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BY THEoRIUs.

Ignorance the Cause of Mis(ortune.-u
either half of the world knew half so mncb ot
Its own affairs as the other half preteuds 70
Know, neither half would be half so much ner.
picked by its own halfsuccess.
The " NarrOw Way Of Intellectual Great
neSs.-Were the men of our town to reod less
ana remember mOre-to write least and think
most'--ere long would spring up race of
"m0m nc, 'heir noble sons would proudly say,
mere were giants in those days"
The H"sic Of Heauen and lis Great Com
a"ctor.--'Tis God himself who. seated on His
eternal throne, the centre of the Universe.
holding IN His almighty hand the sceptre of
Love ana Mercy, with it leads that resplendent
choIf OF angels, arch-angels, and glorified spir-
"S-oI prophets, priests and kings-of martvrs
ana ot saints triumphant. " IT'S He who woke
'hoSe hobIests mphonies whose harmonies thrill
lea tie inverse when the stars of the morning
sang together" whose swelling tones, vibrating
10 creation S utmost verge, shall mount higher.
hi9heF' sll!l higher, till Earth's renewed. and
Time shall be no more.'-till Christ. with
himself from Heaven bring Heaven to Earth.
and then-pFophet, priest aud king-bIood-
stained martyr, saint transuted-spirit of the
Just all-pertect made--loving cherub, burnisp
seraPh-angel and arch-angcl glorious-aII, all,
N one mlghty, swelling chorus-IIeaven's
wide arches ringing with Tie glad'ning peal
shall from bursting heart, aud golden harp,
proclaim, GLORY 10 God in The hghest-peace
IN earth--good will to num-"
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ChOice POetru.
A CHILD ASLEEP.
There he lay, upon his back,

There he lay, upon his back,
The yearling creature. warm and moist; with life
10 the bottom of his dimples-to the erds
vi the lovely tnmbled curls about his face;
tor since he had been covered overmuch
10 Keep from the light-glare both his checks
were hot and scarlet as the first live rose
IhS Shepherds heart-blood ebbed away into,
Inc faster for his love. And love was here
As instant. in the pretty baby mouth,
shat close as if for dreaming that it sucked;
Ihe iitlle naked feet drawn up the way
OF nestled hirilings; everything 50 soft 80.
And tender-to the little holdGlst hands, &. ::
Which. closing on a finger into sleep,
Had kept the mould oft.
While we stood there dumb
The light upon his eyelids pricked them wide
Anu staring out at us with all their blue,
As half'Perpexed between the angeIhood
lie had been away to visit in his sleep.
And our most mortal presence.-gradually
lie saw his mothers face. accepting it
la change for heaven itself, with such smile
As mig ght have well been learnt there-neyer moved.
But smiled on in a browse Of eciacy,
So happy (half with her and half with heaven
lie could not have the trouble 10 be stirred,
but SiAiieu aad lay there. AURORA LEIGH
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WHOLE NO., $50.

AN ARTFUL DODGE-An Undertaken Over.
taken.-On Friday evening last, welI-dressed
ana respectable looking man called upon Mr..
Joseph II. Hockey, undertaken, in Second
street, below PhGnix, and desired Mr.. H. to
iurnlsh a mahogany coffin, hearse, carriages
w. ana make such other arrangements as
were necessary for the burial OF his father.
"hoIh he represented as having Just die /; and
adding that, while he wished to bury his father
as became dutful son, in a decent manner
YET II was not prudent that u poor man should
(" oeyond his means, and therefore desired to
Know the probable expense. Upon MIR. Hockey
n'"tH''hs hlu that the expenses would be S29,
'ne DFteaVtd son drew from his pocket-book a
c"eck l"r $s33, drawn by JAS. Montgomery, DE-
on The kenslngton Bank, in favor of James
Rogers, the assumed name Of the dutifnl he
rea'ed, and stating at the same time that. if
possblr, MIR. II. should make the annopnce-
meht or The death in the next mornings Led
ger Mr. H., not dreaming OF any imposition.
handed The afflicted son, 81 80, the difference
between the amount of his bill and the check.
anu haSteaSd to the given residence of the de-
ceased III Second street, above Diamond. for
Tue purpose OF placing the body in ice, and max
'n@ such arrangements as were necessary for
lhe In'erments. Upon reaching the place
named, Mr.. Hockey was informed by the in.
males OF the house that there was no death in
the family, that "they did not want ccfins
t"ere. Mr. H. now began to suspect that he
had been vlctlmlzed, and his suspicious were
soon reaIzed-tOr, the next morning, upon pre-.
Sehtng the check at the counter of the Ken.
sing on Bank, ne was informed by the teller that
no such individual as Jas. Montgomery kept an
account with them. The truth now flashed
upon his mind. The undertaken was taken in
and done tor.'-Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10
Still Another Arctic Expedition,

Or. Hayes, the surgeon of the Kane exne.
dltlon, has published in the New York Yy;b,,no
ms plan Tor another attempt to reach the North
role. tie adopts the geographical ideas # his
Iamented commander as a basis of operation
out proposes to follow the coast line Of the con.
tlnent, instead of that of Greenland. in n ;o,r
ney to the North. He thinks that a vessel of
only hundred tons, with fourteen men. eouip.
ped accordingly to his ideas of what is neces.
sary to health, security, and rapid exploration.
" : be sufficient to accomplish purposes ot rho
highest interest to science. The Doctor ha.
never given US any indication of ability for co NJ
mand; but he has much scientific informstio,
and lessons OF fearful experience in the rn
glon OF night and ice, with courage, fortitude
ana perseverance, which have been thorourhIv
tested. There Is a singular fascination for
some natures IN scenes of peril and hardship-
IL Is dilcuIt 10 conceive how man who has
passed through the awful trials of such TN ex.
petition as that of Kane can desire 10 risk
fepetltloh ot them But Hayes seems 10 be Sc
rlous IN his anxiety for another EXPLORING cam
paIgn. lie asserts that it is possible to greatly
diminish the dangers OF the journey by the
proper equipment Of an expedition Scurvv is
The most terrible enemy to be feared, and the
Doctor thinks that the methods of preserving
meats and vegetables in all their FIRST freshness.
which have recently been discovered, have fur.
nshed preventative for the dreaded disease
The extreme cold, he further contends can be
wlthstood with attention to clothing, fuel, food,
snow houses, and vigorous exercise. Besides
the scientific results TO be obtained, DR.. Haves
says that 1t would be an act of true humanity
to rescue the one hundred and fifty Esqumaux
from their perIlous life at Smiths Sound, and
bring them southwark, to where existence is
easier aud Christianity may spread its blessed
influence among the benighted ones. We are
llkeiy 10 hear more of the proposed expedition.
-Phitd. journal.
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MEETING OF SUGAR PLANTERs.-The Illinois
paper" publish call for meeting OF the cult
Vators OF the Chinese sugar cane IN that State.
10 be held at the Office Of the State Agricultu-
raj Society, IN Springfield, on the 7th day of
January. The Spring field Journal says, that
'he growing OFT sorghum, and the expression
ana manufacture ot lts juice into syrup has been
highly succc ssiul IN Illinois IN the season inst
Closing A comparison of notes by practical
cuit'vators on the subject of this new branch of
agriculture at the North cannot fail t. be both
interesting and profitable.
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

How re Ger TO CoEGREss. following
story Is told by the Mobile Tribune of Judge
HAWKINS, the present Representative to Con-
gress from the State OF Florda--a man, by the
way orlmiul OF genuine wit During the war
with the Florida Indians he commanded n vol.
unteer company. On one occasion thew fell
upon party of the enemy concealed in The
swamp. The Captain sprang upon LOG, with
more valor than dlscretion,) waved his sword,
and cheered his men TO the charge. Just then
he was shot down. One of his officers ran TO
ask If he was much hurt. Not very badly,
said Hawkins, fjust about enough to send me
to Congress The prediction has now been
'EY'I H'I'r p aTKdkala
( fr4fa tn ..t. sr4le
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OF There is nothing Funnier in cocknev
vernacular than Jeames' letter, according to
the veraclous historian Thackeray, when he is
IN doubt which to prefer OF his two lady loves.
Mary Haun or Hangelina. lie writes -
There they stood together, them two young
woman. don't know which is the ansomest:
| couldn't clip comparing myself to a certain
Hannimle I've found it difficult TO make choice
Oelwigst Bundles of A.
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1HE NIGER ExPEDITIoN--The last Euglish
expedition which ascended the Niger, penetra-
TED 3O0 miles further into the interior than INV
ornier one' into vast prairie country, hardly
broken by trees. This party carried a physi-
can who had learned successfully to combat
the fearful African fevcrs. Before the steamer
crossed the bar he commenced giving quinine
10 every man on board, in doses of about six
grams. These were given every day. and this
was c. ntlnued for sixteen weeks, or all the
'ihle thSt the expedition was in the river, and
was even kept up Tor fortnight after it had
crossed The bar again, and was out in the open
sea. The result was that it did moi lose n man
The scourge Of Africa was completely disar.
med.
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

DECLINE or RELIGION IN New ENcLAND.-
IL appears from the published statistics of the
New England Congregational Churches, that
me number OF church-members is Of late wears
an""aiiy decreasing. Thus, in Connecticut
'"e "h"ie number OF church members, which
III l049 was turty-twO thousand and seventy.
had sunk IN 1877 to thiriy-sevcn thousand nine
Huhdrtd and twenty-nine, while the ba aptisms
"i Children reported in those eight wears aver
d"" less than three to each church in the State.
H'Hi'ar Results are noticed in the other New
England churches. The fact may partially he
accounted tor, by the removal of the younp
men to the West; but, in our Judgment il is
o"I"g IN lar greater degree to the course
pursued and the spirit manifested by these
chnlcheS. The pul pits have been degraded TO
Political rostrunls, ard the ministers have been
ousy IN prononnclng anathemas upon party
a"G It's adherents, instead of preaching the pos.
pei OF love and eXempltying the charity that
"suiiereth long, and thinketh no evil" When
'he churches experience religion, we NAV ex-
Pect lhat their number Will increase, and that
Piety Will be something more than name
Buffalo Courier.
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10
Too INau1sIrryr.-CMIdren arc innnisi,ivr

Too INoUIsIrIvE.-Children are inqusitivr
bodles-for instance:
"What does cIeGUe mean atherv'
1t means to unite together
"Does John unite wood when he cleaves
it 7"
"Hem, we'll it means to separate"
wen, father, does a man separate from his
wife when he cleaves to her!''
"Hem, hem, don't ask 30 many foolish ques-
tions, child" ........
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ALL FOR THE BEsr.--Old father Hodge wa,
a queer dick, and in hls own way made every
thing subject rejoicing. HIS sou Ben cam,
to him one day and said
" Father, that old black sheep hus got two
lambs"
Good" says the old man "that's the most
profitable sheep on the farm"
:" But one of ems dead" returned Ben.
"Im glad ont" says the father, :" it will be
better for the old sheep
I" But the t'other is dead too" says Ben.
$50 much the better" rejoins Hodge; "she
will make grand piece of mutton in the fall. 3"
"Yes, but the old sleeps dead, too" ex.
claimed Ben.
dead dead what the old sheep dead :"
cries old Hodge; that's good, darn her; she
was always an ugly old scampr'
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

TRAVEL WEsT.-The statistics of the Penn.
- ivanla Railroad, so tar as the emIg rant train
'S concerned, for the month OF November. shows
an increase "t travel among those who ha We
neen residents of Philadelphia aud it's vicinity.
The organization known as the " Woman's In
dusiral Association has sent, during the past
m"h'h, number OF young women to Indiana,
Illinois, and other States, west of PIttsburp. .
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

81 1t was told, as a good natured Joke, of
an old doctor, that being OH a visit 10 village
where he had spent the earlier part of his life
IN practice, he one morning before brea kfast
went into a church yard near the house where
he was stopping. Breakfast being placed upon
the table, the doctor was inquired for 81 be-
lleVe," said the servant, who had seen where
he went, that he has gone to pay visit to
some OF his old patients"
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

GA Clergyman, who was coasoilng :
young widow on the death oi n"r husband
spoke in a very serons tone. rema rkng that he
was "one of the few. Such jewel OF a hus-
band--you cannot find his equal, you well
know" To which the sobbing fair cne re-
piled, with an almost broken heart, I'm bet 1
willr't .19 ~ - y.@.i slt1 .si4..ttG
milo 9irt fa 4,f-.... .ft...
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

PoETICAL FEET.-rhe following doppsrel
conundrum is really capi'al:
"Can you tell me why
A deceitfuI eye
Can better descry,
Than you or /,
Upon how many toes
pussy cat goes T.
ANSWER.
"The eye Of deceit
Can best count-er-teit;
And SO, suppose,
Can best count her toes"
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

HARD TINES IN NEBRAsKA-A letter from
Omaha City, November 10Th, says:
Gold is worth % per cent in exchange for
city scrip. aud nearly as much for other cur.
rrncy. Eastern drafts can hardly be had az
any rate" @ : - -
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

TOMBSTONE PRAISE DIR. Peitigrew has pnt
llshed In London . collection OF epnphs. under
the title OF chronicles OF the Tombs'' Tn,
nest' those possessing til" grace of "a pprop-iate
ness or OF literary beauty, have become house.
hold words Some Of the more quaint NAV
provoke smile. Here IS a droll one. drou in
Is orthography, a least:
Two sweeter babes you mare did see,
Than God amity geed to wee
But they wur otaken we agur fits
And here they I've as dead as ntts.
On Robert Trollop architect ofthe EXCHANGE
and town hall of Newcastle:
Here lies Robert Trolop
Who made yon stones roll up
When death took his sou! up
His body filled this hole up
On Ann Jennings, the mother of an immense
family:
some have chIIdren-some have none-
Here lies the mother of twenty-onc.
In Oxiordshire Mr.. Pcltlgrew has found:
Here lies the body of JOIN Eldred,
AT least he will be here when he is dead
But NOW at this time he is alive,
The fourteenth OF August sixty FIVE.
Quotations might be multiplied but tn,
style OF thing should be taken in exceedingly
small doses.
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Rearing Bows,
:. We submit the following in four cha apters, as
II has such capital local application lust now.
and may be read with profit by many:
CHAPTER

"' SUN capital local application Just now,
ana may be read with profit by many:
CHAPTER l.
w nat stay at home tor that squain younp
one! Catch me to-" And the voung 1othrr
threw on bonnet aud ,h-wl aud hummiu, =
gay air, sauntered out na u promenade One
ana another bowed and smiled as she moved
along, flushed. trluup phani and beautiful.
young man met her just @ she was passing the
shop OF a well-known i,m.
"Ah! out again, DenJh,' h. said earnestly.
Where is Charley -
"Wlth Hannah, of cnurse Yon don't OK.
pect ct, me TO tie myself to hr,'' she returned
The young man's face grew cloudy. "No.'
he returned, with a halfsnh: " but can't bea ?
to have him left with Servants
ooh! well, can," she said, aud with r,.
dlant smile left her husba I'D hard at work, and
fitted Oh.
CHAPTER IL.
"Answer all his quesrionsl make mvsoIf q,
slave, as should be obliged to! Oh, no; can't
think of it. If give hun his breakfast and
plenty OF playthings, | consider my duty done,
| don't believe in fussng over children; let
mem hnd out things as they grow up"
1beres the danger" replied the old lady.
casing plying look upon the richly en-
oroidered cloak her sons wife had bent over ali
day; they'll find cut things that RUN them un.
less the mother be constantly impartIng the
right kind of knowledge"
"Oh, you want to make him piece of per.
lection like his father; we'll, | can't say do
den like these fautless men. See-now
isn't the Contrast beautiful Come, here Char.
ley, lovely; he shall have the handsomest cloak
IN the whole city,
CHAPTER Ill
segar! bless me, what boy, and ooly
twelve Are you sure you sn W hun smoke it |
Well dare say it made him suck enough: bow, !
will be boys, you know"
" Yes, but to think you should allow him t.
90 to the theatre without my knowledge !" aud |
the husband groaned
" Dear me! why what fret you are in; do
et The child see something Of Tie world
CHAPTER "
" In jail my Goa! bu.1and--not our hoy -
Yes, IN jail. for SieGiiHG!
"Not our boy nof oar Charley 10. II c.n
lot be Let me dle-KIil me--buI dutit tel
nc our Charley Is lhIcl."
The boy was sentenced to the State prison.
md the mother may yet be carried to the Ia.
latic asylum.-Cin. Gazette.
Smyrna times., 1857-12-10

The fuMBLENs.-''Tiss strange muttered a
young man, as he staggered Eou4e from a sup.
per party how evil cemua1rslai.vns corrntt
good manners I've been surIounaed by lull :.
blers all evening, and now rm tumbler my.
ssle'
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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-23
THE MEMPHIS APPEAL.

This able and efioicnt organ of the democracy
came to us yesterday in enlarged form. The ed-
tors of the Appeal, in noticing this substantial evil
dence Of increased prosperity and influence, mod
cstly observe:
90 II may have been thought by some that our Daily
a.ready large enough, but found it impossible to
do Justice both 10 readers and advertising
Our enlarged sheet will enable us to accommo-
date both aud shall have it in power to supply
subscribers with larger variety of reading matter
Besides iccl desire that the Appeal shall 20 forth to
the world proper and faithful reflex of the great and
growing prosperity of city, well as index of
the onward and upward march of democracy.
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THE BELGIAN EMEuTE.

The Journal Of Commerce publishes the following
extract of letter from young American, who was
an eyewitness of the late emeute in Brussels, to
friend in this country,
You will doubtless have read about the disturbances
in Belgium, but all you will read in the papers rey
atyeyated in the midst Of the greatest gathering
and was thus eyewitness to the exceeding good order
Of the crowd lis true, i'm two there
few and worry few panes of glass broken but the bet
ter class of ie community being ut the head of the
ment nothing In the way Of real violence reasonably
to be feared and instead OF the Belgian people sinking
In my estimation in consequence OF these demonstrations
quite tbs contrary is the case They have shown the
government THAI ~hile they good wabidng peo
Die they will not submit to the axc being laid at the
root Of their liberties grand principle involved in
the qncso in dispute and Ind the law passed, and no
revolution taken place. It would only have been post
poning knife cut for future sabres cash. am glad
tile whole matter has been qustd, at least for the pres
emit, by the wise action of tho King 9
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-T7| FfoM ttt N. y. Ikita OF JuHV II
LATER FROM MEXICO.


Through the poteness of the officers OF the schooner
James j. Day, which arrived at this port yesterday
ming, have received files from the city of Mexico
to the 30h The intelligence of attempt in that city
to overthrow the government Of Comonfort, and to
establish that of Santa Anna, is fully confirmed. The
Sglo Dsz Nuere says that upon receiving information
concerning this ewconspiracy thegoveno tho 2Gth
ut, surprised and effected the arrest Of the members Of
the committee who preparing their plans ia edu
cationa seminary under the direction of lady named
Mcaea Arroyo Senior Baz, when entering, was to
give the sign and countergn agreed upon between the
consprators. The following persons arrested
the spot: Vicente Perez 1reja, captain OF Inyplids
Manuel Aguiar nephew Of the late minister Of Gober
nacon Don Isidro LAWN, bpanard Don Lorenzo
Voss, Spaniard Pedro Romero lieutenant of police
Captain Francisco Castillo captain of Balderas Doin
go Herian the individual who committed by order Of
Cavo the robbery of the express train in San Luis Pc
dro Vclez Antonio Rubulcaba dc Riso b-lieutenant
Don Jose Aozoa, lieutenant of police and brotherin
law Of the governor Don Manuel Eva, lieutenant Of po
lice Don Jose M Moreno, cxcoionel Don Vicente
1apio ex-coloncl Don Jesus Soria an cx-captain
and several other officers Many succeeded in efecting
their escape. Various documents were found in their
possession among which wlrc letters from Alaro and
Santa Anna, which prove, beyond doubt the treason
able designs Of the party Several of the cuprits
and have been set free after swearing allegiance to the
tabshed government They have been attached to the
chain-gang, and will be sent off to Ynpatan.
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OFFICE OF THE CONSOLIDATED LOTTE-
RES OF MARYLAND.

The following the drawn numbers d sc Maryland Consolidated
Lottery for the benefit Of ssqucanna drawn
June ~, 1857: sNN fH
3 &c GO so 81 80 67 &C 80 50 CT "a 25
The following the drawn numbers OF The
Lottery for the benefit Of Carroll county &C. class
June IL, 1857: aH rfi
&c 33 "a 81 CD ~ 20 81 G5 80 10
The following Of Patapco Lot
terry, class lao drawn juno is, 1867;
G7 IA 1 rs sc SO 2s so GO Al 40 25 Gs
The following the drawn numbers Of The Maryland Consolidated
Lottery for the benefit f okomokc river
ID, 1857
IL 80 65 rs Is % IS so FL "a &c 40
The following tho Of the patasco Institute Lot
terry, class 1l1, drawn june TO- 1857;
26 46 Is Al 7 "a - 7s 20 81 G3
Tho following the Consolidated
Lottery Maryland for the benefit Of the Consolidated
Maryland, class Is drawn Juno 10 1857. tfsss*t
80 70 2 sc 80 CT 40 Is Q 65 Gs
The following tho Institute lot
tory, class lt2, drawn june 20, 1857
20 80 80 ~ 7G SIS SO 65 62 rs
y. II Mcfnnr, Commissioner.
juno 30 1t
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Clerks to District Land Officers The newly appointed
register of district land office having recently advised
the General Land Office that he had appointed clerk,
who had taken the necessary oath Of Office ut the same
time requesting that the acts Of such clerk in his hc
registers should be regarded official has been
informed that under circumstances whatever could the
acts Of clerk be regarded official his signature to
official papers be permitted recognised there being
authority of law for land officer delegate his powers
to another and such acts could not be sanctioned This
Is in accordance with long established rule Of the de
partment. .saa
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Modern Languages.
DROFESSOR DANIEL f. GROUX having retur

DROFESSOR DANIEL Il. GROUX having return
ed Washington with the intention permanently
United offers his services the clerks
employees other who wish
and grammatical instruction In the
French Spanish Wishing
charges he has formerly been during his Ave
IN either Of these
guages a, moderate prizes wishing Join these
requested TO lraye DYSON Tharmaccutlst
No ivapa avenue.
Colleges scholastic institutions who wish
vance efficient teacher who
Washington Europe with highest testimonials will
10 Pref Daniel Grcpx, post Office Washington
vatc classes formed particular neghboocs by either
gentlemen fNtt June 1s--1m