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FRIEND OF MINE.

Friend If mine, friend Of mine,
We have loved, when young birds sing,
',l,l the budding leaves, and bless,
With their early loves, earths spring
Bless it, with tl3f Joyous singing,
With their SWEET song, summer bringing,
Buds that blo6in, aud vines that cling;
So thy friendship blessed my spring,
Friend Of mine, friend Of mine.
Friend Of mine, friend of mine,
Meeting, summer friend of mine.
We have loved in summer time,
We haze quailed joys sparkling wine,
From the cup of life together;
We have loved in sumner weather.
hh! those summer days are, now,
Gone fareyer--so art thou,
Friend of mine, friend Of mine.
Friend of mine, friend Of mine,
Like our lost hopes, bright, though fleet
Autumn, with her golden touch,
Scatters dead leaves, st my feet.
Leaves that note, with hectic burning,
One more year, from earth returning,
Som shall fade, each fevered hue,
They will nc'er come back--nor you,
Freind of mine, friend of mine
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ORIGINAL
(For the Prairie News.]
THE BEAUTY OF DECAY.

Once more. All how often, in how
many thousand writings have the thoughts
been uttered, that rise as we gaze upon
The mellowing landscape and the serene
sky! For ages lips have murmdred
,reamily, "Once More and hearts nave
grown as calm as the soft air. lhey
have drunk the medicine, and soothed
though saddened by its effects, they have
not cared often to ask what drug OF sleep
what opiate Of peace, has been mingled
with its bitterness.
The Fall is coming with its glories OF
deepening color, its hazy sunshine IT.
azure distance and its richly hued foil
age, flowers and fruit-all, the regal para
pbernalia of death. The gay vivacity o
youth, the happy maturity of the year i
oyer, and now is the decline. Why is i
that the sadness of the thought does no
make us abbor the period of decay +
Can its many tinted ornaments SO deci
out destruction as to conceal its horro
from our heartsl The beauty that ap
peals to the external eye, alone soothe
the sight, flatters the sense, but has nj
power to cast spell! over the spirit. y
gorgeous panorama that enrolls itself be
fore the vision, and is silent for the mlnc
can rouse for moment the expirln
spark, or quench the corroding tre.-
There is in all Nature an external and a
inner beauty. A delight to the eyes,
combination Of rich oolors and fair form
covers over like mantle, the spiritu
truth within. Witching and wonderol
as it is, the beauty Of form aud hue
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EAN LOVE ENRGEI

le following exquisite and passionate yer
70 addressed by the Rev. John Muultne,
lady of his love, whom he subsequently m
/:
Forget theel If to dream by night,
And muse on thee by day
If all the worship, deep and wild'
A poets heart can pay
II prayers in absence brea'hed Tor 'he''
To heavens protecting power
If, sssed lnoug gnrs that iit.othee
a thousand in an hour
Ii busy fancy blending thee
With all my future lot
Il thou call st these forgetting, thou
Indeed shall be forgot.
Forget theel Bid the forest birds
Forget their sweetest tune;
Forget thee Bid the sea forget
To swell beneath the moon;
Bid the faint evening flower forget
To bring refreshing dew;
Thyself forget thine own dear land
Its mountains wild aud blue;
Forget each old familiar face,
Each long remembered spot
When these things are forgot by thee,
Then shalt thou be forgot.
Keep. if thou wilt, thy maiden peace,
Still calm and fancy free
For God forbid thy gladsome heart
Should grow less glad for me;
Yet, while that heart is still unworn;
nl LII ,,nf N, mo Ia ril\.--
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One Reason for not Subscribing The
Annapolis Gazette tells the following
story of citizen of that place. A per
son better known for his wealth than ms
liberality, was requested to aid IN the
erection of church. The subscription
book was placed Gis hands, he look
ed at it anxiously and earnestly, anc
handed It back with the astonishing re
mark "No, sir! I will not give any
thing. not half as many people go toAef
now as oxgdt to-.
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From the Home Journal.
A.Lny Cable sermon.

TEXT" Some thingsemay be done as well as
others. y n.-1pOthegms Of Dard Crockett.
OMY PUBLIC. .--ltisindecd remarkable,
that, in the solitude of bis wilderness, the
illustrious man from whom we quote,
should, with bis eagle eye, have foreseen
the accomplishment of the most uuheard-
of and inconceivable feat of m0dren times
may, of all time Had we, in our weak
and feeble judgemnet Of things, imagined
of ourselves the quarter in which We
shoHld find an intimation of such an event,
we should have gone to the learned of the
earth--thc men Of achievements in the
walks of science, the pnndits, and the
Mumiaati-but 10, how different ways of
FACT! Deepin the gloom of the Amer
lean forest, hunter OF buifalos, at war
with the wild beasts of the earth, and
ever, to all human appearance, intent
only on scalping an Indian roamed a
man, five feet eleven, or theaeabouts, in
his moccasins, a little given to strong
words when excited, andnot totally averse
to corn whisky. How little should We
expect from such man on such sub
| iect! And yet, dow pointed, how clear,
how Literal, his prohecy The tele.ra-
phic cable is laid in 1865 and thirty
years before, more or less, David Crock
ett said: "Somc things may be done
as well others"
Ambiguous and dark as these foreseen
conclusions have always been while in
course of fulflment, when accomplished,
all is plain. Some things may be done
as well as.others." Scepiics might have
insinuated that this prophecy was gene
raj in its scope; but when We take into
account that other fayorite expression OF
his about "greased lightning" the ap-
plication to the cable becomes obvious,
for most certainly this lightning stands
in woeful need of something to enable it
to slip along with any deftness ofmotion.
Creased lightning I" A generation sup
posed this to be mere sport oflanguagc.
We of the next, recognise the latent
meaning of the fgnrative expression
Practical and sagacious Crockett ! Dye
directors, grease your lightning Pro-
phetic Crockett "Some things may be
done as well as others"
0 my public, lay these wonderful words
to heart. When you see railroad bub-
bic blown to forty times its natural size
when YOU have the toothache-When
your grocer sells you a limned egg and il
comes up, boiled, for breakfast when il
| Is wet-when it is dry-when your house
| is robbed-when You make grand spcu-
lation-when an omnibus driver gives YOU
short chahse--when You dislocate YOU
ankle on piece of orange peel--wher
you smell rat-when you bury youl
eat-great-great-great- great-great-great
grandfather, Or. when you dig him up ant
sell his resting-place at tremendous ad
vance ON the investment-when you lay
an Atlantic cable, and you pin-wheel it
and somke it, and bonfire it with you
buildings, and holiday it, and speechif.
it, and eat it, and drink it, and toast il
cut it into lengths for sale, thereafter
. let your exultation be checked by, lie
your comfort and your consultations b
found in, the words of our quotation
, "Some things may be done as well a
Others"
INsoLyENT NoTIcE.-The followin
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01rIt is rather melancholy that the
two greatest living noyelists, Dickens
and Bulwer, are now separated from
their wives.-Er. :,
Rather |" but how much more SO II
thew had to live with them - Boston Post
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INsoLyENT NoTIcE.-The following
notice from young man with some
property just left to his charge, addressed
to a Judge of Probate, is published in
the Saturday Evening Gazette;
Sir-My father departed his life, not
long since, leaving wife and five scor-
Mons. He died detested, and his estate
Is likely to prove insolent. was Jeff
executioner, and being told that yon were
Judge of Reprobates, apply TO YOU fol
letters of condemnation.
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Lomcromned Hut.-" See therc!" en-
claimed a returned Irish soldier to gap-
ing crowd, as he exhibited, with some
pride, his tall hat with a bullet-hole in it,
/" Look at that hole, will you! You see,
that if it had been iow-crowaed hat /
should have been killed outright. !"
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Beauty.-Socrate called beauty a
short -live'tyranny Plato, privilege OF
nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat |;
Theocrtus, a delightful prejudice; Car
neades, solitary kingdom; Domllian
said, that nothing was more grateful ;
Aristotle affirmed, that beauty was bet
ter than all the letters Of recommendation
in the world Homer, that twas a glori-
Gus Gift of nature and Ovid, alluding to
IT, calls it favor bestowedby the Gods.
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Gyucey.-Mr. Editor I'll thank you to
saw keep the best groceries in the city
Editor-Ill thank you to supply my
family with groceries free gratis. Gro
eer--I thou ght you were glad to get
something to ill up your paper. Editor
I thought you were glad to fill storeroom'
for nothing. It's poor rule that won''
work W. both ways. Exit grocer in a rag'
threatening to kill the paper
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In twenty minutes on'y.

From the Goreraor Of Delaware.-
The b'hoys must have their amusements,
and SO we've tied England to long
string, and well fly her like an almighty
great kite. When we're tired OF the
sport, and want to be quit of it, we cal
culate we'll just wind her IN and hang
her up on one of the monster trees of our
unfathomable forests. Guess we've util-
lied the tarnation old caution at last /;
yes, Stree.
From the Goceraor q, drkdnsas.--
This here we look upon as the real crea-
ton of the world, the other was but a
sort of rehearsal. Now is given to the
eastern inarticulate continents a voice
of humanity and intelligence, and they
can now whisper thef hopes and fears to
majestic America, and receive from hel
lessons of wisdom and greatness. The
educational work is confded to us, friends
and we will not be slack. Along the
awful chasms of the roaring scean shal
fv the teachings of liberty, and Field''
wire, like the spear of Uranus, shall
touch the squat toad of despotism at tn
ear of Eve, and the fiend, starting up il
all bis sulpheruous ignominy I ugliness
shall be spiked like a bugbeetle upon th
crystal weapon of Columbia.
| From the Gore,wor Of Virginia;
r.
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Cey Necessity is the mother of invention
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"Ole yirgimy never tire,
NJ l..a -, 1,s .,laatrie miro

From the Goreraor Of Pennsylvania.
Friend Field, thee have, according to
worthy evidence, one part Of thy task,
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-16
Oh. Don't Col

The Chattanooga Rcpresent,tire says it is not
certain that Chattanooga is really in the
STATE of Tcnncssee-thinks it may belong to
Georgia and suggests an investigation of the
subject. 1t adds
1t is said that the Tennessee river is the le-
gal and proper boundary between the STATES
before mentioned. from whore Chckamau' a
creek cmptirs into tn" Tennessee river. mil :
above Chattanooga. tn the mouth nf \ ck0Jack
Cave 40 miles below Chattanooga 10y the riv-
IT. WheGh'r this is the proper boundary or
not. we thin the topography OF IN" country
and the great lines of nature should make 1t
so. Tn, re are many citizens Of this city de-
sirous 81 having this long montcd question
fully investigate and s,t,lcd. and we hone
the Ey cutivc of Georgia viii give the sub
irct that consideration tn" whole matter so
iuetly demands The citiZ'ns of Cha tanoOga
feel that it would he greatly tn their interest
To annex themselves to Georgia from the
siirpI. fact that III locality of Chattanooga
j. id ntified in her trade almost entirely. "a
the great Southern outlet through that State
and from the fact that the avenues of trade
have been so managed and foster, d y the
people of Tennessee that the little city Of
Chattanooga is almost wholly disconnected
from the State by every tie of identity and
common interests. Chat anOogl. rs now ST.
tuated. is between the quldrangular fire of
Memphis, Nashville, ROCKVILLE and Atlanta.
The three Tennessee cities are striving to re-
tain the mastery of their respective sections
Memphis of West. Nashvillenf Middle andknoN-
Vile OF East Tennessee. The interests of tn Sc
cities ar. antagrnistic To tha of Chattanooga
hence all their influence both. ate and Local
is exrrted to keep Chattanooga in tn back
ground Atlanta b ing in another State. OF
course all of her influence, with that Of Gror-
gla 10 DOOT l. llk"wI-' thrown uGHinst Chat
tanooga. Consequently Chattanooga gets
neither aid from Tennessee nor Georgia the
latter acting from State interests. and the
former from influences concentrated il Mem
phis, Nashville aud knOxvil"
We hope Chattanooga Will not remove to
to Georgia. We have faith in her future;
aud if sh-.has been treated "a an inierioner
in the family of her mother, Tennessee. such
will not always be her experience. She ia
bound to take high rank. aud where her sis
tnrs have become old maids. their b auty
fad d aud gone, she will be in tn. height Of
her glory. fresh. vigorous. lovely. and the ge-
neral flyoritc. She should think of this.
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The TaTin.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l0.-Rather than incur
the resp N bility of new Loan. which with
out other relief ia inevitable, tn Southern
Drmo"r'cy are wi ling 10 submit to IA modifi-
c. ton of the present tariff, preserving he
ad raiorem principl" strictly. They have no
toirT tinn what"ye' FIR the Presidents .'Sug-
gcstion'' of specific datns. aud in f,ct op MY
denOuncc il rs quite a. fragrant a dep rfur"
from the pla' form Of the party as that of
Judge Dn"glnS which tn" Presil' mt d-pr.-
Gates so u1sparngly. They say if one de-
serves prescription % docs the other, sine"
both ar. cquallv obnoyinus 10 the chargr Of
political d rejection; exc, pit that in the case
IF Dougla% thrrris difference of int rnrcta-
ii"n a. to the "ff nee. while in that of the
Pre,id mt. opinion is united that he has out
rag'd party prirciplc.--T There will be "A CON
f.r'nc" of lead'n; Democrats in the two
Hons :. as tn the course To BE- pursued nn
the tariff If there he any reasonable hope
of Improvement in the revenue. il viii not
be topchrd. o herwise. only with alterations
of the sch dulles and transfers from one To
another, with tn intention Of Increasing the
revenues upon the basis Of last vars inn
ports. At beast such app airs TO h. the pros
prct now. and is certainly the opinion in the
best informed circles.
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attempted TO be crushed beneath the machinery
of party. and frowneds cut Of Congress blythe
base minions of power. II is bPcaus'. the ser
wants of a reigning dynasty. themselves safe
Iy but hypocritically enscoHcnd behind fat
Offices and remunerative salaries, have the
hatdihood aud presumption to do the biding
of their masters.
Mr.. CLARK was reelected Try a decided ma
jority, notwithstanding the efforts of the Fed
erai ofice-holders.
In 1926, when Mr.. ADAMS was President,
and the expenditures by the General Govern
ment about s2O.OOO.0Op, the opposition took
a'arm at the use which thy alleged he was
making of his patronage, and the result was
the celebrated report in the nate by a COM
mittee consisting of Mr.. VAN BUREs. Mr..
wildly portrayed the. dangers to the liberties
Of the people from the abuse Of executive
patronage. Nj. BUCHANAN, who was then
member Of the House of Representatives
shared keeDly in the alarm. and the year after
in speech on the subject in the House, he
said: r.#
"Tiberiy. Sir. is precions gift. which can
never long be enjnvcd by any peOpl" without
the most watchful JEALOUSY. II is Hesperian
fruit. which the ever-wakeful jealousy Of the
people can alone preserv9. The vcrv posses
sion of power has a sirOHr. natural t'uden-
cy to corrupt the heart. The Inst Of domi1ion
grows with 81 possession. and the man who,
in humble l;fe. pure and innocent and
just has oft been transformed. hv the long
possession Of power, into a monster. In The
sacred book which contains lessons Ofwisfiom
for the politician. well rs for III" Christian.
we find happy illustration Of the corrupt
ing infnerce of power upon III" human heart.
When Hdzarl came to consult Elisha. VIII tn r
his master. the King of Syria. would recover
i from dangerous Illness, the prophet. locking
| through the vista of futuri.y, saw the crimes
! Of which the messenger who stood before him
! uid be guilty. and he wcpt. HaZasl asked,
/ 'Wly weepeth my lord?' The prophet then
/ rycounted 10 him the murders a q the cruel
! ii If which he should he guilty toward The
| Children of Israel. Haza"l. in the spirit OF
virtuous Indignation. repl d, Is thy servant
dog. that he should do this thing.' And
| Elisha answered. The Lord bath shown me
! that thon shalt be King "f Syria This man
afterward became king by tn murder of his
master. ard was guilty of "normities. the bare
recital of which would make us shnddcr."
Mr. BUCHANAN has verified in himself the
truth of his own words, that the possession "f
| power tends to corrupt the heart. Like
EIaZael he has done the very thing" al
which be so shudd red thirty years ago.
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PiccOIOnnEut.

JeenS PipNs IN. B.-of Pipesvill j writes
thus to the Boston Post about the great little
songstress:
You've heard OF "Pickled Hominy' of
conrsr; well, she has set all town crazr, ami
half the country besides. She is jewel; so
is G'zzv Necgrr: so is G zzy-a-so Is
everybody. But, nay dear kernal. the
criticism. | mean the differences Of opinion.
ar. most amusing; the .'hifalntin'' styles. &c
I'll give you sample. One of last weeks
jpnrnuls has the following: Her (nevcr mind
whal voice is n real or l2b cent contraltn, Of
tle purcst and most son0rous doScript on.
She goes down. derry down. to the low f..
f. f.. FUN. in the has ment. and mp again IT,
tn. hut above the clothes line OF the s,iap-
rain OH Thus embracing gu extent Of two
nctavians (wrll played by Edwin b 10Th. who
had a cottage next tn mr in CIlifurnial in the
Monniaineers-and half. The fir t Register
was probably mad. in the City Hall. MANY
WEARS ago. and began at The lover or far End
IF the builhing, aud reaches 50 far into the
middle. She from the first struck u hard.
hut id not hurt us: her voice gprgling up as
I; does from the innrrmoSt a. pihs of b. r.
splcndrnt hrzznm;fr zzl d in dreamy voluptu-
onsn - through tn warbling cadcnces Of her
matehl - organ (barrtl - satirfy ing MS that it
was n kantrolto OF the pprest oder. Her
Inverted Distances are rally imm nse. and
the ease with which the rpolarls If the In
definite 9Th. coming on tie dominant arr
work a. so that The m ZZ"tinto dick y
quality Is artlcs,ly swollen in tn Inverted
passage. taking in it, compass. foar tiates.
Two q hoys. one dram of figs from smyrna
and eight flgelations," Again. She sing III
with q RECT distinction, and her Low A wa
very line indeed. Her shake resembltd tne
( athery Ticking If SOM ortumnal hen, ar
bird. a. il glides through the adamaniin
mea "a ring of some ornotholugcai mead ~
| while bar sustanooio iii. i away upou tn left
| ear ike the magic hummiag e a large or
ms II tluous 'E-e' (Bo.tonl H,r shake ou IA,
prominent Key at X min'r leit Us nothing
more 10 desire and her cadsuee as she shosk
the Maj r Cord Z on The aaiaHty .sfsrsso ooR
araoJe allegro ad sHanafaaa pltTbas StuIa ,.iaa
ysslB. aon Iardsas made as TX Marvel
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4 Novel SHE.

The New York Courier and Enquirer has TIE
following description of "a NV safe just manu-
featured in New York:
There i now to he seen at the Oflic Of
Mr>srS. Talc"tt, Cotton Brokt rs. the model
of a safe. to which new and very simple
contrvanc is appli, d. which affrds absolute
protection against the use of gLnpowder. a. d
also against unfaithfu servants. Unless used
in connection with an ordinary lock, when
the safe is clos, d. III, re is no opening What
ever to h. diScnv red upon the out-id'. Th'
apparatus consists OF simpl ard strong clock
work on the inside Of the SAFE So ariaHg as
to hold in pos tioa strong bars If iron. ftSten-
ed to the inside OF the door and extending to
the sides of the safe Before closing the door,
it is conSid. red at what hour IL will be d sir
ed to open it. The cl"ckwork is arrange d
accOrdin ely. and the door clos d. Then. w
means of knob on the outside. IN" iron bars
are moved into pO ition, and firmly hold in
that position by apparatus connected with the
clnckw0rk. until the hour for r. Opening ar
rivrs when the acIiOH of the clockwnrk l.
Withdrawn and the safe opens itself. rr rather
tn bars chang position so that the door can
lie SWING open. Tire invention VIII ch has the
IN .rit al.O of bling simple and not costly. has
been patented both here and in EurOp-. aud
deserves attention.
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District appropriations.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.
II appears from public doum MT fnrni-h d
to the Senate today, in compliance with a r.
solution of that body. that the entire amount
Of money appropriate, d for public and private
Purposes in the District at Columbia. from
the time the seat of The General G-'vrInm mt
was estahleh' d 10 the l3 h of Inst June. was
S2i,7l5.552 exclusive of the salaries . pn''-
lie uticrrs The Capitol cost ov $4,000 001.
The cost of all the public buildings. incl d
ing fnrniturr, Satuarv and paintings. is Sl4.-
T09.33S. The as -ess d value OF the Gov rn-
ment reservations exclusive of the resorva-
tons formed by the intersection of streets
and avenues. Si3 1929. The private pro-
pcrty in Washington recently assessed, is put
down at $3i l20.424.
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EOr Ikcia.

TNHE honsc 81 Mrs :. Y H. STorrT, Front street,
i scrond door from tive pf i}ri - q. aud
the 50 are, and orcWpie'l 6y Mr.. J"NEs a.
boarding housr. TIE n at suitable basin -
stand the upper frTrt = a fam ~ Ihr5e
. isi Biacksmu','s shop in tlle rear all 81 Which
will b. rooted t"geth~r fnT IA. yrsr- lo-scs-
sion gwen Isl Of January next. E@qrirc 81
nOy30-I f. 4. GIA~CoCK. Agent.
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Weak ness OF .the Stomach and Endf-
gcssfon.
Another Great Cure etJecfed By Bosrhape', Hoa

Another Great Cure Effected By BsrAars's HOlIand
Btaer=
The wife of rIErKa nE WEFrE, Lving in Holland Town
sh boz gan county, Wisconsin suffered much n, n.
Weakness q the stomach aud Indigestion. she had
bsen under phy sieiAl.s FOR some tine bat the
dsease seemesi O. hsfie bis SIX n She parchsed
ONE HOLLAND BIaTfRs at our orsce, which has
given toe to her stomach her appel C. ID strength
a ret rning, and We dHmly believe thai this l. an
other greet cure n. cte by your Hsedicine.
We have SIN D. record many WONDERFUL cures sa-ci
ed BY this remedy, bu, INST wa. abotaer opp rtui-
~ one ,hng yea can rely upon. what h We paIb4
ID d @rc from persons much respected IN our cum
nanity, aud literally true.
J. oUINTUS,
"a sheboygaR Nieuwsbode, sheboygAn, Wis
decl4-iM