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casion he applied to a memtfsef the Bos-
ton Natural History SocietY& know if a
paper upon the subject froa<i9m would oe
kindly received. He was nenber for two
or three weeks OF the Masss-iSsetts Legis-
lature. and he boasted that the most impor-
tant service he rendered the State was tie
introduction of bill, which was enacted
into law, providing thai, dekerel and
trout should be taken only in Legitimate
way, and at the appropriate season.
In the summer of 1852, sick and weary,
he retires to Marshfeld His<iends fondly
hope that, removed from public cares, be-
meath the shelter of his ownroof, in the
midst of his fit Ids and trees, ssrrounded by
his focks and herds, and breathing in the
breath OF the great ocean, hesFfIrsrevive;
but to him there comes no breath.
ecaobsr- approaches, defghtsuf
month of the year, when day after day the
sun besms with warm effulgshce, ere yet
his face assumes wintry aspect. when
the leaves stirred 5y an invisible power
rustic in the forest, when hsgy light robes
each object in the landscape,--eanda allthe
air solemn stiffness holds. ."-reminding
US that the glory of the summer is passing
away. The invalid holds cotEfnanion with
nature. conscious that he, too, is passing
away. Soon the rumor spreads that Web
ster is dying. Public attention is aroused
and startled. Men pause with suspended
breath. The voice of obloquytis hushed.-
Each day there is, a: every $:.lage post
office, anxious inquiry as to the condition
of the sufferer; and when at lengtk every
church bell throughout the conmonwealth
tolls forth the knell of his departure, there
is one universal expression 81 sympathy
and regret. The old aflectionIsnd veners-
tion of the people revive. Hisgktues only
are remembered. All parties aaite in pay
ing him posthumous honors. -.
The scene OF his death-bed is one of the
noblest and most impressive ON record
Calmly he awaits the inevitable; hour, and
goes down to the grave, crownssswith hon.
ors and length of days. Among his last
requests is that Grey's Elegy might be
read to him; and as the mouruful cadences
fell upon his ear, he must have thought
that it had been his lot
1.-THE applause of listening Senates to command
The threats Of pain and ruin to despise,
To scatter plenty o'er smiling laai,
and read his history in natio MS eyes"
He sleeps fast by the ocean, and in sight
of Plymouth Rock-it sepulchre ioI such
man. -
In Mr.. Webster were combined the ele-
ments of greatness. He was not, like
Washington, or Hampden, pattern of
moral excellence, or Political rec,hude;, nps
will he occupy even niche on the same
level with Franklin, or Jay. He had trans
cendent merits, as well as glariEg defects.
The historian, while he will dwsiIupaa the
one, willspass lightly- y-nEess sthea ~ sFhe
cloud which dims the setting sun Ought
not to make US oblivious of the many hours
in which he shone in fuli-orbed splendor.
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g o t r
Homeward- Bound.


Are you sleeping-are you dreamingi aie yo'
dreaming, love. of met
Or are you waking, think of your sailor on I'M
seat
of the day we roamed by Atholwoods-your hane
fast locked in mine
OF our day of happy, happy tryst on old sam
Valcntinei
O Marion. o Marion, the gale is piping loud
And the pillows leap to mountains, and the foan
lies like shroud,
Far far from land alone Istand, to watch TIL 1t bt
day,
Mid the rolling of the thunder, and the dashing O.
the spray.
Sleep, sleep. my Msricn-sleep and dream, .l my
:. 7s,ss.tesz sd inne No.
Sseep is the osphans silent land, and thou, love
art alone:
Sleep. ill the swelling branches bend into an arch
ing dome;
Sleep, I'LL the quiet leaves steal out 10 call Inc
young birds home.
Ills night, and storm, and darkness, Marion
flashing from the sky.
Darts the ftful, lurid lightning, like a threat oil
Gods great eye;
But dream thou MS the Norland CLEAN, the harm
less Norland light
: He sends bu. as the herald Of the glory oil MS
might.
Bless God my darling, for the gift hedeal1th unto
thee
Amid thy calm and sunny. bowers, soft dreams OF
the wild sea;
And to me. whose gllmpses of land are beauu iui
as brief,
Tome the storm tossed mariner, the love OF the
greenle
o doubly sweetuy thoughts of thee upon the surg
ing main
And donbly dear theday shall dawn that brings
me back again;
When u tread your -sarden--pilek the
wild flower from the wall
With my arm around my Marion's neck--the
sweetest flower of ala
Blow. blow, We winds, blow fierce and strong! the
heavens your breath commando
care not, l. how fiercely so ye low to mine own
loved land;
In the roar of the mighty waters my spirit shall
rejoice,
So they drown. not the glad music of my Marion's
welcome voice
-Tis by Athol that she slumbers-'tis by Atholth
she stisys;
O wait me, heavens. to Athol in the spring of the
young days;
There once more my steps shall wander-witi thy
hand fast locked in mime
By Athol woods. with thee, my Marion. on the old
Saint Valentine .--..--sss--- ..=+R-- J.
--CAan5er1 Journal.
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The Counsellor Posed.

At trial in !he court of Kings Bench
June, 1888, between certain publishing
,weededums and twedledees, as to an al
legged piracy of an arrangement of the 'Olt
English GentIeman'-an old English air,by
the by-Tom Cooke, the composer, was sub
pened as witness by one of the parties
On his cross examination by Sir James
Scarlet, afterwards Lord Abjnges for the
opposite side, that learned counsel rather
fppantly questioned him thus:
"Now, sir, you say that the two melodies
are the same, but different. What do you
mean by that sir"
To this Tom promptly answered, 81 said
that the notes in the two copies were alike,
but with different accent, the one being
in common time, the other in six eight time;
and consequently the position of the &C.
cented notes was different"
Sir James-"What is a musical accontp
Cooke-"My terms are guinea lesson
sir" a LOUD laugh.)
Sir James (rather rutfied)-"Never mind
your terms here. ask you what is a music.
al accent! Can you see it!"
Cooke--"No."
Sir James-"Can you feel itr'
Cooke.--"A musician can" (Greai
laughter.)
Sir James Every angry)-"Now, pray. sir
don't beat about the bush, but explain to
his lortship Lord Denman, who was the
Judge that tried the causel and the jury, who
are supposed to know nothing about music,
the meaning of what you call accent"
Cooke-"Accent in music IS a certain
stress laid upon a particular note, in the
same manner as you would lay stress up
on any given word .or the purpose of being
better understood. Thus, If | were 20 say,
"You are an aSS," it rests on ass; but if l
were 10 say, You are an ass" it rests on
you, Sir James
Reiterated shouts of laughter by the whole
court, in which the bench itself joined, fol
lowed this repartee. Silence having been
at length obtained, the judge, with much
seeming gravity, accosted the chop-fallen
counsel thus:
Lord Denman -"A-e you satisfied, SiT
Jamesr'
Sir James (who, deep red as he naturally
was TO use poor Jack Reeves own words
had become scarlet in more than name,) in a
great huff, said: The witness n ay go down!
And 20 down he did, amidst renewed
laughter, in which all joined, particularly
the learned brothers, except one, who didn't
see any joke in the matter.-Lordon Lsdder
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The FIRST WHITE MAN BORN IN KEN
TUcKy.--The first white man BORN in Ken
tuckv is still living and is residing in that
State. His name is Captain Enoch Boone,
nephew of the great pioneer-Danlel
Boone. His farm is on the Ohio river above
the mouth of Otter creek, a few miles below
the mouth of Salt river. He was born
sh ortly after Col. Boone's second expedition
to Kentucky, and is consequently greatly
advanced in wears, but is hale and hearty
and very cheerful, and is fond of relating
the thrilling scenes which hew,nesse dur
ing the early days of the "dark and bloody
ground" He is said to resemble, in stri-
king degree, his renowned uncle both in
form aud features.
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CtThe truly honest man is the least
apt to ..suspec. othe.s of dishonesty. At
this age the majority Of men deal with
each other as though every man were a,
rascal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05
IaE ANNUITY TO TIE PRtrc.ss t.oYA1. The

1aE ANNUITY TO TIE PRNCEss ROYAL. he
act z! O!Parliament 10Th AMI 2lst Victoria cap. =.
70 enable Queen Victoria to settle an annuity
on the Princess Royal Was passed on the 10Th Of
June last She is empowered. by letters patent,
10 give and grant unto the Princess Royal, or to
such persons IA she shall think fit. f,r the use
o. her Royal HIghness, an annuity Of fS, 900 for
her life. To commence form the date of the mar
rage with.Pr nee FIR derrick William Of Prassia
ID be free from all taxes, assessments and
charges, and to be paid quarterly, on the 9TH of
January, 4th Of April, the 9TH Of July, and the
10th Of fDctober. The propOrtionate share is to
be paid on the next quater-day after the mar
riage. The annuity i, to be charged and pay
able out of the Consolidated Fund of the United
Kingdom. The annuity commenced on the 18th
January
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05

The WORD SELAH.-The translators of the
Bible have left the Hebrew word Selah, which
occurs so often in tho Psalms, as they found it.
and OF course the English reader often asks his
minister, or Orlearned friend, what it means. And
the minister or learned friend has most often
been Obliged to confess ignorance, because it is
IA matter in regard to which the most learned
have by no means been of one mind. The Tar
gums, and most of the Jewish commentators
give to the word the meaning Of efeTnaHy far
eOeT. Rabbi kimchi regards it as a sign to ell
eyate the voice. The authors Of the Septua-
gint translation appear to have regarded il az IA
musical or rythmical note. Hender regarded
n A. indicating change Of note MathewsOn
as a musical note, equivalent. perhaps, to the
word Trpeat. According to Luther and others, it
means sIISHc,, Gesenius explaines it to mean.
LET the instruments play and the singers stop
Wocher regards il "a equivalent to SHrSnDl coz
da-up, my soul Sommer, after examining
all the seventy four passages in which the word
occurs, recognizes in every case g an actual APP
peal OF summons to Jehovah" They are calls
for aid and prayers to be heard, expressed Ell
ther with entire directness or if not in the i'm
perative, . Hear, Jehovah - or, Awake Jeho-
yah and the like still earnest address to God
that he would remember and hear, etc. The
word itself he regards as indicating blast of
the trumpets by the priest. Selah, itself, he
thinks an abridged expression. used for Hig-
gaiOn Selan-Higgaion Indicating the sound of
the stringed instruments. and Selah a vigorous
blast Of trumpets -BibIiOfhpca Sacra.
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IL The New York Times, referring to our
national tendency To exaggeration, in cOnnec-
ton with the present monetary troubles, says
." If our word was to be taken for our national
character to October, 1886, we were the most
progressive, far-seeing, sagacious and success
ful twenty millions of mortals that ever ruled
the realm of nature, and made the earth mo-
ther of men. III our own word is to be taken
for our national character in October, 1857, We
are the most blundering, headlong, silly, and
incompetent generation of speculators, not to
say swindlers, that ever triaed with magnii-
cent materials, and threw away golden oppOr-
tunities. 1t is needless to say that we are revi
ling ourselves now just as extravagantly as we
Landed ourselves then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05

BoDY SsArcHING. people of St. Thomas,
CIV. were greatly excited, afew days since, by
the discovery that the body of Mrs. Patten, who
died on the Both Of December, had been exhumed
by body snatchers, for anatomical purpose. The
body was found in room used as an Orange
Lodge, after it had undergone dissection A
shoemaker, named Sparkling, and DR.. Saughel,
were implicated in the disinterment. the latter
had been instructing a class in anatomy; one of
his pupils being shoemaker, another a tailor,
q third a carpenter, and the fourth clerk in a
dry goods store. The mutiated remains of
Mrs Patten were reinterred, very large con-
course following them to the grave. The viola
tors of the grave will be punished.
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ACCIDENT To JEROME RAvEL.-The Boston
Courier says Last Thursday night, during
the performance of the new piece, Jerome Ra-
vel met with an unfortunate accident which
will deprive the public of his presence for
short time. In one Of the scenes he is obliged
to pass rapidly through the air, at distance Of
about six feet from the stage, sustained by a
wire. On Thursday evening this wire, an im-
perfect one it afterwards proved to be, parted,
precipitating Jerome to the ground. He had
not yet appeared from behind the scene 80 the
audience knew nothing of the mishap.
A part Of a sword was fastened to his back
one of the tricks of the pantOmine--upon which
be fell, breaking, as was subsequently, ascer-
tanned, two of his ribs As he was led to the
green room, his face and bearing indicated great
suffering, but, notwithstanding his injuries, he
unhesitatingly returned, and went through with
the remainder of his part, showing no outward
sign OF disability. This is certainly most re-
markable example of fortitude and faithful
ness. Immediately after the accident occurred
1t was reported to Antoine, who merely said,
" Jerome hurt?'-but in a tone that spoke
more than the words-and rushed on to the stage
to convulse the audience with laughter, while
his own heart must have been sad enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05

THR REMARKABLE CASE AT WENHAM-We
learn (says the Boston Traveler) that Miss
Rebecca b. Briggs, of Wenham who died sud
denly at Manchester, n. H., Jan 18th, of heart
disease, at the age of seventeen years, was
buried ut Wenham, Jan. 81 nine days after
death This is the case where the continued life
appearance of the face upOn which a rosy hue
fingered for several days after death, led to a
postponement Of the funeral ceremonies, from
hope that it might prove to be case of suspen-
ded animation only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-05

ATLANTIC TEL sG RAPB The bill Of this COM
pany, to be laid before Parliament, proposes an
increase OF capital by the creation Of new shares,
and the borrowing on mortgage or bond, the ORR
ginai capital Of t253,O0 now all paid up, being
found, I'm consequence Of circumstances beyond
the contfoi OF the company" inadequate for the
purposes OF the undertaking. The shares Of the
company are offered at f5OO discount. These are
t 900 shares, fully paid up. The price quoted
must probably be considered exceptional. for the
majority OF the shareholders are sufficiently
wealthy TO retain their interest In the underta-
king.
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THEY'RE COMING The first shad made their
appearance on Friday, two in number. each from
a iderent fishery One Of them was cauy ht I'm
Aauia Creek, and the other In Potomac Creek
We also saw a herring on Saturday, the first in
this market, and which had been caught the AZ
before s-Ffsderieksbprg Herald.
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Dancing.
FASHIONABLE DANCING.

PROF. II. w. MUNDER respectfully announces
90 ms friends and the public generally. that "a
his ast quarter viii commence Tuesday 81
afternoon, Feb. I'd, 1853. All those who desire -
10 De prepared for the exhibition earnest (xA
solicited TO JOIN as soon possible the arrange
ment oil Fancy Dances will take place Immediately
Ihe programme for this season will be entirely
new, and TAR excel any ever offered to the public.
Parents who desire 70 see their children easy and
gracefutin their carriage should not fail to enter
them very soon.
6sntisnlen's Glasses Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, as usual. from ~ until 9tf o'clock.
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THE IMPROVED SETS OF TEETn-

NJ. LOOMS. N; q, the inyen.cr and patsnt.s OF
successfully introduced his Improvement In
yarlous otIes, has now permanently es;ab "
hshed himself N Washington.
This Improvement for seis OF Teeth consists ohi.,
y In making set OF but one piece Of material, ana
thst indestructibls mneral. No meta 10 used IN
galvanic action and metallic taste. There are no
Joints 10 become hiled with moisture particles OF
iood. hence they are ysrs ard elsas. They are
nghter, stronger less clumsy, tar more durable, and
nstural IN their appearance. will give . revsrd o
One hous sand Dollars To any who will produce
slmiH work OF art To equal mine In purity, beauty
quality.
All work responsIbly warranted.
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SPECIAL NOTICK.-For Perfumed Breath, White
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"W oOdand Cream" new pomade 1t causes gen.
tlemen's hair to curl beautifully. Price 50 cents
each. W.P. FKrRIDeK & Co.,
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ESPEClAL NOTICE.-Our sincere thanks are
IL hereby rendered to all who have settled their ac-
cOunts with US since our last issue of bills. But our
prnc pal object to call the attention of those
who have not paid to this notice. We want them to
know that are Sufering for the use ofths money
due ns. and hope that wit hOut delay those persons
whom we have In good faith accommodated will call
or send in their settlements.
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" DR.. STEPHEN BAILY,
OFFICE No. l9s PENNSYLVANIA AyKNvu.
Thrss doors FROM l<fk SfysSf. lu


Dr.. BAILYbsss leave to inform the public ths, no
can De seen at al hours. al his Oce located above
he feels assured that an experience Of kesn years
practice r,fs the srss number Of patients and great
.olentLho or Othervse. relating to the Teeth. HI:
own experience coph rmlng the opinion OF many men
snd and ns Sss and especially DR.. ass
card ali mercuris prepsratons for Giss Tees 10
all EnAmss, Gutta Percha, India Rubber, and Cs,
Tee sDd h 81 S Gum
II the only reliable substance that can be worn in the
American pentai aS:o conSsnion. SHOWN o' the last
ALTHOUGH he natters himssf from hi. long resi-
Known to his numerous friends and ,stron.. he ssss
leave TO refer them TO the following
TESTIMONIALS:
From the late Rector Of the Church Of Epiphany OF
Or. STEPHEN BAnI: Desrsir.,I desire to express
you superior dentist. The operations ex ecuted
public that your xii 80 Vel deserves '1D' A0' '''
Washington. Aug. ss. Lass. ao1" wv '%H.fFiRkNon.
From one of the oIdest krms IN Baltimore. Messrs.
Having employ ed Di. H Stephen Bsiy, ally Surgeon Den
sorsnt ana dsuit piece Of wSff, sSioh % he I'D to
my entire satisfaction, and view Of the fact that
coete Of Bssi%ors sed assr repeated sns srsis to
the 1o s
81 & sTofi EARaaNS Bosss
Extract froms note received from the late Hon job,
nj. Clayton.
The teeth yos made Tor me vorf sdmifsbiy; nOsi-
ING could be better Very !foaS f5iaaiSS'SIL S.cLAYroN.
To those that seek relief from the maladies of the
teeth, can cheerfall recommend DIR. 3. Baily a.
superior Dentist; he made set Of porcelain teeth
for one Of my family and plugged several teeth for
myself, and the work has ~ stood well for more than
ten year; ". c.. ROBERT T. NIXON.
Apnl l9. 1855.
We, the undersigned, having .lad occasion TO Avail
ourselves the professIoisaI aAlu of Dr q. Baiy,
Surgeon DENTIST Of this CITY having been oogniS
ant Of his operations our families or friends take
pleasure in expressing our adrratIon of his artistic
skill, well as Of the uniformly satisfactory manner
in which he performs the most delicate and dkcult
operations In Dental Surgery, and pectfuy re-
commend him TO the confidence and patronage OF the
public. of which consider him eminently worthy,
THOMAS u. WALTER, Architect u. =. CapItQa.
THOMAS MILLER. NJ. d., of Washington, d. e,
b. 3. BoHRER, NJ. ID. of Georgetown, ~. G.
Ms. LINCOLN. NJ. d., Of Washington, ID. &.
Jos. III. BRADLEY, of Washington, ID. G..
GEORGE WALTON, Ex-Governor or Florida.
WALTER LKNox, Ex-Mayor of WashlLstop.'
HsNRY BALDWIN, u. =. Patent Once,
o. WIsHT, Prnci pal r lite nhouse A Andeuv.