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This question was asked itt a soft, low voice, by I a very pale, but very sweet young creature, it as sire parted from her husbanrd itt tle street. it "I do not know that I shall," lie replied sl somewhat coldly, as replacinrg his cigrr be. tween his ips, he turned awzav. There was in carelessness, rather than unrkitndness in his nanner; aid she looked a.fter himl mre inl e, sorrow than inl reproach. lTakinr the hand m of her little boy, she slov ly bent Ier steisIt homeward, with that drooping of Itte head tit which bespeaks sadness of tie heart. It St: was a Saturday nighrt ; site iad betn iarket- to ing, and her little purchases were containted i m int a basket which hunrg uponi her arm. On it reaching hone, tle uppernost floor of a eh btortse itn a poor, but decent nig.zhborhlood, Ire she roused the fire, seated Phillip, her litle j ed son, beside it, gave him a piece of bre:td and butter for Iris supper, aned began to usy her-m self in puiting away the few ntecessaries she lot Jhad hought. BY tie time this was done,tio tire drloopinrg head (f little Phillip tol d in-r I ie was ready for his pillow. IIow tenderly am was ie takent to his lolyuv m rirtr's lap-itt his pretty face washed-his it igzh: itir brush. I ed, and ie arraved itt his snowy bed-gown. tyi Pressed to her hosomrt, she warmted his little son feet, her fond harnd returnintg to t temt ag-ain froim the fire, to wiicih every no0w and thi col, she held her open padm, then, pIItresig thewi soft foot, she kissed it playfully, and pro. oli voked tire littglttghr so sweet to a tother's I si car. These uere Philip's first charntitrriin les- to sorts; thtus were gretntlenress aid Itove r wakn- hot k 1ed itt his infantttt spirit by his capable. IlIt tilt instructed, unassisted mnother. How Itill of , meaningr v:s his smtile-low ful11 of a tirt- fro ting ! and when kteeliing itn Ie r 1p, si ei1 joined his little hands. and bade him ask his ,ileavetnly 'atler to blss his ;rtily paret I, con ;ow symtrpat hel icaly he cngtr tite sweetl mm serioius look-the cahn and het Iv tot of' hi .. ..instrutctress. WhIenr his little ~prayer wa e -said, ire fittng his artmts taout her mn ek and i ghteek ; they nrurted togethIer thIe Iin lintr s ~sonrg whtichr cotreinded this little dIraa; tot per hris eyes slowly closed, arnd thent he wats brott getntly contsigned to Iris snutg and srnwy hed. die So far all was sweet ; woulid it inighrt hciibeir snid, arll was catlm ; httt tht tecinrg void int glov p9t~san's heart was not calmrnevss; it wars rath- witi . er a crarving for that muentatl antd social ele- hatd mrertt whicht is necessary to every breast, oper andcanot ong.be helth dentied to arty jdeni .onte. The more enrerge-tic spirits seek snehi hter. associationts or stimutlanits as chtantce pre- T senrts thzemt; tire gernther submrit anrd suffer- <}uri .oftenr perish--ini silence-. mitti - usant put a little fuel softly on the fire, able tritmted thte cantdle, anrd sart d~ownr withi thre wetr -lonely womant's cotmpaniion, hter work-hars- lotg jcet. A deep sight stole fi-omt her bosom.-d toile - Still the needle was plied. Now and thent heal sihe paursed to wipe away tire tears thrat to pl wourld garther on hrer lashtes. Sire was just ma~d, two-anrd-twenty, anrd htad been to~ur v'ears m tet pfrorried(, durinrg all oft whtich titme, witIr tire ie brief exception ot a few weeks previouts to stitui thteir settlemrenrt in town, site hrad tthusbeen titrd lf, tighrt after igh~tt, in lontel inPss. Plip dore Mlorris, hter htusbnd, was :m r hnest, induts- ftrm trious mran, witht a hunridred gnod qutalities ; dr-ud sober, and solicitous of seemring to iris ihmi-ti Ir Jy all the comforts his mrearns affoirded, lie wvho brought his weekly earrni ng~s, wjtht a smtall deati reservation for some triflintg indutlgencies for whre bimself, to iris wife, antd witt tire utmlost trust witht .in her managemetrt and economyti, left threm of rt to hrer disposal. But whbile thrus ttrtstintg atnd been piheral, Ire s(emed to contsider that lie ar- its re qnitted imtself of ai thrat Stusant might de- own nrantd oL htim. Whtile he soutght imprrrve- watt nrertt for himnseif, it mever, occurred to iireiv harit it was her egntal right-would be her weal< equal advanitage. Wilje ire soughtt the tin- intdifl fterchtange oft thoughtt with othter mlind(s, ire his il ,ntever reflected on the utter p~riva:tiont of suchr torne pcomnmunrion ire had enttailedI Ott her. lie hrad recei taken hter from the honte of her tather, a sinne small farmer, where her mothetr, a prainrs- abto; ,takiing womantt, htad bnrghrt up Susar andrt~ fiurnt several brothers and sisters, for thteir startion, witht remarkably well. lI~er ther's hteart was anidd .one ever overflowing itht tire milk of ihu- talk mart kirdness ; anrd thtus aided byv the checer- Itrviin fulI spirits of thecir beloved chtibluent, a troralI smrike sunsinemr had ever lightted up that lowly it unt home, aind given to it a tho~usarnd clatimrs to a urpont her love and tmemuory. At mromentts sire u Susarn would loo~k back ott the brief timre eloqu that had been employed to woo lier from tt sptirits as a dreamr; the worshipped words of love,: tempt thte prtomrises of devotion, of endeavqrs for ite n lher hapipiness, the miighrty city in whiebhe In Pi wa~s to dwell (which now app)Ieared( to hter a isoe mafze of tfr mndrad stone, ill excihantged for taiket thme daiaie~d fiels with their sweectt b2reathl anrd Su,, l bright atmosphere) had all tended to an un definable disappointment; yet, in the igno radce of her heart, she could scarcely have stated of what she had to complain. ShE loved her husband ; was proud of his superi. or abilities; and made no mean estimate o0 his moral character, undebased, in the slight. est degree, by the gross vices, which she coild not but perceive marked many around her, subjecting their wives to brutality and privations. .Cohipared with such offengcs, she persuaded herself that Philip's neglect avas a very light and venial fault, and blamed herself for feeling it so much. But Susan was one of those flowers of humanity that would have amply repaid cul. tivation, and that needed the sunshine of sympathetic kindness. Daily food was scarce Iy more necessary for her physical nature than the interchange of thought and kind. liness wris to her spiritual nature ; all this her husband's habits, and the misociable plans of life in England, and especially in London, denieder. Too timid to plead her own aise, or urge her own claims to him who .nd precluded appeal to others, she uncon ;aifiingty lived on without change, without ;:inulus or excitement; --shut up within the 'our walls of her humble home, walkingoun. elieved the doll unvarying round of domes. ic duties, with her spirit full of capabilities nexplored and unexpanded. She grew nerv. us aind hectic, her appetite and spirits failed, er frame wasted, while quiet and unrepining, loost unconscious of her malady, or its ause, consumption was rapidly developed. ledical advice was sought, and medicine nd care essayed, while none guessed the uick feeling that flowed beneath the quiet earingy of that subdued, decaying woman wore the channel through which it made s secret way, but seemed to brighten the irit it was soon to extingish. Susan, after a time, felt that she was pass g through the Valley of the Shadow of eath. This conviction did not depress her lergies-it awakened them. She had-coni. uied with her own meek heart, lifted it to r Maker, and remembered with consola. mn that it said " those also serve, who only I ind and wail." She struggled on from day t day in the performance of her duties amid i iy privations, the worst of all privations, I ise of mental development and social ' eer, yet had she a conscious account in j r own heart, and her sincere and unassist. endeavor had no doubt a register amid higher achievements of more favored n1 IS. WVith the certaiinty that she was not Ih g for this world, she doubled her exer- b is to put her little household in order.--' k repaired and made clothes for her child, y I laid them a way emblalmed with her tears. o the sairte m1tanntter the needle toiled for her V Iantid, and the savings which her frugali- P fctvd were employed to'purchase him t< dry little comforts. It 'These will keep him warm when I am le d," she thought " he will little think ki Ile in-: forgets ine for better company, my hi y happiness is to remember him, and that 1dl scarcely be more lonely in the grave e( hicli I amn going, than I liave been iii the st 1e to which lie brought me." hi ionetiies a little ink bottle was taken it n the miantle shelf, and a sheet of paper in it her little talle-drawer, and then, with bt rt, a few lintes were traced, and the pa- er hiddien carefully away, as if she had - initted a crime. One night she had made in ,e eideavors of this hiid than usual, and n( trggling, mtassisted spir it of intelli- at c~e was bu rning in her haz7el eve and so ving on her beautiful cheek, when shte se startled by an unusual noise. T'he pa. wais hurr'ed into the drawer, the ink hi: Ile restitred to the shelf, and taking a can. atl she went out to the landIing-place. Shte hif Ad her husbatnd assjisted by two men, Iin~ 13' ascetndinig the stairs. 'He had met th atn accident ; had broken his arm ; it eo becen set, but lie had fainted during the do atin, and wvith tihe ghustly aspect inici- an to such circumtstances, appeared before ilot Ipa is event prostrated Philip for some time, Ifut og which Susan nursed him wvith unre ig care. It was long before he wvas to return to work, but. his employers tor liberal atnd considerate, and did not ser et in his weakntess the man who had u I for their advantage in his days of Ijo; h and strength. But although 4nable l ab< irsne his manual labors, Philip. soon be San effort to get abroad irn scarph of sfil tal ocenpationi and social emiploym!ent L A ventt to is cliih, to the I'teohanics' In- put Ie, to the coffe~e shops wthere he could tioi the best ntewspypprs. All this wias w~ell ty ;lhe nobly determined to rescue himself " b becontiing the mere machine of toil and stal gery f~o* se much '- trash as can be ver ted thus." A las ! had lie thought o f her his n lie pt:omised to love atnd cherish till suo ashould part them:-had ho considered ofi her she had tnot a soul of equal value b us his owvn, perhaps ant initellect as capable lur ~pafinag culture; then he wvould have chia twice blessed ; blessed in the act and are actiotn. But selfishly devoted to hiis api objects of pursuit-, habituated to the f-ac looks of his gniet wtife, he failed to per. ries that her cheek grew paler and her voice set er ; nor that lie had been inlsensib~le or neil erent to her care and anxiety during drt, iniess; but witht renewved healthblie re- it mr d to his old habits, and accustomed to wisi ve sacrifices w'ithouit nmaking any. he gen d againist'gratitude and good feeling in nt st unt~cionsisy. Grad ually, Susan and I herself unequal to oven the daily walk and little Philip, or the effort of going up 'sub nwn stairs; and then there wvas some m d her returning home for a season,~and bit the effect of her native aimr. She di feehby as this was spoken of, yet left ittemp.Jted : she knew that she was going |Bor 'arthier anid better hotme, and often did I them -ish to say as much; but site was not a fa ent in wvords, nor sufflciently strontg in by , and after two or tihree fruitless at-. set s shte desisted, and pursued as far as with as able, the even tenor of his way. and hip, recovered his health, and was rc- ;He I to work and full wages ; agaitn hb Leg I of the counttry to Susati, anid inisisted I i i r trying a itnw doetnor. lie .snmigbi t I rh. tempt her appetite by such rarities as hi could afford, but still lie could not resign hi! own peculiar habits and enjoyments, am)( among the evils these entitled were late hours One night he returned home as usual aboul midnight. When, on opening the room door instead or the small bright fire, the trimmed candle, and the pale,'patient worker he wai accustomed. to behold, all was darkness and silence. He paused a moment-an indis cribable sensation crept over his frame; and fear, like a paralysis invaded his heart : at last he exclaimed: " Susan! Susan, my dear !" There was no reply: he stepped farther into the room, and repeated her name yet loud'er-all was still! He groped his way to the fireplace, on the miantle.shelf he found a box of lucircr matches, obtained a light, and lighted a candle. He now beheld Su. san, with her head resting on the table, seat. ed in her usual place. lie approached and took her hand-O heaven I its icy coldness ! ie flung himself on his knees on the floor, and looked up in he:- face ; there was a sweet, placid smile upon her lips-for a forgiving, gentle spirit had iassed from then-hut the eyes were fixed-Susan was dead, had been dead some hours ! The distracted man rush ed down'stairs, alarming the inmates of the house as he passed. A medical man was soon presenft, and the chamber in which 4hat young crea'ture had almost lived and died alone, was thronged by a crowd, any one of whom, inspired by a better. social system, would willingly have sustained her to a long er life, or cheered- the brief time that had been allotted to her.- All were horror-struck, and one heart-struck ; particularly when the child, awakened by the tumult, scrambled out of his little bed, and rushed for protec tion to its lifeless mother. Not even that voice, eloquent as it had ever been to her, :ould 'awaken her again ! The surgeon do. :lared that her death had been sudden, and 'rorm natural causes, but that it was a case *vhich demanded an inquest. An inquest was held. Among the evidence vas a singularly alfecting memorial ; it was he little journal which Susan had for1 some ime kept, like the poor dungeon prisoner, who daily notches a stick that he may num er the monotonous days of his captivity. ['he angel of death had arrested her hand Ist as it had feebly traced these words: " It will not be long now--roy child-my I oor little Philip. He who calls away your iother will care for You. Philip Morris. my usband, my unn husband, I wish you were eside me now. You have been good, and ind, and generous, and I was not the wife rm should have had. Be a kind fiather to ir child when I am gone. You will--yes, ) surely will one day take another wife. hilip ! that which you meve'r gave to m: give her-your societv, your counsel. If she is been untaught, teach her-at least do not ave her to continual lonelhiess. You never iew it, and therefore cannot tell how sad ve been the long hours-." As the reading of this little paper proceed. 1, Philip Morris struck his heart, as if he ught to crush it within his breast. 'Ihat art had not beeni fashioned for severity or kindness; on the contrary, mtch that was ild and generous mingled in its formation ; it the second nature induced by habit had Crusted his original feelings an1d fac ulties -he had grown up to regard women as the ra !re machines of domestic life, with neither e( cessity' nor capability for higher things. su d which t "spirits im- asc uline he deemedt pssential 1'hat lie made tmuch sacrifice to s enire cultivation for himtself.j w Too late, conviction dawned upon him, ce tit came accompantied by a contrition thatb: ended him through the remainder of his h ~; and if at any- moment he felt the promipt- nt s of self-concentrated satisfaction which vc self-tatught and isolated man (unable to an npare himself wvith the more gifted and en. pr wed) is apt to do, lie thought of Susan of d felt humbled ; he thouuiit of her and at uked around him with a d'esire to partici. co to, not appropriate, thme feast that has been Ico nished for all-London People's Joqrnal. eni A. WESTERN ORtATOR.,They h~ave ora- cri s out in lllinois, if we rmay trust the do. gri iption of'a certaijn military Otto furnished an by a correspondent in that State: It was fril -d4ays and a great hue and cry raised y mt niaud dogs; although no person could th< founid who had seeni one, the exc.itemnent Sc I grew by the runmors it was led on. neeting ol the citizens was called for the wi pose of devising plans for the extermnina- [to 1, not only of mad dogs, but to ma~ke safeli- sn .loubly safe, of dogs in general. Them in rigadier" was uppointedl chairman. A fter of itig the object of. the meeting, in a not the y parliametitary manner, instead of takinmg hui seat, and allowing others to make sonme to gestion, he launched forth into a speech yo, alf hour's lenth~l, of w"hich the followinitia t of forensic splendor is a sample :" FeI- bri Citizens! the time has conme when tn're- Wi rged feelins of aggrawatedJ humian tiatur wat no longer to be stood, Masd dogs ire eat1 dst os. T[heir sfiriekinig yelp atnd foamy nel k can be heered and seen-oni our perra- insi .-Deathx follows in their wake ; shall we tilv here like cowards while our lives and ourse ~hbor's lives are in danger from their e or iful porashus hidrophobic caninety ? No ! lar' us'mt be. E'ven tnow my lusom is torn ter~ a the conflictitn feolinis of' rath atnd weni- mal e'e, a lfinet'al pyre of wild-cats is burnin too e;I have horses atnd cat tle ; I have sheep ina pigs ; and I have a wife and children ; fun (rising higher as the importance of the of eet deepened in his estimnation) I have of ecy out at interest, all in danger of bein witl )y these cussed mad dogs !"fl -- . 'bee NAg-IrrcraL MAx.-The ''Memorial wh< dlelais," states that tnt far from St. Sevre, rec e is living an old military man w~ho has hisi Ise leg atnd a false arm, both moveable neans of springs, a glass eye, a complete '] of false teeth, a noso of silver, covered ,got a substanice perfectly resetmbling flesh, jsers a silver plate replacing part of the skull. [Im hears on his brea'st' the Cross of the will inn of Ilotnor, in the campaigns of' Egypt, mat antd U issia ; ait l'niehamdl, .1enta, A us- don 5tled_ paig. THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED. I am all alone in my chaniber now, And the midnight hour is near; And the fagot's crackrand the olock's dull tick, Are the only sounds I hear. And over my soul in its solitude, Sweet feelings of sadness glide, For my heart and my eyes are full when I think Of the little boy that died. I went one night to my father's house Went home to the dear ones all And softly I opened the garden gate, And softly the door of the hall. My mother came out to meet her son She kissed me and then she sighed, And her head fell on my neck, and she wept For her little boy that died. And when I gazed onhis innocent face, As still and cold he lay, And thought what a lively child lie had been, And how soon he must decaty; "Ol Death, thou lovedt the beautiful," In the woe of my spirit I cried, For sparkled the eyesAnd the forehead was fair, Of the little boy tha died I Again I will go to iny ther's house Go home to the da .ones all, And sadly I'll open the garden gate, I And sadly the door df the hall. I shall meet my mother; but never more With her darling by'her side ; But she'll kiss me and ;igh, and weep again For the little boy tb$ died. I shall miss him when the flowers come, In the garden where'hc played I shall miss him more y the fireside, When the flowers hive all decayed; I shall see his toys andihis empty chair, And the horse lie us'd to ride And they will speak wi a silent speech I Of the little boy thatidied. [shall see his little sister again With her playmates about the door; 1nd I'll watch the children in their sports, As I never did before e ind if, in the group, I see a child d That's dimpled apa b~ghing-eyed, 'T look to see if it maypot be e The little boy that died. t Ve shall all go home to.our Father's house To our Father's houa in the skies, V'here the hope or'onlsouls shalt have no blight, P Anel our love no broken tic. Ve sha' roan on. the banks of the river of peace, And bathe in its blis.ful title, nd one of the joys of our heaven shall be The little boy that died. nd therefore, when I am sitting plone, tc And the midnight hour i4 near; ii ,ben the fagot's crack a4 the clock's dull tick u Are the only sound*s I heqr, it I, iwe o'er my soul, in its solitude, P Are the feelings of sadness that glide; di ioug1h my heart and my eyes are full when I think is Of the little bov that died. th low to Ruin a Neighbor'; B-siness, Some time sintcg (so tins the current nar live) the owner of a thriving muttot-pie Imeern which after much difficulty he had in eceed in establishing with borrowed capi- th I, died before he had well exricated him- . Ir fromt the responsihilities of' debt. The. dow carried on the business after his de ase and throve so well that a speculating b ker, on the opposite side of the way made r thc off'er of his hand. The lady refused, W d the enraged suitor, determined on re ngc, immediately convcrted his bakery into opposition pie-shiop; and, acting on thePr inciple, universal among Londou baker;' fu doinig business for thte first month o' two, o at loss, made(1 his pies twicQ as high as be uld honestly aflbrd to make them. The Co nsequence was, that the widow lost her stomn, andl wtas hastening fast to ruin, whlen riend of her late husband, wvho was also a y'ditor paid her a v'isit. She detailed her evance to him, and lamented her lost trade tio d fearful prospects. "Oh, oh !" said her wa mnd, " that cre's the move, is iti Never so u mind, my dear. If [ don't git your trade hati ~re iin't no snakeOs, mark mne-that's all ?"sp saying he took his leave. ; About eight o'cloek tile same crenittg, wht wen the baker's new pie-shop was crammed 4ul overflowing, and the principal was helpwv, ''Th >erinltndinghe production ofat new batch, till uvn!ks the wtidlow's friend in the costume dat a kennelraker, and elbowing his way to cot cotunter, diabs down upon it a brace of (HI ig dead cats, vociferating at the same time smi~ h~e astoniished damsel in attendance. " Tell eld 3r master, my denir, as howv themi two his ke six-and-thirty this week, and say I'll rig the t'other four to-morrer afternoon." cce th timt he swaggere4 out and went his his y. So powverful was the prejtudice against p)1e -mnuttoni among the population of that '20. hborhood, that the shop wats clear in an hut ant, and the was floor covered with has- a ft abandoned sp)ecimens of every variety of ally ment of a circle, Tihe spirit-shop at the opp ncr of the street experienced an unusually gre se demanid for "goes" ot brandy; and in- imp ectional ejaculations, not purejy granm- his tical, were not merely audible but visible of, in the district. It is averted that the on eninus pxpedlient of the widow's frietnd, ing I1ded as it- was tupon iaprofound knowledge 'j human prejudices, had the desired eff'ect nigh restoring the " balance of trade." The "fath ow recovered her commerce; ths resyint- tot balger was done as brqwn as if hje hail saw n shqt t up in his own oven ; and the friend wa b rought about this measure of Justice Ene divedl the hand of the lady as a reward for ver~ nterference-Cu riosities of London Life. mut the HEi Legislature of M~assachusetts has [~ to complimenting its spealsers with a is tF ige of plale, Mr. Lord, Speaker of tihe borr ise, is to receivo one costing $1,000. it Dul ma~ke somc dliffeu~rence in tile public esti- stahl ion of this conmplinmnt, whether it is Ene e at the expense of' theo niemnbers' own has keta, or that of the neonnia 3 Penitentiary, Having witnessed the evil x*rkings of on mode ol 'punishing criminals, we have beet led to believe that we should adopt a differ ent one. if none better can ie devised, thet give -us a penitentiary. t The object of human pubishment issani to be to. prevent crime and reform the crimi nal. The guilty are punishedjio briog about their oun ref6rm, and to~ deter others from the violation of the law by teaching them that they will meet with the same fate'by its non-observance. But does our commoni mode of imprisonment have .the le'ndt tenden. cy to reformation aniong the inmates of the Jail ? All experience 'aid obstrsAtion give the answer, Na.-'- What 'criminil, stained with the blackness '9f gtilt has' ever been ushered into jail who camer out with the least intention of doing beter for the future ! We do not claim. that confinement in a peni tentiary would have this reforming influence, yet under a pilper administration, there is no doubt but thatsomething in this way might be effected. When a conviet is put in jiil, he first by some means procures a bottle of whiskey, and if he has companions you will soon have a drunken riot. And there is no possible way of preventing his procuring this antidote of grief, or rather riot making, peace-destroy. ing fluid. lie always has some friend who will contrive to get 'it to him by some trick or other in spite df t'he vigilance of Jailors to prevent it. So that to confine a man it, jail where he is sarundcd by his clan who would clandestinely furnish him with any. thing he calls for, has about ns much effiect towards reforming him as to lock him in a grog shop with permission to drink as much >f the wines therein as he might choose. The advantage of a Penitentiary is, that rou can compel the inmate to work and pay xpenses. As it is now, they are housed up vithout anything to do, and the State pays or their pating. This is rather a Godsend o some culprits, destitute of all that is cal ulated to make it'e tolerable, than a punish nent. We would not-albolish capital punihminent, or we believe there are crimes ot' sneh gtreat normity that cannot be properly punished xcept by death, such as cold blooded mur er. The penalty affixed to three fourths of the rimes of oqr Spate, is fine and imprisonment sonle fey putulic whipping is attached. s about two thirds of the criminals of our tate qre penniless, unable to pay a farthing )Wards a pecuniary fine, so that part of the enalty imposing a fine on'theni, is perflect ullity-amounts to nothing, in fact it is no inislment at all. Whereas, if we had a nitentiary,. we could remove the peciiniary i'e and increase the term of imprisonment, ius in all cases make the penalty correspond i the crime.-We have no statistics of sim ir institutions before us, but let us proceed t )on supposition to ascertain whether or not would be a matter of economy upon the irt of the State. Supposing that the buil. ' ng would cost S100,000, which tio doubt small compared with similar buildiigs, but ? need not build on such an extensive scale; ore would bc no sense in closing fomir or f r e acres fqr the purpose of the istitution. I ic annual initerest on that amount would I 87,000. s Then, on the other hand, suppose that we ve ain average of' 100 culprits in onr jmil -ongh the year. The board of these at Scents per diem would amount to .313,GS2. tr ich exceeds by -0,(;S2, the aunnuaul initerest ,i the cost of the bnilding. Then it might gaid that we would have to furnish oflicers tI thme institution at a considerabile cost, but meet that objection by saying, that it uld be worse then absrb to say, that the P iceeds or profits arising fromi the labor of tr innmates, would not furnish an ample" d for defraying all the necessary e xpenses hl the institution. A bbeville Banner. t respondence or the Newark Dai'y Adlveriiser. or ASSaSSSination of Charles IjiI, Ti ParMA, ITALv, March 18, 1851. efl rlhe city is atithis moment in the grseatest ty itement in consequence of the assassinia- e of the Granid Duke, Charles 1l1. ile I s stabbed in the bowels yesterday'afler. fi" mn, about 6 o'clock, by sqnie unknown in' d, while walking rsnagemled through the~ th cious poqrt-yard .of ie palace. A pierc- .ri cry attracted the guards at the doonrrs, ini o imstantly removed him to his chianIber, I cannot learn that the assassin was seen. u Grand Duke lingered in *great dis'res ho 5.} o'clock this morning. Hlis wvife,a* ghter of the late D~uke deC Berry, an, of teu rse, a sister of the Dnke de Boirdvanx, lsi mry I V., the Bourigon pretend~er,) hia~ as-h ied the regency tentil the niajority of 1;er ist son, a lad of rix years, who succeeds fauther.hi Jharles Il, was born in 1823, and suc led to the throne on the abdication ohfT father, (who is just, now sojouriiing for 'y isure at Algiers,) in 1840, at thie age of Ho was an accomplished young mian,al too hond of pleasnre. He recently madter reed loan from the people, ais is'genier- 'f6 said without just reason, and this act oh ression, wvith his p~royerbiatl axtravaganc e,10 itly inicensed the -country, and it is not t robable that some one, smarting under de exactions, mna.y have perpetrated this act 'engeance. But there are many rumors an he subject, and it is impossitnle for pass- i strangers to discriniiniate between them. 'lie deceascd returned oinly atbout a tort it since from a visit to Spain, where his cr hams large family estntes~as ho beloigs ie Spanish hranch .of the flourbons. II i) him the day before the murder, when lie in perfect health, and spoke to mc injan 'lish withi remarkable fluemgey. Hie wasj tan fond of England, w"here he had passedth h time, anid inquire4 iinterestedly about td'i United States. u is chief minister and friend, Bqron Ward, hi e son of an English hostler, was himselt in E&ngland, andi actnally servedi themi e's father as the chief equerry of hisli les. He is, in truth, an exceeding cleveri hishma n, antd desenrves the promnion he. *von, withF a cond era ble formtutne, t hough' lmdly illiternoe. Tis ronl taking oriro A his confiding chief, will doubtless bring a change in his relations, for the fair regent ig under the adverse influence of her brother's clique. The princess of Italy lives in peril of which this event will make them more pain. fully conscious. A German Reform Party,. The - free Germans" of Louisville, Ky., have issued a platform for the orgvanization of a Uerman Reform party, tl.e proposed object of which appears to lie to instruct the native population of the country in regard to what is their duty towards other nations of the world, and wherein our institutions need amendinent. The fdrst section of their plat form, oi- declaration of principles, demands that slavery shall lie excluded from all new territorg ; that the fugitive slave law shall be repealed ; that steps shall be taken in the several States for the gradual extinction of Slavery. The second denounces the Sabbath Laws, Thainksgiving-days, Prayers in Con gress and Legislatures, the oath upon the Bi ble, the introduction of the Bible into Free Schools, the exclusion of " Atheisms" rron legal acts, &c., as an open violation of hu. innn rights as well as of the Constitution, and requires their removal; demands that an end shall be put to the exercise of the power I of the Pope by the instrumentality of Bish ops and. other agents within the U. States, am1i that the Oder of Jesuits he treated as a declared ene'mv of the Republic; and that no individual shall be allowed to remain in the United States over five years, without taking an Oath to support the Constitution. I The third demands tho. free cession of public lands to actnal settlers, and that the poor colonists shall he aided by pational lunds ; that a special office of Colonizatiqn and Emigration shall be created as a partic ular department of the U. S. Government, to provide for the various interests of emi grants; that the State shall interfere to pre. vent the oppression of the laboring clasies by the capitalists; and that the judicial sys. teni shall undergo a radical reform. The Foirii demands the following modi. fication of the Constitution of the United States; that all elections shall issue directly from the people ; that any eligible citizen of my State may he elected a member of Con. ;ress by the citizens of any other State; any -epresentative may' at any time he recalled )y a majority of his constituents and re laced by apother. The fifth endorses the loirioes 0f free trade. The six advogat I he Paciic Railroad as a natioaalpieas t l'he seventh declares that negrality as re. 0 ,ards foreign policy must cea-se to he-ag 4r- . icle of our natiinnal creed. The ighth ad- I netest woman's rights. The ninth "declares t, hat free n-groes shall brve the saine rights 9 s white iI:). The tei'th cqndelns tie ti eath penalty as irrational and harberous.-- 0 'he eleventh deiumtinds that military jurisdic. n on shall he abilished in time of peace.' The a velfth and last declares the temperance 0 tws tyranical encroachments upon individu. ft I liberty, and narrow minded manifestations f an entiro misconception of the legislative Liies. Ia We entirely agree with Ilt N: Y. Courier, on which we copy the above. that it is cer fin t na) party advocating such priiciples It, im meet with the slightest sympathy out- b) de of the German population. The extreme eI dicalism of the embryo reformers Wvill ra ive off manIy of the most intelligent and a fluntmial Germans, whilst it will concen ite ini liittr and de-term ined opposition to '" eir schemes the entire native population he more active they may lie in advancing d eir purpies, the miore dletermined in ndvo.-t ting their doctrine, thme timre overwhelning dt certazin will be tlieir defoijt. Thoggh litic-ians may truckle to them, and partial - iimphis encourage their hopes, yet they a yrest assured that in the end they wvill ve to encounter the odium and suffer from 3 overthrow of principiles that never can, der any circumstances, secure the respept n the consideration of the A merican people. a te revulsion of feeling produced by these jE orts is already accemulating with rampidi ;every day is adding to its power, arid no ery day is re-ndcerinig it more uincontrolabhle. not arrested lby a course of conciliation d d of acquiescence in the Conditutiqn aund dir vs of the country, it will maifetst i tself in cul rejection of everything that hans the sup- ert rt or coutpnignpe oi the fAreign element :qf the popuhation of tite couztry.-B~at ire Aimerican. Tuunn $nsiwtcxo.:eK-Shipwvreelk sand 9 s of lifei are reported to us from ail quar- a 5. Tihue-most mnehmoehiolv portion of this lv I intelligence is the loss of the ship Pow- h an, of Halt imore, from Ilavre, which in mat ashore on Sundtay moninug lamst about b en mule-s north of ,ijeg liarbor- Light, bom 'ing on board about 2t00 emigrants, and - a soul was savedj. TIs:;eacounat in the tioi raId says: deli ' About seven o'clock the ship's masts fi ut by the hoardi, and abmost imniediately " ~rwgrds the hull buirsted in -two, and eve- rea soul on board was latunced into eternity. gri e sea presented a black ma~ss of *human ds and floating pieces ot thie wreek, butth t w momunents all had sunk to rise alivo den more. The hench was strewn with the pi)5 d bodies oif wotmen ant. children, pieces .wi the wreek, the ha-ggag-oe of passengers, empty casks. Nothing remained to giot -k the splot where the itl-fated ships had stat it ashiore, .except surging waves beatizn nOi ni a framgtment of the htll wvhich lay upon the be'acth. oh T1he eryitng of thec drowtning men atnd tirui shrieking~ of tlie wvomen adci dre dr hushed- all lay in 'the d nmhedredve the deatd, while tlto wind wvailed loud qpo mounfulyariingstill more horror to nr awful catasitrophte. All had sutnk-cap- easi othieers, crew and ptassengers;. of two lreed and lifty persoins, nol rs soul tras Jon~ fo (c/i thec ld/c" the urr~tun used2( to say, that " if twelve hsiy wvere sutllient to estazblish Chiristianity, dw. vas r-esdved to prove thatt one miight lie deel lient to oiverthrow it." Valtairo is dead, thie Christianit v " still lives.-'wa contented ind is a firi frfrine. i , ICE ON THE AT-LA(VC.::ThP siamer Sarah Sands, which arrived at Po$rknd on on Tuesday from Liverpool, was, on the Tuesday previous, surrounded by ice in the middle of the Atlantic, and detained 24 hours. One of the passengers turned the delay to' the best account. Being something of an artist, he went out upon the ice at a distance from the ship, and there made a sketch of her and the surrounding scene-a thing probably never before accomplished in that situation. The sketch is to be lithographel. The passengers describe the passage through the ice as fearful in the extreme. As the ship came in contact with the imnonse icebergs, she would tremble as ir striking against u rock. The passengers represen; these icebergs as being of unusual dimension, some of them apparently more thjn a hun dred feet high, GVANo FOR SUGAR Cuops.-The applicat tion of guano to the sugar.growing lands of Louisiana has been attended with much success. A correspondence appears in the papers of that region, written Gly planterq who have made the applicatinn of guano tq their sugar crops, showing that the increased product has been equal to 50 per cent. DUELLING AND HANGING.-HagPfing haQ proved, in one instance at least, a pretty ef fectual discouragement of the practice of duelling. In the Knickerbocker for April, we finp this paragraph, forming a part qf the " Editor's Table." The following account of, the first an4 last duel in Illinois, is from Ford's- history of that State,-just published'hy S. C. Griggs & Co., Chieago; -" The year 1820 wag signalized by the first and last duel whiclh wvas ever fought in Illinois. This took place n Beliville, St. Clair county between Al >honso Stewart, and William Benliett, -two )bscuio tien. The seconds had made it up o-be a sham-duel, to throw rigcgle upop Iennett, the challenging party.. Ste'warl vas in the secrettbut, Bennet, his adversary, vas left to believe it a reality. They were o fight with rifles; the guns were loaded vith bhuik catridges; and Bennett, some vhat suspecting a trick, rolled a ball into lis gun, without the knowledge of the se onds, or of the other party. The word to ire was given, an4 Stewvarl fell nertally rounder.. Bene t niale his escape; bdJ wo years, 4fterwvard he was arrested in Ar anas, l4rought bapk tA tlio St41, indicte4, ried an4 pQnvictecj of nIrcler. 4 great ffort was made to procure his pardon, bup lovernor Bond would.yield to no entreatie . his favor, and Bennett suffieredethe yeiif of law ly hanging, in the presence of a reat multitg4e rf people. This was ths rst and last duel ever in the State by 4ny 1* its citizens. The hanging or Bennett ade duelling discreditable and unpopular, id laid the foundation for that abhorrence 'the practice which has ever since beeq It by the citizens of Illinois." NOT A BAD PocraNE.-=Sonia pne whq >pears to qnderstanid the su4ject has the 5! No nevspaper slonqd be sent on a cred. Adv.4nce payri)ent is the only reasona a plan, aid to'that it will sooner or later me. If no &nan is allowed to travel on q if car, steamboat, or a coach, or to -attend concert room or other public exhibition, thout first paying the stipulous price, how ichi more should subscribers, scattered all er the country, and owing one or two lhars each for a paper, be required to pay cash down," MORE RUNAwAY SIAvS.-Three more ves, owned by Mr. Camp, Mr. Dairymple d Mr. Growder of Norfolk,. escaped og esday night. T'he frequent escape of ves at Norfolk is creating much excite *nt there and in Portsmouth. A town eting has been held in the latter place a committee appointed to recommen4 asurejs of protectibn. xIEcUTIoN IN THE CREEK NATIox.-. ro was recently executed by order of chie'fs of the Creek nation; for the mnure of two Creeks. Ho was executed accor gto the forms of the Creek law-the prit being seated on a log, his head cov d wvith a blaniget, an~d the nearest rplatives the deceased shooting him wvith rifles. 3;A TRANcE.-A n old lady who resides ~:andi~ych was taken ill a few" davs since, I to all appearanco died. She had been oig alone f or some time, and it was thought had a good denr! of money stawved away mne secret corner, as she had alwvays n well to do in the world. The neigh s attended her during hier illness, and e'n she ceased to breathe, made prepara is to perform the last .offices to tho d. The body was measured for the cof by the undertaker, whob wont about hie k. The porpse was washed and mado ly for the burnal. Yet, the ladies in per? ning these duties, noticed that the body unusually limber, and did not exhibit rigidity of corp~se in general, after being d for only half an hour. For the pur a of obtaining some clean linen, whiol4 known to be locked up in a large trunhs corner of the room, one qf thpe women the keys and went to open it. The in t the lid of the trunk wa~s heard to grate ts hinges, up popped the old w"oman in lbed, like the " rade ould Irish gentlemiaii" the song, and screeched ont-" Let that k alonw !" The lid of the trunk was iped like a hot potato, and with. a uni al cry of surprise the neighbors gazed ri thei " live corpse" before them. The ois twitching of the lips, and the angry esa f rom the little gray eyes was suflict, enee that their services w'ers not needed er, and with merriment depicted upon countenrances they Jeft. The under. r wias reluetantly emrppelled to give up b, and the funeral. was postpor~ed sine The old wonman is alive and wvell, and ures tihat slie was in a trance. But it is ;enc'ral opinion of the neighbors that she only playing pose1 n.-Detroit Tribune. v poll are out of the reach of slander.