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orders came from Turin to seize the vessel, and the officers actually placed a gun boat under her stern, with two guns. mounted, having received orders to fire should any at tempt to be made by the captain of the Adriatic to move from the spot.- The next orders received were that the vessel should not be molested, but that none of her men were to be al- lowed communication with the shore. nor was anything to be sent on board of her, not even water, nor any other kind of assistance offered.
 In a few days, upon further refec- tion, all these orders were withdrawn, and Capt. Durham allowed to take whatever he desired to his vessel or rather, as he states, whatever he was able to pay for, which was very little.
 Col. Long, the United States store keeper at Spezzia, kindly furnished the vessel with all she wanted. Just as she got her provisions and water on board, there came on fresh blow from the northward and the vessel was riding by the kedge and forty five fath- oms of chain, with one of the chain boxes filled yilh stones to back it, and hawser bent to the other chain box. She lay then in what is called Pena gallia Bay with the wind blowing right on shore.
 About 2 o'clock the vessel commence ed dragging; all hands went to work and got sail on as soon as possible, cutting away one chain box and drag ging the other by the point, which she neared so closely that one might have jumped ashore from the deck. The vessel kept drifting until Capt. D. was compelled to run hawser ashore to the lazaretto, where he made out to hold her until he went to town and got his papers. Returning to the bark, he put to sea.
 The day following the Adriatic boarded the ship Elizabeth Dennison, from whom she got more provisions and an anchor. She then had beau tiful passage of eleven days to Ma deria, after flst beating about for some time in order to put certain parties ashore who had no desire to take a trip to America. The voyage from Madeira to the United States was a long and tedious one, she having en- countered alternately, calms and head winds nearly throughout the passage. The crew finally exhausted all their provisions except small quantity of beef, and 1t became necessary for the ship to make the nearest American port, Savannah, which she reached in safety, as before stated.
 Upon the whole the movements of the Adriatic have been truly eyentful. and it remains to be seen what effect they are to have upon the interests of her owners and the relations of the two governments, should our own sus- tain the vessel in her escape from the authorities of France. We have little 1 thought of any serious results So far as the international aspects of the question are concerned.
 Capt. Durham infomed us that his freight from here to La Clotat was about $5,000, He has received only about one-half of this amount the balance is still held by the " Messa- gerie Imperial" Company by an at tachment made.by the agents of the steamer Lyonnas.
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Tzy PupiIs Charged only from tbe months in which they enter, inclusive. Deductions made for absence caused by protracted sickness, but not otherwise.
 REFERENCEs:-D. B. TURNER, T. S. Mo GALLEY, DR. P. B. ROBINSON, W. H. MOORE. J. B. TR0TMAN, W. HARRIS, Huntsville, Ala. JAMES T. MOORE, T. c. HINDMAN, Q. K. Uy- DERWOOD, Helena, Arks.
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Daniel Boone. swift and elegant steamer will be at Helena, bound up, about 3 o'clock tomorrow morning. If you should want to go up, take the Boone, and we'll guaran- tee you pleasant trip.
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 JAMES BLACKBURN. Attorney at Law, will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care, in the Courts of Ar kansas,or in the counties of Tunica and Goa homa, in the State of Mississippi. Will also act as Agent in buying, selling, or pay ing taxes, on lands lying in this State. Helena, April 3, 1858.
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CTAs the Boone passed Reeves, 10 miles below Memphis, yesterday evening, a break of about 40 yards wide was observed in the levee, on the Arkansas side, through which the water was rushing with great velocity
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CwThe trial of Bolton, who murdered McMiIlan, in Memphis, last May, common ced last Tuesday, in Covlngton, Tipton county. It will doubtless be long trial. Some of the ablest lawyers in Tennessee are employed in the case.
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CJ-At the distribution of the prizes in the Cosmopolitan Art Association, on the 25th ult., at New York, Miss A. E. Cole man, of Cincipnati, daughter of the pro- prietor of the Burnet House, drew the Greek Slave. A lady-Miss Kate Gillispie, of Pa.-drew it in the distribution last year, and sold it for $600O. The other prizes were we'll distributed throughout the United
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Estray Notice l!

TAKEN up, on the Sd day of December last, by W. D. Rice, on his plantation, one small black horse MULE; no marks or brands; supposed to be four or five years old; and appraised at $75.
 Jan. 16, 1858.
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ROLL UP YOUR WAGONs!

AT the place to buy FLOUR. H. c. RIGHTOR has now in store 200 barrels Ex- tra superfne Family Flour, in sacks, half bbls. and bbls., fresh from the St. Louis Mills. 1March 27. 185S.
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THE NEws.-In our columns to-day will be found news of considerable interest,", news from Washington, from Europe, Mar kets, Sc. There has been considerable decline in Cotton at Liverpool. Congress is still employed in discussing the Kansas question, to the neglect of almost everything else
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The Place to Bllv Lard.

H. 0. RlGHTOR has in store 13,000 pounds of Prime Leaf Lard in tierces, kegs and jars. March 27. 1858,
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CRIME IN NEW YoRK-Mr Tallmadge General Superintendent of Police in New York, has made report to the Board of Commissioners, from which we gather the following facts, touching the amount of crime in New York during the last three months. It will be seen that but for the foreign element of the. population, there would be but small necessity for police force. The whole number of arrests amounts to 12,778, of which, excluding colored per- sons, 2274 were natives, and 10,279 for eigners, classified as follows:
 Irish, 8o0s; Germans, 1928; English, 577; Scotch, 2lO; French, S5; Italians, 51; Poles, Is; Spanish, II; Swedes, 6; West Indies, 5; Cubans, 5; Swiss, 3; Hollanders, 3; Welsh, 2 Danes, 1; Portuguese, l; Col ored persons, 225.
 Forty-one thousand and ninety four poor and destitute persons have been accommo- dated with lodgings, of whom seven eighths were foreigners.
 The same style of things, statistics of crime in that city, present, indeed, nearly three fourths of all the money expended for prisons and poor-houses in our great cities, goes by reason of the presence of foreign vagabonds among us. Taxpayers are bled profusely to support European lazzaroni and loafers. Let the reader weigh we'll the figures we give, which materially tell the story of Philadelphia as well as they do for New York l2,770 arrests for crime in three months; 10,279 of these foreigners, and 5000 Irish! en-twelfths of the whole amount of crime of foreign growth, and three-fourths of that from "swate Ireland l'' We'll may the cold Country" boast that she has taken possession of us, body and soul. Never was conquest more complete
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S0uTHERN STATR

of Tennessee, and imbued with sentiment. of devotion to Southern Interest," and Institutions, the Principal will make it her constant labor to cultivate Iik, feelings in the minds and hearts of her mn. pils, by every care and attention. to make them worthy to be counted among the eweIs of our
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rYWe are nnder obligations to the clerk of the steamer Pacific for bundle of New Orleans papers.
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The Place to Buy Whisky.

H. c. RIGHTOR has in store 1SO bbls., halves, and quarters, pure Kentucky Whis- ky. March 27. 1858.
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The Place to Buy Candles.

H. c. RIGHTOR has in store 200 boxes halves, and quarters Star Candles. March 21. 1858.
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except in cases of prOtracted illness. Each pupil charged $l for incidental expenses.
 This School being fred fdct, the Prin- cipal hopes from , years experience in teaching and by close personal attention to render efficient service to patrons. and merit the patronage of a generous public.
 Provisions are made for the accOmmoda- ton of boarders. Jan. Is, 1858.
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fY"The Arkansas river was falling at Little Rock on the 30th.
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sT A case recently decided in the Court of Common Pleas, at London, shows, how liable the most experienced men are to be deceived by well exe- cuted forgery, and how little reliance can be placed upon the evidences of skilled witnesses to hand writing. The British Linen Company sued MT. Max ins on two bills of exchange, and his signature was sworn to by clerks in a banking establishment. The defend ant denied that the acceptances were in his writing and wretched convict, named Turnbull, whose statement should be warning to all who read its description, admitted that the sigma lures were forged by him, to raise tem- porary accommodation.
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FEVHE FOURTH SESSION of this Tnsti
 A tuition commenced on the second Mon day of September, 1857, and will close Q. the 18th of February, 1858.
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Helena Male School,

Esey. ". 5. VINEYARD, A. B.
 , Principal. THE SPRING SESSION of this School will open on the 1st of February and clese on the Both of June, 1858.
 DID CEccrA@-,
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SUNNY CLIMB.
To this end, no Assistants except such q. are Southern born and
 SOUTHERN EDUCATED

will be employed, and in every instance. when they can be had, SOUTHERN SCHOOL BOOKS only will be used. HER RATES UF CHARGES TOR TUIrIo,, WITT
 AS FOLLOWS:
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OaMllQatGsss
For Sheriff.

E3We are authorised to announce JAS. B. SHELL as candidate for Sheriff of Phillips county, at the ensuing August elec- tion.
 Q. K. UNDERWOOD, Esq.-Please an- nounce my name as candidate for the office of Sheriff, as an American, and you will oblige, &c.,, this 25th day of March, 1858.
 W. B. COOPER.
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TIE R1vER.-At this point the river is within two or three feet of high water mark, and is still rising slowly The news from the upper rivers is anything but encourag- ing. The Missouri was rising at St. Joseph, the first part of the present week, and the Upper Mississippi was also swelling.
 Planters should look we'll to the levees, and be prepared to repair all breaks that may occur. An overflow would not only prove disastrous to the crops the present season, but would greatly depreciate the value oflands. If the levees standt the pres- ent high water, they may be considered IS sufficient protection to the country.
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TIRED OF THEM. A number of the citizens of. Philadelphia, Pa., have petitioned the Legislature to pass law prohibiting free negroes from coming into that State. They say that they are subjectedto trouble, inconvenience and expense by such influx, including old negroes, set free by their masters, fugitive slaves, and other worthless darkies, most of whom become pub lic charge or prey upon individual charity.
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 The Massachusetts Senate, at last accounts, were engaged in deciphering a letter from the Hon. Rufus Ghoate, which it has been guessed srelates to the case of Ella, injured at the time of the Burns rendition.
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HIGH SCHOOL
T. C. ANDERSON, Principal.

TERM TIME = FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY.
 THE SPRING SESSION of the Helena High School will commence on the lst Mon day in February, and continue until the lst of July.
 Boys are prepared either for the advanced classes in college or for business. Ample arrangements are made for the accommo- dation of boarders. Scholars are received only for the session, and no deduction is made for absence, other than for protracted sickness. Those who enter within month after the opening of the session, are charged full price-after that time, from the date of entrance.
 There are three classes in the schooI-tho Senior, which embraces the classics, math- ematics and applied sciences the Junior, comprising the ordinary English branches, and the Primary class.
 The tuition fees are, respectively, $25, S20 and $l5. Each student is taxed $1 for incidental expenses.
 Feb. l3, 1858.
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Miss MARY A. LINDSAY, Pnrscrp,r

Js4-Il4sl5-S|SJoSJ ? s5IS VI NO Q 2 v I1 Lt 4P
 Helena, Arkansas.
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Stock Peas,
For Sale.

ONE Wood Boat, 88 feet long, 163 feet wide in the clear. poplar bottom, 2 inches thick, depth of gunwale, 40 inches; made to carry 60 cords of wood, very heavy timber ed. For further particulars, address,
 SAMUEL GRAHAM, Jacksonville, Phillips county, ArlH Anril 3 125S
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0yW Wm. Sanders, free negro, has been convicted in iWinsboro', s. O., of stealing three slaves, and sentenced to be hung on the 28th of May next.
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THE FIFTH SESSION

Will commence on Monday, the 18th of February, 1858, and end on the 18th of ,JpIy ensuing.
 A NATIVE OF THE SOUTH, born, reqred and educated 321 the
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The Place to Buy Sugar. H. c. RIGHTOR has in store 10000 lbs. Brown Sugar. March 27, 1858.
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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-01-22
THEINFIDELA AND THE CHRIS
TIAN CHILD.

"Uncle Bob" was great scolar. He
had taken degrees both of physics" and
" divinity" and was a student of many
books besides those handled at colleges.
He could quote texts from the scriptures
as well as from the infdel writers. am
sorry to say he preferred reading the in
fdel. His little niece, Nettie, about II
years Of age, was Christian, and she
felt truly sorry for her uncle Bob, and
for all the people who do not love the
Lord.
She said to him one day
Uncle, why don't you love God?"
81 do love my God"
"Who is that, uncle"
81; is the beautiful objects in nature
and art"
do you mean the falls of Niagara
and the Crystal Palace?'
Well-yes."
who made the Falls uncle ?"
Il don't know, Nettie."
of you could see the one that made
the Falls, uncle, could you love him ?"
"If that could be, should adore him
NeHie."
I" 1 love him, unsle," said Nettie, "ius
as well as if could see him, and love
all who love him. You must read abou
him in my Bible"
81 know the Bible, Nettie. Its moth
ing but piece of Jewish NEUROLOGICAL
history" said Uncle Bob.
"Are there any prophecies in othe.
mythologies, uncle'"
Well-no."
Gall the world knows, uncle that III,
Bible prophecies have been fulfilled, an,
l should like to know if any kind of my
thology has ever been spread all owe
the world, and created love, and peace
and JOY in peoples hearts like the histor,
of our Saviour? 2" said Nettie.
Uncle Bob made no reply.
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WESTERN LAWYERS PLEA.


Gentlemen of the Jury: The Scrip |
ture saith" Thou shalt not kill )" now,
if you hang my client, you transgress
the command as slick as grease, and as
plump as goose-egg in loaier's face
Gentlemen, murder is murder whether
committed by twelve jurymen or by an
humble individual like my client
Gentlemen, l do not deny the fact
of my client having killed man! No
such thing, gentlemen; you may bring
the prisoner in guilty ;; the hangman
may do bis duty, but will that exonerate
you? No such thing; in that case you
will be murderers. Who among you is
prepared to have the brand of Cain
stamped upon his brow to-day? Who,
freenen-who in this land of liberty and
light? Gentlemen, will pledge my word
not one of you has bowie-knife. No,
gentlemen, your pockets are odOriferous
with the fumes of cigar cases and tobac-
co. You can smoke the tobacco of rec
titude in the pipe of a peaceful con-
science; but hang my unfortunate client,
and the sealy alligators of remorse will
gallop through the internal principles OF
the animal viscera, until the spinal ver-
tebr@ of your anatomical construction is
turned into a railroad, for the grim and
CORY COLLINS of despair. Gentlemen,
beware of committing murder Beware
l say, of meddling with the eternal pre-.
rogative! Gentlemen, adjnre you by
the manumitted ghost of temperate sane,
tity, to do no murder. l adjure you, by
the name of women, the handspring o
the ticking timepiece of times theoreti
cal TRANSPORTATION, to do no murder! ]
adjure you by the love you have for the
esculent and continental gusto of oul
native pumpkin, to do no murder! | ad
jure you by the American Eagle tina
whipped the universal game-cock Of crea
ton, and now sits roosting on the mag
netic telegraph of times illustrious trans
migration, ta do no murder! And, lastly
if you expect 10 wear store-made coat
If you ever expect free dogs not to bari
at you-if you ever expect to wear boot
made of the free hide of the Rock,
Mountain buffalo, and, to sum up all,
you ever expect to be anything but
set of sneaking, loaing, rascally, braide
small ends of humanity, whitfield dow
into indistinctibility, acquit my client an
save your country.
The prisoner was acquitted.
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GRINDING FEED.

Experimental farmers have long urc-
ed the Importance, and even necessity.
of chopping or grinding hay, as well as
other feed, for cattle and korses. The
lazy drones have had hearty laugh over
the idea, and called it Book Farming
Now the theory of chopping and grind
ing food is based on principle which lies
at the foundation Of animal physiology.
Rest is essential to the accumulation Of
muscle, as well as fat. If we wish to in
crease an animal in flesh, Or fat, we do
not work him.
Now COW wants one thirtieth of her
own weight in hay day, to keep her
in good order; and we may thus calcu-
late the amount Of labor required 10 mas
ticate the food, and fit it for the stomach
The labor of chopping or grinding TWEEN
ty five pounds Of dry Lay per day, is no
small item. This excessive labor is per-
formed by one set of muscles-the laws
but, by sympathy, affects all the mus
Giles; causes the blood to circulate quick
er, the breath faster, the consumption OF
food greater and still the growth of the
animal is retarded.
fla machine was invented 10 grind
hay, the ground article would approx
mate in value to unground oats, in pro,
ducing fat and muscle. Chopping hay
and stalks is valuable just in proportion
as 1T approximates to grinding, and re,
lieves the animal of the labor of grinding
1t. An animal fed on ground or minced
food, may perform an amount of labor
equal to grinding it fit for digestion. anf
fat as fast as another which does not Ia.
Dor, but grinds his own food.
Prematurely grey whiskers and beard
while the hair is still black, show the re-
lative amour. oflabor performed by III,
jaws and the bead Ohio Former.
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HANNAH BINDING SHOES.


Poor lone Hannah.
Sitting at the window, binding shoes.
Faded, wriukled,
Stitching, stitching in mournfuI r,B.
Bright-eyed beauty once was she,
When the bloom was on the tree:
Spring and winter
hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
Not neighbor
RAISING nod or answer will refuse
To her whisper
is there from the fishers any newsr'
Oh, her hearts adrifl, with one
On an endless voyage gonel
Night and morning
Aannah's at the window, binding shoss
Fairyoung Hannah,
Ben, the sun-burnt fishes, gayly woos.
Tall and clever,
for a willing heart and hand be sues.
hay-day skies are all aglow,
And the waves are laughing sol
For her wedding
Hannah leaves her window and her sho...
May is passing;-
Nong the app!e-boughs pigeon coos.
Hannah shudders:
For The wild Southwestern mischief breWG
Round the rocks Of Marblehead.
Outward bound. schooner sped.]
Silent, lonesome,
hsnnaA' ut the window, binding shoes.
IT'S November.
Now no tear her wasted cheek bedew..
From Newfoundland
Not a sail returning will she lose,
whispering, hoarsely, FISHERMEN,
Have you, have you heard of Benz"
Old with watching,
HAnnah's at the window, binding shoes.
Twenty winters
Bleach and tear the ragged shore she vieva
Twenty seasons;
Never one has brought her any newA
S'lll her dim eyes silently
Chase the white sails Ger the sea.
Hopeless, faithful,
Hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
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w. Z. Goods,

consisting in part of the following articles, viz
Y. H. Tea, Chewing and Fine Cut Smoking To-
bacco, Lamp Oil, burning Fluid, Alolasses, Brown.
Crushed and Coffee Crushed Sugar Rice, Coarse
and Fine Salt, Bcx and Cask Raisns, Saeratus
Spice, Pepper, Cassia, Ginger Cloves, Starch
Fine Mustard, Pepper Sauce, Nutnegs, Camphor.
Indigo, Candles. Pipes, Cream Tarrer, Soda, Bar
Soap, Cranes Washington do, Yankee Shaving
Soap, Yellow Snuff, Salmon, Goldfish, MaeSerei,,
in kits and by the pound, Figs. Castor Oil in
bottles and by he gallon, Candle Wick, Cotton
batting, Wrap. Irvine, Shakers Brooms, Stove
Polish, Paste Backing, Ground and whole Coffee
Nails of all kinds, &. 5. Shovels, Glue, Chalk,
Bed Cords, Clothes Lines. v riting Paper, Pen
ellis, Wooden Ware, superfine Berlin Min and
Michigan Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard, Dried
Apple, Cranberries, &c, &c.
lie will soon add TO his stock general assert,
ment of Paints, Lnseed OIL.
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G. The attention of bachelors is in
Vited to the following "wair' from the
Springfield RepuJlican =" There are
sad sights in this world-a city sacked
and burnt-a battlefield after a great
slaughter-a London in the midst of a
Plague-a ship burning at sea-a family
pinlng in starvation-a Jug of molasses
wrecked upon the pavement-bu. the sad.
dest sight, to us, of all, is an old bachelor.
sordidly walking towards his end, his
great duties undone, his shirt-buttons off,
his stockings out at the toes, and nobody
to leave his money to. Were we such a
man, the mild, reproving eye OF a widow
or maiden lady would drive US mad
Uglier and older men than any of our
friends have married beautiful wives, who
trained them admirably, and spent their
money elegantly"
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e. = jolly old darkey down South,
bought himself a new sidney hat, and
when it commenced raining he put it IN
der his coat. When asked why he did
not keep his hat on his head, he replied {:
-" DE hats mine bought him wild my
own money; head longs to massa; let
him take keer he own property"
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From the Atlantic Monthly.
THE OLD MANS DREAM.
by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

o, for one hour of youthful joyl
Give back my twentieth springI
I'd rather laugh bright haired boy
Than reign a gray.haired king!
OF with the wrinkled spoils ofageI
Away with learnius's crown!
Tear out life's wisdom written page.
And dash its trophies DOWN.
One moment letmy life-blood stream
From boyhood's fount Of flame!
Give me one giddy, Keeling dream
OF life all love and famei
My listening angel heard the prayer,
And calmly smiling, said,
"If but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish hath sped.
Bot is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fondly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry back
Te find the wished-for day?'
All, truest goal CT womankind!
Without thee, what were life?
One bliss ! cannot leave behind;
III take--my-precious-wifs!
The angel took n sapphire pen
And wrote in rainbow dew,
"The man would be boy again,
And be husband tool"
--"And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember, all thy gifts have fed
With those dissOlving years."
Why. yes; for memory would recall
Ny fond paternal joys;
lcou.d not bear to leave them all;
II! MISREPRESENTATION"
The smiling angel dropped his PEN
"Why this Will never do;
Tbs man would be a boy again,
And be father tool"
And so laughed; ny laughter woke
The household with its loiss.-
And wrote my dream, when morning bro
10 please the gray-haired BOYS.