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HINTS FOR JUNE.-lt requires no writing
to convince the most skeptical that the pur-
slanc is a most nasty weed, and a perfect
nuisance-but we are not quite sure that it
will not require an immense deal of writing
to convince many or rather induce many To
take the only sure method, Except in extreme
dry spells, when the sun Will destroy 1t,
with only hoeing to cut it asunder,) of ul-
timately routing it, in showery or sunshiny
weather. The secret being nothing more
than raking them up after hoeing and cart
ing to the the rubbish heap.
No doubt those who are fearful of doing too
m,uch, will snub this advice, yet tit is the sur
est IN the end, and the willing workman will
find the job not so formidable as it looks, If
lie always accustVln hiiusvlr 20 draw the rake
after the hoe. 1t cleans off all weeds, and
leaves the ground smooth, neat, and tidy.
AspdrdgtS-do not cut after the middle
of June, as it requires all the time after to
prepare for another year. Clean oil all
weeds from the bed, and loosen up the soil
il baked down.
Bcans-Bush.-D not forget to make
sowings Of, for successional crops. In case OF
limited ground, SOW between rows of corn,
ridges Of celery, drumhead cabbage, X.
Cabbage, CGuLfo1rer. Broccoli, and other
similar vegetables-plant at all favorable
occasions, as wet or damp days, and in all
open spaces. There will not be too ma
| by-and-by.
c"''o'S'--ir BY any means tie main croI
| be destroyed, make sowing yet of the Earl,
H0rH, or French Short HOrR kinds these
though inferior in size TO some others, are
second to none in flavor, and they will dc
sown all this month They are also much
priced at table in young state, at any sea
son Of the year, F.. s.
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BIC BANK NOTES We have seen it
stated somewhere that two notes of one
hundred thousand pounds sterling, each, =,
had been issued by the Bank of Eng
land, but we find no mention mace
of it either in Francis History
of the Bank of England or in Law
sons History of Banking, or in 'Gilbart's s
Practical Treatise on Banking As to the
issue of a note for one million sterling, (as
the communication suggests) we cannot find
any one who has heard of such issue.
1t was said some years since that Rogers,
the poet, had one of the above mentioned
notes of Il0O, 900 enclosed in a case and
kept on his mantle piece but even OF this
there is some doubt The only authentic
anecdote of large notes by the Bank, is Of
the issue Of one for $50 900, mentioned in
Lawson's History of Banking, in which it
is said that extraordinary affairs happened
about the year l740. One of the directors,
very rich man, had occasion for $50, 900,
which he was to pay as the price OF an
estate he had just bought, To facilitate the
matter, he carried the sum with him to the
bank, and obtained for 1t bank note. On
his return home he was suddenly called out
upon particular business he threw the
note carelessly on the chimney but when
he came back few minutes afterwards to
lookit up, 1t was not to be found. No one
had entered the room he could not, there
fore, suspect any person. At last alter much
Intellectual search, he was persuaded that 1t
had fallen from the chimney into the fire.
The director went to acquaint his colleagues
with the misfortune that had happened to
him. and as he was known to be a perfect
ly honorable man he was readily believed.
1t was only about fOur-and-twenty hours
from the time that he had deposited his
money they thought that it would be hard
to refuse his request for second bill. lie re-
ceived it upon giving an obligation to restore
the first bill, if it should ever be found, or
to pay the money himself, if it should be
presented by any stranger. About thirty
years afterwards the director having
been long dead and his heirs in possession
OF his tortune) an unknown person pre-
sented the lost bill at the Bank and de-
manded payment. 1t was in vain that they
mentioned to this person the transaction by
which that bill was annulled ; he would not
listen to it, he maintained that it had come
to him from abroad and insisted upon i'm
mediate payment The note was payable
to bearer and the thirty thousand pounds
were paid him, The heirs Of the director
would not listen to any demands for restltu-
tion, and the Bank was obliged to sustain
the loss 1t was discovered afterwards that
an architect having purchased the director
house and taken it down in order to bulld
another upon the same spot, had found the
note in crcvice of the chimney, and made
his discovery an engine for robbing the
Bank.
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elaborotely and gaudily attired in hounces
ana Jewels, were surprised to find the English
lidy IN an cxcessiyely,plain dress, totally free
from all display, glitter and nonsense. Not
single jewel was visible upon her person.
The New ARcrfc ExrEDTloS-Captain
NJ Clintock, the commander Of the new Arc
tie expedition to learn the fate Of Sir John
Franklin, in the following letter gives the
programme Of his enterprise:
" intend to sail about the end Of June,
from Aberdeen and proceed to Barrow
Strait ascertain that the provisions. stores
and boats left Mt Port Leopold and Beech
cg Island by the recent searching expedi-
tons arc in good order, in the event of my
having TO fall back upon them examine the
state Of the ice in Peel Strait, and if
practicable, proceed down it into the un-
known area. Should not succeed here
intend to return to Port Leopold and pro-
coed down to Prince Regent Inlet to Be.lot
Strait and there make another attempt t.
pass into and through the field Of search 10
Nictorl Land, where ! shall winter. and in
the ensuing spring, before the thaw sets in,
complete the entire explorati and search
by means Of sledges drawn by men and
dogs Should ! not succeed in reaching
Victoria Land, will return to Bellot Strait
to pass the winter
The vessel is a three mastcd screw schoon-
cr yacht, with lure.opsaii and topgallant
sail the topsai! reefs from the deck
she is dccItc1ly a chppcr-diagonal built,
lj2 feet long over all, 32O tons, builders
mca- a-urcmcnt, with light draft Of water
trunk engines, Of 80 horse power crew
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Gracious grandmother Art thou that
bloody writcr--companion Of nssassius,
murdcrcrs, irail women, old castles, blue
fire and red, star-spanglcd banners, armor,
horrors, heroes and heroines who thou
each other If so, avaunt =
Five hundred thousand readers tremblc
nt my nod. But listen Men know me
only as Walker the broker. They note the
rise and fall of stocks. They think Pm in
tcrestcd Lady, can Apollonius Daub feel
aught of interest IN such =
go 90 fly from my sight a man
who writes for the Sunday papers =
Saturday Slry, saturday AMI publish
ed two weeks before hand at that. My cot-
icrs are filled to the top. IN dying of
money on the pocket think Of that Will
not that remove the stigma of occupation
Thou only know,-I should say knowest,
that do this--thou only
But the editor, the proprietor the man
who sets up type, mean, and looks dirty.
Even he has never seen me-knOws me
not. | am, as it were, as to speak, almost
II myth
Remain SO to all men. Never in the
hearing of society, say you never wrote a
line to print or If you do. vote it but pas
time something wherewithal to knock
the rosy hour j. tho head Dost take -
Pass me thy solemn promise to this OBJECT,
and am thine.
And he did. And in due time, six months
after date, without deialcation, led to the
hymcnial altar Sarah Ann Strong, for bet
ter ar worse.
The above is all of this beautiful and
highly interesting story that will be publish
ed in our columns. The continuation of it
can only be found in the mental possession
Of the New York author, towards whose abb
iliues all the great writers of England and
America have contributed. You can find
him about lunch time, if you look sharp ,
or he will send you the balance, on receipt
of ten rcd-headed post stamps, solely to
pay lOStaGe.
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WHERE IT HIT HM,-People who take a
newspaper, and let il run from year to year
without paying cent for it, or ever Civ
ing the least evidence that they recognize
the Indebtedness, can't tell how it will bring
them up some day a man in the neigh
borhOod of Portsmouth week or two since
applied to dealer in the city, to hire a
piano forte. The dealer knew nothing of
his customer, but thinking that our friend
Fuller OF the Gazette might know, applied
there, and found that he had taken that
paper seven years without paying a cent
The dealer wrote to him, declining to let
him have the piano forte, on any terms, and
gave the reason, We hope we shall not be
referred to in a similar manner, in relation
to some Of our frienls.
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From THE Mormon COUNTRY David II.
Burr Surveyor General of Utah, has arrived
at his home in Washington. Mr.. Burr
states, in conversation with friends, that
the Mormon Legion is poorly equipped, and
that 200 |. 5. troops would ehectually
oyerawe them. Before he left Utah, the
Mormons had heard Of the intention Of the
Government to send force thither but
they frequently laughed at the idea of the
Government compelling them to obey the
Federal laws, and cited the failure of the
Government to put down the disturbances
in Kansas, as evidence of its ineiiiciencv. lie
suppOses that one-third or One-half of the
Mormons, who are disgusted with Brigham
loung's tyranny, would rise against him,
were they protected by the United States
troops. Mr.. Burr does not apprehend that
the Mormons will show fight 1t is the
duty OF every good Mormon to obey the
church as the higher law and hence the
opinion is entertained that brigham Young
may leave the Territory with large force
OF his deluded followers provided he can
find some other seat for his government
Mr.. Burr says the salt Lake is the meanest
settlement that he ever beheld, everything
having the appearance Of abject poverty.
1Oung's word is law and the oppression
OF the Mormons is cruel. and without re-
medy from the present rulers There are
about fifty Gentiles,' anti-Mormons, }
only, in the Territory, and they are the OBJ
Jects OF bitter persecution.
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SINGULAR OCCURRENCE, In Upton, Frank
lin county, Pa, recently, as a young lad
about twelve years of age, named Reinhart,
was passing along bank of creek, his
attention was attracted to boy still
smaller than himself who was preparing
bats for his hook and line as he was fishing.
All at once the boy manifested great alarm
and fell into the creek. Young Reinhart
procured a pole and thrust it into the water
where the boy had fallen the latter seized
1t and was drawn to the shore Reinhart
then perceived the cause OF the little fellow
alarm, which was that a large black snake,
about four feet and a half in length, had
twisted itself tight around the boys body.
Reinhart Immediately attacked the reptile
with knife, but so tightly did it cling to
its intended victim that he had to insert
the blade hatwise between the boys body
and the snake, and then by a vigorous cut
severed it in two. In doing this, he was
bitten in the finger by the snake, without
however, being much harmed. The snake
had c9iled itself nearly twice around the
boy
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anxious desire to show favor to the peculiar
institutions Of her her sister States-es-
pecially her immediate ncighbor, the
State Of Missouri And how has this com
promise spirit been met by INVASION,
usurpatiOn, rapinc, fire and sword. such
clauses as that which he has sarcastically
said were in our constitution, he.explicitly
desires, in another paragraph, to be in it.
How much more deeply he must feel the in
tcrcsts of Missouri than Kansas, is appa-
rent when he recalls the debt of gratitude
that the people Of Kansas owe the State,
which has stripped our people Of every con-
stitutional right, has involved US in the con-
fusion Of civil discord, and which is trying,
by the aid Of the general government, tO
place its feet upon our rocks to-day.
The first cause Of political struggle in
Kansas was whether Kansas should be Il
free or slave State. After the Invasion Of
lSjj,a still more fearful issue arose whether
the people Of Kansas should have right to
govern themselves. 1t is for this we strug
gle to-day. The rights Of the people, the
glory Of republicansm On earth, the in
tegrlty OF our government, are all wrdrt up
in the issue Truly We can say never was
so momentous II question submitted to the
decision OF any people and we cannot
avoid the alternative now before us, Of
glory or shame The rights Of free pco-
pie we love, tie nion We regard, the in
tegrity Of tho Government we will
maintain. The devotion OF the people
of Kansas to the nion is eyinced by
the stern reality Of their sull.rings and
their endurance. While the great princi-
pie for which we have to contend is to
maintain our rights Of sell-government,
the secondary consideration Of preserving
Kansas as free State is not tJ be
lost sight Of. 1t is Of importance that
the principle Of freedom should prevail,
Not only because the people have willed it,
but because it Is good policy, and, above
all, because it is right Where would be
our prosperity il Slavery was entailed upon
us,
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y O + 7 II Y.
THE THREE CALLERS.
ny CnvRLEs SWAIN.


Morn calcth fondly to q fair body strayins
Mid golden meadows rich with clover dcw'
She calis-but still he thinks of naught save
playing;
And so She smiles, and waves him an adicu
While he, still merry with his nowery store,
Deems not that Morn, sweet Morn, returns no
more
Noon comcth but the boy to manhood grow ing,
Ieeds not the time-hc sees but one sweet form
Ono young fair face, from bower of jasmine glow
ing,
And all his loving heart with bliss Is warm
e. Noon, unnoticcd, seeks the wcctcrn shore,
And man fcrgets that Noon returns no more.
Night tappeth gently at easement cleaning
With the thin freight, fickering faint nnd low,
By which a gray haired mar is sadly dreaming
Ger pleasures gonc--as all Lifc's pleasures go,
F sht calls him to her--and he leaves his door
Silent and dark and he returns no more
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CHAPTER III

is Miss Strong at home inquired Mr.
Walker, as he rung the bell Of the palatIal
mansion of Strong
is it Mister Walker inquired the retail
ncr who, in the absence Of John the waiter,
answered the bell for the Missus bade me
Say she'd see yiz if ye called.
What emotions rushed like wild horses
OF the prairie through MIR Walker frame.
as he heard these words. 'She would see
ne, ME- thought he, as he passed thrO' the
v lde hall and surveyed the hat rack, not
il one peg in particular on which he might
in future hang up his hat-fOr good lie
entered the drawing room, and sent up his
card, They never didup anything SO brown
a. this in the middle ages, said he to him
f. punching the spring-seat OF the soia,
Examining himself and Wh-kcrs in the gpr-
g3ous, full length mirrors, and noting the
c oice display Of objects Of fantasy dis
ayed on every side. Everything comc cei
tncr-here his meditatons were disturbed
b the entrance Of the maiden Sarah Ann,
companied by her duenna, "a little, short
J. gged, asthmatic, rum-eyed lap dog. They
epOke they chatted, they cOnycr,cd.
The rain storm that had passed away was
ijliowed by a terrible thunder storm which
tlcceeded admirably Sarah Ann : fear Oi
ihunder and lightning compelled her to
Icte under the chandelier, aud Nehemiah
Walker occupied the other half. POrten-
fJus position
After the lapse Of several hours, as a
short silence ensued, Mr.. Walker gazed up
ON his fair companion with an earnest, pray,
erIul look, She looked up and met his eye
lalf way, just as they were starting out o.
his head to meet hers. Hers went bach
again, and his continued on, aud II less in
4erested person could not have failed to sc,
Walkers gaze was one Of pure, uuliluted
first rate affection,
Gentle lady - said he, in tone mad
rich and musical by the grand accompani
uent of outside thunder Sarah Ann
love thee with the entire strength OF m
heart Thou art the first maiden who eve
awoke my soul To thee give my poo
heart, with all its su-pirations and Its JOYS
i hope | don't intrude
'Ah, Miah,' thus she abridged his Blbli
cal nomen, you take me by surprise.
know not what to say. Ask Pa
Sary gentle Sary bless thee forever
! fly to execute thy order. In what part a
this palatial mansion does he now abide
But stay, ere yet fly to gain, hope, hi
quick assent, have duty bids me turr
I'LL relieve this oyercharged heart OF Tia
secret Of my existence. Listen Lady, j
Inc you behold ApollQnius Daub D.!
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Ole BULL's SECOND CoNCERT-Was even
better than the first, though not so fully
attended. Apparntly our citizens do not
all of them realize the fact that the second
hearing Of really great musician gives
many times as much pleasure as the first.
The music of Saturday evening was to
our ear choicer than than of the evening
before, We shall not soon forget the
" Mother 5 Prayer, piece of Ole Bulls
own, and full Of his peculiar genus, or
the wild and beautiful strains OF the
q Polacca Guerrero, with which he closed
of course Mr.. Horncastle was funny
again, and Messrs Dressler and Harrison
George satisfactory IN their parts.
The audience made up in enthusiasm
what they lacked in numbers.
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PEMLoUs BALLOON ASCENSION On Thurs
day afternoon of last week Mr. John
Steiner, noted acronaut of phiadelphia.
made an ascension from Erie, which came
near being attended with fatal conse-
queuces. 1t was his intention To cross the
Lake and land in Canada, hut when about
ten miles from the Canada shore, a counter
current struck the balloon, and he was
driven toward, Buffalo rs night was
coming on, his position began to be danger
Gus, and he finally resolved TO descead near
a large propeller that was steaming up the
lake, and run the risk Of being picked up,
The officers of the propeller saw him, and
diyining his il 1ntion, sent out boat, and
picked him up after he had struck the
water and leaped from the car.
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CMApTER LII.


The palatial mansion of John Strong was
situated convenient to the market, and not
far from the opera house-all bodily and
IL entail wants being thus supplied, his lie
o. sscd as a summers morn
Within the drawing-room Of this man
s N, sat a man whose garb bespoke the
possession of lucre. lie was then in the
vicinity of fifty stout and tough wearing
OIL his face a dark smile, and pair Of leg-oi
mutton whiskers. Start, not reader-that
WIS John Strong.
By his side sat maiden who could not
have seen more than nineteen years OF life.
for very simple reason She was OF me-
jun hight. with skin Of almost dazzling
purity, her hair astOnishlngly well bandolln-
ed and her eyes a mild. sweet liquid blue
Her dress, far from being snowy, was OF a
neat. not gaudy, hue, plainly denoting her
rich, talented, accomplished, IN good health,
and of gentle blood and lofty lineage. Such
WAS sara Ann Strong, the only daughter OF
John Strong, Barren of Intellect, and one
OF the merchant princes.
Here she comes, said John Strong,
breaking the silence, by upsettinS an ia'
gcre, on which his feet had been resting,
aud gazing on the large rain drops which
- pattered against the window. Here she
comes, full head. And Dick went out with
nc er an umbrel.
All! sir, said Agnes, cant he get into
an omnibus =
The word omnibus awoke in the mind
Of Mr.. Strong train Of thought, COM
m ,ncing with his ancestor Bardolph Won
Bthammer, and dying out in radiance OF
renown. awakened in his mind by the
proud conciousness Of there being an omni-
bus named after him, having learned this
fact scarcely two hours before.
What are you dressed up so for in
Quired he, waking from his reverle, anC
gazing at his daughter. And on such d
hot night in the do5days. Nobody worth
knowing is in town now nobody knows
or nobody supposes it possible for us to be
IN the city.
'Ah, father, there is one knows that
am here. lie learnt only this morning tina
We had returned yesterday from Nirginii
SPRINGS, and were off tomorrow for Saratoga
BIT during this brief fit he prayed me t
waive ceremony, and permit his calling OF
me- this evening.
Who's the man = inquired her iathel
sIxiously,
Walker . replied Sarah Ann,
What Nehemiah Walker, the wealth.
broker All, he's keen one made ter
thor sand on Long Island the other morn
ing read of the rise in the papers; know
that he holds big handful of that stock
See him, by all means. BY the way, tn
rams over I'll walk up and see your
uncle he's in town yet, And John StrOn
vacated those premises.
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AFFECTING INcIDENT.-During the des
tructiye Hood which visited Ithaca n v,
on the night of June 18th, sweeping away
buildings and drowning several persons, a
woman named llawley, the wife Of a brew
er. living near the river side, heard above
the roaring Of the waters her husband's =
voice IN tones of agony and grief, bidding
her farewell. She looked from the window
but intense gloom met her eye, The night
wore away, and when morning came she
heard that he, with others, had climbed in
to tree near the creek for safety the
plunging torrent had uprooted the tree,
hurled it against an island in mid-stream
and all the human beings clinging to the
tree escaped to the island, except Ilawley,
who was swept down the stream, His life
less body was found in the morning, and
brought home to his sOrrow-stricken wife.
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WHAT WILL Mrs GRUNpr SAY While
Lord Napier, the English Minister, was busy
at Washington, his wife soiourned at the
Gilmore House, Baltimore, The fashion
able circles were ogitated by the presence
of the wife of live Lord and her ladyship
received numerous calls and party inyit-
atiops The American Ladies Of fashion,
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little girl nine years old, having at
tended a soiree, being asked by her mother
on returning how she enjoyed herself, an
swered ! am full of happiness / coudn
be any happier unless | could grow. ,s.ags,
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When an lrshman first tried peaches he
said he liked their hayor, but the seed lay
hard II his stomach
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A shawl recently sold in Philadelphia for
SLABS In the same city women make skirts
iQT six cents each