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5flrrtrh purtru.
I Love to Live.


love to iive," said a prattling boy,
As no gaily played with his new bought toy.
And q merry laugh went ecloing forth,
From bosom filed with joyous mirth.
. / love TO live,v said STRIPPING bold
will seek for fame--f will toll for Qold.r
And efo,med in his pleasure many plan
10 be carried out when be grew man.
love to live" said lover true,
Oh, gentle maid Il would live for you;
1 have labored hard in search of fame
have found il but an empty name.p
AI love to live,r said n happy sire,
AS his children neared the winter fire
For !; .;s heart WAS clleered TO see their JOY,
And lie almost wished himself boy. s.
al love 10 live said an aged man,
Whose hour Of life was well nigh rap
Think you such rdSfrorn him were mild,
The old man was again child,
And ever thus in this fallen world st q
Is tli, banner Of hope 10 the breeze unfurled /;
And only with hope Of life on high,
Can mortal ever love 20 die. rs
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History of Valentines.

A Philadelphia writer thus chronicles the
history OF these love or friendship tokens
"'Good morrow, It's St. Valentines Dav
so sings the fair Ophelia, and though old
ceremonies no longer give their wonted
charm to the occasion, the day is still note
worthy. OF late, however, it has been vot-
ed somewhat of nuisance; but we hope
the observers of the day, in this instance,
will conduct themselves with decorum. and
mingle in the carnival Of love with n spirit
that shall bring no regret. The origin of
The day has been the subject of much un
certain inquiry, and who ST. Valentine was
Is a mooted point. We have read some
where that st. Valentine was lady of the
cold court of St. Louis, and was the most
beautiful. stateliest, as well as the. coolest
maiden there. She was besieped by score
OF lovers, who were continually annoyinp
her by throwing billet dour in her way. un,
iil at last it became positively unbearable.
and she was obliged to seek refuge from
persecution within the cloister's pale
I'LL tired Of courts and courtiers,
She sought the cloister's pale
And calmly had her hair cut of, a. ...
And calmly took the veil .-...
But after she had done this. she felt deem
regret, and she found the reception of billet
dour was not so disagreeable after all. She
missed them so much that she was soreIv
distressed, and employed fasting and PRAYER
TO mortity the flesh and drive such worldly
thoughts from memory. 1t was al! in vain.
Her Hastings and tlagellations at length,
became the admiration of the country. and
she was eventually raised to the position of
ap abbess. The struggle, however, was too
mitch, and she slowly pined away, until.
'One night unto her pallet side ss ..
She called the nuns, and said,
NO doubt they'll make a saint Of me
As soon as am dead. ..-. .... .,.--r ....
Remember, sisters, il they do,
y The patron int I'll be
/ q or lovers and Of ladies , ... ..... r..
+ Who shall warning take by me-"
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down, and she could see most of ;he. pas.
sengers.. Among them was "a face that
seemed familiar TO her. She looked again,
and fell fain,ing on the floor. II was her
6eirayer. The landlady soon learned how
matters stopd, and determined that Justice
should be done. She sought him, told him
the facts. and insisted that he should repair
the injury he had inflicted. by making her
his vile. To this he at once oonsented. =
Three months after his flight from Pennsyl.
yania, seized with remorso, he had started
back with the. iatention of marrying her.
On the way. he had picked up newspa
per which contained an account Of her trao.
ical death. Feeling that lie was the cause
OF her untimcly end, heart sick, and he turn
ed back changed and better man. He
had iettied down. accumulated property, and
was man of standing and influence.
The joy Of the girl, when she met with
her repentanti lover. may be imagined -
They were married that evening, ana the
next morning started for PENNSYLVANIA. AS.
certaining the address of her father, thev
came to this place as fast as steam coulcl
carry them. Words cannot paint the rap.
tures of the old man as he clasped to his
bos I'm a daughter he had mourned as dead
for SIX long years. Explanations were made,
all was forgiven, and, after passing few
days of unalloyed happiness here, they re.
turned to their home in the West" a-
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No More Compromises" :"

So said our trusted aud long tried repre.
sentative from the Pee Dee District, Mr.
Mcqueen, and so say we. The South has
borne long and patiently injustice and wrong.
Aggressive legislation in Congress, fanati.
cisn' and reckless disregard Of her rights ou,
Of it; sneers, ISLANDERS, and invective fraud
pilfering and unequal taxation life and
property exposed to the delirous fanatic and
hypocritical knaye-these have been her
portion in the Confederacy for years past.
and yet another compromise is spoken Of!
We dare not believe that there is Sonih
ern Senator or Representative in the halls of
Congress, who would listen for momen, to
any proposition for any further yielding to
that foul spirit of aggression which has so
long made it q labor Of love TO deprive the
South of her rights and Constitutional equal.
ity in the Union. 80 - ..
We are not of those who have been de-
nominated extremists or ultraists, and we
had hoped that the storm Of fanalicism had
spent its fury bur the signs of the times in
dicae fierce struggle on the great section.
al issue now before the country. While
cur patriotism IS broad enough for the whole
Union, and while we eas nestly desire lis per
petuity, we cannot disguise the fact either to
ourselves or TO our readers, that nothing bat
Che most deep-seated feally TO the Conslitu-
ton, Welding the fruits of genuine patriot
ism, can dispel thethreatening clouds which
hang the country at the present time.
President Buchanan. in bis recent message,
has ably demonstrated the true state of af
fairs in relation to the Kansas imbrogho,
aad with him, doubtless thinks every true
patriot ofsthe laud, that the peace Of the
country demands the admission Of Kansas
under the LecoInpton Constitution. -
aaSs,l.l -. Carolina Times.
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5fliafrllalltullH Rrahillg.
Hush "a Word to Gossips.l

Let MS trace gossip to its true source
Gossip sometimes arises from constitution
and temperament. Tho faculty Of speech is
stranger and moro easy of use In some men
than IN Others. Tbey.coin words without
trouble and make phrases without etfort.---
They remember easily the words they hear
or resd. Words for all purposes are ever
ready at their tongues tip. They deiigh,
in talk. Words are their chief words
Their tongues are loosely set. The organs
Of yoicearen not impaired or wearied by wear; !;
and an excitable heart keeps the tongue for
4 ever in notion If. with this constitution
and temperament, there be intelligence, wis.
dom, and right principle, tho great taIker is
n gfeat teacher; but IL there be ignorance,
folly, and iitlleness Of soul, this combination
produces The gossip 5y adture---not. mark,
byuatuse's God; for the tendencies Of which
S.se speak may be ali governed aud eonsecra-
tad % The highesv spds. s=sst-.a :
Every faculty strengthens by exercise, aud
every tepdency increases by our foIlowing i,s
leading. Upon these principles weakness Is
.ofen suppianied by strength, and slight
inclinetion becomes strong bias The ex.
ample Of The gossip by nature. often creates
the gossip b. practiee whose little tattle is,
in the first Instance parrothke imitation
Of the gossip By patars. But true il is, thai
Awlise sosne might dwell with. tai,lers for
yaafs. and only become more and more
aiieut Others learn Of the gossip to speak
th{nes vIsscIs they ought not The reasoY
Of this b "a 81 }ound 10 the ordinary and
au,anifest effect of gossip Inthe majority oi
c&sea Il HIordz pleasant excitement, and i Is
IL cheaB aunusefaent. It gives. moreover
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AN IMPERIAL SKATER.-The Paris iour.
nails find good omen in this: "The Empe.
ror, in skating the other day in the Bois de
Boulogne, was proceeding rapidly along,
when one of the skaters, seeing his Majesty
coming in his direction, stopped suddenly to
leave the passage free, and in doing so. lost
his equilibrium, and was falling, when the
Emperor, as he passed, caught him, and en-.
abled him to regain his centre of gravity"
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oes among all Classfs Of 1uorhiaa 5alen.'

ANEcDoTE OF ALEXANDER HAMrLToN.-
The following anecdote of this great States.
man is taken from a collection Of English
newspaper cuttings, in the possession of the
New York Historical Society:
General Hamilton, the American. when
n youth OF seventeen, was chief clerk TO an
eminent merchant in ST. Eustatia, who, be-
ing absent, the business Of the counting.
house, OF course, devoved on yourg Ham
ilton. He had presented to him n letter.
directed to his master, which, supposing II
related TO mercantile concerns, lie opened /:
but his surprise was great when he found
that 1t contained a challenge TO his master.
whose proxy he was. The young hero an.
swe'ed the challenge in the name of his
master, and the time and place were men,
toned in the reply. .s
Hamilton appeared to the antagonist of
his master on the field, and, to use his own
words, did his business in his absence and
would not agree to any compromise, except
on the express condition that the challenger
should acknowledge in writing that he had
received suitable satisfaction from Mr.. ---
that he was gentleman of honor, &c, and
further, that he (Hamilton) should never be
known in the business-which terms the
challenger was obliged to accede to, or fight
young Hamilton; he chose the former, and
the parties separated. In few months,
however, it came TO his master. ears, who
was 50 struck with the magnanimity Of such
conduct, that he gave him the liberty to eo
to the continent, choose what profession he
pleased, and draw on him to any amount
Perhaps to this anecdote, America is indebt.
ed for the services and abilities of man
who has not his superior as a soldier, a
tinancier and statesman"
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NoLTMRE.- Nearly one hundred years
ago, Voltaire esided at Geneva. One day
he said TO some friends, in loastful. sneer-
ing tone Before the beginning of The
nineteenth century, Christianity will have
disappeared from the earth y" Well, in
that same house, in that same room where
these impious words were spoken, what
think you there is 10 day? large depos.
1t of Bibles! The sacred books fiIl Tho
house from the floor to the ceiling So
much Of Voltaire's prediction
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A FAITHFUL Doo.-Duriug the time that
Comstock was engaged in numbering his
father and mother, near Hamilton, New
York, few days ago, a dog was in the
room, and the prisoner afiirms that, during
his bloody work, this animal several times
attacked him; that he tried to kill the ami
NAL and get his heart, but was foled in his
efforts. After he lay down, the faithful dog
sat all night watching by his lifeless mis-,
tress. During the whole examination of
the bodies on the inquest, this faithful ami
NAL remained under the bed, and could not
he removed from the room.
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"ls HE RIcn."-Many a sigh is heard
many n heart is broken-many q life rem
dered miserable by the terrible infatuation
which parents often manifest in choosing a
life companion for their daughters How
is it possible for happiness to result from
the union of two principles so diametrically
opposed 10 each other in point, as much as
virtue is to vice (! How often is the first
question which is asked respecting the suit.
or of the daughter, this-"Is he rich 2"
Is he rich ?"-yes, he abounds in wealth
but 1t does not afford an evidence tha. he
will be kind and aflec,ionate husband.
" Is he rich ?"-yes, his clothes are purple
and fine linen, and he fares srmptuously cv.
cry day but can you infer from this that
he is virtuous?
is he Iich ?"-yes, he has thousands
Heating on every ocean; but do not riches
take TO themselves wings and fly away p
Will you consent that your daughter should
marry man that has nothing to recon.
mend him but his wealth All beware ::
the gilded bait sometimes covers the barbed
hook. Ask not, then, ' Is he rich 2" but
4" Is lie virtuous?" Ask not if lo has
wealth, but if he has honor-and do not
sacrifice yonr daughters happiness for mon
ey.-E Editrcss Spirit of The Age.
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Cure FOR RANCID BUrTER.-A writer in
the Journal of Industrial Progress recon-
mends that butter should be kneadcd with
fresh milk, and then with pure water. He
states that by this treatment the butter is
rendered as fresh and pure in flavor as when
recently made. He ascribes this result 10
the fact that buyric acid, to which the ram
cid taste and odor are owing, is readily vo.
luble in fresh milk, and thus removed.
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PoLrrIcs.-The word politics is derived
from the Greek word polos, signifying city.
Henee, politics, literally, means something
relating 10 city, but is commonly under.
stood in wider sense, as being the science
OF the government of country. A mis-.
taken idea of politics is prevalent in this
country. Any contest between two candi.
dates for office, is styled politics, and any
one who can mount stump, and talk for
an hour about this and that party, is digni-
he'd with the title of politician Therefore.
when any one hears politics mentioned. his
mind naturally recurs to these associations.
and he IS diSgusted. But this notion re-.
specting politics is entirely false. Politics
proper, that is, the science of government.
is the most noble of professions, the beau
ideal OF all arts and sciences. A lnathesna-
tIclan, an astronomer, or chemist, is uni
versally respected as man Of great learn.
ing and application; but politician, in the
true sense Of the word, must study ten times
as much, for he must know little of eve.
rything. Politics is superior to every other
art and science, for upon il depends their ex.
istence. Every nation. famous for enlighten-
ment and learning, has been an adept in the
science Of politics. Ii is at the root of civ.
ilization, and in whatever country il becomes
visible, it is the shadow of greatness cast
before.-.Southern Monitor
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GoINs II WITH Rusu.-SEvRN Cmr..
DREN IN NINETEEN MoSrns.--The Haver.
hill (Mass.) Gazette states that the wife of
Mr. II. \. Tidd, Of Georgetown, gave BIRTH
TO four children one day last week, three OF
whom are still living. A year ago last June.
she gave birth TO three a: one time, all of
whom are doing WE'LL sF
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l. How MANY mothers are there in the
world, who have one manner Of speaking at
home. aud another when out in society e.
Can there be a mole touching rebuke than
that uttered by the little girl belowl She,
like all children, was close observer of her
parents conduct: ~
A lady, who was in the habit of visiting
the poor for benevolent purposes, took her
little daughter with her. The child saw,
heard, and was interested But there was
something which the child could not exactly
make out. So on the road home she said !:
!" Mamma, when you are out visiting the
poor, you always talk about Jesus Christ to
them, but you don't talk of Kim when you
are at hoine."
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WARM BATnISo.--The warm bath is a
grand remedy, and will cure the most yiru-
lent OF diseases. A person who may be in
fear OF having received infection of any
KIND, as for instance, having visited fever
patient, should speedily plunge into warm
bath, suffer PeHpiration TO ensue, and then
rub dry, dress securely TO guard against
cold, aud finish off with a cup of strong tea
by the hire. IL the system has imbibed any
infectious matter, it will certainly be remov-
ed by this process, if it be resorted to before
the Injection has time 10 spread over the
system. And even if some time has since
elapsed, hot bath will he pretty sure to re-
move it.--Aedicdt Journal.
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IT mas been discovered that feathers I'M.
skilfully cured and put into beds, are deadly
TO persons Of fweak lungs Sleeping upon them.
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A BEAUTIFUL, inscription it is said, may
lies Etella who transported a large fortune to
heaven in acts Of charity, and has gone
tbither to enjoy IL,
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No WOMAN should paint, except her who
has lost the power OF blushing.
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ANCIENT MiNEs.-A very singular thing
Is beng brought 10 light at the Minnesota
mine, Lake Superior. By examination
among the broken rocks on the side of the
oinff, pieces OF vein stone, with coppe, and
sillcate. were picked up at one point in con-
siderable quantities, and it was thought best
to pull away the adjacent rubbish and ex-
anime tor the outcrop of the vein. A par
" OF men were put upon the ground, and
soon found the conglomerate with channel
or trench passing through it some five or six
feet in width. This was filed with soft rab.
oish, containing charcoal and other traces of
the orks of the ancient miners. Its dep,h
has not yet been ascertained.
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lNUMBER4s.

imS QUEENS OF ESeLASD-An sAmeri-
can lady, who was at Stu,gar,it during .hei
m'e meeting "f the Emperofs. thus writes Of
her own sex as represented in the Imperial
party ,.lA ~ - t = i,S'''".
he Queen Of Holland is most culr;-
waited and elegant woman : still very band.
some, though shc has gra.d.son. She
speaks English perfectly, and is. perhaps. the
most accomplished woman in Europe. The
Fr'ncess Olga is said to be the handsomest
woman.in Europe, The Empress Of Russi.
IS regal looking woman. These ladies
were dressed in white moire antique silk =
stripe of white FIVE or six inches wide and
strpe OF the same width coveredlwith the
richest flowers here and then in tho white
stripe there was an immense bunch of flow.
ers. The dresses were all something in The.
same style---chip bonnets, with white featb-.
ers. and magnificent lace manlles. / can.
not forgive the Queen of Greece for being a
tat, fair, round faced, jolly-looking human.
expected to see maid Of Athens. and
don't like my romance dispelled.p
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POLICE CoURT.-Yesterday, Thomas Collins,
for being drunk, was fined 81 and costs, and
paid.
Daniel Daley of Grafton visited the city on
Sunday, got drunk, for which offence he was fined
S2 and costs, and committed.
Daniel g. Harrington Of Leicester was com
planned of by officer Holman of that town. for be.
ing drunk and disturbing the peace. On two
complaints he was fined 81 and costs, and com
mitted in default of payment
Barney Fallon, for disturbing the peace, was
fined IS and costs, and committed
Patrick Glynn, on two complaints one for dis
turbng the peace, and one for getting drunk, was
fined 81 aud costs, and Committed
Andrew LaVerty, for larceny of six feet of hard
wood, the property of William ]. Ross of West
Boylston, was sentenced to imprisonment in the
House of Correction for one month.
Daniel Foley, for selling half Of pint OF
gin, to one Ellen Higgins, received the usual sen
tenee, from which ne appealed, and gave bail in
Dennis Croake, for selling one glass of gin to
Michael Callahan, was convicted and fined SO
and costs-20 days in the House Of Correction
and to recognize to the Commonwealth for one
year not to repeat the offence. Dennis appealed
and gave bail in 5000 The defendant tried to
excuse the offence, by saying that he was list
aither Citing married on the Sunday night list.
and that Michael was not long from the House of
Correction and much needed small smither, be-
ing frind of his, and being afther coming in
very convenient to the time of the wedding it
also being the custom Of all Irishmen," &c., but
the Court needed not the argument, and put him
through, to the tune OF the foregoing sentence.
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INDIAN BATTLE.-The MinaeSotiaa, printed
at Shakopee, gives an account of Il battle be-
tween two Indian tribes, the Chippewas and
Sioux, which took place in that vicinity, of
which the citizens of Shakopee were grati6ed
spectators:
The Chippewas numbered $50 to 200 war
riors. They arrived in the woods below
Shakopee, during Wednesday night. The
first intimation the Sioux had oft heir presence
was the killing at daybreak, one of their
number, who was fishing III a canoe His
squaw Immediately gave the alarm, when the
Sioux warriors to the number of 40 or so seiz-
ed their guns, and at once proceeded to the
ferry under cover of the bushes on the south
bank. The Chippewas fell back, and the
Sioux in body crossed on the ferry, and the
battle commenced in the timber with a MUIR
derous ferocity, and lasted about five hours.
The warfare was conducted IN regular In
dian style-a running fight among the trees
and logs, and grass, interspersed with few
hand-to-hand conflicts with tomahawks and
war clubs. When a Sioux would fall he was
Immediately carried to the river and taken
across on the ferry boat. Several who were
severely wounded were taken to the rear, but
as soon as they recovered little would again
rush back into the thickest of the fight
Whenever Chippewa fell his head was i'm
mediately cut off and carried to the river
-Four CHASTITY heads were thus taken over the
river and exhibited with great exultation to
the squaws, who were busy all the time in
carrying ammunition (Which it is said, was
furnished by citizens to them free of charged
and encouraging their warriors. Later in the
day, some headless bodies of the Chippewas,
were brought over, and the squaws hacked
them to pieces, and finally kindled FIRE I'M
der one them and burnt it up. This last
sickening spectacle of barbarity is said, by
those who witnessed it, to have been hailed
with fendisb exultation by the Sioux
About 10 o.clock the Chippewas drew off,
and the whole force retreated over the bluffs
in the direction of Lake Minnetonka, leaving
four of their warriors behind them, one of
whom, from the decorations on the scalp, is
supposed to be distinguished chief.
During the whole battle the high bank
which overlooked the bottom across the river,
near Mayor Murphy's house was lined with
spectators indeed, "the whole town" might
be said to have been there watching the fight,
and seeming TO enjoy the unusual spectacle of
the nations Of barbarians numbering, mang
ling, mutilating each other in full sight of a
city of Christians, its churches, court houses
and institutions OF learning. -Barbarisln and
its brutal spectacles in contrast with enlight-
eminent and its blessings.