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FIGHT IN EVANSVILLE, IND, BETWEEN WHITES AND
NEGRoss.-The Evansville, (Ind.,) Journal of tho
9th ult, notices desperate afray which occurred
there two nights before the result of the thieviax
and other depredations of the negroes. The por-
ton Of the white citizens had determined to drive
them off, and the blacks had procured rifles and
loop-holed their cabins for defence The Journal
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The Indian Chief.

OR, THE TEST OF MOTHERS CONFIDENCE.
One Of the frs: settlers in West New
York was Judge W, who established
himselfin Whitestown, about four miles from
Utica. He brought his family with him,
among whom was widowed daughter with
an only child--a fine boy about four years
old. You will recollcct that the country
around was an unbrokep forest, and this was
tho domain of the savage tribes.
Judge W saw the necessity of keep,
ing on good terms with the Indians, for lie
was nearly alone he was completely At their
mercy. Accordingly he took every oppor:u-
nifty TO assure them Of his kindly feelings,
and to secure their good will in return. Sew
eral of the chiefs came to see him, and all APP
peared pacific. But there was one thing
that troubled him; an aged chief of the
Oneida tribe, and one OF great influence,
who resided at distance of dozen miles,
had not yet been TO see him, nor could
he ascertain the views and feeling Of the
sachem in respect to his settlement in that
region. At last he sent him message, and
the answer was that the chief would visit
him Oil the MORROW.
True to his appointmentthe scahem came
Judge W received him with marks OF
respect, and introduced his wife, his daugh-
ter and little boy. The interview that fol-
lowed was interesting. Upon its result the
Judge was conceived his security might de-
pend, and he was therefore exceedingly anx-
ious to make favorable impression upon
the distinguished chief. He expressed his
desire to settle in the country, to live on
terms of amity and good fellowship with
the Indians, and to he useful to them, by
introducing among them the art of civiliza-
tion.
The chief heard him out and then said
/" Brother, you ask much, and you promise
much. Wha: pledge can you give Of yoar
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JAistrllaururlG Rraaing.
CHARLEY'S MES,
Or, How His Hat Troubled Him.
ny HAZEL GREEN, ESQ.

When was young lad, just begin
ming to think about the girls" said Charley,
IL was monstrous pious, and went to meet
ing every Sunday but l have since come
TO the conclusion that it was not as much
soul" as it was for the sake Of gazing about
the room, and thinking to myself which
girl was the prettiest, and which | would
rather marry.
"Well, ono day singled out girl who,
thought, eclipsed all creation for beauty /;
in fact, 1 was soon head-over.heels in love
with her. But few minutes sufficed for
me to form resolution to see her home,
pop the question, aud, if possible, TO strike
a bargain Immediately. was all in a
tremble. The sermon seemed n week long,
and very uninteresting. Many, no doubt,
were pray ing for their neighbors, and their
neighbors' children, but with me it was
quite different, l was praying for the meet
ing to break.
At length the meeting did break, and
broke with it for my hat {; but, TO my sur
prise and modification, could not find it
until after the object Of my affections had
gotten so far the start Of me, that it would
nave TCpUiicu iuitC oh Shoit W ha'o o'Ci'
taken her. Besides, there was another con-
sideration--my hat had been under foot.
and was so badly soiled, that ! was rather
ashamed to be seen with it on. Taking all
these things into consideration, Tresolved to
wait for the next opportunity.
From that time | was a changed chap.
could think Of nothing but the girl | had
seen at meeting, except it was that Of per-
suading the governor to buy me a new
suit of Sunday clothes. The old lady sided
with me in this last particular, and, between
US both, we succeeded in carrying our points.
I was rugged out in style-cloth coat, satin
vest, cashmere pants, and, TO crown all, q
beaver that cost five dollars.
This WI ix things" thought I "could
I but see her now, might sci her down as
mine"
In few evenings, there was prayer meet
ing at f" Union meeting house." and !, with
my new fixings, wended my way tbnher /;
not, however, until my mother had given
me much good advice concerning the man
ngement Of my rev rigging-more particu-
larly the head, as I, but short time before,
got my old one crushed up at meeting.
had not been in the meeting house long,
before her whom most anxiously expect
cd, came in; and from thence, until the SER
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OF P O III A r EV ENTS.

twas but a moment, and the glorious game
rolled on.
Mr.. Webster once said Of an eminent
Bostonian, who is still living, that :" it was
a prodigious pity he had no single taste
whose qualification would take him out of
his hot-air library into the open air.
Webster's own massive mental wear could
never have been manufactured except by a
sound mind in sound body, mems sana
in corpore sano" There has been some
discussion lately about his using tobacco.
He used it. but only for very short season.
But what lie did use permanently. as is well
known, was out of door exercise in every
form. Even horseback riding. which was
not peculiarly favorable to his habit Of body.
was nevertheless quite favorile exercise
with him, even till an advanced period Of
life. Another of our Massachusetts great
men, John Quincy Adams, used to take very
long walks before breakfast, when he was in
Congress, and, in the dead of winter, would
have the ice of the Potomac cut to enjoy his
daily river bath.
Frederick the Great used to declare that
nature evidently intended mankind for
postillions," because she had made exercise
OF W tlc ldSS, pub hcI Oiliy
mistake was that she had not arranged to
have men born on horseback.
1t was, doubtless, one very great cause OF
the intellectual and martial supremacy oi
the classic Republics that they were composed
Of physically vigorous citizens. Everybody
was athletic; everybody wrestled, or ran, Oh
boxed. The Olympic Stadium and the
Campus Martius fed The life,springs of tneir
respective States. There was no beauty
which was not we'll developed and vigorous
1t was as much part of the daily routine
for the youth TO put their muscles into mi
mic battle as it is with us 10 put our teeth
in play at dinner.
We, as people, are said to be degenera
ting in physique. There is still, however
much difference in bodily proportions and
Development in favor of Dostonans as
against New Workers. We trust the differ,
ence may be increased, and that the Athens
Of America may be Athenian in the rugged
and healthy stature of its children, no less
than in careful culture Of their minds.
Boston Traveller.
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" Come Back Soon.

Such was the exclamation that reached
our ears as we passed along street in East
Baltimore, an evening or two since. The
speaker was neatly dressed woman, young
and beautiful. The person to whom she
spoke these simple words. in deep tones Of
affection, was finely formed man, in the
morning of life. But what caused her tears
to flow q Alas we could no. fail to per-
ceive that the being to whom she had given
her young heart. and who promised to love.
protect, and cherish her, was victim of the
tyrant-Rum. "Come back soon." With
a halfsuppressed oath, the promise was Civ.
en- as he hastily bent his steps towards his
usual haunts Of dissipation. "Come back
soon" was again sobbed out from break.
ing heart, rs we resumed our walk. After
our evening meal we repaired to the house
Of n friend, whom we had promised to visit.
The time'few by rapidly in familiar converse,
and the hour Of midnight had sounded ere we
parted. The streets were almost deserted.
and as we passed low groggery the sound
of drunken revelry was heard within. A
man staggered into the street, followed by a
woman. They wer, the same we saw at
early evening. "Come back SOON" hnx.
iously she listened for his welcome step
How long the hours seemed 10 her waiting
heart as she watched for the loved ones re.
turn
Midnight came at last, but no husband
Hastily throwing on her shawl, she wanders
through the streets, needless of the passers
by, and even penetrates the haunts of vice to
save the being she loved better than life
Fondly she clasped The degraded being, who
was about to repuse her, when she exclaim.
ed, " DO come home, William; left Ellen
all alone!' Little Ellen p Those two
words found a way to that mans heart
He hesitated, and, drunk as he was, his
eyes grew moist. Still closer did that wife
cling and he was about to accompany her
when miserable looking man staggered ur
and said, as that you, Billl-why, YOU
are stranger. Come, let us 60 and take q
drink, and talk over old times" The tempt
alton was strong-there was a fearful strng.
gle in his bosom. Again the invitation was
given. lie was about to yield, and had al.
ready moved step towards the door, when
his devoted wife uttered through her tears
4" Ellen-our child ~ The chord was touch
ed, and, with resolute No !" to his tempt
er, which sent thrill Of JOY to that wo
mans heart, he turned towards his home
Who can tell what fears agitated that wife.
bosom on their homeward journey, as thai
husband vowed to drink no more We saw
them enter their own cottage, and, quicken
ing our steps, we soon reached our humbl,
lodging. "Our child |" Simple words
but they have perhaps saved human soul
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Physical Observation-Disclosures Exercise.

We are glad TO see the youths Of Har
ward are beginning again their rowing
matches. The smooth surface of the silver
winding river Charles is now frequently dot.
ted with their long light clippers, crawling
over the water with their six oars like so
many six legged caterpillars. Hardly any
out-of-door exercise is more attractive and
beneficial to men than this. The fresh ex.
hilaration Of the free air and pleasant scenes
through which the rowers on river glide,
are worth cart load of health "panaceas."
II would be well if the youth cf our city
took more advantage Of our water facilities
for pleasant exercise. The 4th of July re
gattas have turned the attention Of some 10
it, and, If it could be much increased, the
river Charles might become fountain Of life,
giving vigor to our worn, hard thinking
brains.
In England, the Thames is dotted with
tie g four oars" aud six Osrs," and ;he
"pair Of oars" as on fine evenings they skim
the stream. cheered by the smile of beauty
and the hurrahs Of tie interested spectators.
But rowing is only one Of the means of
physical education at the disposal of Bosto
mans. Our glorious park of forty acres /;
that undulating Common those tower
ing trees, through whose tracery you catch
frequent beams from that western horizon
which "opes to the sunset a gateway of
gold :" this broad surface invites the early
morning game Of ball or the twilight game
Of cricket. Football used to be, "when we
were boys together" a grand stimuIant to
all the powers Of masculine development !;
and il blackened shins and bruised heads
sometimes broke the harmony Of the sport,
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Ripples on the Sea of Reading.

A JEST carried too far brings home hate
or scorn.
In trifles, infinitely clearer than great
Deeds actual character is displayed.
THERE is nothing like fixed steady aim,
1t dIgnlties your nature, and insures success.
Why is love like ducks lega Because
1t is often hid in the breast.
BETTER be upright with poverty than
wicked with plenty.
PRIDE breakfasted with Plenty, dined
with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.
The good heart, tie tender feeling, and
the pleasant disposition make smiles, love
and sunshine everywhere.
BE always at leisure TO do good never
make business an excuse TO decline the of.
fees of humanity.
FEAR unruly passions more than the ar
rows of an enemy, and the slavery of them
more than the fetters Of a copqueror.
Coon is stronger than evil A single
really good man in an i'll place is like y
little yeast in gallon Of dough ; il can leav-
en- the mass.
LOVE is like river-if one channel be
obs!ruated, it seeks another kisses and can.
dy given child CT six, are often meant Eoy
her sister Of sixteen.
LADIES are like watches--pretty enough
to look at--sweet faces and delicate hands
but the d to regulate when once
set "agoing."
WHEN daughter remarks: "Mother,
would not hire help, for | can assist you to
do ali the work in the Kitchen" set it down
that she will make good wife.
II you can but tune passions, and reduce
them to harmony bv reason, you will render
yourself as pleasant and easy as the birds
and beasts were in Orpheuss theatre, when
they listened to his harp.
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5rlrrtra purtry.
Home Without a Mother.

Home without q Mother.
What is home without mother2
What arc all these joys we meet!
When her loving SMILES no longer
Greet the coming of our feet.
The days seem long, the nights are drear,
The time rolls slowly on;
And o how few are childhood's pleasures
When her gentle care is gone.
Things we prize are first TO vanish;
Hearts we love to pass away,
And how soon even in our childhood,
We behold her turning grey;
Her eye grows dim, her step is slow,
Her joys Of earth are passed,
And before we learn to know her,
She hath breathed on earth her last.
Other hearts may have their sorrow;
Griefs that quickly die away;
But mother lost in childhood,
Grieves the heart from day 10 day;
We miss her kind and willing hand,
Her fond and earnest care,
And o how drear is life around us
What's home without mother there
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A GOOD ExAMPE.-Many years ago, i'm
an obscure country school in Massachusetts,,
an humble, conscientious boy, was to be
seen and it was evident to all that his
mind was beginning to act and thirst for
some intellectual good. He was in search
OF useful and practical knowledge. Next
we see him put forth on foot to settle in a
remote town in the State, and pursue his
fortunes there as n shoemaker, his tools be-
ing carefully sent on before him. In q
short time lie is in business in the position
OF country surveyor Of Litchfield county,
Conn, being the most accomplished mathe-
matician in that section Of tie State. Be-
fore he Is twenty-five years Of age, We find
nm supplying the astronomical matter of
an almanac in New York. Next he is ad-
mitted to the bar, self fitted lawyer
Next he is found on the bench of the Su-
preme Court. Next he becomes member
OF Continental Congress. Then he is a
member OF the Committee Of Six to form
the Declaration of Independence. He con-
tinued member of Congress for nearly
twenty years, and was acknowledged to be
one of the most useful men and wisest couu-
cillors of the land. At length, having dis
charged every office with perfect ability,
and honored in his sphere the name of a
christian, he died, regretted and loved by
State and Nation. This man was Roger
Sherman. We take particular satisfaction,
now and then, in chronicing the career of
such men, and holding them up as bright
examples for the outh of the present day
10 follow.
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End of a Beautiful Woman.

The celebrated Lady Hamilton was dis.
tngushed almost above every other woman
of her age for personal beauty. Her accom-.
plishments were scarcely inferior to her
beauty. She was skillml in music and
painting, she had exquisite taste, and her
features would express every emotion BY
turns. The only occasion on which Bedford,
of Fonthill Abbey, threw open his splendid
mansion to company, was when Lady Ham
ilton, along with Lord Nelson, visited il.
All that the wealth of the princely owner
could furnish was provided to give splendor
to the scene. The grounds were illuminat-
ed by lamps and torches, and the interior
Of the apartment was blaze of jewelry and
gold and silver. Spiced wine and confec-
tionery in golden baskets were handed
round to the company. A numerous party
was assembled, and Lady Hamilton shone
the envoy Of them all. Attired in a rich
costume, she entered with golden urn in
her hands, and rected some verses, which
the company were far too polite not to ap-
plaud. spoken, as they were, by one who
had such influence over the hero of the hour.
No one was there to tell her all this was de-
ception that sin surely carries its own pun
ishment with it, and that the pleasure she
was pursuing was a vain shadow! Thir.
teen years after the banquet at Fonthill had
taken place, a lady buying some meat for
her dog, at butchers stall in Calais. was
thus accosied by the butchers wife" All,
madam, you seem benevolent lady, and
up stairs there is poor English woman who
would he gla1 Of tile smallest piece of meat
you are buying for your dog" Who, then,
was the grateful recipient Of such humble
aims Alas it was the beautiful Lady
Hamilton. After the death Of Lord Nelson,
deserted by those who had fawned upon her
in prosperity, she gradually became impov
erished, and died in wretched lodging at
Calais. Her property consisted only Of
few pawnbroker's duplicates. Her body was
put into a common deal box, without any
inscription; and over the praised ofstatesmen,
warriors, poets and artists, the funeral SER
vice was read by an officer of half pay
Such was the end Of the beautiful Lady
Hamilton.
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Praise Your Wife.

Praise your wife, man; for PHYS sake
give her little encouragement, it won't
hurt her. She has made your home com
Portable your hearth bright and shining
your food agreeable for PHYS sake tell her
you thank her, if nothing more. She don't
expect it; it will make her eyes oren wider
than they have for these ten years, but it
will do her good for all that, and you too.
There are wany women to-day thirsting
for the word of praise, the language of en-
couragement. Through summers heat and
winters toll they have drudged uncompIain-
ingly, and so accustomed have their fathers,
brothers and husbands become to their
monotonous labors, that they look for and
upon them as they do the daily rising of
the sun and its daily going down. Homely
every day life may be made beautiful by an
appreciation of is very homeliness. You
know that if the floor is clean manual labor
has been performed to make it so. You
know that if you can take from your drawer
clean shirt whenever you want it, some
body's fingers have ached in the toll of max
ing it so fresh and agreeable, so smooth and
lustrous. Every thing that pleases the eye
and the sense has been produced by constant
work, much thought, great care and untiring
efforts, bodily and mentally.
1t is not that manr men do not appreci.
ate these things, and feel flow of gratitude
for the numberless attentions bestowed upon
them in sickness and in health, but they are
SO selfish in that feeling. They don't come
with a hearty "why, how pleasant you
make things look, wife )" or II am obliged
to you for taking so much pains" They
thank The tailor for giving them fits - they
thank The man in the full omnibus who
gives ,hem seat they thank the young
lady who moves along in the concert room in
short, they thank everybody and everything
out Of doors, because it is the custom, and
come home. tip their chairs back and their
heels up, pull out the paper, grumble if wife
asks them to take the baby, scold if the fire
has gone down; or, If everything is just
right, shut their mouths with smack of
satisfaction, but never say to her &" thank
yoa."
/ tell you what, men, young and old, it
you did but show an ordinary civility to-
:, ards these common articles of housekeep-
ing, your wifes if you gave the one hun
dred and sixteenth part of the compliments
you almost choked them with before They
were married If you would stop the badin-
age about who you are going 10 have when
number one is dead, (such things w,fes may
laugh at, but they sink deep sometimes y if
you would cease TO speak of their faults,
however banteringly, before Others, fewer
women would seek for sources of happiness
thai your cold, so-so.ish affection. Praise
your wife then, for all good qualities she
has, and you may rest assured tina; her dc
fciences are fully counterbalanced by your
own.
s$OS~
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NUMBER l3.
disappointment.

l built for myself n palace wherein 70
dwell. Its foundation was placed upon
friendship; the beautiful columns of Hope,
entwined with the variegated blossoms Of
truth and affection, enclosed its spacious
halls. Its walls were spangled with the
brilliant buds Of trust and condolences
Faith. with beaming eyes, looked kindly
down upon the airy structure.
l entered in but while my footsteps were
yet lingering on the threshold, the building
trembled. In sudden weakness grasped a
column for support; it receded and the
flowers surrounding it fell whitening to the
ground. then gathered the fresh tempting
buds, which clothed with their rich bright
ness the wall; these, at ,east, 1 unused, will
not deceive; though they may fade, yet will
their fragrance remain. Alas when nv
hand Enclosed it, it was filed with ashes {;
the perfume had also departed. While l
stood grieving at the altered aspect Of the
home fondly thought would have received
me as its inmate, the palace fell in ruins at
my feet; and bowing down in agony, I wept.
When those tears subsidized the shadowy
form of faith slowly advanced, and holding
in her hand q cross, said, Daughter, grieve
no more; take this talisman, and guard it
with jealous care. 1t will not fade like the
flowers, neither like the buds will it crumble
in thy grasp. 1t is more valuable than jew
els, more precious than gold. Take it; it
will teach thee to build mansion, and TO
lay the foundation Of it on the Rock of Ages.
home Of joy and peace, wherein thou
shalt rest forever Warerly Magazine.
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HopE--ths star that cheers usin adversely
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PASSION and reason are kind Of civil
war within us, and As the one or the other
hath dominion, we are either good or bad.
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EVERY moment Of fine is monument Of
mercy.
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aud looks down. Shall lie leapl No! six
teen stories is a height to appal the braves,.
Destruction in front, destruction in reai! to
he roasted or smashed!-dreadf the al.
Tentative, Wiliam-vain the hope of es-
cape! And now the problem, which he
dare Tot solve for himself, is solved for him.
The woman from behind casts her arms
about his neck with frantic gesture. and
both faIl back into the room. Higher rush
the rejoicing and victorious flames, arching
their crests aud --ackling jnyou,ly, till the
walls crumble and sink, burying in their
ruins the ashes Of the Budy.sna,chers.