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SPIRIr OF THE MORNING PRESS
The Union, in an article entitled England
the Representative of Free Institutions in Eu-

the Representative OF Free Institutions in Eu-
rope-the Anglo-French Alliance" says:
" However much we may find to condemn In
our great Cousins, we have no just right TO sus-
pect them IF treachery TO the cause Of free insti-
buttons. They maintain a monarchical system
but their progress towards popular enfr anc hi.e-
since the great charter was wrested from King
JOAN Indeed, if we were ambi-
tious OF the distinction of prophecy, we should
say that any attempt on the part OF France to In
fervene In American affairs for the purpose OF re-
establishing monarchical rule on this continent
would test the strength and ultimately break the
back Of the Anp To- French alliance"
The same paper contains the Report, in full,
of the Secretary Of the Interior.
The hnte!IIgencer, to day, is devoted to Con.
gressional proceedings and news.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

lniTty.H1tn C0nSresS-Second session..
In TIE SENATE, yesterday, after our report
closed, Mr.. Rice presented several joint reso-
lutions from the Legislature of Minnesota, in
favor Of an overland mail route to tho Pacific
and other matters: and a number of memorials
from the same, asking the improvement Of the
Mississippi river; grants of lands for railroads;
some point on Lake Superior to the South Pass
of the Rocky mountains; the construction of
several military roads, DC.
Mr.. Rice gave notice of his intention to in.
troduce a number Of bills, to wit:
For the erection at st. Paul, Minneaota, of
a custom house, post Office, court rooms, and
other United States Offices; for an overland
wagon road from Fort Abercrombie to the Pa
cifc; and for m appropriation to defray the
expenses OF volunteers. Adjourned.
LIZ THE HOUSE, Mr.. Chapman continued,
at considerable length, to argue the charges
against Judge Watrous, in advocacy Of the
resolution for his impeachment 1t seemed to
him, that after Judge Watrous had been called
upon by the Legislature of his own State to
resign, after public confidence in him had been
shaken to its founda ton, ne owed it to himself
and the integrity of his court, to seek no longer
to avoid trial. He should either demand it
or resign; for what awaited it if the House dis
missed the complaints Inc puoic mlnd would
not be quieted until be had left the bench or
vindicated his innocence.
Mir. Tappan replied to the charge Of one of
the papers in Texas, that he had signed, as o
member of the Judiciary Committee of the
Thirty-fourth Congress the report for the i'm.
parchment Of Judge Watrous, and that now
be had signed the report generating him. The
whole proceedings at first we're CT parte; neither
Judge Watrous nor any friend of his was be.
fore the committee majority of the com-
mittee decided that whatever prejudices there
might be in the State of Texas, the committee
had nothing to do with them, and that Judge
Watrous could not be permitted to defend him.
self from them.
Tho Speaker laid before the House a CON-
municaton from the Treasurer of the United
States, containing the accounts Of the third
and fourth quarters Of 1857, and the first and
second quarters Of 1853; ordered to be printed.
Adiourned
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committees of the body to be elected from their
side Of the Chamber. 1t Is the custom of tho
majority of the Senate to accord to the minority
the privilege of saying which of themselves
shall ill the places on committees to be filed
BY Opposition members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-10

TEE WEATHKR.-Thef following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time of observation is about O'Clock:
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REsIGxED.-The resignation Of Thomas J.
Brsreton, Captain Of Ordnance in the War De-
partment, has been accepted by the President
1t will take effect on the 10Th instant.
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u Though {" The star" In printed On the
fastest steam press In use south Of Balti.
more, It's edition IL 50 large as to require IL
- be pat TO press at nm early hour, Adver.
usemepts, therefore, should be sent in by IL
s'cleck, M; otherwise they may net pear
until the next day.
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Barometer at the Smithsonian. at a. m. fcor-
rected for temperatuel 30 sos; at noon, 30 53; at
OK, 30 COS.
Thermometer, at a. m 19'; at noon 81.
Maximum Yesterday, 27o minimum last night,
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con REWAR ID will be paid for the sp,reheu-
G%O slon OF a NJ GkO WOMAN g
Banled olace, v no ran awsy from the cub q
s'Iloer Oh SGnf ay, the 3ist 81 October. She -IyA
is mulaio, ab"Ut feet inches high, and ~
supposed TO be about 81 yesrs of age. she is <I~s
ihe above reward Ill be paid If she q. secured go
that car get her. c. NJ hOUNEs
deS 81 No. zSS ID street.
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& REWARDS On Friday night, Nov
CD sd, from the Seven Locks. Mort -
gomert county. Md, Brown HORSE, ~
aIo1t or 10 yeaTs old, slightly string -
hauled on one hind ies, ard scar Uncer N "
the postIf jCint CT he samc leg. BAD
when tsken a hsHworn riding sadde and bride
one-heif round and III. ether hall fa'. The s'ove
reward wall be PAID for the return of ts,d hoIse
10 DA YES Livery Stable. on BIIcge at. teorse
town. ID. g, aId 3 Is for The arrest Of the thief
de s-Sts
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,.I,;s ekHAroRIAL CAUcus.-The Re.
Puoh0.n members Of the Senate went inta a.. :
81. 'o-aay immediately after the id journmspt
70 select the members Of the y.riou. ,,.nd;.1
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GONE PERSONS-For PAN the worst of Ills
~ Use nousht but powders, piasters or pi ls;
but we wise both gre4t ard small
TO use EoTtshorne's far. fsmed Cnrs-AU
A chemist this Hre All prepares,
To suit The ever changing AIRS;
BLOW hot or cold Sow, hail or min
Tie sreat are All annIhIlsies all pain.
not les q and 81 cents. Sold by all Druggists in
washington, Georgetown and Alexandria.
de 81
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LOST AID FOUND.

q w A X D.-Sfolen rom the door Of
SC McClees' Art Caller, this morning, two
PhuI HOS PHS, an frKmes. The above reward
will be paid for tHe detection of the thief.
do I0-5t Soa Pa. ave. bet orb and oh stt.
c. REwARD-Strayed or stolen from the sub
Sc scrIber, living four miles east ofO
Ma = on satar' az nlsnt, Dec. 9TH. ROANNA
- hE, betwe N and wears old she'd in cnt !.
,dthof SUM- nut IN toleTble good cordItlon with
long sSth tsll, and tie hair rubbed of the back ~
her neck. The above reward will be pc I'd for her
return 10 me, or Tor such Information. Jeff tIth6r
WIZ me or ct MI. GtddIs' Store, Navy Yard. as
de 10-Sts WI wINKrER
81 REWARD w as driven away from the res
c,c idenoe Of the 81 tcrher on the S7theSsu,
nitmo, .srge Red and White BULL,EN@S
Win short thItk horns. No ear marks 4H
recol 'ected. vii give the above rewsrd 4A~es-
II .eit at my residences. adjoining Glenwood Gene
terry, nHr;h Of the Capitol.
de 9-St THOs MAGRrDER
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-11-25
TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, November rs, 1858.
Original 4oettg.
HARRY HERMoN" TO ELLA MAY"

A.. Enron The advertisement of ELLA MAY''
Saned nv notice until now. Hoping, however, that
am moi too late would begin by paying my distress
s,.@ 70 her through your columns. H. II.
Chou whose fair form imagination brings
I, angelic beauty, Qacking only the wings)
With dark eyes" flashing loves enhancing light
Around my pillow in the gloom of night =
Thou fair congenial spirit who, like me
Tossed on the waves of lfe's tempestuous sea,
Would gain some part of the matrimonial rest
O. how long to clasp thee to my breast
Lonely I've spent my thirty years of life
charming handsome man, without wife,
oft have | sought to change my wretched state,
BDt Oh how useless to contend with fate
Whene'er found girl to suit my mind
How strange to tell--she did nj seem inclined
Ny form is tall and stately-my blue eyes,
Mild and bcniguant as the azure skies,
They never flash with fury or with ire
THEY'RE rather too much buttermilk for hre,)
And "Jupiter's ambrosial locks" could ne'er
In golden glory with my own compare.
lam A poet-thats my occupation
And. should my fame be sounded throughout creation
Remember if YOU'RE Mrs. Hermon, you
VIII share the laurels of your husband too.
Nv goodness is erceeding 81 would give
Beautiful rules how other folks should live
With eloquence such lofty morals teach
sometimes | almost think I'm called to preach.
Now angel Ella, if l only find
You dutifu, controllabe, and kind:
Both spirited and gentle-wise and witty
Scorning those dainty airs that spoil the pretty;
Childlike in innocence-yet shrewd and Keen,
Always amusing-quiet and serene,
With each opposing quality of mind
Consistently, harmoniOusly combined.
Fear not, you may with certainty and pride
Aspire to be the red-haired poets bride.
Troy Nov. IL 1858. HARRY HERMON.
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WARN BARN-A cold and open, weather.
boarded barn can easily be made warm Dy
boarding them up on the inside and filling up
space between the outside and inside weather
boarding with straw or coarse refuse hay. And
this can be done at a very trifng expense by
such as cannot afford to build new barns or
thoroughly repair their old ones. For few
dollars worth of boards and nails and a little
work, which you can do yourself, is all that
is necessary to prevent the ingress of the sharp
winds, and cold, frosty air. And he who
neglects or begrudges this, is unmerciful to his
poor shivering beasts, who would soon tell
him of his want of mercy if they could.
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AN INCIDENT OF THE EPIDEMC.-The New
Orleans Delta relates the following, as one Of
the incidents of the yellow fever epidemic in
that city A boy was discovered in the morn
ing lying in the grass of Claiborne street,
evidently bright and intelligent, but sick. A
man who had the feelings Of kindness strongly
developed went to him, shook him by the
shoulder, and asked him what he was doing
there Waiting for God to come for me-"
said he What do you mean ?" said the gen.
tleman touched by the pathetic tone of the
answer and the condition of the boy, in whose
eye and flushed face he saw the evidences of
the fever. "God sent for mother and father
and little brother" said he, and took them
away to his home, up in the sky : and mother
told me, when she was sick, that God would
take care of me. l have no home, nobody to
give me anything ; and so came out here, and
have been looking so long up in the sky TO:
God to come and take care of me, as mother
said he would. He will come, won't be p
Mother never told me lie." Yes, my lad,"
said the man." overcome with emotion, " he has
sent me to take care of you"
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HuMMING BIRDS ToNGUEs-The tongue of q
humming bird is very curious. 1t has two
tubes alongside Of each other, like the tubes
of double-barreed gun. At the tip of the
tongue the two tubes are little separated
and their ends are SNAPPED like spoons. The
honey is spooned up, we may say, and it is
drawn into the mouth through the long tubes
of the tongue But the bird uses its tongue
another way 1t catches insects with it, for
it lives on these as well as honey 1t catches
them in this way ; the two spoons grasp the
insect like pair of tongs, and the tongue
bending, puts it into the birds mouth. The
tongue, then, of the humming bird, is not mere
ly one instrument, but contains several lnstru-
ments together two pumps two spoons, and
pair Of tongs.
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still at every fresh return the comet suffers
planetary disturbances which affect it forever
But the material, the construction and the in
ternal history of comets are still inscrutabe.-
The utmost observation and research have fail
ed to discover any weight in them. The COM
ct now receding from our view passed on Mon
day within nine million miles from Venus, and
if it had any density at all comparable to our
own would have effected the orbit of that
planet in an appreciabe degree Were that
found to be the case, it would be the first fact
of the kind in the history of these singular bodies
But, even if there no weight in comet it
might still be of very opaque matter. IL is,
however, by no means certain that the very
nucleus can intercept, the light of a small tele-
scopic star. Yet in this light, transparent sub
stance, is the source of the immense tail, which
in some comets has been hundred millions, and
in the present instance not less than forty mil
lions of miles long 1t is the seat of the most
extraordinary changes and the most violent
eruptions, throwing out columns of luminous
matter many millions of miles long, in few
hours, not only in the usual direction away
from the SUM- but directly towards the sun, aud
otherwise as some chance may direct. This
comet has exhibited the average of such trans
formations, as yet entirely escaping all the re-
sources of glass and of figures. But if there
is more difficulty and mystery in these bodies,
there is also more promise. There is more
chance of new discoveries here than in the solid
old planets. They change. They approach.
They return. They seem to have an Office to
dschargein our system whereof we all partake.
Some of them are old friends of the new ways;
some are strangers. Both are welcome We
no longer expect them to drown or burn the
world. That is as Heaven DEGREES, and depends
on no chance comet-stroke. 1t is hardly posi-
BILE to look at them without saying that they
replenish and perhaps vivify, the subtle medi-
um through which they diffuse their bright
prospects, and which offers certain resistance
to their motion. As to danger of collision, Of
blighting showers, or perncious breath, it is as
nothing compared to the thousand and one
chances on which mortal life depends. 1t al
ways hangs on q thread, and that thread is not
weakened to the amount of one fibre by all the
million of Comets which French philosopher
calculates to move in our system.
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GERMAN BEDs-How They ARE MADE
They are universally not more than l-2 feet
long and l-2 feet wide. 4 double bed Ihare
nerer seen in GERMANY The substratum is often
of feathers but more frequently about the
hotels, it is some sort of O mattraSs placed
upon elastic springs. 1t is an affair of some
difficulty for one of ordinary height to stretch
himself out full length upon one of these beds.
1t can only be done diagonally, and is feat
which requires considerable tact. The cover
ing of the beds is often not much larger than
the bed itself, and always finds itself off at one
side or the other before morning.
But the greatest popularity Of a German
bed consists of two or three immense feather
pillows, designed to elevate the head and
shoulders to an angle Of about 80 degrees, and
and another appendage about l-2 feet square
and stuffed lightly with feathers, designed to
cover the feet and lower part of the person.
Perhaps in winter this may be a comfortable
arrangement, but | can testify in summer that
it is intolerable. The first thing | generally
do, after taking possession of my sleeping
apartment, is to tumble all these feather mon
sters upon the floor. My large Highland
shawl spread over the whole bed, thus cleared
of its membranes, and tucked up all around,
transforms it into something like comfort.
must however add in all honesty that beds and
linen in German hotels are generally cleaner,
and much better aired than in the United
States.
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A MOTHER was hugging and kissing a four
year old, when she exclaimed, Charley what
makes you so sweet :" Charley thought a
moment, and having been taught that he was
made of the dust of the ground, replied, with
a rosy smile, 1" / think, mother, God must have
put little sugar with the dust, don't you %
"OLD AGL is coming on me rapidly" as the
urchiu said when stealing apples from an old
mans garden, and saw the owner, coming cow
hide in hand.
Some one inquiries, in the name of Mrs. Par
tington: "Why can't the Captain of vessel
keep memorandum of the weight of bis an
chor, instead Of weighing itevery time be leaves
portm
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ENGLAND DEMCRALTzED BY HER WEALTH.
The London Times, in a recent article antici
pates difficulty in finding employment for the
bullion which is flowing into the country-not
because of the want of proper avenues for its
use, but because men have lost confidence in
one another. "As far" says the Times, as
the management of public enterprise is concern
ed, the country is without character, and no
man will trust to his neighbor" And it then
proceeds to show that British capitalists have
been so unfortunate in their foreign specula-
tions, that they are losing faith in them also
On this subject another English journal says /:
"If Britannia represent the wealth of the
world, she also typiies its absence amongst the
great mass of the people, and we must candid.
ly confess to partiality in favor of less wealth
and its more equal diffusion. Extremes are
rarely pleasant and the presence of enormous
masses of capital in few hands, seeking pro-
fitable investment in all quarters to which the
compass points, with great masses of human
beings in all our large cities ill clothed i'll fed,
i'll housed, gaunt, consumptive, wretched crea-
tureS willing to work, but unable toprOcure it
without leaving their native land for far distant
possessions, is a spectacle upon which neither
God nor man can look with pleasure. We
drive from our shores the most productive of
all captals-human bones and muscle, to seek
existence elsewhere and enrich other lands by
its Development and industry. There is a ter
rible significance in Goldsmith couplet-
Ill fares the land, to Fastening ills prey,
Where wealth accumuates and men decay.
1t is to be regretted, too, that while Britain
MAS capital is thus unanimously on the increase,
securing remote countries of profitable invest
ment the moral character of our spectators
is rapidly going to the dogs. Our railwaySat
home, gigantic undertakings, no doubt, repre-
senting nearly half the amount of the national
debt, have enriched lawyers, engineers, contrac
tors, and directors, but they have beggared an
enormous number of respectable people, iuclu-
ding widows, orphans, ard feeble and aged men
and women, whose all has been swallowed up
in the vortex
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Reflection is the basis of all purely intelec-
tual efforts; genius without it is like balloon
without ballast, at the mercy of the clouds,
making mad and erratic flights but seldom
heavenward. To reflection more than cultiva-
ton is the mind indebted for its solid theories
and substantial facts. The loose chaff that is
driven before the wind, is as fully valuable as
the thought that owes not its subsistence to
this faculty; it is equally useful when carried
into all departments Of life; it makes the deep
| thinker, the close reasoner, the calm energetic
speaker it concentrates ideas, impels to the
loftiest heroism, gives to patriotism the power
| that commands and eveHtuates success 1t is
| a wall of safety around our schools and happy
is the teacher who can call it TO bis or her aid
in the arduous task of governing pupils. The
lawyer, physician, and divine are all successful
as neglect, abuse, or properly cherish this God
given attribute Let us call reflection tenn
pie, place it in grove full of pleasing and in
tricate labyrinths we enter its dreamy halls
and are charmed by sweet music. We move
amid its winding passages, on each side of which
the hand of classic art has cunningly cheated
time, and reality. There is sunset beauty
cleaning over all, an inexpressibly sweet quiet
ude breathed upon our souls we no longer
seem of earth, earthly, our spirits expand aud
clothe these bodies, (whereln dwell infrmities)
with light and grace. The soft shadows that
float down the quaint old crevices start grow
tremulous, and surge into life.
| The lips breathe thoughts that have burned
into many worshipping heart, the eyes are
luminous with the fire of poetry, the brains,
domes of intellect; we talk face to face with
the dead past, and yet with the everlasting
present; oh, in what a far off distance seems
the great world then, its mighty stir and babel
sounds fall melancholy upon our ears, refined
and etherealized in the aembic of meditation,
they chime like fairy bells, and melt into liquid
music to which, we set our thoughts and bid
them give the JOY to Others they have impart-
ed to u.s.
| Then there comes a time when wearied with
this worlds gare, sick of its strife, saddened
with its heartlessness, we feel almost ready to
despair and when mental oppression seems
crushing our better natures, We feel the touch
of soft hand on our temples, and looking up
wards we behold reflection, her angelic eyes
full of pity aud hope, her finger pointing heav-
onward, as she bids us muse upon the glories
reserved in the beautiful land where poor earth
tired pilgrims rest forever, how we clasp her to
| the newly trusting heart, while heaven seems
loveier, and its bright inhabitants rearing q
path of glory that shall bear our ranSomed
spirits into the very bosom of infinite holiness
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"WHEN stranger treats me with want Of
respect" said a phiIosophic poor man, " Icom
fort myself with the reflection that it is not
myself he Sights, but my old and shabby coat
and hat, which, to say the truth, have no
particular claim to admiration. So, if my hat
and coat choose to fret about it, let them, but
it is nothing to me-"
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Rag- The same ladies who would faint to see
a mans shirt on a clothes line, will, in waltz,
lovingly repose their heads upon the same
garment when man is in it, allowing him 10
take liberties for which country girl would
box his ears till his cheeks tingled
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The best description Of weakness we have
ever heard it contained in the wag's query to
his wife. when she rave him some thin chicken
broth, if she would not try 10 coax that chicken
to wade through the soup oEce more.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-11-25

A WAGGIsH husband recently cured his wife
of divers ills in this wise He kissed the
servant girl one morning, and got caught at
it. Mrs. j. was set up in an instant. She forgot
all her complaints, and the man of the house
declares that he has not had to pay cent for
" help" since.
SOMEBODY says woman in politics is ike IL
monkey in china shop-sha can do no good,
and may do a good deal of harm. Rather
than see woman turn statesmen, we would see
them turn somersets She is about as well cal
culated for one as the other, if not great deal
more so.
EVERY dollar that crculates among us was
coined from the sweat of honest life. Remem-
Der that, sir-snob, when you turn up your
nose at d working man.
NOTHING casts denser cloud over the mind
than discomfort, rendering it more occupied
about the evil that disquietsit than the means
of removing it,
LOVERS, whose only desire is to take long
and romantic walks beneath the moon, are
not long in discovering, after marriage, that
they cannot subsist on moonshine.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-11-25

THERE is a man in town whose memory is so
short that it only reaches to his knees Per
consequence he had not paid for his last pair
of boots
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al SAY mister said one Yankee to another,
chow come your eyes so crooked !''
my eyes ? Why sitting between two girls
and trying to look at both of them at the same
time"