Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

"A little Swedish girl, while walking
withe her father, on a starry night absorbed in
contemplation of the skies, being asked of what
she was thinking, replied, 81 was thinking if
the wrong side of heaven is so glorious, what
must the right side be"
"A noted politician was recently percciy-
ed, by "a friend porusiug the Scriptures. Up,
on asking him what particular portion of the
good book he had selected for examination, he
replied, 81 am reading the story about the
loaves and fishes"
THAT was very pretty conceit of ro-
mantle husband and father whose name was
Rose, who named his daughter "Wid," so that
she grew up under the appclation Of "Wild
Rose" But the romance Of the thing was
sadly spoiled in a few years, for she married a
man by the name Of "Bull.'
Mr.. Albert Smith was the target for
one of Jerrold's keenest and wittiost shafts -
The hero of Mont Blanc was once, in Jcrrolds S
company, not over modcstly insinuating re-
semblance between his own writings and those
of Goldsmith "A great deal of the Smith, but
very little of the Gold," was Jerrod's puhy
and sarcastic comment.
LET woman be decked with all the en-.
bcllishments of art and nature, yet if boidncss
be read in her face, it blots out all the lines Of
beauty.
When the Constitution was formed, every
State tolerated savery-and the "cnroachmcnts
OF the Slave power" have increased the numbers
from thirteen to ftieen-whe the enroach-
ments of the free poieer have increased the
number Of Free States from naught to Seren-
tecn,-Africm Repository
"A merchant of New York, who was on
the verge Of bankruptcy, took a walk, one day,
with his cashier, who had grown rich, and built
several fine houses in fashionable avenue. In
his pride of heart he showed his employer his
palatal dwellings, and asked, triumphanty
What do you think Of that p 81 think" "
said the merchant, after pause, 'that yo~ hail
better take my business, and let me act as cash
ier"
1t is estimated that California will yield
nearly hundred million of dollars of gold dur
ing the present year. 1t is but few years
since the acquisition of California was denounc-
ed by the opponents of the Democracy in the
most violent terms, and the leading papers and
otalcoich vi tiie opposltfJH Uhllcu III uVcldllliE
that the territory was mot worth dollar -
Patriot.
"A LONG RIVER VoYAGr.-TTftv-one
daps on the MiSSouri-The St Louis Demo.
crat announces the arrival at that city on the
2lst inst, of the steamer Twilight, after a tsip
with government stores and Indian goods to
the mouth of the river Aue Tramblc, distance
of two thousand FIVE hundred and twenty miles
The trip occupied fifty one days. The Demo.
crat thinks that such trip as this will serve tc
impart to the denizcns of the Atlantic coas
some true notion of the grand extent of the
great West. We think it will.
"A RETURNED FuGlr1yE-The Augusta
Ca Despatch of Monday, says CA negro
boy, the property Of Mrs. Moran, returned yes
terday on the South Carolina railroad from
Boston, after an absence of eighteen MONTHS
We arc unable to obtain particulars, but lear,
that he became disgusted with the northern
sbolitionists, and returned to his mistress of hi
own accord, preferring slavery and som2thin!
to eat to freedom with starvation. Let ou
black republican friends make note of this"