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Newspaper Page TextVOL.' 7. OREGON CITY,' OREGON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1855. .m 52. The Oregon Spectator ; , Tha first paper ever primed on the Pacific Coast. ' OREGON CITY, O. T. ' . A WBEKLT NEWSPAPER,, . , trOTCp TOTH AmCMCAM, moral, social, LlTC---T IIO AOICULTt)AL iNTEKiaT TM rcorLi or orison. ": PlISUaHID CTICT ATURDAt MORNINO, BV C. L. Goodrich, tDrroa, raorairro and raiN-rcs. The Speotator wlU ever be open to the free die cuaeiorrof all aubjtfi-ta' of sufficient interval to the people of nYs Territory, It will particularly alrive lit itdviinee the interest of all American freemen. ad will nut oppose anv Church or denoniinalino, until it become apparent that their object ie the taking of the government into their own.haiida, aa a body, or, aa a Church of having our law making and o8ic,e-huldiiig at die1ritinptal. ' . K moral lone will ever be a leading feature of the Spectator, and while ita column may be hld f j- with uaeful, literary aud social iiimnielnu, a regard Cr truth aud inoral.ly will be oh rvt-d.. Agrieuhure, nhall Jiest advance 'the interest re, nhall jiet advance - lie mtefeata go roiiud again, asking eacii, " nen ao obtrusive ' of tiumau neings. 'more man na. will be a feature never ueglecud.--I ,.ou it J" jud if he does not then find t any othH" crlebr.lety we have ever known, and youth ..f our: laud, hail aver re-' th W( d j must,0 8roull,i tjie thjrd Hhe shrinks from personal display and.pub i loriner due renneel, and to the latter . , . k 6 .,: . , .. , ',. i. r i : ance we ft.ii render in ..dvane i.g the r I I'm'N asking, ' Wl.ere will youput Hi he oWrvation. Kunngher residence in of Orrgomana, X lie Jiur . emt, to the all lha iiMiaiice we c;ili render in ndvane nff - useful nd moral educill on, aud to instill into the "minds the true American principle of -enr glorious . Uoioa, ' " , . ' t , Special care "taken to note Territornl news, fr -:tbe Leuetit ef people in the United Slate aud other, countries. ' , , " ,'.:' " . . - - .; -TERMS INVARIABLY Iff ADVANCE. .... Oo oepy. per antrum......... ."w-.'iSy.-.fta t0 -.- for s.x nioiitha.. RATES. OF ADVERTISING. One square (13 liueaor lew) one insertion, 'i2 00 ' . - " ;. . two inserlioiu, $4 .IN). For ever)' additional insertion .Si 00 Pmfeaeiunal and Bnaiueaa Curds, of 10 hire or 7 e, 825 per aniiuin. ' " .. V:r"Tri A liberal de luetioii made to yearly advertiser. ' LAW OF-NKWBPaPKl- : oontraryv r coiibi iered a wiahuigJoCoutiuua tneiraaoicriulion, ....... 'If Milurilir nrAnf thtr IrfisnnnfinuanM of thei papert, thp pub ioher may contiuueto send them uutil an arri-arae are paiii. . . ' ...v - If Mtbacriber iH'trleet or refuse to take the r pa per fronvthe poat i.ffico or other p ace to whieh thev are ai'iTfflhey aR held ieprib e until they se ttle all i .nr. . . all, 1 !,(... Iw, biiv ' .. - Ifjtub crib n re noe to i:lier placei a;,.o i 'in forming the publisher, a: id 'h yap r-i io'i v.. : former dirtrtiun. Un v ure !i U.rt o ,n- b'e Dissolution of Copai-tnership f I Ml HE coDartnenhtD exiatinir between Jim. I . JL. FretoiiJme O'Neill, and Dau-O Neill tinder the lirm of Preirtoii', O'Neill Si; is thiJ rmotl d bv ii d iy dianolved by nuniial consent. ' Janie M IN mil tiuvilfjr puri'haaeil I 111 janiea O'Neill liuvilfjj purchaaed the. atnek of pMhleof the fjrinf m Uregori JL ity and ('lianipoeg, will continuo lo etl at their uiual low priees. All pemn having demands againat r Preston, O'Neill'it Co.' are requealed to present, them for adjuatmenU All persona indebted to the Mine are, part cularlv reniietrd to ncllle their Aeeounts or uvteabelore the l.'ith nf Junuury 1M5.V ' Aflerihat date all demand unreltlrd will be plured in the hand of no attorney for collec. ion, ur Mr. Pres ton Will oon leiive fur Ihe Mtaiea, and we deaire to 'have our buine aetlled immediately. I J.NI). B. i'KESTO.N. " ' , jAMff-JO'NEILt.. . I tDjtNr)' Neill. Oregon City, Deo. 16. 1854. Fall -Trade. "JaJTOW reoeiving Ex Bark C. Devain, a large irfcC. J. add. lion to our stock, which is oilered at the lowest market rata 43,000 yd Prints 14,000 " UrovvuSUee tiag 0 kg Stuart's Syrup . 35" Salaratw 1 SO boxes Soap U0" Pepper 10 Pimento L " 10 bbla Dried Apples 5 kf Cream Tartar 25 di Sand' 8araaparila 10 boxes Starch 10 Pipes '- 5 kg Epsom Salts 5 ' 8ulphur . 0 lbs Gum Camphor 11,000 vda Bleached Mualin 13.000 ydaUnwy 4,500 Flannel 11.0110" raltinetls 8,000 Jenns 4.000 " Hickory 3,200 ' Tickiur - 300 vd Table Dauinak 300 Tahlu Cloths 30 do Women' Hot 15 dol (J Ultima 100i Men' Sack 7 50pr 8lk HKr -1,000 yd Week Silk 15 ds Ague Pills 524 " Jayne Expecterant 13" ' Alterative 24 - aa Pilla 5 kg Sal Sodn S Super Carbonate ' Mode 500 Salisbury Flau'l 50 White Q,uilt 500 doipool Thread 100 lbs linen 10(1 Cattail ' f - - 3,000 yds Colored Cambric Together with a larire nuinlier of other article, t) all of which the attention of merchants is nolici ted. GEO. ABERNET1IV St CO. . Oregon City, OeU 28, 1854y . 49 boxes sperm candles, by ALLAN, M'KIN LAY tc CO. M M9 caes tobacco Brap dluck'a. Jt V by ALLAN, M KINLAY &. CO, M d tons iron. by ALLAN, M KINLAY At CO. M d eases Col.inV chopping and broad axe, ftVby ALLAN, M'KINLAV & CO. sn RINDSTONESnd meuntinn. XJTkt ALLAN, M KIN LAY. CO. 41 east window slaaa. C by ALLAN, M KLXLAY A CO. boxes firm rnnseatil renins, - by .... ALLAN, M'KIN LAY & CO. S) O NE hundred boras oollara, - - ; by j ALLAN, M KINLAY CO. m jLLsaws, 7 feet 'Cross cut saws, 6 and feet, by . , ' ,' ALilAI, MKIINLAY OX CO. "(BLACKSMITH'S bellow and tool, and car- rby- ALLAN, M'KIN LAY A CO. T ARGE lot ef men's and hovs' elolhinir. , 1$ ; JLl by ALLAN, M'KtNLAY&. CO. LARGE amort mrnt of blankets, flannels, liud I My and prints, by ALLAN, M KINLAY dt CO. T ICE, 90 bbla, an excellent artiel, XVky ALLAN, M KINLAY St CO. LARGE assort rrent woman's flna sheas, " by . A LLAN, M'KIN LAY & CO. TPTEN'8botsand ha, : """ ' Itjlby ALLAN, MTCINLAY 6t CO. ttuvr LIU XUU LiAC JJ i rfv This is (in interesting game for our younp'i- friends, and one, tooin whichtbeir older brothers and sisters and parents may join with them. yNow those of you who have solved the "Enigma for the Holidays,-" and learn what is our greeting.- may engage ii this new gauie-when-we have told you bow , to play it. - :J WUJte luose wuu rciuniii kiiuubq buiiio mviu of doubleor treble 'meaning, such as bank' box, or' right tm'write, wrighti rite are all prononncfd -the-same.- When-the-word haa, befit) decided upon, the person who went Out may be recalled, and it is his duty to as certain what word has been selected by the answers given to the three following ques- i tiens : First,, he must ask each person -in ; succession, "How do you like it !'". Jf he is 1 not able ttrrthea . guess the word, ne must LI J' .1 . i ' Ann, huallyir unaJble to guess, the worfl at i the third round, he"is'tr'b ore-Mi viihj a duiieean, ana requtrea tp re-compence a-- t I his tiuostiotwi iiroceedinsr as before. . When -he' kits tipon the right word, the person whose answer led him to conjecture it, must take his place, arid leave the .room while fuTulber word. is cnoaen. " '-j:--c I hat you may not fail in understanding this game,-wvi ill tell you-some of .the answers that were given onco where we saw a company Of votinp: pV-rsons playing it. Ihe rid Bank had been selected for this occaMoiu. while. .Tvmas' was Sent out. - On being called in hri conitnticed by Address . ing -Anna.--- -' Thomas IIow do to like it, Anna, t vija i iiKeni wim a lare cnpuai. I . 7'u. .VrHwIl, Tlt, itVf!MVIfti.if n lw..lillA U.. .SIa tXUIX TL Klllt .V. rTz .::' : . " . . " : vv. , word, pillar. astHte.'b'rsbnie business.""" Bui liovr do you like it, A lice ?T - ;: - JiiUce I like 4hady,aaii coveredwith tThomat And you, Hdward f , TSdward Vitli secure-vault?, well -filled. - Thomas What say you, Mary I - -' Mary t Mike kT:avered with violets. -Thomai How jrio-yojj JikeitJL'harU'y H vnaiey w itn a gooa ooara oi nirtsctors. I Thomas And how do you 4tRt;fit, (eo. i OeargC-A like it higli aitdluresque. - " Thomas What say y&iJT Join V" ' '- John-Gf freestone or white marble... Thomas Well, Lucy, howayou like it? Lucy v cry ;rcen, 'aniTry. - Thoriths liovr contradictory Jjreen and dry of marble', covered with V46lets, wiih cure and wetlfilled 'xaults, shady, high nnrl -picturesque ; well, trcmuei, now aoyou !.Ih ill : JSmuel-l-Ab it warranted pot lo break. Thomas "sliair5t.obli gd td go round H"ain. Uome, Anna,(Vten no you liKe u I Anna When 't have money Xq- keep safely. ' Thomas When do you like it, Alice ! Alice When I am in the couutry, and feil Weary. ' I Thomas And ycu, hdward I Edward When I hold a clieckr Thomas And when do you like it, Mryf Maty In tlfe spring of ihe year when 1 feel languid. Thomas When do you liKe it, Uhanesi Charles Wfien I am a stock Irolcler. Thomas So I should thinly if iHiald a rood dividend. I shall be saved the trouble of going round the third Time,-for I should be dull indeed if I did not guess ii to be a Bunk. You, Kdward, way-go out while we choose another word; for your' "well- filled vaulU," and "check" first gave me the clue to the word. . . . . TOMORROW-. )'eTo morrow, is a day that never comes. It is the rainbow allwit we think we see its base restiilir on the hills directly iruour path, is still, no matter how-far we may. advance, just as far remold as when we firsi com luencen pursuit, lo-morrow Is written 'by anirrls ainonir the stars, and conies not here, save in the dreams tba.. hope whispers to our heart. J-- '- - ;," V; What we most prize, and cherish, and long for, lies often in the morrow. Our ideas, our.holiestaffedious'our sympathies, t our soul highest soarings center there ; and wealth, and fame, ajid all that man be lieves his brljng, beam out-6f the to-mor row, as the imrxi'st diamonds in the dark, and 'iht us towards their pursuit. There fore it is that we honor, and love: and wor ship to-morrow ; w,e could not live nor elijny ojnselves without it. U never comes, it is truer more than the ignis fattku comes to those who rashly follow it but it brings pleasaut dreams, and fills our slumbering ears with sweetest music, and 'Xinds'up our weak hearta with resolutions ; and for such noble offics it h onrhearty benison. ? To day w full of darkness and of wounds, but to-morrow is approaching, and the sun and moon and healing balms will be with it. Ay, will they, i hough, when to-morrow touches the rarth. it is to-day once senin, "and lo-morrow lies as Jar oa as DHore, per- adventure,- beyond the reach of mortal, keiw Faith and hope walk with to-morrow in the unseen realm,; and tile angels sprinkle their path with flowers. ' Doubt and anxiety are the companions of to-day. and there are few garlaMls in their way .What. wonder, then, thai we chouse to look unto to-morrow, whose bright mantle, drifting evermore towaid us, scatters, when we least expect it, light upon our hearts. . , IT Weather eool aad clear. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. "The world waa sad !-"-the garden was a wild I nd man, the hermit, sighed till woman ainiled." tt : FANNY FERN.' I'JThe, publication of "Ruth. all" has stimulated publioxuriositywith ..regard to the name and character of ita autheressj aritf given occasion for a number of articles pur; porting to describe her person or narrate her history. Some of these articles contain statements which we know to be ground less, and-everrcatumnisua and no one of them, that we have seen, is calculated to give the public a, correct idea of her charac ter. ' We embrace the opportunity to tell our readers something about a lady of who they have heard, a great deal more thai they ought to behe,ve. . . 'Fanny. Fern isthe" most retiring and un obtrusive of human beings. "More than this city she has Uvea in tne most pertect piivacymerer going td- parties or soirees, never giving such herselt, relusing to en large' her circle of friends, and finding full emplvymttht. a-well as satisfaction in her domestic and literary duties.' ' She has pro bably received more invitations to private and public assembliesrand her acquaintance has been more" frequently sought by dis t.ngutahed persons, during the period of her residence here, than any other .individual. To all solicitations of this kind she returns a mild but decided negative. In he hotels at which she has4 resided, no one, neither laliillordnor guest, has ever known iier as Fanny Fern. - Indeed, she has;sn abhorance of personal publicity, andrcan not .beper suaaea to saennce any part oi me comrori "- r". ?.. prove her resolution Fanny Fern is a sincerely religious wo ian. the member of an evengelical denomi. nation, and a regular attendant at church. We never knew any one .who believed in a belief fnore strongly than she in hers, or. who was more deeply graved .when that be: lif f was treated with disrespect. ' No one statidsrlesS" inaweof 'Conventionalities, no on' is more strict ois a. point of honor and i.nuci)ie than she. She is a tierson who is able-to do -all that she is convinced she- ought, and to refrain from doing all that she is sure she ought" not. In strength of pur pose, we know not her equal among women. .The" word wjiich lxt describes Fanny Fern is the word Ladyj All her. ways and tastes are feminine - and rehned. bvery thing she wears, every article of furniture in her ' rooms, ,4.11 the details of her table, must be clen,eganvta8tefulHerattire7TgnJen.or wow -numcane. Are mere wdich is generally simple and inexpensive, is piways exquisiieiy . uice,. nu oecommg. In the stormiest "ys, when no-visitor Could be expected, she is as carefully dressed and adorned as though she was going to court. We say as carefully, though, in fact, she has a quick ins tic t for the becoming, and makes herself attractive without bestowing mucb time or tuought upon the matter, tier oiceie singularly musical v- her manner aries with her humor ; but it is always that of a lady. One who knows Fanny tFern has an id-a what kind of women they must have been for whom knigbtserraut did battle in the Middle Ages. - With all her strength, franny Fern is ex tremely Sensitive- She can enjoy more, suffer more, love more, hate more, admire I J A.- .1 . I more, anu oeiest more, man any one wnom we have, known. With all her gentleness of manner, there is not a drop of milk and water in her veins, ohe believes in having justice done. Seventy times seven she could forgive a repentant brother 'J but not once, unless he repented. fanny rem writes rapidly, in a large, poldhnnd; but shq sends no article-away without very carefulrevision ; and her manu script is puzzling 'to printers from its num berless erasures ad insertions. SSbe writes from her heart and her eye : she has little aptitude or taste for abstract thought. She never talks of her writings, and cares little tor criticism, however severe, one is no more capable of writing an intentional double intendre, than the gross-minded man who have accused her of doing-so arc cap able of appreciating the worth of pure wo manhood. , Such are some of our impressions of Fanny Fern, to which we may add, that she was the finest form of anv woman in New Vork, and ' that no one of the - names recently assigned her in ' the papers is her true naine in ordinary circumstances, w should not have thought it right thus to desciibe the cli a rnc eristics, of a lady ; our sole, and, we think,-sufficient justification is, the publication of statements respecting her, only less vulgar than calumnious. SCENE IN COVR T.-- ' Not long since there occured in Baltimore a mu rder trial, in which case the prisoner at the bar was honorably acquitted : -The scene-wilf not sow be forgoTten f those, who witnessed it. The faithful, affec tionate wife of the prisoner,-who throughout the trial has never for a moment absented herself, stood weeping by the side - of 'her husband to hear the result to her, as to livm an announcement of fearful importance. A breathless .silence, brokmwily by the sobs of tL: poor woman, reigned through out the. court, as the clerk, in' a clear and sojemn voice, said, "Frederick Loebig, stand and bold up your right band." The pris oner, pale and agitated, but instained by his wife, -did as he was directed. The clerk continued addressing the jury, "How say you is the' prisoner guilty of th murder whereof he stands indicted, or not guilty ?" NotGuiltt. No sooner was the result known than the man,' overpowered by his feelings sunk down into the arms of his af fectionate . wife. bae4 scarcely knowing wtaf to doralni"6slt)eside"tersel wlthy.tdoubly'dangerons for jrit to consult tnly kissed him over and over again ; and.'as if this were not enough, rushed forward,' and seizing the lianas of the counsel who had de fended him, bathed them with her tears.-f-ilany - of 1& by-standeniaraong whom were sternr rough men, whose cheeks,, per chance, had not been, wet with tears since childhood poured forth batu re's sinless tribute, and as the released prisoner and bis wife left the court-house,' surrounded by their friends, honored their affection by a silent prayer for their future happiness. til , i ' l . 1 " I ' ' 4 nreaent we ao- not inins mere was one who . did not feel the inestimable valueof undying kit? Bait. Sun' woman (fir We think the character of a lady is made np, in a great measure, little things, Little acts, performed in righfspirit, sweefc errand gladden life.We love most those who niake us the most happy. No one will deny that true politeness is essential in the character of a lady, and Dr. Walts says, true politeness. jjs Jove manifested in an easy person s character br a character by a . few greaL acts, whether good or bad, but by their habitual course of cenducL; - A pleasant look, a smile, the tear of sympathy. a kind word, fitly spoken, -indicate the true lady.; r k A writer in4he Farmer ai.d Planter says : i4When I lived among the, Choctaw In disns.I held a consultation witBonTof their --n.:-.! ilj I" ' - chiefs respectiong the successive progress in the arW'ncrtTTrwhw'ratterare-quteWT virtues of civilized life, and, among other things, he informed me at their first start they felt rinJo av mistake theynly- sent their boys to school. Ibey hecan.e lnlelli- gent iicn, but they-married uneducated and uncivilized wives ; and the result was that the children were alt Tike the motherland soon the father lost his interest in both wife and children." And now,' said he, "if we could educate only one class of our children, oium euucnie vuiv one vna vt uur vunurcu, wa wM Mmn tli irirlt fnr when, thee become motherathey would, eduotte their sons."' " ' ' - , WALK OVTr , ' .' Punch saysr-At no period of the year is a healthy voung woman,' of whatever sta- tion, bliged-to exchange out-of-door recrea- tion for in-door amusement, except when it nails, or rains, or snows, or launders. ana uui lurai never ui.uu vue euae , ; witn curope nas notmaae inem nearer tuan the attenclanca of a simpering: doctor. Are there not muffs, and boas, aud all sorts of water-proof armor f Young ladys, take the advice of your elders', and as the old woman say, "Get out '"in all tolerable weather. WOMAN'S MISSION. A distinguished preacher thus sums up the historyof a woman who had' been called to her long home : "She ate, she drank, she slept, she dress ed, she danced, she died." . The "Lily" says that this is the history of the mass of women : but we think some important chapters are left out The mass of women are born,, go to a boarding school, get married, go to church, bring up a fami ly; and die after that ; and our opinions, that anyone who eats well, drinks well, and dies well, has done more for the world thait many distinguished people Bucceed in doi ng. If, in addition to this, she is born well, goes to school veil, and brings up a family well, she has been a public benefactorof no ordin ary kind. . . A woman who is well born who has re. re I ceived frotn her parents a healthy mental and physical organization, and who conducts herself well in the ordinary relations of life, is a very great woman. ' To know how to eat, and drink, and sleep, and dress and dance and die, is the sum of knowledge ; and he or she who does all these things well is wise and prndent above the common or der of Christians and Philosophers. Let no one speak lightly of eating, drink ing, sleeping, dressing, dancing and dying, for the catalogue emoraces more tnan nan the important ; business of life, aud she who does these well, will do more, and is an mryA kU. .1, I, ik. .liu uuuui .u u.Coo.uP i ..w,. Y (KT When Philip Heftry, the lamer ot the celebrated -xommentator, sought the hand of the only daughter and f k k.. ..k kIjm;.L gentleman, a scholar, and an excellent I M T urjr invUCI vruw ruiuiiiov sjv weighed the excellent qualities and graces of the stranger, "but I know where he is goingandLshouhUiktgo-with bim; and they traveled life's journey together. ', -ftr-Nfen nrotect ns thev Provide for our hook. 1 ,, mh j I music. nevssosDerapay an our 01 us, ana t - . - now for a moment iiist imairine what a world this would be if it were full of women, and conuined no men I -Then let us try toren- der them as near perfect as possible. Let s cherish their, society cultivate and en- lighten their rainds-and above all, wife, let love be your monitor, and let it be often ex- tirut -JfM. Talmido. : - ft r preacher, but he was a stranger, ana "tney gives us, however, no cause ot saaneas to oc did not even know where became from I 00,11- 'review the days and dreary nights True." said the daughter, who had well . . Ji,," j ,V. CCrlt is the peculiar misfortune of wo men, resulting from the relative position which ibeyocetipy In society, that they cannot always see both sides of a man's character.-. Of course tho fair side is always presented towards them, and all the darker traits aud wilder extravagances are sedulous ly i ly concealed on the reverse. - This makes it her own preferences, and her own will in making her choice for life; and this proves the expediency, on all occasions, of taking the advice of some experienced counsellor. Many a man may shjne by his wit, taste, el egance, and address, or good breeding ; and Jet when he quii society, and revolves on is own axis, the darker half of his (Jay may be passed in the brothel, game-house or counterfeiter's cave. . . . . ." tt"VVhich will vou do. my lady smile i nd make your household bappv Or pout, J thus render the gdod-natu red ones sad, vnd the. denatured ones worse! The calculable if you but show a- smiling faee, a kind heart and speak pleasant words. lio wear a pleasant countenance ; let" joy beam in your eyes and love glow on your . fore- head. There is no joy like that which springs from a kind actor si pleasant deed, and you will feel it at night when you '"rest, at morning when you rise, and during yojir CO" Girls who have been accustomed to devour a multitude of frivolous books, will converse and write with a far greater appear ance of skill, as to style and sentiment, at twelve or fourteen years old, than those of a more advanced age vjho are under the dis cipline of severe studies"; but the former, having attained to that low standard which IJiad been.held Oil t to. the,m, feecomeaUtunaa I tohighexstrainof mind, and those whol too early commence .thinking and rritjuCT I bke women, commonly end with talking and acting like children. TM AN AMERICAN. ' . Who doesn't feel proud to say, Tn n nerican f" Who doesn't feel his t heart t . . : expad,.and his greatness grow greater, and tbe dignity 'of his natu re rise to new heights at'the thought and conviction that he-is such ! -'- Other countries may -be dear 'to other people. We hope they are. VVe ttt . C ;.;;,:l theVlook upon and feel with and for it. wh&d ralhVtosay, "I'm an American," tban anythin else. It takes us right It ,n - fif. . , To 8n American one of our true sort U a ,-ood deal We had just leave boast of ft - Wtf not! It is a , great title greater than Kings or f-raperors wear. A SENSATION. ' "Ruth Hall," Fanny Fern's new book, is making a sensation. The following ia an extract from a private letter from a gentle man, himself one of our most successful au thors, in regard to it : "I bad been travelling two : successive nights when I - received -the book ('Ruth Hall'), having had now sleep but such as 1 could catch in the cars. 1 reached Jthis place, and was prepareing to make up my loss by a long night s reet, but woe was me I Just before 1 was ready to jump into bed, I thought I would take a peep at the book to see how it "started .oft' Soon I fpund myself laughing ; again crying. Then . 1 felt a sensation of cold, and discovered that l-was but half-dressed; and with pockef bandkerchief in hand, I went, to bed, but not to sleep. Lighting again my candle, 1 recommenced and read ; read until the can ele flickered, went out Up I got, and fum- KIu1 arr,iitirt Cr,t MrktViM trmnintr aKntlt. fni" tLem , .udcen1. aw Uerous stars' for my head had como in contact with a sharp pointed bed-post With one hand to my head, and the other outstretched to ward off bed-posts, I purtued my search v. and. was succesful. Then, wending my way through the dars avenues of a country tavern, sue ceeded at last in finding 'down stairs ;' ob- taided another candle and resumed reading. The town-clock seemed to strike every fif teen minutes, until in the morning I found royselfat the end 0f the book, and minus tu'reeguccej,.jve nVhts sleep. There, that's inion of .RoTH HlLt Nev-York -J J . National Democrat I THE PRINTER. . xhe following life-like picture from the Buffalo Express a ill give some people "cause -iperhapsto lnyestiga), in a spare .momed the compositors routine in large ciues. ! It mon with all who work' on morning papers. ay our weary Kmbri way in the 'kmall Hours" of the -morn, to awaken long after nature bad donned her sun-lit . morning robes i : : : : Tl ntnltt iMwi 1t th atrsAta ar f - - " e . .".rr . hushed the moonbeams decfc the deserted pavement-and sleeo strews its sluraberou popp5o over the inbabitanU.of the silen' city. All are" at rest, save the printer, bray at bis case. - . .:'V"'V' Dreams, lovely as the .winged eherubs. bover about the repose of man sad maiden ; Tiswnpure as nrst ntiev na oeaunui j. "the sunset of early summer, haunt tba v couches of the matron and tne child but to the prinUarstlLta-jealityyiqil, and wean- How nimbly and cheerfully does be abiust - ..... ' - .. -occupation it only caused bis band to falter, toe taitniui types, aa n na too -tjo hom oi -time" as if the duties were wearing out hie ' life were more "a diversion than a laborious -avocation. But - amid- thsir- monotonoua discharge, believe us, the printer thinks of home, aud sweet rest, arid sighs within him- self for the better lot of which others are possessed. And yet there is no repose for him though th night tramps on,' snd the jocund dawn will soon appear. r Why do his motions grow less rapid why move bis ring in so deliberate and mechanical a wayl Whence) is the smils that lingers on hjs lip, like the first sunbeam of early morning 1 There is gentlo , presence at his side an eye blue as violets, glancing into his ownan accent, sweet as -music, entrancing bis car, and reaching his heart. It is but nfament it was only reverie if did not even win .him from .bis. not to cease the printer wmaens 10 ousy toil. again.-' "Q- ' ' V; ,,'i':i ' Ye who" receivo . our sunrise, faror, and' wander perhaps, listlessly orer ita pages, remember that it is the fruit of toil, -whicb . was active and untiring, 'whie you were qui etly sleeping that lite k imprinted in its . columns that your convenience and oonv -fort is bought with the price of .weariuessv ; . . There is an electric chord" which, being charged with sympathy, will carry the gen- J" tie burden even nn'o distant hearts.' Wo bespeak iU agency in behalf of Jb futlfiil printer. :"- '""--v , OF. ALL' THE DEVILS T-r-.:,;.' - BLVESr AVOID THE - LjteTOember - th'is is a Comical world, given to -j"alcnlation-tber1bre.-if ton ; would thrive and have ."tallow covered kidneys, you must tickle r the community and cut melancholy nobody wants to listen distress if he, canpossibly avoid it in a word, misery-is a."den? boreand.wpn'tbei tolerated A comedian can extract his bun- dred dollars a night,' frorn lmost anyTeom- ; munity a begger is' doing a duced goodr busiiTessIf he raises two loaves af bread. For childrea to complain is all very Mr. JFerguson, but for a man with .good ; sense to go about like a dog with-a scobu-; tic craniam is a ridiculous waste of good t -grunting, that might better be kept for the cholic. Eveil the. character of Cicero is kupnnd hv the nomnlaints he suffered to escape him and who can read the sad tWngs . written hv the banished Ovid, without des pising the man whose misfortunes debased, " whereas they should have exalted bis mind, t Men who have.experienced evils which re really of a triyal nature, should be in baste t to forget them. 1 These things are unpor- tant to themselves J but why should they ' suppose them sufBciently interesting to en- ' gage the attention-of others! .Again, wa say, if you have trouble, just keep it to your self ; a jolly fellow can raise is half eagle at any time, a dismal individual could not effect a loan of one and ninepence if his soul de , pended on it. Be cheerful' therefore, for. -. your own interest yr, w conuense uw whol sermon into one line, "laugh and grovr. fat" "Everybody does it" who has ny expectation of rising" in the world. -Albany ' Knick- -, . : v. -fo,t V . .i ;-A.w ; , i .. i 'I..' , r: MRS. PARTINGTON ON MATRIMONY. "If ever I'm married." said Ike, looking f-up from the book be was reading and kick ing The stove door to energetically "U ever -. I'm marrierl-Don?t speak of marriage, . Isaac, till vou are old enough to understand the bond that binds rongealing soul Peo- f le musn't speak of marriage with impurity, t ia the first thing that childrea think of now-a-davs. and vounir boys in pinafores, and young girls with their heads fricaseed into sDitoon curls, and full of love-sick stories,' . ate talking of marriage before ibey get into their teens. Think of such ores getting married 1 Yes there's Mr. Spail whea heaven look his wife away, went right to a young lady's cemetry and got another no . more fit to be the head of a familr than I am to be the board Of mayor and alderman." i ., -' IV A ' ' . ' EXTREME MODESTY. , "Doctor," said a young miss of the high heeled modesty school, "ma has sent me to' tell you that sister Marie Ephemia Daley Minerva Rhody Jane has got a small nloera- - led; pimple just above the wrist of her left j lower extremity whieh demands immediate medical prescription. .' SISTER VS. COUSIN, , . . Beautiful is the lore and sweet the kiss of a sister j but if you havn't a sister handy, try your cousin ; it isn't much worse. '.' B. If ton havn't a cousin of your own, try somebody else's ; there is no difference;' ' ' " . BEAUTIFUL. - ' .'. V W find the fbllowinir besutiful anecdote "-. inlheeditor's Uble of the January number of Graham : . . - '""vt-' " "We know a beautiful JitUe blue-eyed enrl. of antnA three VeTS old. WOO tied ia her mother's arms, at tilight, look ing out at the star,.; .... t Mothar, said sne, 11 getting oarsu And what makes it dark, Caroline I said her mother. r-"" " Because God shuts b rplid tfcsX little poet". .:JJ ... . farMTohd says a wmat) is "eerttdsi tnashtsbutan uncertain pleasure. . f , , . . 4. ' .