not
the strong intellect, the lofty imagination, and
power of analyzing passion possessed by joan
na Baillie-'Sister JOANNA" as Walter Scott
was accustomed to call her-but she had the
spirit of 8 true poet, and wrote many things
that the world shall not willingly let die. -
The deplorable loss of the Central Ameracd, OF
the treasure, of fair women and brave men,
that, with the ill-fated bark, were swallowed by
the s'remorseless sea-" reminds us of the best OF
her short poems. We give it below entire, with
the exception of two stanzas:
Yet more, the depths have more What wealth un-
told
Far down. and shining through their stiffness lies
Thou hast the starry gems the burning gold,
Won from ten thousand royal argosies,
Sweep o'cr thy spoils thou wild and wrathful main!
Earth claims not these again.
Yet-more, the pillows and depths have morel
High hearts and brave gathered to thy breast
| They hear not now the booming waters roar,
| The battle thunders will not break their rest.
Keep thy red gold and gems, thou stormy grave!
Give back the true and brayel
Give back the lost and lovely those for whom
The place was kept and hearth so long,
The prayer went up through the midnight's breath
less gloom,
And the vain yearning woke midst festal song.
Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers overthrown
But all is not thine own.
To thee the love of woman hath gone down,
Dark flow thy tides Ger manhoods noble head,
Ger youths bright locks and beautys aowery crown
| Yet must thou hear voice Restore the dead
Earth shall claim her precious things from thee =
| Restore the dead, thou sea
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nylarsh remarks upon his cruelty -buth he didnot
heed them and went on Another and another
egg was broken, and still there was no sign o.
life. Then the whole body Of fbystanders broke
out into loud murmur and cries of "brute."-
"Let the child die in peace" "He's crazy
take the child away from him!" were heard O.
round him. tt5
He desisted moment from his efforts ani
turned with ferceness that had before beer
altogether foreign to his nature-but no one who
saw him ever afterwards forgot it. "Fools" he
bissed, "nind your business and leave me to
mine! Take her away will you'll Try It'll" and
he went on emptying egg after egg down the
apparently lifeless throat.
The mother could stand this no longer. Her
first born was being tortured to death under her
very eyes, and she imploringly flung herself ON
her knees before her husbands father, who had
at that moment arrived.
ooh, father, do stop himl" she gasped; she
will obey you do stop him. He is torturing
that poor dying child"
The grandfather stepped forward a step to in
terfere for he, too, thought the proceeding an
outrageous one but he stopped and said, 'Mary
let him alone. The child viii die if he does not
90 on. 1t can do no more than die if he does
| would not say word to him for the world
The child is his; let him use his pleasure
There was silence then. In moment there
was culver of the eye-lids, convulsive move
ment of the chest, and the teeth lost their ten
sion. The father seized his child, turned hel
face downward, and the poison began to flow
from her mouth. Again, as the retching ceas
ed, he repeated the experiment, the life return
ing still more, and the face loosing its blank col
or every instant. More than twenty times al
bumen had been administered; and more thar
half those times had been followed by the ex
pulsion of the poison, when the eyes opened, thu
father desisted, the little sufferer lay just alive
in his arms exhausted, its little life terribly shat
tered, bat saeed.
Then-when the necessity for exertion an(
determination was over-when the physician
had been summoned, and they knew that darl
ing little Eveleen might live, after many week
of struggle between life and death; when thu
relieved friends had acknowledged that they
wronged him first; when the beautiful and sor
rowful wife had blessed him through her kisses
and tears; and all knew that under God only
such an almost fierce determination could have
saved the child-then the father sat down un
nerved; and wept like child.
Not as in "Little Sister Evelyn" did the poison
do its fearful Office Eveleen is alive to-day,ant
her brown eyes are opened upon womanhood.-
But there is no hour in my life that brings SC
thrilling recollection as that of the young faith
er's struggle for the life of his child.
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A CALIFORNIA W1Dow.-Captain Saltwater
says his first essay to affect matrimonial char
acter resulted in q manner so discouraging that
he don't believe he'll ever be induced to try il
over again. The captain being out of the SER
vice for some months conceived passion for
rather mysterious young lady boarding at the
same hotel. Says the Captain, 81 conveyed hel
round to shops, shows, theatres, churches, an(
every other place ofamusement and information
and at last, when thought things had gone fal
enough, squares my yards, and says Just a.
cool as powder monkey-"Ma'am, I've beer
thinkin' I'd like to be splced"-
"Spliced !n says she, as artess as a turtle dove
"Spliced," said I, sand if you've notion, why
-Tm ready to share my luck and dunnage will
you, ma'am!"
"She looked sort of taken back at first, bu
she goes about and says.
"Captain, I've been thinkin' if my husband
don't write soon, and send me some money ant
a gold watch from California I'd just as leav'
marry somebody else as not, and if you wait
few days I'll give you the preference"
: Her husband had been to the Pacific just fou
months. and here was California widow
81 stood off, after that" said the captain.
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Not long ago, we saw "family group" the
thought and deed of some cunning artists hand
wherein Washington was represented as an in.
fant, in "long Clothes" in his mothers arms
We remembered, while contemplating it, the
story of the little girl who accompanied her pa,
rents on pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. THAT
is the tomb of Washington, my daughter" sait
chamber, its narrow proportions, and humble
height, awhile, and then, with wondering ex
preston, replied, "Why didn't think they
could put so great man in such place 81
thatr' The girl was right; for the memory o
Washington can never be entombed.
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NO. Kill.
WaiI Street.
y - N2V Wall Street. 20 ~
he New York Tribune thus graphically de-

The New York Tribune thus graphically de-
scribes Wall street:
! Wall street is sui generis. No other thorough
fare is like 1t. It's features are peculiar. No
Change Alley is like it; no other Bourse-no
other Rialto Trinity Church looks down upon
lit, like supervisor, but Trinity Church cannot
Christianize it. Like melon growing next to
pumpkin, the Church may have SAVIOR of its
neighbor, but Wall street will never obtain any
flavor from the Church. 30 z.ls. u f5TTs
The name of Downing street in London is ir-
revocably associated with diplomacy; so is Wall
street with stock kjobbing; but as Downing street
is not full of foreign ministers, with faces Pal
Inerston-ward, neither is Wall street occupied
solely by the members of the Brokers Board.
| Wall street is not long street, though it is
felt long ways. A man, without corns, can
walk the length of it in five ininntes. Another,
III he should keep on, would find him in the East
River 1t is not wide street. Bids have been
made from curb to curb. Wheels get 'locked'
there daily, especially near the head of it, and q
vast deal of highly ornamental profanity is done
by sweet.tempered carmen, who, having wedged
themselves in, seem to think that like sthe poor
debtor" they can ssoear themselves out.
1t is not handsome street, still there is moth
ing wood on it, except, perhaps, the heads of
some stock-buyers. White marble, brown free
stone, terra Gotta and substantial granite bespeak
its wealth. Here is that wonderfully intricate
building, the Merchants Exchange, as full of
lawyer, insurance aud other offices as dog is
of feas. Near by is the locus in quo of the Bro
kers' Board, where many millions of dollars dai-
ly s.change hands and cross over, "swhle the
members cheerfully (speaking in metaphor) "bal-
ance to their partners" In the rounds OF the
edifce real estate auctioneers arc crying assidu-
ously, yet without shedding tear, over sacri-
fees OF property to an almost fabulous amount.
On the other side of Wall. at the corner Of
Nassau, and facing Bread street, stands-nay, it
don't stand, but squats-the Custom House,
where there has been SO much hard swearing
over fraudulent invoices and political assess
ments, that the white marble columns have
turned as gray as an old mans hair, or as
Chelmsford granite, which they much resemble.
. On either side of the street is an illustrious
row of banks and Insurance offices, with foreign
insurance agents, land agents, coal agents, rail.
road agents, steamship agents, and many other
sorts of agents, (Satan's too, perhaps,) including
some lawyers on the second and highest floors
The Easements swarm with brokers. Every
nook and Granny in all these buildings command
high rents. Add to this picture innumersble
groups of earnest talking, scolding, chatting, ges
men, dividing the rapid currents of
brokers, clerks foreign consuls, fnan-
ciers and commercial editors, who are contiuu-
ally passing, and you, who have never seen this
notorious thoroughfare, will have o toleraby
graphic icea of Wall street.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-10-07

The BEST TINE TO FRET-Two gardeners had
their crops of peas killed by the frost, one of
whom, who had fretted greatly, and grumbled
at his loss, visiting his neighbor, some time af-
ter, was astonished to see another fine crop
growing, and inquired how it could be. "These
are what sowed while you were fretting," was
thereby. "Why, don't you ever freta" "Yes
but put it off till have repaired the mischief"
"Why, then there is no need toitiret at alp
"True; that's the reason put it off"
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REV. HENRY WARD BEEoHER, depreciating the
custom of repeated services on Sunday, says that
the first service is usually cream the second milk
the third milk and water, which sticks by the
hearers of the three. A man who has family
and goes to Sunday school in the morning at
nine o'clock, to church at half-past ten O'Clock,
to church again in the evening, ought to be
tried for breaking the Sabbath. If he could
hear three sermons day proftably he must be
an extraordinary genius at hearing. AS nIauy
men are situated with regard to their business,
they only see their children at touch and Q
glance; they go away before their children are
up in the morning, and return after they
have retired at night; SO that the Sunday
afternoons should be devoted to the home du
ties, not in sleeping and reading newspapers
but in reading the Bible to your children, con
versing with and catechising them, ect. HI
thinks one service day at church is quite 9
nough, but probably that would be considered
too radical This attending to so many du
ties and meetings Sabbath is really convert
ing it into day of servile bondage.
There is much good sense in his remarks, ant
they are worth the consideration of all Chris
tians. Some religions societies already hold bu
one service on the Sabbath. Rev. Mr.. Longfel
lows church in Brooklyn has the morning ser
vice for adults, and the afternoon tor the Sun
school Christian Inquirer. ~
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AMERICAN sruNK.-The North American Re-

AMERICAN SpuNK.-The North American Re,
view tells the following good story
A country yman of ours, OF somewhat rude ap'
pearance, walking on the Strand early in May
saw his favorite dish of strawberries and cream
blushing at him from the counter of a restaurant
Entering, he carelessly called for bowl, to the
marked surprise of several persons present, who
knew the extravaganza of the luxury, and right
ly supposed the American was ignorant at what
cost he was putting himself.
He had not finished his repast before the Gu
rious looks of the company suggested his mis-
take, and aroused all his latent pride.
"What is TO paya" inquired he, as he laid
down his dish, not without lowering side look
at the wiseacres who waited for his chop fallen
aspect when the victualler's reply should fal
upon his waiting ear.
"a guinea, sir"
Tossing down the coin from q not over-ful
purse, and bridling up with an air of assumed
indifference, a.
"I1l take another!" was the Americans only
rejonder. :,
Rather a weak brother, thatl Hay-seed still
in his hair. When he has travelled little fur
ther, he will learn that if man has all th'
'spunk" in the world, he need not spend money
fooshly just to astonish half dozen of thu
gaping mob at London. And yet we like sucl
q story-it is study, sir, of character, ant
shows national folly in very characteristic
light.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-10-07

MISTAKEN IDENTITY.-A man named Albert
Patterson wasrecently indicted at Boston for big
amy for having married Elizabeth Adkins under
the name of Eli Merrill. He was positively i.
Identified by the clergyman and other parties,
and was detained in Jail two weeks when he
succeeded in producing the bona .JSde Eli Merrill
in court, who testified to his own identity and
the fact Of his marriage, and Patterson was
thereupon released.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-10-07

GUESSING IN ALABAMA.-The Mobile, Ala,
Tribune, some months ago, offered prize OF
silver service, worth $500, to the person making
the best guess as to the amount OF the cotton
crop of 1867. There were "a guesses, ranging
from 2,699, 1896 to S,249, 900 bales, and the ser,
vice was won by Mr.. VIM. b. Hamilton, of
Mobile. whose guess of 2,9S9, ,537, was the near.
est, and within % bales of the true amodnt-2,-
9S9,5l5. A Connecticut Yankee could hardly
improve upon that guess, we guess.
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A Rumseller was lately hauled up in Vermont
and fined. He grulnbled bitterly at the Tenn
perance men as being very short sighted. He
said he had really been at work in their cause
that he had already got the old soakers to
drink liquor that was at least half water, and
would after while, if let alone, have had them
drinking pure water without knowing it.
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How RAIN IS FoRMED.-To understand the
philosophy of this phenomena, essential to the
very existence of plants and animals few facts,
derived from observation and long train of ex-
periments, must be remembered. Were the at.
mosphere, everywhere, at all times, at full
temperature, we should never have any RAIN,
hail or STOW. The water absorbed by it In e.
yaporaton from the sea and the earth's surface
would descend in an imperceptible vapor, or
cease to be absorbed by the air, when it was
once fully saturated. The absorbing power OF
the atmosphere, and consequently its capabilitty
to retain humidity, is proportionably greater in
wurIn than cold air. The air near the surface
of the earth is warmer than it is in the region Of
the clouds. The higher we ascend from the
earth, the colder we find the atmosphere. Hence
the perpetual snow on very high mountains, in
the hottest climates. Now, when, from contin-
ued evaporation, the air is highly saturated with
vapor-though it be inyisible-if its tempera-
ture is suddenly reduced by cold currents de-
scendine from above, or rushing from higher
to lower latitude, its capacity to retain mois-
ture is diminished, clouds are formed, and the
result is rain. Air condenses as it cools, and
like q sponge filed with water and compressed
pours out the water which its diminished capac
ity cannot hold How singular, yet how simple
is such an arrangement for watering the earth
| -Sc;enfifc AMERICAN. 81 frr
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A STREET CoILoaUY.--An honest Hibernian
trundling along hand-cart containing all DIE
moveables, was accosted by friend VIII
Well Patrick you are onsd m%vlng hs again. a. ses srs
hard. it's dale cheaper hiring hand-carts than
having rints.' -
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"Wasn't that waste of powderi" said
an Irishman to a Kentuckian, who had just
brought coon to the ground, with his rifle,
from large tree. "Why so, Pat Z" asked the
hunter. aSure. the fall would kiIf him.
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is that the second bell 2 inquired gentle
man of sable porter ut a country boarding
house, the other day. No sa, exclaimed the
darkey, dat ain de seoon' ringin' oh de fust bell
we has but one bell in dis house
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-10-07

The human heart is like feather bed-i
must be roughly handled, well shaken, and ex
posed to variety Of turns, to prevent its be
coming hard.
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A WuE's RRToRr.-A clergyman of our ac-
uuaintance, being recently in company where
several ladies were present, his wife among the
number, and the recent crimes OF Mrs. Cunning
ham becoming the subject of conversation, re-
marked, with q sort ofroguish leer, that when
woman fell she was far worse in her conduct
than one of the other sex. "My dear husband,'
replied his wife, 'you will recolect that the
height from which she falls is infinitely greater.
- Tnmb,.idge Chronicle Il
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GA woman is at the bottom of all mischief -
said Joe. "Yes," said Bill, "and when l used
to get into mischief, my mother was at the bot
tom of me.n 3o
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An Irish Confab.

We witnessed scene at the railroad station
short time since, which afforded much amuse'
ment to the bystanders. A very well, and rath'
er showily dressed man, with very prominent
nose, alighted from the cars, and stood watch
ing their departure, when he was bluntly accost.
ed by an old, ragged son Of Erin, "a recent i'm.
portation,) who still retained the trieze coat and
corduroys, and was evidently but little Ameri,
canized, in the following manner: Arrah! an
be me sowl-is this yerself, Mr. O'Nayle2' The
gentleman G) looking first surprsed-and then
shocked-and lastly indignant, replied
'Ye're mistaken, sir-r; mo name is not o..
Nayle.'
'Which2'
Me name isn't O'Nayle.'
IsIl't it now! and ye're not O'Nayle, an yees
didn't come from Skibbereen; an ye're not the
son of the widder Bridget; an maybe Patrick,
poor feller that's dead an gon', weren't ye'er
father, nather2 an ye didn't go to Baltimore wild
the rich intleman, an git Until the rag bizness,
an make power o money; an ye're not an
O'Naylel Well! well be this an be that, this
bates oil out entirely AM d'yees think
wouldn't know yees, Patrick well wud wild
that nose to the fore I'd take the Bible oath
.t'yees in open court before the judge and jury,
an livery sowl that was in it. An so, yere not
an O'Nayle2 well, then, 'tisn't azy denyin' it;
ye're the image o ye're father, SO ye are! but |
see! Oh, shure heerd how grand ye wor, an
what fine jintleman ye wor, an how yees didn't
know poor men at all, at all; an shure tits an
Elegant coat yees have on, SO it is, am very pur
lite yees are, wild yer big looks an delntherin'
ways; divil o one ever seen yet was altered
aqnil to yees; an ye're not an O'Naylea an Pm
thinkin' ye're not an Irishnadn natherl Mebbe
It's a yankee yees are, oil out! divil wan O me
doubts it, an ye're not an O'Nayle; I'll engage
yer aint an Irishman nather AN shure ye're not
an O'Nayle! Might make bould to ak yer
nameG
All this was vociferated very rapidly, and in
tone of deep indignation, as the Jintleman OF
the rag business replied
Me name is Neil, sir-r, but I've no o to the
name' s9s
AN is that it. Ye've niver an 0 to yer
name Did yees lose it after yees KEN to Amer
ikyH
NO. sir-r, did not. / never had an Otto me
name
DO yees tell me that2 Well, thin, I mind
the time, Mr.. Nayle when there was an q to
yer name, big enough to dripe a horse and carl
Mrough- whatsumever ye've done wild it since.
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"Much remains unsung," as the tomcat re-
marked to the brickbat, when it abruptly cut
short his serenade.
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s Be Polite.

| 1t is said that George McDufie, ofSouth Car.
olipa, was very polite even when little boy
One evening he was holding a little calf by the
ears, while his mother MIXED the cow,l and o
lgentleman passing by said, "Good evening, my
little son." .1s5.lt
| George returned, "Good evening, sir" with
such polite bow, that the gentleman noticed
him and said, "Why didn't you pull off Your
hat, my little mani" teg3 a3c ao,iy
| George answered, eff you will get down and
hold my calf for me, will pull off my hat to
you"
Georges politeness and shrewd remark were
the making of him. That gentleman said to his
mother, "Your son is smart boy, and if prop
| eriy trained, will mako great day
If you will permit me, will give George good
education, and give him q start in the world"
| The mother thanked the gentleman for his kind
ness, and let him take charge other son. George
arose from the ears of his calf to the highest
rank in the legal profession {; he was then sent
to the State LegiSlature-then to Congress
then made Governor Of South Carolina
| wish all my little nephews bnd cousins to
be polite A polite bow and Good even
ing, SIR" cost nothing but are sometimes worth
good deal. One courteous bow was worth
fortune to little George McDufie.
| Every D0uy likes pohte cniiuteH' "pieny Poi-
sons will pay attention to such, speak well OF
their good manners, and entertain good opin-
ion of their parents ] fear teachers do not pay
sufficient attention to this subject. They ought
to lecture their pupils at least once aweek upon
'sthe rules of politeness" Little boys and girls
are ignorant Of these rules, and teachers are
proper persons to teach them. The school is
the proper place too, because it is little commu-
nifty afording frequent occasions for the exer-
else Of politeness.
When used to 60 to school, my teacher made
it rule that every boy should make bow and
every girl q curtsey as we entered the door ev-
cry morning, and do the same as we left at
evening And our instructor would invariably
notice us with polite bow, unless he happened
not to see US. like every rule that helps to
refine our manners and improve our hearts
My little readers-scho salute your teach
or every morning with graceful bow and Q
Good morning Mr.. -;;" and at evening, If
convenient, part with him in the same way;
and be polite to everybody, especially to old
| persons. r
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Punch says that every ralnily 20 ought 10 Keeps
kitten to amuse the chho.en; lney snould also
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Speaking of corporal punishment in schools,
said q fair lady, what pupils most to be pitieds
eThe pupil of the eye, because it is aIsoays under
the lash,
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Friendship is silent gentleman that make.
no parade the true heart dances no h0rnp'Pe
on the tongue. afsis
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Should trowsers purchased on o credit, be
considered "breeches of trust2" %
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What causes girl the most pleasure, to hear
herself praised, or another girl run downl
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A hog that is bemired, is never easy till he
has bemired others.