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LINES,

LINES,
WRITTEN AFTER WATCHING BESIDE DEATH-CoUCn
BY ELOISE.
.sThe master is come and calleIh for thee"
II. calleih for thee thou whose sunny hai
Floats in the freshness Of life morning air.
Before whose ardent gaze thy onward way,
All lush'd in beauty, lies in bright array;
lie calls for thee in every passing hour
By every movement of Almighty Pow'r.--
By every orb that gems the skies,
And every flower that in thy pathway lies,-
By the young Spring, whose dewy buds appear,
Frirging the mantle of the early year;
The fervid Summer, round whose tresses gay
The glowing sunlight falls, the breezes play;
And glorious Autumn. in her mantle bright
Rch with intermingng shade and light;
And fearful Winter, when with icy BREATH
He folds the conquered year i'll the cold grasp ofdeath
lie calleth for thee thou whose steps have trod
The midway summit, nor have sought thy God--
Where is the promise of Lile's early day.
How has thy morn in folly sped away -
Soon will thy glowing cheek turn pne with care,
Soon will thy brow Times snowy plumage wear.
S on will The silver cord discovered fly,
The gol len bowl in scattered fragments lIe,--
The hour oil .nercy paSt-thy spirit gone
A trembling stranger TO the dark unknown.
lie caleth for thee thou whose carried barque
Floats DER the turbd waters, still and dark;
Where is thine anchor !-where thy trust and stay,
When these dissOlving skies shall pass away!-
See! all around. the heavng waves are dim
Wlh liie's declining shadow. Then to Him
Who gave the precious morn and noOnIide ray,
Give thou lIfe's evening, ere it pas away,
And the dread midnight close around thy path,
R,bcd in the fiery lightuings of Ills wrath.
DOVER 1858
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HAvELocK's DEATH.-llis ilustrious COM
panlon, Sir James Outram, having called, he
thought 1t right TO say to him what was then
upon his mind. For more than forty years."
was his remark to Sir James, " for more than
forty years | have ruled my life that when
death came | might face it without fear'---
Often had they faced it together, even during
that recent memorable advance Tor the relief Of
Lucknow. There, however, God had averted
1t; but here 1t was present in all its power, and
must be met. I" So be it," was the mperturbed
response of Outram's comrade; {" am not in
the least afraid. To die is gain" | die happy
and contented," he kept on saying, knowing
whom he had believed, and persuaded that he
was able TO keep what he had committed to him
until that day. On the oath his end was OBJ
viousy near at hand. HIS eldest son was still
his loving and faithful nurse, himself, it should
be remembered, wounded man, aEd specially
needing kindly care. Waiting on his father
with unfagging and womanly assiduity, he was
summoned to hearken 10 some parting words
Come" SAID the disciple thus faithful unto
death, : come, my son, aud see how Chris
tan can die" And Havelock died-Brock's S
Life Of HaUelock
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reeave the wear and pressure of the rifle bar
rel. Every man is u practical shot and, it is
said, that at San Antonio once, when HAYS
wished to impress the Camanches with the ca.
pacity of his men, man after man rode round
hat at full speed, at distance of twenty wards
shoting into it five bullets in succession from
his revolving pistol. This seems incredible.
bu, it comes from several eye witnesses.
The Texan Ranger is a picked man. but
picked by far different rule than that which
determines who shall be Horse Guard for
The Ranger, We may say, picked himself. lie
left the older States not because, as is too often
supposed, he has broken down in reputation or
bankrupt, but because his pride prevented him
from living in the Inferior position reduced cir
cumstances would have compelled, or from ma
tural love of wild and independent life. lie is
genial and hospitable-not quarrelsome-aud
OF the most reckless and undaunted coufa ge.-
lie yields obedience, because he knows disciD-
line is necessary to the effectiveness of The
corps; but he considers his commanding officer
as but man like himself, and, when off duty,
is as familiar with him as any private speak
here of the Western Rangers (Hays' Band).-
Il is said the Eastern regiment (Woods Bind)
is less orderly, and made up OF less reliable
lot of men.
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SOME NEGRO STATISTICS the free States.
ranging from 20 to IS per cent, of the free
Colored we're born out of the States of their
residence, showing that the increase has been
from immigration. The old Southern States
show very small portion born out of their
limits. About one-fith of the free coored in
New York city were born in the present slave
States.
A comparison of Louisiana with Connecticut
shows that in the former in II of the blacks
were engaged In pursuits requiring education,
and IN Connecticut only in 100.
There are about twice as many free blacks
as free muattoes.
In Connecticut the negre population in sixty
years has not more than doubled, notwithstand-
ing the increase from immigrants. Yet, in
virginia, IN the same time, winch received few
from other sources, and sent SO many thousands
away, 1t has nearly doubled.
The muIattCes are twice as numerous among
the slaves as among the free blacks, aud are
little more than one-tenih ofthc whole colored.
Halt OF the negroes, at the North are mulatto,
and only about One-ninth at the South.
In IS49 there were ten States returning
slaves which returned none in lS50-no slave
schedules having been sent there at that time
There were never more than 100000 slaves
imported in the United States in all. in the
British West Indies l,700,0O0 were imported.
though only 100000 were left to be emancipa
ted. In the last three years of the slave trade
at Charlestsn, those on whose account importa-
tlons were made were 81 British subjects, 50
Rhode Islanders, 10 Frenchmen, and Ii Charles
tonians.
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U- Men seem to be the creatures of educa-
ton. The Esqulmaux loves the carrion blub-
Der, and the civilized epcure his calf's brains,
and feline GUS Bologna. We frequently see
men who would be as much out of place in de-
cent company, as an overgrown dog fish among
a school of brook trout. Take them out Of
their native mud and they would die. They
must swear every other breath, and gorge on
obscenlty.- Chief
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GT- Millions of pins are manufactured daily
what becomes of them all! Some wag starts
the question, and answers it thus Why
they fall TO the earth and become 'terrapins."
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THE ADMISSION CT New SrArEs.-Gen.
Quliman has prepared bill setting forth the
"evils attending the premature admission of
new States" and providing "that no new
States shall be admitted into the Union until
1t is ascertained, by census taken by authority
OF Congress, that the Territory asking adms-
sion contains population sufficient for repre-
sentallon in Congress, not until the people have
been authorized by Congress to hold Conven-
ton to frame constitution, and TO present tn.
same for admission" The policy here indca-
ted may be wise enough in Itself; but the OBJ
lection to the bill is, that it can have no binding
force. The successors of the present Congress
will decide for themselves upon the separate
cases presented, without regard to Mr. Gait
mans bill. The measure can amount to moth
ing more than declaration OF opinion. Why
cumber the records with such useless lepisla
ton! This bill is significant, however, of the
future policy of the Southern ultras Now that
it is evident that the greater number of the
Territories will apply for admission into The
Uulon as free States, those who think of no in
terest but slavery will throw every obstacle in
the way of such entrance into the c0nederacy
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HuMoRos RGcIpes.-Io M Redbnrs-


HUMoRos REcrPEs.-IO XII BedJugs.-
Tread OIL them.
TO Destroy R0ts.-Catch them one by one
and hatten their heads in the lemon soueezer
10 Drive Flies Out Of the House.-Put
your molasses barrel and preserves in the back
yard, in the sun.
10 Kill COckrOacheS.-Get a pair of big
thick boots, then catch your cockroachcs, put
them in barrel and dance.
TO Shake CarpetS.-Collect all the large
dogs IN your neighborhood in the backyard and
worry them with tom cats. Then hand in the
carpet to ihem-they'l shake it for you.
THE LOST PoRTMANrEHU.-A certain bishop
lost his portmanteua. The circumstance has
given rise TO the following:
have lost my portmanteau--
IL pity your grief
.. 1t contained all my sermons
al pity the thief"
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VI An important thing in society, is a IL
quor shop-its wares are SO necessary in poor
taRlilies! +. ia' t"a
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"Annie, sweet Annie. my true love of old,
She is my life, my goods, and my gold.'
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PERFECTLY Cool,

A waggish friend of ours tells the fol-
lowing which we do not remember to hare
seen in print.
A certain man whom we call -
was noted for possessing great courage
and presence of mind. and the crossest
wife in the aeighborhood. 6da
More than one attempt had been made
to frighte {N- without success; bar
one dark, stormy evening" one of his broth
er chips resolved to see ifthere was sny
scare in hin, fixed himself up in the moss
ghosty style possible and stationed him
self in q lonely piece of wood threugh
which n had to pass on his way
home.
The pretended ghost had scarcely set
tied himself in his position when M
hove in sight, and came whistling slong
as unconcerned as usual. Suddenly the
ghostly figure confronted him in . sepul-
chral voice commanded him to stop. -
Al did so, and after regarding his
companion for a moment, said, with tho
utmost coolnrsss j., ss;,sc.,.
Il cant stop, friend, if you are man
l must request you to get ont of the way
and let me pass; if yon are the devil come
along and take supper With me- mar
ried your sister, .aa "a
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WOODSFIEID MONROE COUNTY. OHIO. MARCH 3d. 1858

'What!' exclaimed Vatray, after pur'
chasing hotel and equipages, she has still
money to invest?'
Undoubtedly so.'
But where did the money come from?
'What did you not see?'
'When?'
when she shrieked upon seeng wha
the prayer book contained-what she in
herited.'
We observed nothing!'
Oh! / thought that you saw it, said
the sarcastic notary. That prayer bool
contained sixty engravngs, and each en-
craving was covered by ten notes of a
thousand francs EACH
Good heavens! exclaimed Vatray
thunderstruck.
If l had only known it, shouted Mad
anne de VilIeboys.
You had the choice, added the notary
and myself urged you to take the prayer
book, but you refused
But who could have expected to find 9
fortune in brevia-y.'
Inc TWO Daf1ed OLD eGotIStS Withdrew,
their hearts swollen with passionate envy.
Madame Anne is still in Paris. II
you pass by the Rue Lafitte on fine sum-
mer evening, you will see charming pic
ture on the first floor, illuminated by the
pale reflection of wax lights
A lady who has joined the two hands
Of a son, a fair child of six years of age,
in prayer before an old book of 'Heures
de Ia Vieage,' and for wiich case OF
Is gold has been made.
Pray for me, child said the mother
'For your father. your dear father, who
perished without knowing you, without
being able to love you.
Must pray to the saint, my patron?
Yes my little friend, but do not forget
saint who watches US from Heaven, and
who smiles upon US from above the
Clouds
What is the name of that saint, nam.
ma dear?'
The mother, then watering the fair childs
head with Tears, answered:
Her name is-Sister Egerie.'
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HABITS OF ORATORS.

Rufus Choate, it is said, never made q
speech cf any kind without having first
written it out and committed it to men,
ory. His legal arguments are subjected
to the same laborious preparation. The
same thing is said to be true of Edward
Everett. All his orations bear marks Of
the most careful finish, especially in Ian
guage and the formation of their senten-
ces. Both these gentlemen are gifted
with an extraordinary power of memory.
1t is said that Mr. Everett will read over
a long address twice and then repeat il
nearly rerbatuss. Mr. Calhoun prepared
his speeches with wonderful degree o.
labor. and seldom said anything in the
Senate Chamber, which he had not irs,
carfu!ly considered and shaped in bis study
Mr. Webster generally spoke from full
notes, in which the skeleton of the speech
was carefully developed and all statistica
statements, quotations, &C., distinctly Sc
down. lie replied upon the moment fo
language but generally it was written out
~ Y Mrror.
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derness for his children, for whom he en-
gagged o wet nurse, he still keeping house
Time passed on, and his visits wer,
renewed to Emily. At first she met hi!
advances with sadness and distrust; but b.
seemed so tender and SO kind, that the ole
hope awoke once more in her pure bo
som.
When he made occasional visits bust
ness visits he called them, to the city, sh,
would, at his request, go and take care
of his dear little ones, to whom in time
she became much attached as if they were
her own. And he seemed very grateful
for this and spoke to her once more ol
love, and the clouds which had gathered
over her young head, seemed to be van.
ishing away before the rising sun Of fu.
ture bliss
A year more had gone by. he had ask
ed her to be his, and she with her moth.
er's appreciation had consented.
One day he came TO her and said that
he was going to the city on business, as
usual, and asked her to 60 and take care
of his children until his return. Cheer.
fully she did so, and tenderly she re.
turned his caresses as, he parted from
her.
The week few cheerfully away, for j,
was her delight to nurse the little buds
of love who had been left so early mother.
less. The day which he had set for his
return had arrived, and often did she
glance from the window and start at every
passing sound.
At last a carriage drew up before the
door and Eustace Halle stepped from it,
and then handed out . young anu very
lovely lady, who was dressed in the rich.
est style.
Emily, this is my wife, Mrs. HALE
said the heartless man, as he led bis
bride within his well furnished man.
sion.
Emily could not speak Her swelling
heart seemed to rise up to her very lip,
and choke her. She turned a. white and
cold as snow, laid down the two infant.
which she had brought out to receive 9
fathers kiss, and staggered home to bel
mothers house to die!
Friends advised her to sue him for q
breach of promise, but she smiled sadl,
and said:
"Gold will net heal broken heart
hope Eustace will be happy!''
Emily H. is dead, but if Eustace Hazl,
is happy, even with wealth and beauty al
| his own. then is your correspondent vastl,
mistaken. Better far that he had 6iet
than to have sacrificed that pure ant
loving heart at the shrine of Mammol
and Of vanity.
Reader, my story is told. May th
neral it contains be of use to some who's
eyes may rest upon 1t.
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influence of Smiles.

A smile is indeed thing of beauty.
Whether living on the lips of gladstone
youth, or Pickering on the dying features
of worn-out age, it holds its beauty still.
Whether making loveliness yet more win.
some, or rendering ugliness less repu,sive
than its wont, o smile yet holds its ma
ture-yet is beautiful. Magic turks,
therein and sways the human heart as
words never can--quiekens its native
pulse or soothes and calms the hurried
throb as they may need. And beneath
the encouraging influence of one sweet
upholding smile. the heart itself may
change its mood--nay yield It's mad in
tent, if not cast out forever its evil prompt
ings and Its dark propensities
And so may the smile of derisien mad.
den beyond what the utmost words can
do, even as the smile of praise will spur
humanity to great and noble deeds be-
yond the approach of all other prompt
ings. Its silent>power sinks in the hear,
and heals some new made thrust, as sweet.
! ly and gently as falls the mysterious dew
from Heaven.
And the smile of Lowell 1t beama in the
mothers eyes as she sees beauty in hel
infant face, and silent laugh Of unknowr
| JOY from her darling babe. 1t plays with
stronger and more thrilling magic on the
maiden's lovely countenance, as her hearts
idol meets her seeing eye, and draws nea'
to let her look of love lose none of it,
precious value in needless distance be-
tween them And with, deeper, purel
joy, it comes 70 the wife's glad face when
her husbands fond gaze tells her how
much is gained since he first called he
wife.
Holy, beautiful indeed is tho smile o
fathomless and perfect love. Too seldom
indeed. does it live-too seldom lighter
heavy cares and earthly sorrows. Too
seldom does it have birth -too often doe
it soon leave life's pathway, even if fairl,
born and dearly welcomed there.
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IN O Il Ii E RI

Does the world soften your heart when
you think of that feverish couch! Have
you ever felt the touch of ingers that
soothed You as hers dids Lave you ev-
er felt so smooth . pillow as the one she
pressed gently from your burning hcad!-
Do you remember how she denied herself
rest day after day, and night after night
her eyes bright with the feverish longing
to give you ease and alleviate your suffer
ing? Did that voice ever sound harsh to
you then? And o when your head laid
on the bosom from which your own life
had come, and you hear the quick throbs
of her loving heart, and knew every one
of those precious pulsations beat with love
tenderness and anxiety for you, did not
your parched lips murmur, Mother
with a strange wild joy, while the cheek,
seemed by the rough lines Of care, was
wet with tea,s.
eff could only see my motherl''
Again aud agaiu was that yearning cry
repeated. .-"If could only see my moth.
er!"
The vessel rocked. and the waters, cha
sed by fresh wind, played a musical re-
veille against the side of the ship. The
sailor; second mate, quite youthful, laid
In his narrow bed, his eye glazing, his
limbs stifenirg, his breath failing. 1t
was not pleasant to die thus in this shak-
ing, plunging ship but he seemed not to
mind his bodily discomfort--hi eye look
ed for away, and ever and anon broke
forth that grieving cry, IF conld only
see my mothcr'
An old sailor sat by with Bible in his
hand, from which he had been reading
He bent above the young man, and ask
ed him why he was anxious to see the
mother he had wilfully left.
ooh! :hat's the Eeason!" he cried in an
guish; II nearly broke her hssrt. and l
can't die in peace. She was good moth
er to me--Oh! so good! She bore every
thing from her wild boy. and once she
said, "My son, when you come to die. you
will remember this Oil if could only
see my mother!''
He never saw his mother; he died with
the yearaing cry npon his lips, as many u
man has died who slgh,ed the mother who
bore him. The waves roll over him, and
his bones whiten at the bottom of the sea
and the dread cry has gone before God
to be registered forever
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A young Man,s character.

No young man who has q Just sense of
his own value will sport with his own
character. A watchfal regard for his
character in early youth will be of in
conceivable value to him all the remain
ing years of his life. When tempted to
deviate from strict propriety of deport-
ment, he should ask himself, Can l af-
ford this? Can endure hereafter to look
upon him.
1t is ofamazing worth to young man
to have pure mind, for this is the foun-
dation of pure character. The mind.
in order TO be pure, must be employed
in topics of thought which are themselves
lovely, .chaste and elevating. Thus the
mind has in its own power the selection
of its themes of meditation. If youth on
ly knew how durable and how dismal is
the injury produced by the indulgence of
degraded thoughts-If they only realized
how frightful are the moral deprayities
which cherished habit of loose imagins-
ton produces on the soul, they would shun
them as the bite of serpent. The pow
er of books to excite the Imagination is q
fearful element of moral death when en-
ployed in the service of vice.
The cultivation Of an amiable, elevated
and glowing heart, alive to oil the beauties
of nature and the subliuities of truth, in.
vigorates the intellect gives to the will in
dependence of baser passions, aud to the
affections that power of adhesion to what
ever is pure, and good, and grand, which
is adapted to lead out the whole nature
of man into those scenes Of action and
impression by which the energies may be
most appropriately employed, and BY
which its high destination may be most ef-
fectually reached.
The opportunities of exciting these fac.
ullies in benevolent and self-denying ef
forts for the welfare of our fellow men are
so many and so great that it 10 really
worth while to live. The heart which is
truly evangelically benevolent may luxur-
late in an age like this. The promises of
God are inexpressibly rich, the main ten
denotes of things SO manifestly in accor.
dance with them; the extent of moral in
auence is so great, and the effects Of its
employment so visible, that whoever aspi-
res after benevolent action, and reaches
after things that remain for Us, to the true
dignity of his nature, can find free scope
for his intellect, and all-aspiring themes
for the heart.
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Queer Wedding.

At New York q queer wedding took
place, few days since, between Mr..
Henry B. Melville and Mrs. Sarah K.
Seymour. The parties have both been
married before, and each have family
of seven children-those Of the gentleman
comprising six daughters and son. and
those of the lady six sons and daughter.
The sons acted on the occasion as grooms.
men to their future father. the daughters
as bridesmaids to their future mother. -
The whole fourteen children. dressed alike,
according to their sex, entered the church
arm in arm, and ranged themselves on Ell
ther side of their parents, who are both
remarkably handsome, and looked superb.
The bride is wealthy, and was richly
dressed in pearl oolored moire antique
with costly laces, and diamond brooch
and bracelst.
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A Good Bow.

A lad named O'Brien who obtained b
livelihood by peeling APPLES on the Elmy-
ria cars. found few days since. . pack.
age of $500 in bank notes. which had
been lost in the cars by Mr.. Bishop, who
had brought the money from Cleveland for
Mr.. II. Z. Mussey, Of Elyria. The Lad
was SO eIated at his good fortune that he
took the money to bed with him and SCI
up all night watching it. Next day il was
given to Mr.. Mussey. when the lad was
rewarded with u suit Of clothes and a'deetl
of leo acres Of land. We understand
that Mr. Musscy also offered to give thu
boy thorough business education, bst
the father declined for ,ha present, as he
did not wish to part with him. Oeeela~d
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