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Quarterly and Monthly Advertise ments win h. charred the hane an a single in aertion. and setni-atonthly tle same-as new ones Destructioa'ero the lIqul. sition in Spaix. In 1809, Col. LChiaitowskv was Attached to that part of Napoleon's army which was stationed in Madrid. -" When in this city," said Co1. L.' "1 .a uted to speak freely among the 1eople -ab.hout the priests and Jesuits, and of the inquisition." It had been decreed by the Emperor Napoleon that the Jinquisitiotn aid Monas:eries should be " auppressed; but the decree, has some of the laws enacted in this country, was not yet executeil. Months had ,passed away, but 't'he, prisons of the Iiitmiisition were still unopened. One ,night about 10 or 11 o'clock, as Col. I, was walking tte street of M.tdrid, 47lv9 armed tiien spraiir upun nirn romt y atl,qy, and uintde a furious atack.. .Ie instead'y <lrev his s\wg'1, pitt himnself in a position of defence, and ,while strugling With them, saw at a isitance the lights cif 'e pAtruals.. 1"reiich soldetis mounted, who carried anterns, arid rode through the streets: 1of the city at all hours of the night., to .preserve order. He etlied to theit i French, and, as they hkaented to is assistine., the assailants tqak to hr heels and 'scaltul, not. however. :before he saw by their dresE that Litey ^beloiged to the guardis o. the inattisi. tion. C The Colonel went immediately to .Marshal Soult, ,then Go"vernor of ladrid, and told him what had taken place, and reminded him of the decree to s'nppYes this instittution. M arslial Soult replied that he might go and destroy, it. .. Col. L., told him that, his P'egimnent (thie :nth of the Polish Lan. cers) >va not sufl'icient for such a sor. *vice, but if he would give him an addi tional reginment-the I Y 7th, he would tidil-take the work.. The 1 17th Rev. iment was under the c:a nand of'o'l. De Lile, who isipow like Col. L., A nun. Ister of the G< apel, an I pastor of an Evangelical churec, i. .,Trscilles France. ,",The trops required were granteld, and I proceded (said (ol. L.) to the Inquisition, which was situated about five miles 'frdun, .t'he city. It was surrounded by a wvall of great strength, and defendqd. lty, cythaipany of soldiers. When,.ye.arrived at the walls, I addressed one of thejie rgtin'els, and summoned the hly Tthers to surrender to the Imperial army, and open the gates of the lnqi sit,iid. ''li'e saeciel; who was standing on the Swall, appeared 't'd enter into conversa tion for a moment r wkth some one sete his musket and shot d'ne ofaW iy men.Thiswas thme signal for atttali, 'adIordered my troops to fi-e upon toewhot appeared upon the walls; unequal warfare. The walls of the Inquisition were covered with ie sohlis ofthe holy office, there wvas abatrast-worik tupon the wall, behid w~e4 tley hlut partially ex pose thnwevesas they discharged theimusets. Oul' troops were in theope plinand elosed to 1 de. structive fire. We had no caafnon 'nor could we scale theb walls, and the gates successfully rbsisted all ttttemnpts at forcing them. I could n'ol -etire and send for ennnoil to break through the walls without giving theni tiiI to lay a tramin to blow da ugi, I 24 that it was necessary to change the mode of attack, anud directed somec trees to be cut down and triHileid, to be itbd as battering rams. TwU~ of these w'ere taken up by dletaichmnehts of nlh, as nuamerouzs as cotnid woill to advantage, and broughat to bear upon the walls with all the power whicli thiiy E~i'td 'exert, while the troops kept up a lire to protect them from the fare poured upon them f'romn the walls Presently the"i walls btegan to treiI~ble, a breach wats made, andt( the Imperial , trdops -uhdinto the In quisi Lun. Here we miet with an' inbl e~cilt which nottiing but Jlesuiistieal cil'rontt'ry is equal to. I lhe inquisitor-genaeral, followed liy the Iathier confegors in their pi-iesily robews, all came out. aof their rooms as~ we vrere m~aking our way into the i. t, aior o'f the Tnqu isitionl, and withi loing thes,, and thei-. ar:ias cross~ed the rooms had b ecome fit for oth'ers to occupy. To prevent this being of. fensive to those who occupied the in. quisition, there were flues or tubes ex tending to the open air, sufficiently o pacious to carry off the odor. In these cells v. found the remains of those who had paid tae debt of nature; some of thon had been' dead apiaaren t. ly but a short time, while of others ,nothing remained but the bones, still chaincd to the floor of 'their 'dteeon. "la other cells we found living suf. ferers of both sexes, an' of every age, from three score years and ten down to fourteen and fifteen e'ears, all naked, its when born into the World, an . all in chains ! Here vere' 'old men, and aged women, who had been shut, up fcr many years. Here, too, Vtcre the middle aged,A.rnd the young man, and the maiden er four;. y'ears old. The soldiers imnmedt'etcly went to work to release these captives from their chains, and took from their knap. sacks their overcoats and other cloth. ing, which they gave them to cover their nakedness. They were exceed ingly anxious to bring them out to the light of day; but being aware of the danger I had food givey the9n, and then brought them 'radtp!ly to the light, as they were able to h'ear jt. " We then .proceeded to explore another room on the left, HIere we found the instruments of torture, of every kind which the ingenuity of men or devils could invent." Col L. de scribes four of these horrid instru. ments: "The first was a machine by which the victim was secured, and then, beginning with the fingers, every point in the hands, arms, and body was brolfeg, or drawn, one after an other, tntil, the sufferer died. The second was a bok, in which the head and neck of the accused was so close ly scrtgcd that he could not move in any 'way. ,Over tic bok was a vessel, from wI'tli one drop of water a second fell upon the head of the victim, every successi 'c drop fidling precisely on the samte p14cc, which suspended the circulation in a few mnonL-is and put the stillrer to the most ecruciatina agony. The third was .n infernal nrac-hine. laid horizonta is', tp Yvhich the victim was bound ; this instrument was then placed bettw ceen two beans, in which were scores of knives, s< lixed that, by turding the machine with a crank, the flesh 6f the suflirer was torn from his liajls in srniall piece. The fiourtl sur':ssed the others in liendish ingenuity. Its etterior %-As A beautiful woman, or large dull, 'iHchly dressed, with arms exterdded, ready to embrace its victim. Around her feet a sentiirelu Wits drawn. The victim whco passcd uver this fatal mark touelhed a spring. whiehl eused the dialiI cal engine to open, its arms clasp'd him, and a thousand knives cut him into as many pieces, in their deadly emnbrace." Col. L. said that the sight of these en gines of infernnl erdeltV kindled the rage of the soldiers to fury. They declared that every inquisitor and soldier of the ihcquisition should he put to the torture. Their rage was ungovernable. Col. L. did not oppose tiwmen ; they maight have turned their arms against hin, if he had attempted to arrest their work. I lhry began withl the holy tfthers'. The first they ut. to death in the machine br break-| isjom. The. to rturie o'f the iq uis;. d a earth by lie d roppjing o wa nhi-s het'ol was imost excrulcia tire,. IThe pooir nain cried out, in ago-* ny to he ta ken fiei the fiatal imachine. Th'le Inquisitor general w:s bro aht before the inifernal engine call'ed "Thie Virgir." lie begged to ho excuisedi. "Ni," said they "you have caused others to kiss hter, arid now you mitust do it." Thtey interlooked their bavo nets so as to form large lorks, and ,with these pusheid lhim over the decadl pre-ared ihr theo emibracee, clasped lin mr i its arms and he was ciut in to iiiinnerable pieces. Col. L. said that he~ witnessed the torture of' four oif thiem ; his liedrt, sifhettnd at the awful scene, anid lie left the soldiers to wreak their reiigennce on the last guilty iri rmate of thit prison-hoiiuse of hll ! in the menaintimne it, was repoirted t.. rough Mandrid that, tLii prisons of thte iqu isitioni were brok'en opjeni, andi miultitundes hastened to the fatal spot.. Arid chi! what, miecting was there ! It was like a resuiri-eetioni! About a hund~'ed ef t~hose who haid bee n burried for rmany years were now restored to their long-1ost, dauglhters ; wives were restored to their husbanids, sisters to their bnrothiers5, and piarents to thicir~ childreii ; udnd thieir were somieth, could recognize ito frienmd among the multitude. Thie scernce wazs sucht as ro tongue can descr-ibe. Whlen the multitude had retired, Col. L. causedi the library, paintings, furniture, etce., to be remnoved ; arid haviing sent, to the city for a wvagon load of p)owder, lie deposited a large quran:ity, ini the vonult, f'"tht -. on their shouldes, as thoughi they had been deaf to all the itqise of the attack and defence, and had just learned what was going on, they addressed' themselves in the language of rebuke to their own soldiers, saying, " Why, do you fght enr friends the French ?" "Their is tetitior., io doubt, was to* make uts think that this defence was whclty unauthorized by them, hopin it they could. tna[e. us believe :hat they were friendly, they should ha a hetter opportunity, in the ceutft:it n of thq noinent to escaue. Their ar tifice was too shhilonv, and did not succeed. I eauel teni ,t be placed under guard, and all ilte soldiers of the inquisition to-be secured as prisoners. We then proceeded to extnjne all the rooms of the .stately edifice. We passed through rootm after room; found all perfectly in order, richly $t;nished with altars and crucifies, and wax candles in abundance, but could is cover no evidences of inequity be.ng; practiced there-nothing of those pecu liar features which we expected to find in an Inquisition. We f'ound splendid paintings, and a rich and extensive library. Here was beauty and splen dor, and the most perfect order on which my eyes had ever rested. The architecture-the proportions were perfect. The ceiling and floors of wood hcre scoured and highly po:ish ed. Tid marlble pavements were ar. rtiagell wit1i t tr 9t regard to order. There was everything o please the eye and gratify a cultie ttcd taste; but where were those icrri, instruments of toritute of which we h :d leen told, and where those dungeons in which hniiahi beings were said to be buried alive. We searched in vain. The holy foi;Ler assuredl us tlhat ticy 'had been belled; that we had seen all; and I.\via,9prepiaretl to give ilp the search, ecrvinced tbat this Inqiisitin was' dilferent from others of wit A - I had heargl. - " But Col. De Lile was not so ready as +r ysal f to 'rel>4':ish our 'i vest ga. uut, nd 9u1t.1 to. ', " Colontel, you are cotmandedto day antd s you say, SO) it must be; but if you will. be ad vised by me, let this niarble fl'jr be examined. 7 WLiater l .i tjg t n jgl id ase if thy re is 'any htce through which it passes more freely tHWn others." I replied to hin 'Do as you please C o. lonul,' iu)J ordered ivater to be brought accordingly. The slabs of matle. we~~l'e ,htgen~d beautifully polished. \\'hen the water had been poured over the floor, tmuelt to the dissatisfaetion of the linqitors, a careful examination was mitde of every seam in the floor to see ifthe water passeri through. Presently, Col. De Ibile exclhimed that, he had found it. 1y the side of tlhese niarble slabs t,he water passed thriugh last, as thougl there was an op nitng beheath. All lhinds were now at wuo k for further discovery; the oiflieers with their swords, and the soldiers with their hayonets, seeking to clear out the seam and pry up the slab with ill their might to break it, whilh the prtest re monstrated against our descratini their holy and beautiful hous. \Vhil thus engaged, a soldier who was stri king with the butt, of' his musket, struck ), spring, and the marble slab flew up. Then ,he face of the inqu'sit ors grew ptle as l'lshazzdir, when the hand. writing appeared ,n the wall; thy tremble]l all over. TI.-nesth ti n ble0 slais, 'tow paty t.!v, t heir ia a stair-case. I steped io the altae, . t ok frein the candlestick one : canimds, four feet ini length, whicht w. buLrning, that I might expj*)re the rosom belowv. As I was doinug thus; I was arrested by one0 of' the Inqii os-h laid his hand gently on miy arm, and with a very demure and sanctimoniouis look, said, ' My son13 you muist not take those lights with your bloody hands, they are h'oly.' 'WVell,' I said, 'I will take a Ihly thing to shed lig'ht onu iniquity; I will bear~ die 'rs~us bility,!' took tile canidlb, Aid Pr'oceed. ed d4wvn the staircase. As we reached the foot of the stairs we entteredl a Jui-ge square room, which was culled the Ilall (of Judgment. In tice c'entre of it- was a Huge block, and a cipnin fiisten. ed to it. Otn thistlicy .lid b eeni tc custotmed to plac'e the actud, chained tp is sea.t. On one sidle of the rootm wats an elevated seat, called the Tlhrone of' Judgmeont. Tlhis the Inq~uisitor General occupied, driid on either sidle wgr seats less elevated, ihr the prliestly fathers, while engaged in the soletmn busiii'ess of' tihe 1ol01 iqtdi. tion. "From t his room wye proceeded to the right, and obtained access to small cells, extending the entire length of the edile; and htere such sigHts wore pr'esented as we hope nlever to see again. " These cells sveio places of~solitary confinement, where the wretched ob. jects of inquisitoriali hate were confined year after year, till death released thenm fomr their sull'orings, and there their hodiece were saf'ered to remain :int il tfe v were' entirely d'loene *mi', building, and placed a slow match in connectidn \'ith it. All withdrew to a distance, and in a few 'moments the assembled multitude beheld a most joyful sight. The walls and turrets( of the massive structure rose majesti cally toward, the heavens, impelled by the tremendous. explosion, and then fell back to earth a heap of ruins! wectened Drink. In a small village in the Southern section of Missouri resides a certain Major, who keeps a small, cosey. comfortable little inn, famous for its sweetened drinks, as well as a jovial. laclord ; and a few of the surrounding' farmers visit the neighborhood, wvithouti giving the major a friendly call, toy taste his "nlixtur." The gay host., with jolly phiz,.ruund% persons, bright eye, and military air, deals out the ra tions, spiced with jokes, which; if they are not, funny, are at, least laughed at for the Mdior enjoys them so vastly himself that his auditors ae forced to laugh, out of pure sympathy. "A good old couple, who resided about six miles from the major's, for a long period, .had been in the habit of visiting him once ign nt 'nd as regularly went hone,'dreadfully sweet. ened with the favorite mixtur; but of late, we learn, the amicable relations existing between the major and his Old visitors have been broken oiT by green cycdlc'alsy. On the last vis. it, good cause was given for an end being put to any iore "sweet drink ing."' Uncle Merri', how- are you, any how ?" was the major's greeting ; and I declare if the missus aint with you. too-just as if he expected she wouldn't come. 'What'll you take, mlis-us ? shall I sweeten you a little of about the best Cincinnati rectified that ever wes toted into these 'ere parts ?-it jest looks as bright as girl'a eyes !" nand here the major winked and looked so sweet there was nq re sisting, and she did take A little "sweet encd." h The hours flew nierilly by, and evening found the old couple so over loaded with sweets, that it was with great difliculty they could be seated on the old gray mare, to return home; but after a miany kind shake frot the host, and just another drop of his .'y-teni'd," otT they jogged see saw :ng r1.4i side to side on the critter, the old lady nattering her happiness, and the old lman too full to find words to express himself. "Such ani hetA pil as that Major," says suei 'Ain't nowhere-and such a mixtur' as he does "iake is temptin to temperance lectur,er,. ie is an ama zin'-iee mian, and if anything he sweet. Cn. the last drop better than the first. Goo,g aciouns ! what a pleasin' critter he is!' 'Ever and anon these encomiums on the major and his maixture broke frot the 3l:l htiy, until ofrt sadden, on passing a small rivulet<, a jolt of the mtre's silenced them, and t~ie old matan rode on a short distance ip perfect qyietness. At length he broke out with "(%dI woman, you and that 'ore major's coriet, to day, war may tiher unrbecoumin'-his formalities war too, sweet 1c, be mistook, and you ain't gein' tha; K gin in ai litiri-.' ' Silence was the oiiv' anu.wer. "Ohe, y ou're hufll'y, nre vou ?" coni tuined the old manm. 'W'ellI, I guess youa c-anm stay so tiall you gave ini, and on lhe jogged ini, a .sdenit. je~ous 1 mioo d. Oni arriving at the farm, lie called to Ins negro td lift the~ old woman off but, S an, the anigger, stood gazing at him mi %i ent astonishmiaent. .' Iaf her ofT,2you sam, (10you hear? -ad do it carefuIlly, or some of her wr. ath'Il bile out. In spite of the ma. jor's sw..eetenmin' she's amad as thunde~ r." " Why, de Itir,' maissa, dc olc'oan .ant dar,' raplicd Sama his eyes stan ding (ont, of hi euytenance. "Jest tnrn round, massa,riuad satisfy vou'self' aatt det ol'oani clar gone an aiissi de lora' !" " Aind sure enough on a minute ex minat iod by the old mlan, she w..as 'und missinag.'1The mdijor was chia ged atonce with abduction, inastat meiasur-e wer-e tahiem (0r .pmipsuit, an d a p aty dispaitched to scunr t lie r oad. (Ua paroceeding tw~o mtiles on the roaad to the major's they wer-e suddenly halted at the sanall arivulet, by findinag h le miiissus withb her heaid ly ing pmart ly inm thme little stmi, its waters having in her lap, and ,ber )ips softly amura-ne ing-'Not, aI drop more, iliajor, unless its swveetene'd !" A CualmosfT-r.-A P'aris Corraespond. cut of the New York ,Courier states that, eggs and bones of a huge bi ad hntvec beeni d iscoverecd in Madlagascar, il the coumntr-y of the Sakalves. In 1850, two eggs and .sqame.s'igmients of bonmes of a siamilar kind wer-e s nt to rance aui~d phliced inl tihe museum of natural history at, the Jarditi des Planites. Captain. Ar-mange, ot t o Frech rehnt - t brought home two others of these eggs,i and he declares that ,.e. Malaghese assured him in the imo. positive man. tier, that an immense bird still exists in the interior of the island, and that it was able to carry off a cow., One of the two eggs now brought Pom'e con tiims nearly .thme- pints store than those in the-nuse:.nm. Iovwfar these; discoveries may go to verify the histo ry of Sinbad the Sailor, the reader must judge. Ring Richard III. In-the walls of the ancient house of Sir Edward Deiring, Hitthe courrt' orf Kent, lately pulled down, and rebuilt, a latin manuscript was fdund,written by a bastard son of Richard 11;i, not mentioned by any of opr historians. The occasion of its lo6ment is as follows. The youth was privately' educated it the coptk,,at great ex pense, under the best ntwstern in every science. The tuition answered the royal arct'atio'h The night before the fatal battle of Bos*ortli Field, the .ingg.ent for him, and he was privately conducted to his tent. The attendants .being dismissed, he deClArcd to hirm the grand secret that he was his father, and presenting him with fifteen hundred pounds (a large -um in tise dMiys,) said, "Son, thou must await the issue of to rmorrow;-if fortunate, I will ac knowledge thee, and create thee Prince of Wales. .,If'the battle goes against me, and 111dl, forget what thou art, and live retired; that money will procure a maintenance. The son withdrew to a p.lAcc of secrecy and observatic , t'he fatal day came-the battle ensued-Richard fell. His son immediately set ofT for the capital. and placed himself with a mason of great eminence, being about sixteen years of age. The graceful eess of his person and behavior be spoke that parentage which however, he had the art and address to disguise and conceal. The master quickly dis cove'-ed the genius of his apprentice, whose skill and judgment 11s relied upon in the Nicest and most difficult parts d'f 4r4tjecture. Being enga gei ,i..song alterations and repairs in this ancient house, Rich. ard's son was sent down. to superin tend the workmen, whe're hiy..wiit, not less than his ingenuity, was sosiigg ing, that the owner of the seat 'retained himi, and permitted him to 1aille on his estate a little mansion to reside in. Ile lived sone years in this retirement, devoted to reading and contemplation, in great repute for his learning, piety, and modesty, And dtrIng that pci iod lie wrote his life. At the approach of death, he gave the manuscript to his patron, with a request not to read it till after his decease tie recovered, but soon after d~i , .ined the aforesaid n anu script (enclosed, as it is sdpposed by his friend within the wall,) was not. known or discovered till so lately as 17 87. It is now in the possession of the tinily of the Deirins. <}ods~y..Register'. flow an Ilidiai cahi Dic. A touching instance of this charac teristic trait occurred at the late en gagement between a small war party of the Chippewas and a greatly supe rior party of the Sioux, niear' Cediar Island Lake. Thme Chippensg, wvho were en route fur a scalping foray.,up ont the Sioux villages on the Minneso ta, here fell into ani ambuscade, and the first notices of danger that, saluted their ears i-as a diq'chamrge of fire-arms from a thicket. Four of their number fell dead in their tracks. Another, natmed the \Var Cloud, a leading brave, had a leg broken by a hullet. II is comrattdes were I oth, .W. leaving hin, andu wvhile the assailants were re-lodeling their guns, attempted to carry him alonig with them to ie're they could get the shelter of a thicket, a short, distance ,in the, resM., But lie conmmanded themA ( I E-e himn, telling theni that, he wo.uld show his enemies how,~, a Chjippewa could die. At his request, they seated hium ofl a log, with his back heatning againist a tree. Ie Ic lei coinimenced painting his face and sinigi iis de ,.gti; Ais eneomies approacliel himt, lie only sang at louder and a livelier strain, arid when sevoral, had gathered around him flourishing their sculpitng knives and screechimi forth their demonical yells of exultaition not a look dr,li gesture manifested that lhe was even, aware of their presgpece. A t length they seized him and toSre the scalp from lisa head. Still seated with his back against a Slrge tree, they comnmeneed, shfootinig their arrows into the trunk around hfis head, grazing his ears, neck, &e., upltJI they literallg piuined him fast witho~ut having toncheil a v~tal part. Yet our hero remained the same imprturable stoic, continji d to chasunt his detiant sinrain, and althoughi ene of the an-m ber fluourishied his reling scalp beforg his eyes, still not a single exremsion to change. At' last.oe of the number' approached him #ith a tomahawk, which, after *,.few unheeded flourishes, he buried in the captive's skull, who sank in death with the iakg still upon his lips. He had, indeed, succeeded well in teaching his enemies ' how a Chippewa could die." A few days af ter they were taught how a Chippewa could be avenged. Was rather a bad boy. He wasi much given to night brawling, and other gregarious paVslmes. In one of these shindies, Mickey got.. injured in the head with an axe-helve, and tht I so dangerously that his life was des p'aired of. At the suggest io off.Widdy Donel. ly, Mickey setit for a priest to'y"repare "for. a long journey,.". . "Mickey, you hain tgents very wicked-..man," said Father e O'Toole after listening to a detail of Mr. Ma loney's exploits-"so very wicked that it is almost a sin to grant you ab solution. Have you never done a singla gods action ?" . " Niver, you reverence,-wId I did -1 converted a Jew, the AiArtherin' hathen." . " Converted a Jew-satisfy me that you did thiq Aid the church will no longer hesitate about discharging your' enormities. How was it done my son?" " Listen and I will tell you. Well. you see I and Larry Blake went a fishing once in the Mississippi, oppo. site New Orleans, and while we were sated in the boat a Jew makes his ap ,gervranee iin 4.skiff in, frcogt of is,.. Wei invited him to egs'tajuchor. .aid he did! so. le then got out bait an-i line and threw out fur a bite, and by jabbers he got one. A cat fish seized his line, and with such force as to jerk the hathen overboArd'. ,o. saves is life, I plunged in after, and for a while it was pull cat-fish, pull Maloney. At last I got up to the old, signer and sased him by the hair, just as-ho was going down for the third time." And what then did you do,?" "Iaslied him, says-i do you: believe in tht Virgin , and he said "Moses firbid, I do not." At that I pokedj him under the water again for the mat. ter a minute or two, when I riz him up again and asked him, says I do you believe in the Virgin, and he said, aigAin 'Moses forbid, I dosh not,' and I dipped him under once more, and kept. hin there till he was as blue about th,.,gills as an oyster, when I gave hipuangther hist and asked him "do ,yda believe i , irgin ?" and he said 'Moses aiwrong I does." " And whit did you say theg?" "I replied die penitent, you ald thafo, and save your soul while the luck is on you ; and suiting the action to word; l-jus ile go m-, hould to spit on my hand, and lie went to te bot tom like a stone." Whether this sort of conversation secured Mickey absolution we cannot say uitil Ng seg. ,Bob I1uolmes, to whom .we are indebted for Mickey's history. MEMorcT-AWhatever has once giv enus;pJmi er pleasure is remembered long, and recurred to oflen as we pass down the journey of life te the grey hairs and solitudes of our last year. L.ove has been to every one the source of both. Every one has treasured away on the sacred pages of memory a thousand little incidente, ever to be revedled.isi timi, to whiich, as to soe fascineating lictioui, it, returns, whenever a gloomy, or an idle, ,unsociitl hour cials up thie mnusiiig spirit--and turns the mind upon the past. Life, re viewed throligh the mist of by gone years, seems rather a curious wrought fiction, or a feverish dream, than a stern reality. We are surrounded by mipmn~ntpg of (le afegtion of-tfriends, bpt theu&frind;1thjemiselves are gomne. We remember *~hs cojnel of iwisdomn, the sage instructions of experience, by which~ our minds are furmod, . nd a direction given to the curreilt our thaoughts gud Jirtbits, but the -lips from whlence~ they flowed have long been mute as the still valley wvhere they lie mouldering. We hate4ncedpd sung with the,,g .iddgy id been enraptured at the trilling voice and k,'inl4jng eye of beauty, but we are alone. - The visions have passed from us. In one grave.ysidattid n other there are little hilIocks, andr white stones bearing remembered ftimes, and this is .all is. left, to us. But .it iimong thejrnelancholy ruins of the past that, we gather the, Hdyt stores for future, it is there wve learni how very vain are earthly hopes how fleeting eam thly fri,ends ; how frail oven the strongest chords of affubti~n.j It i~s thisre we learn .to prepare for an-. other state of being. YAuqxx.-We Americans have, ,a strange mode of salutatiort. ,NVJen a friend meets a friend in the street, he extenids his hand and asks,"owd you do?" :The other replies,. ' how do yotu do?" 'Theni both .annarerntly Tus' Pow'ER OF 'IHE MiND.-'The mind of man is celestial origin. When we reflect upon its character, its won derful capacities, and the .hiintebe poeit"rhich it 'inets both for good and evil, wa are 16st in wonderful A0. miration. kltd powers are' 'boundlcss. It travel., with the rapidity of light ning ; passing instantr'neously itMfliea aropnd.the earth, encircling the whl'ie globe in a moment, and: not content with vie.wing ablan rymojeet, it still pases on ;.annihilating space; it soars from star to star,.. as the Grea't Creator has spread his nis.eise. me would it fain pause and reflect upou the Wisdom, Power, and Ominipotence! of the author of all these beautiful planelsend long to inv'estigate the various phernotimcna which they present to his obsr'vAin. The vast intel lectual power of the mind enables rman to trace out the can-es and efThe:s of many of these, thus aflhrding thenmi .n suWect for thought and contemplation. in which thay.may feast and revel until they are lost in *a. labyrinth 'o' doukt:, conjectures and u:ncert.,inty. But be tore the mind can be qualified atd egi pacitated to grasp mighty objects. solve intricate and complex pro.blems, and trace effects to their causes, it i, indispenabdly 'ncessary tltL i't .ams''uld undergo a prio s., of .ducat io: and solY dimeciplina, with shall itia ble it. t concentrate its utmost powo'' ipon a single object, and shut. ou. fr-'n i: vision all other subjects. This intellectual Ihcultv of n :,r susceptible of the greatest i n,.1. ment and of being beautifully 'n..aj ed by the refiniug influence of educa tion ang rqli4zion. Every one should endeavor to store well his mind with useful kno-wldle that be may se prepared to 'a net.vl I his part in life. A mind thus stored is the-best wealth a person can pos sess: earthly riches are transitory and unce.tain, but this wealth ng earthlv power can take from him. And is not thismyorth making an effort to obtain ? It will tiot only have a.,tendencv to make us happy here, but if a ri ghnse he made of pit.. wilt fit _u.. ua d' another and bettet at;b ng. ..This is a prinqiplu that will last when earth is tried by fie, when aH nature dies, when thp mountains and hills totter and crfimlble to (lust, when the heavens vanish like a scrowil, and the stars are shaken-and ftll by the convulsions of the revelat;ion morn. it will expand. and .6tiftiiiie to grow brighter and brighter, through the in. finite ages as it revolves in tht spheres around the Eternal Throne. A. Ltr* -HTsDAND AND A LITTLE W sg.. Th Sandusky Regiter is re. sponsible for this: Two little children -a by and.a girl, aged-four.and tIhree years respectively-w< re missed by their fhmil'es, and search made every where for them, but in vain. The day pas-ed, and considerable aldari existed. Persons were out In All directions, and tie boll-iitger hdd been sent for, when, passing.a thigket ft Bushes in the gar den, the a.nother.thotught she heard low voices near. Pulling away the leaves, there were the truant, with their night clothes o l, .luked in one .another's arms, and very comfortably- stowed away for the night. 'The precocious lovers were stirred from their- tiet. but the boy expressed the utmiost in. lignation- forgasaid he, " thet~ hired inini sad miarrled me and sissy, and that bunsh house was his'n, and they woere soin' to live ,tlere till .it rained." Thme .ionoumeont wats so' comical that it was soncluded to let the babies be married intil they had a tilling out, wvhich oos surred the next day,.and.now they live spart--a separated'man and wvife. FARMIlNG Itr CALIFORNA.--TjIrCe f'ears ago it was thought by most peow ple-thtat Qifp~rnia would- produce nao.. ~hing but gold. l~Vw At .is-knowinthat t is tie mnogt produciive counuiry in. the ,vorid, orcanm be mnadd so. The trouble ow is that we produce too meb; hings are too plenty, and as a natural :onsequenee,- too oheap. Pota4toes myve rotted in.-the-'field, becau%e they ?i'uld not pay for -being, casrried to narket. baaley was offered .yesterday or sale at a, ewent -per. pound, und no moe stood :redely to'.amy. Thei e are tow one or two :.ships, loading witly hour for Aust raga.: .Think~of all this, vhen only tiv or-three 'years. aige ma mly of~thesoinarticless ere .worth itom wenty. to fifty cen4.s per 1omied. Hlere s a chiange.n)L beneficial iad ,atl ca-e, o the producer, but% showi~ng ~e i ha~t with proe. exertiori .Calilbua a an aus~tain i dense bopulation, and thaat irge .,tad hi~.bor only are requaired tv ~ive us all the ed vantages which elder ection o icotrpsses.