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All Obituary Notices exceeding sib lihes, and Communications recommonding Candidates for publio omiices or trust--oi puffing Exhibitions, will be charged at Advertisements. grRev. FREDERICK Rusn, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized tc receive subscriptions and receipt for tac same. MISCELLANEOUS. The Prince and the Jeweller. -A jeweller of Paris one day saw a splendid equipage drive up to his door, and a* tall, important looking gentleman alight from it. le want ed a lady's set of diamond ornaments a complete wedding pature. The price was fixed at two hundred thou sand francs. Several designs were shown to him. He made choice of one, said he could grant but little time for executing the order, and in. sisted on leaving with the jeweller a desposite of four thousand francs in bilets de banque. He also selected a ring, worth a hundred and twenty francs, and ordered it to be sent home the next day; and five days after the whole set of diamonds were to.he completed. Accordingly, on the fol. lowing day, a confidontial messenget from thu jeweller's repaired to. the Hotel D--,n the Rue de la Paix, and inquiredifor Prince Gargarin He was shown into an apartment or the first story. Five or six lackey were in the anti-chanber. Th< Prince took the ring, paid for it, and gave a present of ten francs to th< messenger, who joyfully returnet home, and congratulated his mastci on having so wealthy and liberal Customer. The jeweller, with the utmosi punctuality, carried home the dia monds on the day appointed. The prince was in his study, sitting before his cylindrical secretaire, which was open. The jeweller handed the cas. ket to him, and his highness minute Jy inspected the jewels ; sudden1ly one of the valets entered the room and announced 'Prince Dolgoroki. 'Ab ! my brother-in-law,' exclaim ed his highness. 'I do not wish him to see the pre sent which I destine for his sister Request hinA to stay in the drawing room, and I will come to him imme diately.' ie touched the table, th cylinder moved, and the secretaire closed; the diamonds were within it; but on the table there lay an open box filled with leather bags, and nu. merous rouleaux of louis were bud, 4104 together in confusion. The jeweller had observed all this treas ,ure on his first arrival, but his atten itio~n was particularly attracted by a ilarge Russian leather portfolio, well .ined with billets de bangue, thc -edges of which were visible. His highness left the room, savino be would return very shortly. 'T'he jewell er begged he would not hurry himwself. About twenty minutes elapsed, and a sort of vague appre bension assailed the jeweller. At length the door opened. Oh! hecre is his high~ness; thought he. But na it was the master of the Hotel, who stepping up to the jeweller, said: Are you waiting for any body, sir?' 'I am waitng for the return ol Prince Gargarin, to whom I havc just sold a set' of diamonds for twc hundred thousand francs. Are you his secretary?' 'I am his dupe, and so I presume you are!' lHe seized one of the leather bags, and opening it, discovered, to his hmorror, that it wvas filled wvith nails; the rouleaux contained nothing. and the portfolio scraps of waste paper. However, the jeweller gconsoled him. polf-the diamonds were still safe, A locksmith wvas sei4 for; the secre. tUmra weg gppJled, mAd c4, horror! it was opp~y. It sood Oni oflO side oi th r~ion\ aoninst a wall In wih ni hole had been made, And there being a corresponding hole in the back of the secretaire, the jewels had with perfect ease been convoyed into an adjoining apartment. The despair of the unfortunate jeweller may be easily conceived. The master of the hotel, too, who had lot his apartment to the pretend ed Prince Gargarian, had been ex tensively swindled. The servants all belonging to the hotel, with the ex ception of the valet de chambre, who was the companion and the confede rate of the Prince. 'It was ascertained that they had decamped in a coach, from the door of the hotel. Every exertion was made to trace them out, but several years elapsed before they were dis covered. The jeweller who was near ly ruined by this robbery, removed to another quarter of Paris, and es. tabliehed himself under a new name. One day a messenger called on him from Mf. T- , a gentleman hold ing an official station, who was very ill, and wished to purchase some rings. The poor jeweller had natu. rally become suspicious over since his fatal adventure with Prince Gar garin; and instead of sending his shopman, he took the rings himself. He was shown into a bed-chamber, which was partially lighted owing; to the situation of the windows the room was all in a shade, except in that whero the bed stood. What was the surprise of the jeweller, when he discovered in the invalid M. T, the swindler, who had some years previously defrauded him in the as sumed character of the Russian Prince Gargarin! For a few moments hewas struck dumb with amazement However he recovered himself, and deeming it prudent not to betray -the discovery be had made, lie displayed his ring5; several were selected, and their price amounted to about six thousand francs. 'It is a large sum for a poor ruined man,' said M. T----. 'I have not ready cash sufficient to settle the whole amount, and I shall feel ob liged if you will take in payment this curious old snuff box, which is of great value.' Ile asked for his dressing case, and opening it, took out an octagon shaped China snuff box, set in gold and rubies. It was perfectly unique; and of inestimable value. On behold ing it, the jeweller well nigh betray ed himself. The snuff box which M. T - presented to him, was one which had been stolen from him a few days before the rubbery of his diamonds. The box was too re markable to admit of the possibility of mistake. Besides it had a secret spring, by means of which all the miniatures could be taken out of their sittings, and on the reverses were painted similar subjects, but treated in the style of indelicacy pe culiar to the age of Louis XV. This circumstance was important in proof of his claim to the possession of the box. When M. T-'- asked him to set a value on it, he said with out hesiation-'I consider it worth more than fifty thousand francs.' 'Fifty thousand francs!' exclaimed MI. T--; 'I thought it valuable, but this far exceeds my expectation of it.' 'Sir,' resumed the jeweller, 'I will not retract what I have said. I am an expert dealer, and to mne it may be worth far more than the sum I have fixcd. I wi;; make this propo sition to you! you shall take the rings you have selected, andl you shall put the box under an envelope, stating it to be my property; and if it does not bring more than fifty thousand francs, you shall havo my rings for nothing. M. T- was completely blinded by this deep laid scheme. ie was a good connoisseur of objects of virti', and lie was not a little gratified to find his box so much over valued, and to be able to obtain the rings without opening his purse. The most exag geratod valuation of the snulf box would scarcely have exoceded seven or eight thousand francs, lie sent for two of his neighbors one of whom was a notary, and tho matter wvas arranged conformably $gith the jeweller's proposition. This being done the invalhd said 'Who will fix the price of the box?' 'You sir,' cQOly replied the Jewel [~e? you are jesting.' 'Iassure you, sir', I amn quite seri Minitermal Tactics. t To a Christian minister, the knowledge of human nature is of the highest importance. It preserves , him from many mistakes, and sug gests many modes of usefulness, and contributes alike to his happiness and [ success. The following facts, one 1 only of which, in any forgn, has before - appeared in print, will tend to illus trato our doctrine: 3 It is well known that when the late Rev. Rowland Hill, of London, com I menced his ministry some eighty years ago, there was in many parts of England a settled aversion to evan i gelical religion; so that, notwith standing his position in life, and his - eminent talents, he was not unfre quently thoobject of persecution. a On one occasiaa he had intended to a preach at a large seaport on the a western coast, but a considerable I number of sailors, under the influence r of the ecclesiastical leaders of the district, assembled together, swearing that he should not preach. In the very height of their threatenings he e arrived on the rrnt, and inquired, z with all the apparent indifference of - an entire stranger, what was the I matter. le was informed that no preaching would be permitted, and a that any attempt to introduce it, I would only call into use the bludgeons I with which some hundreds of them t were armed. 'Well, well, gen tlemen,' said he, with the most pro - found good temper, 'if you say there a shall be no preaching, of c.oursc I i shall submit to your ab-: s. I did - not intend to say ainy thing to offend f you, I only meant,'if I had preached, I I t'' ~ :l' di. f S+ ;ra' froni ( i:a n gru a t r ' and th<.u u1 t) hav r" an . :(10 ' ' .: ."."~ "- Jt) 1 '1. " :a rr ..hrec-yt r .z~rs cof an 1 had preached, uti his whole audience a were in tears. We need only add t that their prejudices were subdued; s he preached again and again, and 3 thus laid the foundation of a very large and prosperous Church. How t much better was this than either 3 scolding them, or appealing to the a arm of the law for protection! t At another time, whilo he was visiting his father and family at Hawkstone Ilall, he was earnestly entreated to visit a neighboring town, where the small meeting-house had i been closed by the hand of violence, and whose inhabitants were entirely without evangelical instruction. On his arrival, the house was crowded chiefly with enemies to the Gospel, a and his friends entreated him not to I preach, as among other plans the - opposing party had obtained the presence of a most notorious prize - fighter, on purpose to annoy him - personally. But Itowland hill was one of the last men in the world to flinch from an encounter like this. ie declared that lhe would preach, even though lie died in the attempt, - and having obtainied an exact de scription of the peso anid dress of the prize-lighter, he made his way, unguarded and alone, to the pulpit. SLooking around him from the pulpit, as lie never failed to do, his eye caught the pugilist, when lie ver y re spectfully beckoned to him. 'The man apparently full of fuxry, ascended .the pulpit stairs, whom lhe told that his name was lEowland l11ll, that he was the son of Sir Rtichard Ilill, of -llawkstone Park, aind a clergyman, and that lie wax come to the town to preach, and had beeni told that some had men intendedl to disturb him; -that lie had full confidence in his tal ntasaprize-fighxter-, and therefore 1put himself under his pr-otection as a gentleman; that if any dlisturbance Sshould ar-iso, he should rely upon him to quell it; anid at the close of the t 8cr-vice lie would he glad if lie would accompany hximr in his carriago to dinie at llawkstonxe. The fury of the man was entirely subdued; lie p~romised his best efforts t to maintain quietness, which he f actually did secure, and went away a at the end of the service apparently -ashauled that he had intended to i- interrupt so comlete a gentleman s in his wishes to do good. Did not - this conduct show that Mr, 1i11 un -derstood human nature? -About thirty years ago, died the r Rev, John Palmer, for some thirty ~t or forty years the successful p astor of the laas nBas Qrn,....A Shrewsbury, England. .perhaps very few men- ever more fully discharge4 the auties of an evangelist than did .he. Very often would he make his appointments and have them pubiishcd in North Wales, on the borders of which he resided, and leaving home on Monday morning, on his little Welsh pony, he would pass from place to place, returning on Saturday evening, having preached during his absence sixteen sermons; to probably as many thousands of hearers. Into one locality, however, he was for many years unable to enter; the clergy had contrived to excite a most malignant prejudice against 'John Palmer, the Baptist man at Shrewsbury,' and the simple-hearted shepherds of the mountains were led to suppose that of all men he was one.of the worst. Often did Palmer talk and pray over this spot; and at length determined, at whatever risk to preach an ont-of door sermon there. It was a happy circumstance that he was personally known to one family only in the district, and he requested them to publish the time and place of his preaching, as well as to erect a temporary pulpit. The time came, and the shepherds and peasants assembled in many hundreds, armed with clubs and staves, determined that 'John Palmer, the Baptist man from Shrewsbury,' should not preach there. The preacher was met by his friends on the road, who entreated him to return, as his life was in danger. le requested then immediately to take caro vof I horse and carriage, and to purn .i. hwtit ' ti: .a isa m71' 1:ou sr C.1: r'ulate tha a . 'i" appleared. o:, t! r:01 a ,on- shouhl seen to 'John Palmer, the Baptist man fron Shrewsbury, is coming here, and zays he'll preach, but lie shanna.' 'Oh, oh! said Palmer, 'he's coming, is he?' '.Daes you know him zur?' 'Know him, to be sure I do; I knew him forty years ago, when be was an apprentice to a doctor, and a strange sort of a man he is too.' Ile then went on telling them tales about John Palmer and others, till they all surrounded him and became most intensely interested in his graphic and forcible sketches. By and by, the stranger asked, 'But where's John, Palmer that you said was coming to preach?' The answer was, he was not come and nobody know why. 'Well,' said he, 'that's a pity too, tirat there should be no preacLing; it will soon be dark.' 'Well, would he preach?' 'Why,' said he, 'I shall be taken for John Palmer, and be insulted.' 'Oh, no! they would guard him.' ie was at kngth prevailed on to ascend the pulpit, when lbe proposed, as after all, preaching was a solemn thing, they should take off their hats while lhe prayed; this concluded, lie read his text, and for about an hour preached as few men besides himself could preach to such an audience. All for a while was silent as the grave; weeping, groaning, jumping, and all other signs by which the Welsh show deep, intense feeling, followed; in the midst of which the preacher said, 'Now, my lads, 1 am John Palmer, the Baptist man from Shrewsbury, what have you more to say to me?' 'When will you come and preach again?' was the inquiry from all quarters. Uce often did preach there again, and that 'niot in word only, but also in power, arid in the Iloly Ghost, and in mnuch as surance;' nor was his ministry unat tended with a blessing. I had another fact or two, but I think they must form another paper. -Wahtchmflan and U'jector. S-rwK NO liiLLs I Isam-.-Durinig a late Concert at the City [lull in Muan chester, several of tho seats, hmavinig beeno spoken for, wvere labelled "en. gaged1." Upon the audience leaving, it was ascertainied that one of the la dies walked hiomez with the word " eni gaged," ini large letters on her back .0ono of the labels having been fasten ed to her dress.--osqn Timms. Nrano ExCI.sIoN,-Theo people of In diana, by a matjority of aibout 20,000, have adopted that clause of the cons'.itution which excludes freo negroes fromt tha, ous. I would willingly lay a goot wager that you will value the box a five hundred thousand francs. M. T-- directed at the twi witnesses a look which seemed to say the man is mad; but the jeweller ad ded 'You will value it at that price. am certain you will. But first of al I have to acquaint you with a cir cumstance connected with this box which will enable you to perceive it real value.' Mr. T-, full of curiosity ani anxiety, consented to hear the jewel ler's communication in private. Th, two neighbors taking the box wit, them, adjourned to the drawing-room and M. T-- and the jeweller be ing left alone, the latter said 'Sir, it is now about sixteen year ago since that snuff box was stole from me, and a short time afterward you robbed me of fifty thousant crowns worth of diamonds, unde the assumed name of Prince Garge rin. I have now discovered you Iy evidence relative to the robber' is on record. You have declared th snuff box to be yours, and I cal prove having purchased it at a put lic sale.' I know a secret which wil place the truth of my assertion b< yond a doubt. Now, sir, tell m whether you are inclined to defen yourself in the criminal suit which intend forthwith to institute again, you.' Every word uttered by the jewe er fell like a thunderbolt on the ear of M. T.- . Overwhelmed wit] the consciousness of his guilt, his in agination pictured all the horrors c imprisonment, trial, sentence, n: the scaffold. Re reflected, a:4 ti. jeweller said 'Sir, I give you five minute form your dotermination.' At the expiration of tha iterva! M. T.--, in a faltering voice, c+ rected the jeweller to open a druwe in which lie would find billets d. a. que for three hundred thousan francs, and he signed a bond for tw hundred thousand francs, payable a his banker's that same day. Thi being done the jeweler called in th witncss. 'Gentlemen,' said he, 'I have a length convinced M. T-of th real value of the snuff box. You se the price at which he purchased i back from me.' 'I have given five hundred thot sand francs,' said M. T-.' 'IIere is your box!' said the jeu eller, restoring it, 'and I will let yo have the ring into the bargain.' The notary who was no less amas ed than the other witness, said 'There is some mystery in all this. 'Probably there is,' replied th jeweller.-'M. '' may explaii it if lie pleases; for my part, I prow ise him eternal secrecy.' With these words, he took his de parture, leaving the witnesses bewil dered in a maze of conjectures. M T-, thiougih immensely rich (1h4 was saidl to possess upwards of threi millions) never recovered from th< mortification attendant on this unex pected discovery. INvoL.UNTARY CANDoR.-Toward the unhappy close of Lord Dudley' life, lie had so confirmed a habit o talking to himwself, that, no matter ii whose company, lhe broke forth ii soliloriuy, ie bad a great dlislike t be asked to give any one a lift in hi carriage. An ingenious tormentor o lirookes' begged him to give a east ti a hiome ward-bound unconscious vic timi. It could not be refused. TIh unhappy pair set out in their chariet and arrived silently near Moun street, when Dudley muttered audi bly, "What a bore ! It would bi civil to say something. Perhaps had botter ask him to dinneir. I'I think about it.' llis comnp anion, person of infinite fancy, and to whiori Lord Dudley afterwards took a grea liking, re-muttered, after a due paue 'What a bore ! Suppose he shoul< ask ine to dinner. What should I do I'll think about it.' .Ross (UTTGtI. -Une of the bes methods of' securing the success c those, is t' stick the cutting an inc deep into clean river sand, with pro1 erly prepared soil about an inoh bi low, to receive the roots as soon a they strike. The clean sand pri vents the woodl from rotting. A col respondent of the Ihorticulturist sun oeeed with tis when every othe mnodo t'tiled, and usays he does n< oso ono in twnnty1 Schamny*Umi- . 4 The N. Y. r Qf ; }cotains a bi b us rectently e; yet dab.X'.. punemy of Rlissioa - 'p t. Legde says, some twe'nty *~ f Schamyl Bey then uite taken prisoner by tse Rd is that imp9 npjne anticipated ho } young Caucasian capitle wgs~e by the God of battles and of " rd1 gntrymen to vlctprI lqug3ry the h0r e theirn-de t And even " days, Sehamyl studied at itary academies, his4Rusrt$" ; ions had no exalted o inrto bilittpm; although hp pusuufor an znrt ligent and discreet,.. "bold and ounlno lad, yet to all appefarincN. he : be. come so completely preposse a vor of Russia and the Czar, ti tain ;hp ends of his ambitionite r gotten all concern i too" ieliOi we o his country. Thus depged;teua. - sians cntertaine4:thehope that at tha proper time be'4ijiih0e, in theim hatds a suppie tool fo.r the {egis b o Elborus. Young Schamyl de4o h1wi the uttligst diligenges the Russian tactics and sti'ategy; be U~ee came possessed of the most ct plet and circumspect information regardin the nature and. conadiiEW'?tid sizq > soldiery and of the Rulssan empii asz siduously and with eagernessi nida tiV:' himself acquainted with Oierythin that right be of use to him-and theq{ suddenly disappeared fro Russ'q at noment when iesign, was least~is. pected. 4-1e fled to his nstie moraitain to rally his counlrynjpiY'a oa his standard, tli t iagainstt the arch.enemy ofliii :bjnlr and his " people. e og p.*thie brave, but hitherto irrgglar, ,ad 8 6 bands of the Tsheriesign Warriims 2 M !aught them s its u: a at perfecse'. a prope; comtu Igacion betwecn tQ "' dispersed forces, ,as;t e enabl ed coeen~to'ine ne~j~ .. " ..ot La ri The a;dvices by the stea:er subs tiate the rumors heretofo gyive nd on~l trradicted gg.oKie. sit a n utiles,. that Sevary has r gained is. bytory cry the legiaom of the mrhtarb urjan the re Io o r. , o- r sou- the ue esvfito eihpireo'. Li L hIc r h ? u t < '. e 3ip r ". s~ ~ C- The retreal of' thb " N e.sterow and Srebiwl i b. t, ,E the Russiars as far st plains of Tiflis,. and their gred t boih in ammunition and men is dos elusive evide-'re thwu sheag army has experient a morer st'a then at any time withi1 'years. All the eng which it cost them so quch tit e, lbo money and hman li('e ta gain ' loitl The efforts of such .general Sas Grabbe, qolo.yin, and V orono two formerdt will be remembcr at a sisted in crushing Hy ar,) bays been of no avail; nor yst he_ saria idea of subjugpting this, region by constructing geat h have prQduced the desired re4 In Schamnylthe usians aya , scourge of their own raising?. l0 u uderstanads thorousghuly%'eh moe g! war(e; ihe talies advaj g. o (hhi weakness, arid guards against thueir strength. Whlile in Russia, hp oceanip p. gqarn that many. acrop count ry'men~haQd becomes uttruet cause. THis return restored order and caused A 6~it1 of tag:traitors. Several Ri'in regimentst f Caucasus arrai iTtaa beginning of Wu~9 ~wr~pt ~1~%~ cimated. N eg n$ WaraaW marchedl~.o ;~~ in their stead. JRumdr no*syth one of the IRussianQcirt 0 miandipg in Ijung ~l~j~ e trusted with the cosft and b~i f3R sian army iisthe Caupasu dreds of" f~~4t. ab knowledge ofJi eih recit 4 large ;edo stdrqat uwallowj s sotiu aspos t as arifti t em'etie, wutcIft erfultoriove all that~*I'~I stomach. -~ BAD PonTaAt.-Gilbrt -Stewart, theocelebrtl portrait pri',ttern is said ta have, ou pot a4:mn, IWet lady in the streen flostong who: hisiled him wvlly d"h'1r. floeveri, have just seejyotlikiess, ah'd kissed 'It, e. danuse it' ldoked so munch un." "And did it kiss *6t Nett "It. Wa notliem one dadi 'thT 7 difficuWp I a. !ou t aband your time,' Id,~nothernd then yos wvill do welt entth.' 'Iould do much betterA was the "ran, if or c~... h.... Freak* of IMognkeys He (Major Rodgers) had once ac cepted the invitation of, a brothe officer, in a diffekont part of thy t laid, to try a few days hostilitica against. the elephants in that neigh 'borhood; and ho had'arrived, after a few days sport, to within a mile or two of the bungalow, where his host and hostess were awaiting his arrival, when, passing by a. delightful, cool looking river, he thought a plunge would be the most renovating luxury in existence; so a plunge he determ ined to take, sending on his servants with his gulls, and an intimation that in ten minutes he would be home to dinner. So, stripping and placing his things very carefully on a stone, he began tq luxuriate in the water. Ite was a capital swimmer, and had swam to some distance, when to his horror and dismay, on looking to the place where he had left his habili ments, .he perceived a dozen of mon keys, "overhauling his entire ward robe ! One was putting his legs tnaough the sleeves of his shirts; an other was cramming its head into his trousers; a third trying to find if any treasure was concealed in his boots, whilst the hat formed a source of wondcrment-and amusement to some two or three others. who werecndeav oriug to unravel its mystery by ri: ping the linings and taking half a do zen bites out of the brim. As soon as he regained his mental equilibrium, (for the thing was so ridiculous that it made him laugh heartily, notwith standing his disgust at seeing his gar ments turned to such "vile purpo ses/;' ht. wade with all haste towards the shore, but judge of hie hmoror ' h up, wh . -%=dd lay hold " ,' ":l'. 'd into "the ...vii ring a. thv c...o i ward to carry, was citinuai V rip ping him up by getting be twee;n ius legs. Here was a pretty iickle f'.r a christian, under a roilig sun ! and here he stayed until the jintates of the bungalow, beginning to sus yc,: some accident, came out in : and found poor Rlodgera sitting up to his neck in water, in a frame of body and mind which we may conclude to be "more easily imagined than de scribed.".-Reindnfiscences of Major Rhotlers. A Dog .story, 'Pat' is just one of the greatest out; strong as lion and gentle as a lamb. Ile leaves nothing alive upon whch he is fairly 'set,' but he would not ruflle the feathers of the smallest chicken, unbidden, for his right paw. lie will drag the children in a cart, as long as he can drag himself, and never utter a word of complaint, but wo betide the beitg which comes within his reach, whien duty calls him to a sterner mood. A very useful diog is TVat,' too.--lIe will scarry and fetch' ainythiing intrusted to himii, and makes himself very generally useful in the way of erranid-goinmg. IIe di v'ides his time between two of our neighbors and a farm a mile off, and saves many a journey back and forth, of those who would make more fuss Iabout it. The other day lie was sernt to the farm with a basket for eggs. It was observed that lhe did not come back so promnptly as usual, but the circumstance excited no special at tention. IHe caine in at last, looking as though nothing at all had hanppcn, ed-lie was glad to see the folks, and~ appeared very much at his ease, pnd perfectly satisfied with himself, with no goadings of conscience to.miar his happiness. In the midst of his ap parenit happiness, however, he was interrupted with the inquiry, 'Pat, where are your eggs ?' lhis tail fell about fifty degrees instantly, and with a look perfectly intelligible, lie turned and was off'. Going to a pile of timber, not far away, he foud his basket of eggs, and lbr ingirng them hionme, made the best apology a dog could make, and gave them into the hands of his mistress. Oni inpiry, it was ascertained that on bis-way home, ho met some other dogs, and feeling a little social, lhe put his eggs in a saife place, and stoppe4 a so cial ehat with his friends, aiFnelly wont hon1e, forgetting to Itake'his eggs along. A~o believe this is otho first instance in *hioh a doihas been shown to have forglotten anything,. 17.zg..ler