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T3MKT" nmcu wim; *sa«irs~, IBSSSSr;*., Sfc? 1 L "ut'liuL Uul u ,uk ■ »i««^ Hfc, j nii'—esdilhs mWiii*". I tSSSwP~~~ »rt.o,tt wit* i i «— J Thltwrttl. 1— »<V II... p.il. .Mk. wIMk StaiTTi"— - • •ux-.i la Ih. latllM rtsss*. aps: j »*■"•»■ i UrMlbnuutonlr , raarwdlimrtaau^ j KnalllMMlUi I MrtaMitaiMMiiMia, , II «U1 TVSUk (M Ml Mgki. — Oil rVwtass iM4 ,t nasal, *%?*«yr^».**y n4*4 "-' 1 ""aw1*! M »T1Z«]'^T 1 So II I. will, Mrthly rlravtmi 1 1 Tbl«Mv»lkl.ii ] *^;"^.'.';',r..: ."""""• ; Wit and Wisdom. ! — What dost It most Winding to the J cy es! Gold dual. , — Attention to mall thing* is the I tconoBty of virtue. t — Woman to a delusion; but men t with hog delusions. 1 — If yon wonld be nothing, joat ■ Welt to be nomething. — Led in of fashion starve th{tr htp- " phlaaaa to feed their vanity, " — If e hone says neigh when yon , oflbr him oau he don't mrau it. j — The pleasure of doing good U the c only thine tliet ncrer ween sat. I — The true wey of enriching oar- 1 seivte to by rutting off our want*. 1 — The richer yona make* his food, ' the poorer he mAcs hh appetite. c — Wanted— A men to take charge " of e pair of home of > religious torn of mind. » — Thefnal center of happiness to • something to hope Ih, sad something , — Why I* e lady of (uhlan like e , suiinmftt sportsman. Becenee she , heps the bah. — Why to Fmddent Johnson like j Chimbweeo? Because h,- to thegrenteetofeUthe Andice. , — It often happens. when the hue- I baud Alto to be home to dinner that it I la one of Ms "tut" day*. . 1 — Drigham Young proposes to pur- I shase two of *» Sandwich Islands and * emigrate thither with hie flock. < — What stone should have been ' placed at the gate of Eden after the ' expulsion! Adamantine — (Adam aint ' In.) ; — Why was Pharaoh's daughter like a broker! Becaneeihe got a lit- f He prophet from the rushes an the . ba®'- — " Ma," said yonng Hopeful at the v breakfast table, "if a rnsu It MUUr, to 1 not a woman a Jfirtsey?" Mamma ,. fainted. I — In the beginning, women oooaiated Of a single rib. Now she to all t ribs, from her belt toths rim of her ,, petticoats , — As the quickest way to make a v (brtunc a eegemporery suggests marry- 1 ing a fashionable young lady and sell- n lag her dothm. E — What is the difference between a t ptoofof hoosycoenb and a black eye? b One is produnal by a laboring bee, and F Km by a be-tabocing. F — What is the difference batwsan "j the accepted and njacted but! The aoceptcd kisses the nkn, and the re- 11 — Who to win! He that laania from every ana. Wha is powerful! J He that «overas hie psaeeons. Whole risk! Ha that Is euHit ' dsctdsd by faasMore at a late masting j in tbsir dub to *t,8.V.', a luxury too t ny rf^d£»#ite ; pasting br^ow JHhig used as a bed t ~ * . tog against the femes, where he ex- j pectodtognwhruhedtod. -HIeaa't c gush^ y to*. Urn. -s^aaid 0 he. " I dmat go nowhere. ' c

| gjisttllantsiis. ~j "A»mJX£$ FAIHTEP1" i rroar or waiufntd roi aii racrrotd tocko usob. The talk was of Hottentots. "Don't speak of 'em,'' cried Kiss • Angelina Daflfey. "I'm certain of it —if I .were only/ to look at a Hottentot 1 Wotlld filto-t mdat iWnt •' " Fiddiededsc," saidMiu Lilywhito; and there was a hush— a pause In the conversation; for when Miss liiywfalte exclaimed " Fiddledcdee" K behooved I thoughtless yonng todies to look to I themselves. Sow Miss Dafley had a „ great talent fcr fainting. Perhaps the f talent waa originally a natural gift: fievertheleas it could not be denied that I a frequent and earnest cultivation of the eafeowqmal had brought it to pmv I fection. Miss Daflby, at one minute's notice, could hint at any time and upon any autyeot— she could fidnt at any extreme of the day —fclnt at breaktas t, or bint at supper; could bint With equal beauty and truthfrilneas whether the matter to be binted upon were a black beetle or a biacAHrd-a bufl or a buliflnch. She had wqnderftll powers of syncope; though It most be allowed, like most folks haunted wlthadmpotic sense of their own genius, she now and then employed it a little out of place. Vanity, however, to a human weaknret. For a philosopher, to Us own satisfaction, has proved that the peacock takes no pride IH lu own effhlgent glories, bat, all unconscious of tbsir beauty, spreads them because it was ordained to do so; and aftea. all, bad Miss Dtlfry been philosophically etam- . ined upon her proncnese to bint, she Would have attributed the habit to no lelTcompUceney, but to the simple, inevitable truth that the was mads to bit^C She would not have recognised , any beauty in the art of blntlng, but manly the natural consequence that to ■ bint was feminine. Eve, she thought ; Was made for sal volatile. Miss LUywtdu was a spinster of , •evrn-and-fbrty. " I am six— terms— < oi;;htand-forty, next birth-day," Miss , would bHlhely observe as , the year might be. And tUs gay veraeity was the more phasing in Mb. i pasted Tor forty | nay, had the Stickled ■ , ever so Utile for it, she might havs got ; , off with slx-and-thirty at most— a hap- , py, blooming slx-and-thirty; for Miss ; Liiywhitc, like a true English woman, carried in her unfading beauty the as- , 1 sertion of her British rate. How much . triudphant brautysll over the world ' and yields as teens blow Into ' twenties, and twenties Wrinkh into , thirtiesl Now your truly bseailftil , woman, with her carnation , and lilies, Will carry her colon up to , two-acore-and-ten. Nay, we have ' teen some veterans, blooming with a , sprinkling of yean over tyrannous fifty. | Miss LUywliite was as jocund as she , was handsome. It is said there is no . preservative against the mcbui- ] eh#y changes wrought by ttnie than , honey. We know not whether Miss | white was acquainted with the Egyptian truth; if not, she had uncuo- , scknssly acted upon the unknown re- > cipe, and had preserved herself in the , sweetness of her dispaeiUon— In the , , hooey of her goodnesk. She Wfek a , pattern old maid. Yet fe pattern, we . would hope, note! lo he followed; fbr , It sweh Women who make the real wtVet and mothers. Miss LHywhlte, . like Miss Venus de Medicb, should re- , 1 main a single perfection; alone In sweet1 and beauty, to show what celibacy . and art can do; to be admired as sam- j i plea, but never to be added to. , Miss Liiywhitc waa an old School- i follow of Mrs. DaObV, feed was passing the Christinas time with her early | . aad flunlly. - Now Angelina a pretty creature, with more i goodnree In her than she dreamt of— I aa we have Indicated, this weak- i — ehe must bint; and carrying out this win, as a first principle, she had I duly binted through the whole round • of the holidays. Shu had binted at i «d, very empt»tioUly binted, when I surprised under the mistletoe on Christmas day— fainted when the belb rang i in I860— and binted, dead as a stone, i ss a nervous gweet declared, when prevailed ujiou lo crack a bon-bon on ■ " Angelina's binted!" i had. -become household words in the of the Dafleya. , And eo, can it be wondered at that I the ingenious Miss I-ilywhite, at this < threat of Angelina'*— to btnt at s I slmu Id rebuke the maiden < with more than ordinary vivacity! ' troth is, Miss Lftywhltehad been < much provoked; even «i the previous ' when Angelina had inetianced to taint at the clergyman— a very meek yonng man, who 1 preached a maiden sermon with great 1 could uflyXaoeta the maidj into 1 firmmbs by threatehlng to .give her up, ' unattended, to th* care of the beadle. 1 Therefore, when Angelina, returning 1 to her weakness, expressed herself ' ready to go off at the very look of a i Hottentot— therefore, all previous jiro- I cl at that the patience of Mtoa Lily- ' white birty exploded with— "FiddWWe thlnk.no,, and take up . the stitch of our lHdeetorv. t ' ' Ftddiedrdse, ' • said Mln Ulywhlte. 1 Miss Aagelina looked sorprissd— c anured-and gradually became duply 1 wounded. At Aral slie imbed her eyes < toward ..Miss Iilywhise, as thourl, ' doobtfal of the truth of hrrimpren- ' Miss Ialywhilc- if you can couple the of a bright, dear, open bee, bright aj ! clear as Dresden china — convinced Aa- l granatbaaitwa.thetodyvtoitor.ho , had really spoken. \ Wl»t, under the. . new and patnftd cireumstaacc could r Ary'ina do?^ Why^bs W b^ck up- c

slightly tremnlous — she (wallowed one | sob— bernacfc took cms swamUhbcurve, 1 have beeh the old, oia cry of the house • of Dmfoy; "Aatgeftwa framed !" But— Miss Lilywhito Jumped from her chair, aad resolutely passing Mrs. Dafss fey, made direct to the sufferer, who, half unoonscious of the Intended resOt cue, was fointlag all the Cuter. "An-geltria.-vcttod Mtos Lftrwldto, wi»h it e; restorative shake, "this is aAclalion, * lolly, hypocrisy, nonsense!" to Miss Angelina Daflby opened ber id Orbs, and in a moment sat upright, lo with her prettily cut nostril dilated, a and the tear a—1 waa oomlng Into her to athmishrd eyes almoet froten, and int: deed altogether In such a state of It amine meat that she must— no, she if would not feint; it was not a time to »• foint, when soernsiiy Audit. , '■ Miss Ltlywhlie drew her chair balds d A ngellna, who was every moment henlit ening in dignity. " My dear chQd,'' ■" said Mist Lilywhito, " you must give b op fainting— It's gone onl of fkslilon. " " "Fashion, Miss Liiywhitc 1 Do yon » think that feelings" * " Fiddlededre," again repeated Miss * Lily white; and Angelina sternly resolved not to say another word to so , c strange a parson— to so onpoiite a visi itor. Angelina crossed her arms in rea- ^ ignation, determiniiiing — since iter . - minima would not interfere— to suffer , i In silence. Miss Liiywhitc might be , - rude— might say her wont. ' "Whan I was eighteen, yonr age," r said Miss Lilywhito, "and that, my , ■ dear, to nearly thirty years sgo, I used . 1 to faint, too. I enjoyed fainting; In- j - .deed, my dear, I question if ymi ever | ' take greater pleasure In feinting than , > I did."' , "pleasure!" exclaimed Angelina.— ( > " Who could remain dumb under inch I imputation'"' I " Oh, I know all about it— pleasure, j > my dear," said the remorseless Miss , I Liiywhitc. "You see it gave me a little consc- ( f quence; it drew upon me general no- | - tice; it made uie, as it were, the center . • ofs picture; and it was n pleasure- not f > a healthful one, certainly, but still it ' pleasure— to enjoy So milch sympathy , i about oile. To hear whitot I was in a , ■ fit— I do not know, my dear, whether j I hear when feinting quite as well ss ( 1 I did — to hear expressions of couceru, ( - and pity, and admiration, and— do you ' hear them distinctly?" ( Angelina oould not answer such a r - question; she could only look lightning . i harmleaeanmmer lightning— at Miss ( 1 Lilywhito, who Inexorably continued, . 1 "I confrss it now— 1 used td eq)o)r the j I re.vsonable opportunity. It"^ ^ 1 wrong, but there was something ( ' very plnunnt, exciting in the words, . I Ulywhlte -s fidntod!" Oh! I | > can remember then, my dear, as though , was onlyyestcrdsy. Bat, my love," j '■ said the cruel sjiinster, taking the , > yonng mold's bonds between be! own, ' and looking -to benignly aad sprakiug , I so sweetly: "but, my love, we may ( • deeply hurt that Miss Ulywhlte should [ ■ for a moment saoodote her own put ; ' affectaiicn with the rttotefeltUhg weak- , > nets tfieh and there before her. Never- , 1 tlwlou, there waa soch quietness, such ( ' truthblneas, and with all soch an air , r of whim in ber looks, and words, gad I manner of the elderly spinster, that f , the young one gradually resigned hcr- - self to her adviser. " Vmaj' feint onceVm often," re- ( ' pealed Miss Ulywhlte, and she sighed; < - an^ than her euetomary smile beamed , about hi!. '• Of this dreary truth I am , ■ sod example." [ "You! Mtos Lilywhito!" said An- ' pHnv i "Listen," said the old maid. "It , > a short story, bat worth yonr bear- . ■ When I was nineteen, I was ■ about to be married. About, did I say 1 , I Why, the day was fixed; I was in my ' I bridal dreas; at the altar; the ring, the ( I wedding-ring, at the very tip of my I finger, when''-- " Mereymel'' cried Angelina, " what i "I feinted," said Miss Lilywhito; . ; and she ehook her head, aad a waa , smile played about her lips. j "Andyouwerenotmarriidbecnn.se , i you feinted?" said Angelina, much , 1 awakened to tho subject , i "As I have oonfoned, it waa my weakness to- feint upon all occasions. ' , 1 enjoyed Uw interest that, as I thought, , feinting cast about me. My lover often j coldly, suspiciously; but love I conquered his doubts and led him triI urnphantly before the parson. Wall, , the marriage oeremouy was begun, , , and"— I "Do go on," cried Angelina. " And in a few mihulcs I should , been a wife, when I thought that ' ; must feint. It would seem very bold , of me iu ouch a situation not, to feint. , , who hod feinted on eo many occasions, not to swoon at the altar would , have been a want of sentiment, of pro- : feeling, on so awful an oceosion. ! With this thought, I felt myself ialnt- * i:u rapidh : and iu-.; as ti=e tu-xl^rmun , touched my finger with the ring . —I wont on; yea, my dear, swooned . with all the honors. " "Do goon," agaia cried Angelina. , "As I swoossed the ring slipped from , the bridegroom's fingers, foil upon the t stove, and was rolling— rolling— to „ drop through the aperture of the stove , that from below admitted heat to the church, when— though swooning— I * somehow saw the danger, and to stop ,, the ring, put forth my foot"- , , "Too tote— the ring roHrd ou-dto- f appeared down tha cUaney of the c store, and then I feinted with the e volatile came U, my aid. I Was re i. stored, but where was the ring? It d w» hopeless to soak for it. Half « t wrektod 'with m, own rtag.^-*ell, b ,4 : -

. =- ■ l>t IP search waa mads, and time flew; and s, wo were late at church to begin with, d and the ting waa not fbtmd When the w clock ttrock twelve." " Well!" tighwl Angelina. "WeH!" sighed MISS Lflywhite, •r •' the ctottorman, clortng hit book, *aMi r- 4 It it pssttbe canonical hour; the psr- ), ties cannot be married to-day; they " mint ocmc again to-morrow. ' " ti '"fr!e retunied home; my lover tipbraided— 1 retorted: Wk bad a shocking quarrel, and— and — he left the r house to write a farewell totter. In a s week be was on hla voyage lo India; , In a twelvemonth he had married an r Indian lady, as rich as an idol, and I, - after thirty years, am still Caroline f Liiywhitc, spinster." e It to very strange. From the time » of the above narrative there wore two woada never again heard beneath the a roof-tno of the Dafleya. And then - unuUered word* Were— ' " Angelina's feinted." Nome laggrstions on the Burning of Coal. 1 The season when closed windows and doors and glowing coal fires hare 1 superseded well-alrcd apartments has arrived, and as the price of fuel has in1 creased i any methods of preventing tile 1 waste of necessary and valuable a onmmtpiity must he useful. We give, t therefore, a few brief suggestions, drawn from experience, in regard to : the care of ranges, heaters, cooking and parlor stores, and grates. It it a flilse economy to be chary of ( the ate of kindling for anthracite fires. , to probably the best kindlcr, | ' but to not always to be obtained, and is costly. Inthis and other cities, , wood, of pine, sawed shortfive or six inches in length'— and split j tine, to sold is convenient tilth* handles, 1 one or two of which is sufficient tn start an anthracite fire for any boose- . bohl pugpose. It may be obtained also j in barrels or boxes, or in quantity. In j the country these convcniencii-s do not | exist, but every householder prepares own kindling. One great mistake . in its preparation to in not cutting it . thort enough; or Splitting It fine chough. More heat can be obtained using fine than coarse kindling. . preparation is to the ttovo, what ( mastication is to the stomach, an assistant to combustion or digestion, in ^ this case convertible terms. After the kindling to lighted, it should be allowed to burn until it is ail i enveloped in a light blaxe and portions bocomt live coals before a particle of coal it put oil. If Ulo eixil is J heaped upon the nnlgnifod wodd the process of combustion Is delayed by choking, and much of the carbon that . Would otla i w lie pruduoc heat Is carried ' off in the form of dense smoke or to dr- j the greatest enemy to infiaramabUity. ' Most persona have seen this when an 1 apparently well-kindled fire has been , toting dished ami hod to in re-maile. The coal put on the kindlings should new coal, not the screenings of a ( fire; and it should be carefully spread in a thin layer. Tin practice . of filling the fire-pot or furnace win i materially delay the process of combat- : lion, Ih shell eases we have seen an . elapse before a bed of incandei" | cent coal could be formed sufficient to . a steak or a fish, or to emit any i sensible heat, while with a decent draft i a good cool fire, with judicious man- i meat, may be obtained in fifteen | minutes. ; Where a fire it kept all night, or (br , days and weeks together, as tt Dow so , frequcrtlly Ihe case with base burning | Moves, and even the common cylinder , stove, the first thing to do Iq the mom- , Jng it to put on fresh coal, without di»- , 'tufbing that in the stove, open the i draft and the damper, and do no rak- - until the hew coal It well Ignfted. > the ashes may be rattled down until sparks drop through the grata. ; as these are seen the raking should i cease. Never poke a coal fire— anthra- , cite— at the top. This rule, as milita- < ry men say, It "general," i But a greater fault than any other ' and a very common one to choking a i fire by piling on a grata or filling up a , stove with coal when the fire to tow. , In alt cases the coal qhould he added I moderate, even email, quantities, , anil itshould be placed orspread evenly. | In some rates it it well to deposit Hie lamps piece by piece by haud. When dumped on In masses the cool wastes ' rapidly without giving out lic-.it. birge ' proportion of the carbon escaping up 1 the chimney in the form of visible soot 1 or as thick smoke. No anthracite fire 1 should ever be allowed to emit a rlfcbie 1 smoke. The gases in the' form of a 1 flame carry off enough of the ' heat jffxfoeing products. . It would be 1 well if all this could be retained and 1 this will ever be an accomplished feet. 1 Drafts and dampers are too frequent- ' used without intclllgrat reference 1 to their respective offices. Many leave ' the stove doors open, and eloee the ] chimnay damper. The eflbctto, to be 1 to retard eomhnstiai, but at the 1 same time the gaaes evolved, finding 1 no escape by the natural draft, are ' eat into the room, poisoning the ' atmosphere and rendering the apart- ' incnts unhealthy, Inducing languor and 1 If the chimney damper to ! closed, or the passage to the chimney, ' the door, or aperture above the lire 1 should also be ciaaed, while the draft ' si the bottom of the fire, br iiwdn the 1 grata, may be opened; for -If the gases 1 tacape through this opening, /they will 1 been nentraHxed by* pasting ' through the fire. . ~ i foundl^ taTtaTnmcient. TbbTTw . ,»u» too '^a isnxk^dftk- fire is , eriugn portion ofth. grate bottom will J dure the oooeumptko of mefe and, at , the earns time, inerasss the Nhitohle . ts.re-sreie: -re riernvd help, rt.,«a know ho. twdto- t bstwsim naeaasuaied or coked ,

J coal ittid vaioekss clinkers, aa the forS, mer may be Coated with White asben. u 1 1 may bo accepted as a general truth , that in n grate, or stove furnace, or fire box, the einkstn, being of a semi-nie-8, tallic nature, slnk shd the uoenusuioed li coal be Wton the top: We have found e- it to be ecooomical id gather the top y lumps by hand before distnrbing the mass. Thus, most of the unconaumcd portions will be recovered, and can be >- used again. In many cases tins will ' ;. prevent the necessity pf lifting the c UUci aiiil picking out the scoria. 1 In sifting it to a good practice to : ,; drench the aebee in the sieve with waa tar. Much that would otherwise be rejected will bo found to be pure coal, ' o the water washing off the coating of aahca, and exposing the "hiatal dia* 1 o monds," which are frequently in fine ' 0 particles. . Three savings are valuable ! s to be need when tbc requiruoK-nu of | e cooking or tf particularly sharp air* tin not demand a brfok fire. Even the . asliea that escape through Use sifter, when made into a mortar with water, 1 arc serviceable. They may be used 1 ( advantageously in preserving the fire ' _ in a grate, and it it surprising how 1 much of what might be otherwise con- " " yield available heat. ■ 1 5 Coal Should be kept under cover, ox- * posed neither to lite sun, the rain, or 1 ' the frost. IuscnsiUe combustion and c ' waste by the action of the elements rapidly diminish the heat producing ' qualities of oven the hardest anthracite coal. By some this possible waste is estimated aa high as fifty per cent. — 11 ' This may be an exaggerated estimate, 1 ' that it to cooaiderabla the olncrva- ' tfon anil experience of twenty years f ' Even the fine dnst lett in tbc coal bin J ' is valuable. Mixed into a mortar, as 1 1 we advise will, the oahre, it gives onl ° ' an intense heat, greater than that of ^ coal because of the more readi- ' ! net.-, with which the oxygen of the at- . mosphcre can ncnn. ite'ilie mass; and here We may give a few words of ad- ' vice. Small sized coal Is more economical than largo coal, especially for r ' purposes, if the grate is 0 I adapted to the size, for the reason Just * staled. To prove ibis let one take a . of anthracite as large as a man's I fist, "all alive," and crack it so as to ' | expose the interior, it will be found to ' entirely bUick inside and undis- . turbed by the beat. I These practical suggestions and facts, ' unaccompanied by scientific reasons ' are submitted for the consideration of c our readen. We might have given . | tile pHikMoph* ,'f ednlbilltioil lis npi , plies! to anthracite coal, bat preferred * to inaks a few simple statements, lenv- ' ; ing our readers to trace the truths lock . to their source. Wo are confident, ' however, that an obscrvanao of these ' rules will result in a valuable saving of cool. — Scienti/c Amtricnu. itrrrr mini Kindly ITrilleu 1 Letters. I An exchange writes very touching!}' | a ; on this subject. Wo append: t " Never barn kindly written letters a > —it is so pleasant to read them over t I when the paper is to yellow with age, I ■ and the HiOil ihat traced the friendly t i words are folded over the heart that t : prompted them, under the green sod. a ' Atovo all never burn love letters. To 1 ' read them, In after years, is like resur- e l rectlon of one's youth. The elderly t - spinster finds in the impassioned offer I i foolishly rejected twenty years ago a f of rqjuvenescciirr. (Handing d ' over It, she realises dint she was once f ' a belle and a bcallly, atid beholds hef ji i former self in a mirrorniucb more cop- a ' genial to her taste than the one that ! confronts her dressing-room. The c ■ widow Indrqd ffilrive* a sweet consola- * : Uon from the letters of tha beloved one - - who hat gone before to the fer-off land, 1 whence thfre comci lio nietsage, atid 1 i where the hopes one day to join him. a • No pUrtographs can so vividly recall t I to the memory of the mother tlw ten- 1 - derness and devotion of the children i - who have left at the rail of Heaven as > the epfetdfefy outpouring* of their lore, t : The letter of a son or a daughter td it 1 1 true mother is sometimes better than I > an Image of the features— it to a reflex 1 , of the writer's soul. Keep all loving i I Bnm only the hafth and erne! , i ones, and In horning Ihcm, forgive and t forget tocm." i , Gojoowbek AND PBtUTWO.— It ' i been curiously remarked that ( , gunpowder was invented by a | , prirat, the peaceful agency of printing , from a Soldier, aad the tingutor- . has act the explanation that, by . . the substitution of firearms for ths [ cold steak war has boen rendered so f , much more terrible aa to have become . for ieaa destructive, whtlo from the I printing press has poured forth such a ( , flood of anUgoatoUc books, papers, f and pamphlets, moral, political, social, r [ and religious, as may be said to have ( , set the whole of Christendom chronic- | . ally by the (wis, not to speak of the ( , impetus given to the carrying of civil- { j iiatioo, with ita attcndanl ills of un- f , From thw the cynical couclu- \ | sion is reached that 'old Bacon was in- c i deed true to hit priestly calling of good ( . when duvising the operative principle r I of there vile guns, these mini's, these . , sapa, these magazines, ekuitprU, Snh . dcra, needle-guns, Paixhams, Napo- j [ I Atarax ters, and Whitworths, , wtdlo, in hitting on the printing press, , , and thereby _ infinitely increasing the t . conflict of minda, fighter Faust sot , I squadrons In the field than were , . ever hairs upon his bead or thoughts ■ is MFfrraln. - ' ^ .. . . , . " Ak observing Indlvldnal in a wry 1 vlltagr, observing the sexton at work in a hole Tn the ground, In- i : Aired what be waa about "Dieting ' a grata, air." "Digging * gaave? t Why. l thought people didn't dir often „ do thry?" "Oh no, sir, they ! die but ooee." fallen, says ehe "is perfect mtosttvet „ of her own toogoe." t

COWeBEIB. si — ' a Monday. Jan. 11.— In the Senate 1 , after the presentation of riomeroue J _ memorials and pciitloSt on various i j subjeots, and the introduction and ref- 1 j erenco of several Mils of no national im- J , portanoo, the bin for the relief of Mrs. ! , , Sae Mnrpiiy of Atoboma, was taken j I Up, and a large afgutdent ensiled upon | s it, after which the Senatewent intoex- ' j ecutiro ssesion. The nomination of , CoUector Smythe to-.thc Boaaian mis- i lion was considered and motions to , postpone and to lay on the table were bothreieeted. No (briber actio® was , taken, however, and the Senate toon ' after adjourned. \ , In the House, under the Mnnday call of Stales for bills and resolutions, a / list was preaented, read twice and i ' referred! Among them were bills to 1 , improve Now York harbor by rcinov- i | ing obstructions and erecting piers, for which it is proposed to appropriate .. ' £>,000,000 per annum; aiding tho administration of justice in Virginia under Judge Underwood's recent ilia- •' qualification decision; rotative to the of disloyal text books In the public t schools, and acknowledging the Indepcndancc of Cuba and securing its annexation. At the expiration of the a morning hour, Mr. Washburne, of In* diana, introduced a bill for tbc repeal of tho Tenure of Office act, and moved the previous question. Under this A wi thou t debate, the bill passed by a vote of 121 lo 47. Farnsworth, a Garfield, Jenckes and Sclienck ore the most prominent of those who voted nay. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill amended was then passed. A jnint resolution proposing T an amendment to the Constitution was reported from ibe Judiciary Committee. It provides for negro suffrage through- s out all the Stan-. Tho Naval-Appro- i priution hill was discussed in Commit- * toe of the Wlmlo and roportod to the | House, after whidi tho House nd- J A Tuesday, Jan. 12.— In Ihe Senate i •' the Committee on Foreign Relations ' reiurbslanreoiution, which was adopt- j - od, to provide for bringing home the re- j mains of Mr. Coggeshail, late Minister | to Ecuador. A number of bills were I a introduced and referred to committees. I li A bill was passed providing that in- I h dictments in the United States Courts j u in tlic States lately in rebellion may be j found fur two years after tho res torn- o tion of States to represcntatioh in Con- d gress. It does not apply to treason or p . other political oflenocs. The Senate | a then resumed "the consideration of the " bill for tjle relief pf Site MUrphv. - i, Messrs. Davis olid lih» BiVored its t Mr. Buckalew regarded the |, taking of Miss Murphy's property as [ ii in the nature of a forced kiaji, anil a thought it should be treated ir. llutt a light. Ho therefore favored the |«s- d sage of the bill. Mr. Sumncita>p]>osed ] \ the bill, and Mr. Morton favored it. Tlie Senate then adjourned: I <■ ill tile House. Mr: Buik r introduced j p tional currency, to assure its elasticity v and stability, and lessen the iuterest on v the public debt. On motion of Mr. I the bill was referred to tho » Committee on Ways arid Means. He c then movcd.to reconsider tho motion, a and thereupon made a lengthy speech, c the table. A resolution in regard to a the pajM-rs anil evidence in the Davis- c land-Campbell commissi >u w;u a 1. Mr. Dawes presented thecreof J. S. Cose man, as delegate Uuj territory of Wyoming. ObWas made ljjr Mr. W asliburne, ' and the credentials were re'erfed. The ® Senate resolution containing the report ' of the Joint Committee on Ordinance was concurred in. The report of the J ndiciary Committee In regard to the ' lion of tlie United States on the Union " Ilnilntail; was told on the table 1 and ordered to be printed. A' biii fof ( the relief of William II. Bagley, of Carolina, from political disabili- * passed. After the morning hour ' a concurrent resolution passed, giving * tho use of tho Rotunda and old Hall of ' for ih« JiUfposc of the ' ball. After* dcbdtC, tlie 1 to equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors and marines, was recommitted. " A resolution was agreed to, rcqneMlng ? the President to U*c 111* gilod dmecs for ' Ibe purpose of obtaining from the Russian government consideration of the " claims of Benjamin W. Perkins and 1 others. Mr. Banks reported the reso- J lutiou for a protectorate'' over Ilayti and St. Domingo. After some discus- c sion the noose nfijourijed without ai> d tion Upon it, WstiriiSBblt, Jan. 13,— in the Son- ' ate Sumner presented the petition I of Dr. Malilou L/wmis asking an appropriation of 150,000 to demonstrate the Valtle of an invention she claimed t telegraphing by uairig^tho earth as half the circuit and the electrical ' 1 clement above tbc earth aa the other and thus dispensing with the use f 1 of wires. Mr. Sumner said tho alleged f Invention was a great can of moonshine or an epoch in thi progress of C invention. I twos referred to the Coin- £ mittoe on Patents. The bill to remove . from the State to the Federal . courts In suits for damages to property ' occasioned by persons hostile to the " government was taken up and passed. bill for the relief of Sae Murphy, ' of Alabama, was again taken up and , discussed, but no further action was . takes,. Tbo concurrent resolution of the House giving the use of parts of ' the Capitol for an inauguration ball ^ taken up and produced consider- t able argument, most of the Senators objecting to it as a hod precedent, and . was rejected by s vote of 29 toM. 1 The Senate then adjourned. I In the House Mr. J. F. Elliott, a c member from Arkansas in the place of s boo exioaillng protection over Hajti v and St. Domingo was then resumed. Mr. Butler offered a substitute Incluil- * ing nil the AntiiW— . Mr. Robinson il proposed -to include Ireland, aad Mr. : b SpnWing tn inelode the islands in the : Pacific. The debate was long and eon- ' turned moat of the day, but the propaai- L tioo was finally rejected, 126 to 3A '

I W lolls wise Vs atrial Umrt sis rati of vara, Ssrpr lasllar list sser sSUIra U IV | wkwk ws should all to IslfSfuUr sad erase- n 't° ,'ra raddy to WTIV Idled OS drssrtloc. - V. o ran we bid tore lister fcrrf I '•) I THE PEACEFUL WAITING. J • 'a"? ' tototsti * '"T T" : ■" ^ uraHowlsc. ' wl°4* | y sprtof. | u T»oa Vsll behold ths' qotorof'the mora, " '«*"» rtd.ra.rad s.sbcal., So.rr. ^ A IIIUs loofsr JSS, a UtUc looser,* ^ > | Tbrlrsdrrora. ol iwlllthl shall Vthlv, ! tl T?o,,7dV,',°r,t^ "°" "'v/1"11 i f| j" A Utile loafor rsl, «' U to 11 And ■rambling, bow belora IV fra.lwhll, ,1 throos |, Our sun s dark vs., and our d»J s alfht, ,i A»h'u "'"."''to *?' 0 j To sonic this little word has a aad " like ebals upon tile eoffin-lld. Wc lurve | it spokcii ; we have seenrit writdreary word. It seems located afer off . the,iuysUc shores of Etarnity. In- " I the very formation of the word ° j partakes of the impenetrable mystery j surrounding and attending the word '■ it— for'lhe last letter In the one is 11 tlie beginning of Ibe other. As we " at il and endeavor to uirciunicribo * limits, our n,iiiii» become confused, Where is It?1* " I Sometime' ! Arouiiti tlial single word * j cluster memories of a sitd, yet pleasant " j period— far away in the bygone past ! ^ whispered, hi sad and gioomj hours " deep, bow dark the gloom which " to hover rouud it ! Oh, dismal, '' cbierlcss Sotnrtiine ! where, O, where ^ are thy huUnUarice! Echo teems to J come qui taring back on tho wings of ' tlie |nsL/munuuring in lonely, solemn iirvvnt.-y the dark-ineaning words — the : The Mr ichi Hide of Death. ii To die is only to put on tho ring of p shepherd Gygcs, and grow invisible to a grosser sense. Wedded with n ring at tl first and last, so an w« married unto t Death. o Wc found a coffin on a mulborfy- ii the other day ; at once a coffin » and a shroud. Silver-tinted, and spot- s ted with a grain or two of gold ; or s gelid untarnished by Uie Winter storms, f it had swayed with ibe ttVnylng limb r whereunto it clung ; the leaves fell, and 1 after them the snows ; the boughs t were birdless ; great sails of ships were v rent, even aa the temple vail, but that !■ shroud was seamless as the garment of b the Lord: b We brotce tWay UW branch and bore o the hearse of mulberry and tlie t golden shroud. In our window, look- » ing towards the south, tlienvlvilhsure- S ly lie A resurrection by qbd by J aud i: some pleasant summer mhriling, A lit- o tie -book of two illuminated leaves, r paliAgAgjid gilded, and damp with the d imprint of God, shall gently open and 1 close in the sunshine— an articulate ! of life. Out of the cold s cornea beauty : out of tbc cloud the morning ; and Immortality grows Impatient of the shroud.— 7bjfior, I . ■ — ■ — . r Mathers. » My tltos qtiiel fireside of homo, ihe t mother, In the midst <d her child- s to sowing, as in rases of earth, the r socds of plants that shall sometime t give to Heaven the frugnnay of their S blossoms, and whose fruit will be a F rosary of angel io deeds— tha noblest b offering that she con moke through the « ever- ascending and ever-expanding e souls of her children to her Maker, c Every word that she utters goes from t to heart with a power of which c she little dreamt. F Solemn to the thodght, but not more I' the thought that every word that I from her lips, every expression of 1 countenance, even In the sheltered t walk and retirement, may lean an In- s delibje Impression upon the young c souls around her, and form, as It were, t the' undying strata of that aHncatfop 1 which peoples Heaven with celestial v arid gives to the white brow of t thoangd, next tq the grace of God, its I GHJrVL* iNFLtwifCTB.— If these- ' eret or all regenerate Krauts e«3d be i open wo should doubtkwa view , Itude the quantity of benefit which has a i and which is effected in the world p ; by the feintttar cooveree, and even by L UtoSHent looks of truly good men. — [ _ 1;

[rirete tin l»w Tore Hsrata] |j OI'R CLIPPER FLEET. The importance of the mefSfcorit^' of our country cannot well be J I over-estimated, as its condition may ° generally be taken as a fivir index of t' state of prosprrity or othenrisp of j b lira i-siutry in the mcrauitile pursuits ft of whlcll It is engaged. New York to i a j essentially a commercial city, and when h j ill docks are filled with vessels, cither C I taking in cargoes Of articles or domes- ■' j production or unloading the wealth l' | brought from otlier parts of the World, " it to fair to conclude that the com- " | mcrcial interest) of the country as well P of tlie city are tn a healthy and flour- I: listitng condition. Just now there * , teem* to exist a general depression in » shipjflfig interest. Time Wat be- !' j the war when Uie ' Wharves Were " 1 crowded with American bottoms and P j tla: pisre wore throngisl by thousands • j d! men busily engaged in lading and unlading mat vessels, when, to use a common phrase, tew ships were in n every sea, ami the Stars itrtit Stripes p in all the waters of tlie globe, si Recently, however, matter* have some- g what changed, and the number /of a American ships seems to have consid- si orshly decreased. This state of things ft may easily be seen by the mWst-ritoual q obeonrcr, whofiiids himself in any of s. our waterside tlioronghferes. Take a a fine Sunday, for instance, when sailors *• love to fly the national limiting of the tl countries to which their ships belong, ii and on inspection it will bp found that b " Stars ami Stripes " are outnum- ii lured by tlw brood banded t ri -colors of ri the French, th« croosed "Union v Jacks " of the British, and the many b colored flags of tlie German and Prtls- u sinn kingdoms. And this eliange lias 1 alio (II sloi» tlie late war. Tlie t! cause* which have prodlMed this result li are various. The heavy cost nf build- c sorts, and file high price nf outfit, as 1 v well as the heavy [Mil ilu. a. have all n aided to liriiigatoeut this state of (flings, J I Walking along by tlie river si.to the n [KUtefelvf eminot but lie surprised at 1 1 the large number of ^ 'longshoremen I a WBkins Micawbou, Esq., for some- 1 | thing tn turn up. „ Within the pnstfew weeks, however, j fa sliippinj tatsine** has quickened i consideraM^aud tlioUgb still not by any means so brisk ns lo keep all L hands employed, the number of loung- , (, ers lnui tsvn ismsiileraMy mlneed, aitd I „ fact to owing to the commence- i men! of what is known as the 'dipper I season. sca n in this hiTrlnr. dther^nnloiding ' ' enrgre* brought from foreign j ^ splendid vessels are to be found moored j ' and their presence ndito considerably ' to tll» rqqwrtmiity for employment . the 'longsllofenien. Their a|v ;K-a ranee to very fine, aud a visitor is 1 richly repaid l>y a pilgrimage among them. As n rule they are spleiuiidly ? built, with sliarp toiws and graceful lines, bes[ieakiug great speed, and with appointments of (lie most complete character. A* tbcf lay at the docks, soil, tli air copper mountings sparkling ' the sun, their white sails lazily flap-' ^ ping in the wind and their paint clean ns that of an qp-town drawing-room, almost lead one to suppose that they had never ' ecn to sea, but had . only just found lliemselveK on the hcav- " liosotn of thv water. Tlielr extreme " sleekness Add CtodnlliteSS Cannot fell to 1 surprise even the most superficial ota ' server, while a closer inspection of theni from'stam to stern is enough to sur- v prise even the most careful observer. ' tlw Hook and Wall street ' there are some thirty Of forty of these c vessel* of larger orsmaller dimensions, , ' of them are American bottoms, by no means ail, many being Britand some of them German. Most , of them are engaged in the foreign 1 trade, either Chinese, Japan or Indian, ' whllo others run to San Francisco,— ' new American Vessels are now ' the harbor, a fact which Is worthy 1 of notice. It to to be hoped Ihat the ' number will be increased and that the may not 1*J far distant when , Yankee commerce will be carried in , Yankee ships manned by Yankee i sailors. *- . . THIS INDIAN THADE. The trade between this port and the ( ports in the East Indies Ig mainly carried on by British ships. These via- ' sels Ue In this port for some time and , take in All the freight tbey con gather, , and then generally sail for Liverpool, ( make up ttieir cargo and clear oat for , the port to which they are bonnd.— ■ f ships, after leaving this ( port and putting Into IJrerpool, return , and complete tbeir cargo, clearing oat for the Bast Indict. Tlie vessels employed In this trade arc magnificent 1 craft, averaging from 1,000 to 1,200 1 tons burden, and fitted up with great I completeness. Among tlie vessels em- t ployed in the India trade now hi port i the West, a British iron ship, built i at Chester, England. She is M6 tons I to commanded by Captain . Wyiey, has a crew of sixteen men and > to Liverpool. Her cargo eon- I tills of Unseed, which she is now dis- ' Charging at Cos's stores. She made I the trip from Calcutta in 100 days, J beating some of the fleet which sailed r with her. Two other British ships, the Lord Canning, 1,466 tons. And the Lord Lyndhuret, 1,102 tons, engaged - in the Calcutta trade, are also in port. . Both of these Teasels belong to Liverpool and are very magnificent iron ^ I ships. The Lord Canning is considered a very smart craft, and has , mode some very quick passages to and India. Another British ship, the H ""gist, also iron and belonging to to discharging at HalbodCs Brooklyn, flhr >1,(80 tan* " 'burden, to commandod by Captain a

Brown and has twed(y men on board. rtANDLf-fXAIM. Msveral tm— lafaunuallj dear from j port for tlw island 'of Manila, one of tho Arietta Archipelago. One of retards now in the harbor to Uie Orpheus,) which has Just arrived that island with a rargoV hemp ' and sugar. IrayhtpTsXtestidaa und fi.sn Boston, and was built its Though thirteen years old, is still (me of the slickest eralt fen water, and Is knpt in beautiful order. Captain Croweil it her commander. She made the passage to this port In 183 days. Tlie ship War to also engaged In this trade, and is now in Ihe East river. 81ft is Boston ship, 1,016 tons burden, and commanded by Captain J. 8. Wilpleamnt one. waTmade in 188 days. cargo also to hemp rod sugar. the china and japan tuadb. Tlie trade with China is one of the most important connected with this port, and iu it some of tbc smartest tli|p# belonging to this city are engaged. Considerable rivalry exist* among the captains of the ten-carrying ships, and n» a consequence -great efare madeW all sidta to secure the quickest passage. But few China vessels are at present iu port, bat several are daily expected. Tlic Samuel Russell, 762 tons, a splendid ship, one of quickest in the Beet, is now unloadtea at pier No. 38 East river. Tho bark Italy, also a Gut vessel, belongto Newport, England^ has just arrived from Yocohania, making tho voyage in 14S days. Sbs is laden with and a few cases of curies; she is 205 burden and carries nine men.— The Italy brings word that others of fleet are at sea, seveml vessels benearly ready to sail at the time she cleared for New York. Besides these there are vessels Iff port which are taking in cargo for Yokotui- ; mu. and which will sail in a few days. | among these to tlie Java, a magnificent vessel, belonging to Boswhich is moored at Ihe Empire j stores, Brooklyn. This ship to hcnuti- | flilly modelled, with excellent lines and I liows that look as If they mold cut the water with rose. The IVmvtan, of 1,168 tons burden, is at the same stores. a very lino vessel, «ta one which* luis i engaged in the ffiulc some tiro.'. j A large number of really fine vessels I are employed in carrying on the trade this port and Snu Francisco. ! most of lh*m being American bottoms. I These craft as a rate bring and take general cargoes, grain, of course, being ; one of the principal staples for freight. Just now there nre a large number of i tlw port, ei flair delivering at the varistores and wharves in this city ami j Brooklyn or taking In cargoes pre[iaj ratory to clearing for Ihe shores of Uie I Pacific. .Some new vessels are now taking in freight. The Sovereign of the Seas, 1,602 tons, now lying a't pier No. 1(1 is one of the new ships entering this trade. Sire to a magnificent vessel, well built, with all the requirements for speed, and fitted up with great care. The Ht. Locln, at pier No. 11, is also s new ship of very excellent model. A new bark, called the I.ixzie Williams. 825 tons, is -also lying for freight at pier No. 18 Eort -rirer.-r Among the old clipper* engaged in this trade now in the port are tho Seminole, Captain J. W. Holmas, 1,1500 tons, at Mystic Bridge, which sailed from Sad Francisco on September 22 and arrived here on Uio 5Ui of January; the Faveriut. Captain Bush, 1,•232 tons, which came home in 102 days aud made her last trip out III 120 days, it discharging a general cargo largely composed of grain and flour; the Black Hn#k, 1,200 Ions, Captain Croweil, witll * general cargo; the Robin Hood, very fine bulbing ship, belonging to of 1,000 toll# burden, under command of Captain Kelly, made au excellent trip to this port, beating some -flf the fleet that cleared ffit her. l'hc Harvest Queen, a very fine dipper ship, is lying at pier No, 18 East river, takin freight for 8sn Francisco, she a very large vessel, with a tonnage of 1,026 tons. The Valparaiso, an- . other fine ship of 1,356 tons, to taking , in her cargo at pier No. 12, East , river. n IF AtVTlN.— A young nun having ' occasion to ask a lady for the smifli rs 1 the tabic, addressed ber . in the ' following emphatic and enamored Ianguage: " Most beatttlflil and accomplished lady, by an unmerited and undeserved comlcseuslon of your Infinite goodness, please to extend to your ■ most obsequious devoted and humblo servant that pair of I gni potent digesthat I may exasperate the excreecent of this nocturnal cylindrical lumiin order that the refulgent brightness of iu resplendent brill Isney maydazzle th* visions of our ocular optic* more potently? " Fabmi.no vs. CoNsmrnoN Dr. William WetheriR, of lambertville, J., writes tlic llcacm that " It has a theory of mine for a long time that if a person is bom on a firm, and upon it, working out-of-door* until he to thlrty-flvo years of age, such dies with consumption. Aa I amTteiigcting statistics on this i subject I desireShet if any person an exception to this rule that Is well authenticated, he will advise me mail. Any Information on the subject by physician* will be thankftiliy lixroHB you acquire a taste for whisky, insure your life and take a of your family. The certain death which whisky brings is only a quvstiuu of time. It is always bearing surely down upon ita victim, liken strong man armed, and oomss inevitaas fete or taxes. Whisky hat ruined more men than war, pert Hence or famil— BncHKii says a wonum to as goal a man, and a man ami Ma wife are great deal better than each other.