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LADlBERTyILIE N j. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER A. 1860

Dame Fortune. He wanted for
sooth. to play my part in the drama Of
life, and adjudge to himself the prop
erty of a deceased friends son entrust-
ed to his guardianship. Hc shut the
young man up in madhouse, where
he became really mad, and died. And
now by just decree Of Providence,
he is himself growing mad, and feels
the hideous infrmity creeping upon
him."
II have seen enough. Set me
down y said Beppo. " had rather
60 on foot all my days, and carry my
nets to my dying hour, than bear the
heavy burdens Of these fine folks"
No sooner had he spoken and
jumped down from Fortunes wheel
than he found himself, he knew not
by what means, lying on his bed in
his garnet. The first faint rays of the
rising sun were streaming in at the
window Beppo rubbed his eyes and
stared about him.
wonder whether it was dream
after all ?" said he Bat any way,
I thank thee, O Fortune, for though
leaving me as before, without either
gold or land, thou hast bestowed on
me the priceless treasure, called Con-
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gabbath geadiaa.
A Child at Prayer.

A child at prayers beautious
sight ! Dimpled hands clasped eyes
lifted heavenward, implorirg q hles-
sing upon the youthful one. An or
phan of six God help the
orphan though not one word was
breathed her look would be eloquent
enough. An orphani sweet child;
like a frail bark upon the uhceFtain
sea of life. to battle with the waves Of
sorrow and disappointment. Bat .
mothers spirit watches over jou and
though the canopy Of heaven ven her
view, yet she is talisman. The
evening honr bears upon its wings
your prisons to the shrine of heaven
angels the record write. Who could
harm you? Who couldsay one cruel,
unkind word when they gaze upon
you and reflect that you are indeed
an orphan /? An orphan What
does that word convey? It is but
name, alas of too many thrown upon
the unfeeling world, trusting to kind
ness, where so little is to be found:
Heaven shield you from all harm;
pluck the thorns from your pathway,
and strew sweet flowers. As I watch
you on your Bonded knees, docs It not
seem an example, bidding to Ego and
do likewise |" And as the sweet
words "Our Father" fall frem your
lips, angels are the listeners. Let it
breath its simple prayer, He who said
Suffer little children to come unto
me-" will hear your voice, sweet one.
Leisure Moments.
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Controlling Temper.

Fools, lunarians, the weak minded
and the ignorant, are irrascible, and
impatient, and Of ungoyernable tenn
per great hearts and wise are calm,
forgiving and serene.
The most impertnrbable and the
ablest disputer Of his age, was. the
Scothman Henderson. When a glass
of water was thrown in his face by the
nngoyernable rage into which his an
tagonist had allowed himself to be
thrown by the anticipation of inevita-
Bile defeat, the Seothman calmly wiped
his dripping cheeks, and remarked
with smile, "That is diyirsion; let
us proceed with the argument.
It is said of one of the ablest men
of past century, that having COM
pleted the manuscript of a work which
he had been preparing for several
years, he left his room for few mo-
ments to find, on his returning, that q
fayoritc dog had, in his absence
turned over the candle and reduced
his writing to ashes on observing
which he exclaimed, 80 Diamond
little dost thou know the injury thou
hast donc;' and Immediately set about
the PREPARATION Of the damages.
Phillip the Second, after having
set up to late hour Of the night to
finish some important state papers,
walked up one Of his drowsey secreta-
ries, who was so hurred at be breech
of duty that he dashed the contents Of
his inkstand over the manuscript in
stead Of a sand box. 1T would have
been better to have used the sand, =
was the royalty's remark, on sitting
down to the reproduction Of the doc
ument.
Washington, when high in com
mand, provoked man to knock hin
down. The next day he sent for the
person to appear at headquarters, and
asked his pardon for in reviewing
the incidents of the case he found that
he himself was at fault A magnan.
unity only possible to a truly great
mind but it is magnanimity, a self
control. q mastery Of temper, which i
| q nobility to strive for.
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Give Us This Day Our Daily
Bread.

l
| In miserable cottage, at the bot.
tom of a bin, two children lowered.
over smouldering Ere. A tempest
ragged without fearful tempest
against which man and beast were
alike powerless.
A poor old miser, much poorer than
these shivering children, though he
had heaps of money at home, drew
his ragged cloak about him; as be
cronehed down at the threshold ofthe
miserable door.
He dare not enter for fear they
would ask pay for the shelter, and he
could not move for the storm.
I am hungry Nettie.'
so am I; I've hunted for potato
pairing and can't find any,
What an awful storm =
Yes, the old tree has blown down.
| guess God took care that it didn't
fall on the house See, it would have
certainly killed u.s.
If be could do that couldn't he
send US bread p
guess so; let's pray Our Father
and when we come to that part, stop
till we get some bread
So they began, and the miser,
crouching and shiverlng, listened =
When they paused, expecting in their
faith to see some miraculous nantes
tations, human feeling stole into his
heart God sent some angel to soften
it. He had bought a loaf at the vii
lage, thinking it would last him q
great many days, but the silence Of
the two children spoke louder to him
than the voice of many waters. He
opened the door softly, threw in tie
loaf of bread, and then listened to the
Wild eager cry of delight, that came
from the half famined little ones,
1t dropped right from heaven, did't
it p questioned the younger.
Yes, / mean to love God forever
for giving us bread because we asked
Him.
Wen ask him every day, won't
we ? why never thought God was so
good, did yon?'
Yes, | always thought SO, butt
never qnite knew it before
Let's ask him to give father work
to do all the time, so we may never be
hungry again. He'll do it-I'm sure.
The storm passed--the miser went
home. A flower sprung up in his
heart it was no longer barren.
In few weeks he died, but not be-
fore he had given the cottage, which
was his, to the poor laboring man. 5
And the children ever after felt
sweet and solemn emotion, when in
their matinal devotions, they came to
those truthful words:
Give US this day our daily bread
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Blynks drew forth his jack knife,
and saying to the bystanders as he
seated himself on the curb stone with
his feet in the gutter, gentlemen I
would like to iuvite you to join me,
but circumstances over which / have
no control force me to Withhold the
courtesy" he split the best looking
melon in two, and taking one half of
it on his lap, commenced leisurely to
eat it.
WELL" said he, after having finish
ed it, arising and wiping the blade Of
his knife with the tail of his coat,
"that will about do this time I'll try
another after supper, and / think by
about Monday nightor Tuesday mora
ing I'll wipe out tho pile Z
"lIillo Y exclaimed Thingumbob,
springing to his feet in the cart "that
won 7 do-yon've got to finish them
now |"
Finish them now What the
deuce do you mean by that? / hope
You don't expect me to eat them all at
once ~
"Of course | do" said Thingumbob,
excitedly;; that's what you'd said
you'd do, and you've got to do it.
Look here, old man, ] bet you a
new hat that / could cat six of yonr
watermelons, but / didn't tell yon I'd
sit down in tho public street and make
a hog Of myself"
''Then pay me for the one you cut
open" said Thingnmbob.
Il shan't do any such thing, y
said Blynks, Il am still willing to eat
the balance of the pile hut if lido ]
am going to take my time for it."
Il see now what you've been after
all the timc-you just wanted to swim
die me ont Of it.
"And you think I've done it too,
don't your
Eyes, I'll be darned if I don't, but
you've got to pay for it, or there'lI be
a fight right here
''Pay for it, be hanged! Why didn't
yon tell me at the start, that i'll could
swindlc you out Of ono, | would be
welcome to it ?n
''Well-yes-I believe ] did, +" said
Thingumbob, shoveing his hat aside
and scratching his head, tbut yon
told me you were only jokeing"
"And I'll tell you so now. I've
been jokeing all along, and if you can't
see the point Of the joke by this time,
you're develish sight bigger fool
than took you to be y
Thingumbob put his watermelons
back in the cart in silence and almost
in tears, kicked the unfinished half in
to the gutter, and mounting his vehi-
Gle, drove slowly across the Square.
Half an hour afterwards we saw
him driving along Ceder Street, cry
ing at the top of his voice
"IIere's them watermelons
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3. b. BLACK WELL, EDITOR.
9pet's aGppk.
Life by the Bine-Haired Sea-


Win you come and live by the sounding sea
And hear the great waves roar?
Yes, come, cast in your lot with me,
On this black, basaltic shore.
The crested waves are rolling past,
While thessteadfast rocks remain;
The Atlantic tide is swelling fast,
But the tide will sink again
Win you come and live by the silent sea,
And watch the dazzling sheen,
See the ripples clap their hands for gIee
Where the raging waves have been?
Yes, come and see while others Sleep
When the sea-fowl east are soaring,
The thousand Thousand flocks of sheep
Which Boreas drives before him
Come sail on the peaceful shining sea
And sink in my boat 10 sleep.
The summer breeze shall blow for thee
While the calm pervades the deep.
Come, gaze on the calm bright sen aud sky,
!. Which like one miro seem
In liver mists the mountains lie,
Like headlanls in dream.
Or. when the sun drops down to rest
Come see ere the daylight die
the zephyrs herd small clouds to the west
Across the golden sky
Tome stray where the waves have sunk to rest.
While nightinvests the sky:
And watch your star on the great sea- breast,
While its mate shines mp on high
Come hear what the surges say TO thee,
And the loud Atlantic roar,
Hear whispers from The gentle sea
As it tumbles to the shore.
What does the zephyr sing to thee,
And the rippes on the tide,
sat clap their little hands for glee
g That thou must be my bride -
Yes, come and be a wife to mes
And still the stormy main
: or woe has been my tidal sea,
But the tide viii sink again.
Calm shall pervade both sea and sky,
And calm our life shall seem,
In golden mist our goal shall lie,
Like Beulah in dream
We both shall sail the shining sen,
We both shall sink to sleep,
While the breeze shall watt both thee and me,
Ger lifes inconstant deep.
Or if the Al-Father should deem best
This petition to deny,
The one shall rest on the great seas breast,
While the other shines on high.
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DISTINGUISHED benevolence c0nsEi- j
tntes the preparation for heaven. II 8
is the proper essence Of the angelic
state--it is The employment and felie;
ty--the beauty and snbstinance-the
origin and continuance of Heaven.
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Examples make q greater impress
sion upon US than precepts. An old
councillor in Holborn used to turn
out his clerks on every execution day
with this compliment, go ye young
rogues, to school and improve.
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A Fool FOREVER He that pro-
vides for this life but takes no care for
eternity, is wise for moment, bat =
fool forever; and acts a. nntowardly,
and Grossly to the reason ofthings ~
can be imagined.
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9itg nj Nnllrpt'.

A young lady down East advertis-
es for the young man that embraced
an opertunity,' and says if he will
come over to their town he can do
better.
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Timothy says the first time he went
. counting, he felt as if a pink angel
had hauled him down q rainbow with
a piece Of chain lightning right into q
pile Of down.
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A young lady is charged with put
ing on airs because she refused to go
TO a ball barefooted, in Indiana.
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To converse with spirits--lay a FIVE
cent piece on the table at q grog shop
and they'll show themselves Quicker
than you can say beans.
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"a week watch invites a vigilant
foe. Yes--and the foe in question
i the watch-repairer, who is always
IA the lookout for the weak watch
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TFRoM ENCORE MELODIEs.''
Remember the Glories of Brien
the Brave
remember the gloriss of Brien the brave,

Remember the glories of Brien the brave,
Though the days The hero are DER;
Though lost to Mononiat and cold in the grave,
He returns to Kinkorat no more.
That star OF the field which so often has poured
It's beam on the battle, is set;
But enough of its glory remains on each sword,
To light us to victory yer.
Mononia when Nature embelIished the tint,
Of thy fields and thy mountains so fair.
MD she ever in tend that tyrant should print,
The footsteps of slavery there?
No freedom, whose smile we shall never resign,
Go, tell our invaders, the Danes,
nat tits sweeter to bleed for age at thy
Than to sleep buta moment in chains. shrine,
get not our woundedcompanion who stoodlI
he day of distress. by our side IbIood
~, the moss of the valley grew red with their
stirred not, but conquered and died.
sun which now blesses our arms with his
them fall upon 0ssory plain, flight
let him not blush, when he leaves us to.
To find that they fell there in vain. might,
xBrien Borombe, the great monarch of Ire
and who was killed at the battle of Clontarf
in the beginning OF the eleventh century, after
having defeated the Danes in twer y-fye en-
gagements.
Munster,
THE palace of Brien.
This alludes to an interesting circumstance,
related of the Dalgais, the fayOrite troops of
Brien, when they were interrupted in their re-
urn from the battle of Clontarf. by Fitzpatrick
prince of 0ssory. The wounded men entreatcd
that they might be permitted to fight with the
rest 'iIlet stakes, . they said, be stuck in
the ground, and suffer each of US, tied to and
supported by one of these stakes, to be placed
his rank by the side Of sound mani ''Be-
sween seven and eight hundred wounded men,
pale. emaciatcd, and supported in this manner,
appeared mixed with the formost Of the troop
ever before was such another sight exhibited.
List of ireland.
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Mick, what kind Of potatoes are
those You are planting q
Raw ones to be sure. Be the
houly pouker an does yer think I'd
be afther plantin' billed ones p
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SMILES. There's a cold smile,
and also smile of hate, Satire
smile, and affected smile, a smile of
appreciation, friendly smile but a.
borc all, smile Of love. A woman
has two smiles that an angel might
envy-the smile that accepts a lover
before the words are uttered, and the
smile that lights on the new born baby
and assures him of mothers love.
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If a flock of geese see one of their
number drink, they will all drink, too.
Men often make geese of themselves.
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oh, that father was seized with o
reminiscent feverl' sighed a young spend
thrift at college.
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Never spank yonr children with d
handsaw, or box their ears with the
sharp edge Of Ratchet. II Is apt 10
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When does q bell know everything?
When it is tolled.
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Mother" said little Ned, one
morning, otter having fallen from his
bed, " mother, / think know why
fell out of bed last night. 1t was be-
cause | slept too near the place where
| got in" Musing little while as if
in doubt whether he had given the
right explanation, he added, No,
that was not the reason it was he
cause slept too near where fell
out
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Why is fool like needle ? He
has an eye but no head.
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A HARD HEAD In CINCINNATI an
Irishman became angry at a darkey,
and broke seven or eight bricks over
his head without doing him the least
injury. The negro who was perfectly
cool during the operation, exclaimed,
Struck away white man-Gis chile
don't mind dem pebbles no hew yah
yah |"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-11-14

There have been eighteen Princes
Of Wales, namely /: Four Of the House
of Plantagnet, four of Lancaster and
York, two of Tudor, three of Stuart,
and Eve of Hanover. Eleven came to
the throne, and died kings. -Four
came to their death by violence
Twelve were married-three to En-
glish ladies, and nine to ladies of other
countries. -Four of the latter were
from France, one from Bavaria, one
from Brunswick, and one from SAKE
Gotha.
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A boss mason in New York, when
ever he sees an organ grinder APP
proaching,' he sends boy with a~shil-
ling to him, on condition that he will
turn up some other street. By thu
means he saves fifteen minutes on tbir-
ty hands.
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Geo. Simonton, journeman printer,
in an Office in Erie, Pa, put on q
4sub" few days ago and went to the
MeadviIle oil district, where he
bought claim, on time, struck oil,
and has been offered $4,000 for his
chance. This may be called 20 fat
take"
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Courtship in Church.

A young gentleman happening to
sit, at church, in a pew adjoining one
in which young lady, for whom he
conceived a Sudden and most violent
passion, felt DESTROYS of entering into
a courtship on the spot, but the place
not suiting formal declaration, the
exigency suggested the following
plan -
he politely hended his fair neigh
Dor an open Bible, with pin stuck
in the following text: Cd EpistIe of
John, verse 9Th, "And now | beseech
thee, lady, not as though I wrote a
new commandment mite thee, but
that which we had from the beginning,
that we love one another"
She returned it with the following !:
I'd chapter of Ruth, 10 verse "Then
she fell on her face and bowed herself
to the ground, and said unto him, why
have ] found grace in thine eyes, thou
shonldst take notice of me seeing I
am a stranger 20
lie returned the book, pointing to
the 18th verse of % Epistle of John !:
"IIaving many things to wrisc unto
yon, | would not write with paper
and ink bnt | trust to come INTO you
and speak face to face"
From the above interview the mar
rage took place the ensnino weak.
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The Austrian artillery has been
making experiments with rihed can
non, loaded with gun cotton. Al
though the twist is very consid cradle,
the pieces can be loaded at the muzzIe.
AT the last account they had succeed
ed in throwing six pound ball three
miles with six ounces of gun cotton.
These guns are very light, and this
with the small quantity of ammunition
required, renders them particularly
applicable to maintain warfare, espe-
cialy as it is possible to fire for con-
siderable time before the enemy learn
whence the shots are coming, since
the gun cotton makes no smoke.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-02

Richmond and LynchbHrg Ratiro1d-At an
adjourned meeting of the delegates of this city
TO the Railroad Conyen ton to be held at
buckingham Court-House, on the 4th of July,
which was held at the Merchants Insurance
office on Saturday last, the following gentle
men were added Lawrence Marye Benz.
Ladd, CASTOR Otey, VIM II. G. wathmey Alex
Parker, John NJ. West Horace l., Kent and
Robert Ridgway. All the delegates who de-
sign attending this Convention, should leave
here on Tuesday morning and go 10 Farmville,
where they will be met by the Buckingham
committee, with conveyances, and taken to
the Courthouse. We understand that exten-
sive arrangements have been made to accom-
modate all the delegates, and have NJ doubt that
all who go will not only be delighte wi h the
trip and the country through which the new
road is TO pass, but with the old Virginia hos
pitaiity which will be lavished upon them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-02

Professor Lowe assembled from Philadelphia,
Friday evening, in his mammoth balloon, the
"New York" and landed at O'Clock in Med
ford, New Jersey.
DENY of Music, was thrown down by a sud-
den gust OF wind Friday evening, and six men
badly injured.
The Hon sJere Clemens retires from the
editorial association CT the Memph Tenn
Enquirer, and the paper is now under the sole
con trol of Hon. Solon Borland.
The Rev George " Dorrance of Washing
ton city, has been appoin ted and confirmed
AS Chaplain in the United States Navy, vice
Peter G. Clark, of Connecticut, deceased.
An old man, Stephen Graded, was robbed in
Dale county, Ala, of 5000, few days since.
He has been nearly dis strac ted since the occur
renee.
WeIch Glade P o, Webster county, Va is
established and Mt. Landing, Essex CO., Va,
discontinued.
At the Princeton IN. j. commencement t,
Wednesday the honorary degree of A. b. was
conferred on Joshua Peterkin, of Virginia.
A Mrs. Coleman, living near Cooksviile,
Miss, was struck by lightning, and had her
head torn entirely from her body
A subscription has been opened in Boston
for the purpose of raising money for a monu-
ment 10 the memory of Gen. Putnam.
The Chicago Times reports that the small
pox is in that city, ana two deaths have al
ready occurred from it.
The imports of dry goods at New Yorr,pSas
the year ending the Both Blt. have reaer "o
enormous figure of Sl07, ,Si3, ,205.
The Democrats of Michigan have oi'ih"'e"
Jno. s. Barry, for Governor. -
New peaches, tomatoes, and.
are in the Augusta (Ga) MAJ "a AZ the
Twenty five hands wer ras,,ast aiscnast
Gosport Navy Yard on ~e' -, .na cr,s,
The youngest dausf,n - ot ON the 18th inst.
died in Brighton, wheeling. Va, Wednes-
Gen. Cass was michigan.
0"5' y" nis staying in San Antonio.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-02

Nayo'S WarshOnse.-We have already an
nounced the opening of this admirably located
and conveniently arranged Warehouse on the
l4th of June. Up to Saturday evening last,
the receipts into the Warehouse amounted 10
79l hhds. tobacco. of which 525 hhds. had been
inspected, and Us hhds. delivered TO buyers
The receipts of tobacco have been very light
the past TWO weeks, owing 20 the low prices
and the planters being engaged with their
wheat harvest; consequently, we think the
proprietors and ins peetorJ of Mayo's Ware
house have cause to be more than gratfled
with the start they have made. rack has
been laid down from the Richmond and Dam
Vile Railroad Depot to the Warehouse; and
by the ist of August next, the enterprising g
proprietor, Mr.. Mayo, will have completed
one of the main sheds to the Dock, when a
crane will be erected by the James River and
Kanawha Company for unloading tobacco
from the canal boats, and for the tranship-
ment of tobacco, as lighters will be able to run
up to the Warehouse and load, thus saving
the planter the charge OF drayage on all to-
bacco to this city by the r. & ID. r. r
and J. r 81 K. Canal, as well as the buyer
drayage on all tobacco shipped, making diff
ference of forty-fiye cents a hogshead to plan.
ter and buyer.