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Quarterly andi Md1ilttily Advertime ments will be charged the sante ao a Pingle in sort~ion. and semi-nonithlv the minme a new ones *:.7 Obituarys and Tribute, of Itoepect, over twelve lines, charged ats ariverimcnients. Original Poetry. For the Banner. The following beautiful lines, writ ten by a young friend, and published in this paper, of October 11 th, contained several typographical orrors. We publish below a corrected copy: A fleeting cloud, a meteor's gleam, An Eagle's flight, a troubled dream, A tale that's told, a scene of strife, A constant warfare, such is life I We meet, we love, affection glowing, A hallowed radiance round us throwing, In firmest bonds chains heart to heart But scarce 'tie done re we muist part! The ties are broken, friend. are gone; o ica!!ad by duty's mandete on;1 Some led by Interent's powerful hand, Some snatched by death's chill, dread command. And thus we live, still shifting, changing, Marth's 'ido donain uncoaing rangirag, 'Mir joy and sorrow, light and gloom All bounded by the narrow tomb. Why thus do tears 'mid happiest hours, Like dew-drops, fill earth's sweetest flowers ? Why should life's brightest, mystic spell Be broken by the sad farewell? There lot us ret;-Earth's not our home Strangers and pilgrimsis here we rosm; Oh I let this thought encourage on, 'ill the last hattle 'a fought and won. As borno upon a river's breast We fain would stop at times to rest In the cool shade along its side Thus are we borne by life's swift tide. Yet swiftly on that river speeds But watereth all the flowing meads, Whose brightness seems to bless the stream,-. So through earth's waste let our life gleam. And tho' we meet dark cares.deep woes, Ia Heaven there is long, sWeet repose. Tho' hero we part and rnourn and roam, There, there is found an eternal 1Home! Ursu.ox. For the Banner. The Grave of Mary. . Yes, here she lies in dreamloss sleep, Ihere with mnovoless lips she lios; Here she rests in slumbers deep, kver with unclosing eyes ! Yes, here she vests-the brilliant bloom That once bedecked her smiling face, I. faded in the blighitiing tdtrtlh And naught can that fled bloom replace. -AIere lies my Mary ! day by day. -Hdf~ beauteous chock grewv still more . wan, -And faster grew the pale decay, Until I shiudderud-I a marl \Vell,ipassing strange, at length she died!i AndI left ine and t wo lovely ones alon; i stood the breathless clay beside, Almost incapable of tear or groan. Here lies my Mary !touch thu stidriu Does it not send a very chill 1 Cold as this enarble's face her own, And white as this she slumubers still ; JHere sleeps she sweetly-falter not, Four sound can never reach her ear : How can I but deplore my lot And mourn that Mary slumbers here ? J1. . me* Snterville, Oct., 4, 18.54. Lrrn.a CullbimEN.-.-I an fond o -children. I think then1 thle poetry of t-he world---the fresh flowers of our lwarts and homes; little conjturors, with their 'natural maegio,' evoking by their spells what delights amid enriches -al ranks, and equalises the different -elasses of soiety. Ofton as they bring *'ith~ them anxieties and care.., and live tao ocoaieon sorrow and grief, we ishosuld gut onu very badJly withont A. xnriunng mory. The following interesting story is copied from a late work ou Cuba, by Mr. Bellout. During the first year of Tacon's gov. ernorship there was a young Creole girl, naimed Miralda Estalez, who kept a little cigar store in the Calle do Mercadera, difd whose shop was the resort of all the young men of the town, who loved a choicely made and superiori cigar. Miralda was only seventeen, without mother or father living, and earned an humble though suflicient support by her industry in the manufactory we have named, and by the sales of her little store. She iwas a pietir' of ripened tropical beau ty, with a finely round'ed forum, a love ly face, of soft olive tint, and teeth that aTuscarora might envy her. At times, there was a dash of Janguor in her dreany eye that would have warmed an aniehorite; and theni her cheerful jest was so delicate yet free, that she had urtwittingly turned the heads, not to say hearts, of half the young iner chants in the Calle do Mercaderas. But she dispensed her favors without partiality, none of the rich and gay exquisites of Havana could say they had evor received any particular ie kno.i-' 6enent from the fair young girl UJ their warm and constant atten tion. For this one she had a pleasant smile, for another a few words of pleasing gossip, and for a third a snatch of a Spanish song : But to none did she give her confidence, except to young Pedro Mantanes, a fine luoking boatman, who plied between the l'un ta and Moro Castle on the opposite side of the harbor. Pedro was a manly and courageous young fellow, rather abuvo his class in intelligence, appearance and associa tions, and pulled his oars with a strong arn and light heart and loved the beautiful Miralda with an ardor roman tie id its fidelity and truth. lie was a sort of leader ainong the bosinwn i the harbor by reasoni of hit u; orioir cultivation and intellignn -, - i h. quick-wittiul sagacity was often turned for the benelit of his cotmtrades. Alany were the noble deeds ho had done in and about the harbor since a boy, for he had followed his calling of a water. man from boyhood, as his fither had done before him. Miralda in turn ardently loIed liedro, and when ho Camne at night ani sat in the back part of her litle shop, she had always a neat and frurant cigar for his lips. Now and then, when she could steal away from her shop on some holiday. Pedro would hoist a tiny sail in the prow af his boat, and securing ae little stern awning over Miralda's head, would steer out into the gulf and coast along the romantic shore. There was a fa-mous roue, well known at this time in Havana, named Count Almonte, who frequently visited Miralda's sihop and couceived quits a passion for the girl, tand indeed, he had grown to be one of her most Hiberal eustomers. With a emiting shrewd ness and knowledge of hunan nature, the Count besieged the heart of his intended viestim Without appearing to do so, and carried on his plan of opers. tion, for many weeks before the inno cent girl even snspected his possessing a partiality for her, until one day ahe was surprised by a present fron him of so rare and costly a nature as to lead her to susp)ect the donor's inten. tions at on1Ce, and to promptly decline the offered gift Undismayed by this, the Count continued his profuse piatronage in a way to which Miralda could find no plausible protext of complaint. At last, scized upon, what he con. sidered a favorable mnoment, Count Almlonte declared his passion to Mliralda, besought her to comeI and be the mistress of his board and rich estates at Cerito riear the city, and offered all the promhises of wealth, inltor and fortune; but in vain, The .pure-minded girl scorned his vler, and Ibade him nevier more to inult her by visiting her shop. Abiashed but not coifobunded, the Counit reti red, bout only to weave a new anare whereby lie could entangle her, for lhe was not onie to be so easily thwarted. One afternoon, not long after this, as the twilight was settling over the town, a file of soldiers halted just opposite the door (of the little cigar shop, when a younig man, wecaring a lieutenant's insignia entered and asked the attendant if her name was Miralda Es-tale: to which she timidly respond. ed. "' Then you will p~lease to comle with " By what authdrity?" asked the trembling girl. " The order of the Govcrnor Gene ral." "~ Then I must obey you," and she prepared to follow him at once. Stepping to the door with her, tile young officer directed his men to march on, and getting inlto a valante, told Miralda they would drive to the guard house. Hut to the surprise of the girl, she soon after discovered that they were rapidl passing the city gates, and immediately after were dashing off on the read to Cerito. Then it was that she began to fear some trick had been played upon her, aid these fears were soon confrimed by the volante turning down the long alley of palms that led to the estate of Count Alonte. It was in vain to expostu. late iow; she flt that she was in the power of the reck'ess nobleman, and the pretended officer and soldiers were his own people, who had adopted the disguise of the Spanish army uniform. Count Almonte met her at tle door, told her to fear no violence, th:.t her wishes should 1e respected in all things, save her personal liberty; that he trusted, I time, to pursuade her to look more favorably upon him, and that in all things he was her slave. Sihe replied contemptuously to his words, and charged him with the cow ardly trick by which he had gaine] control of her liberty. But she was left to herself though Iwatched by his orders at all times to prevent her escape. She knew very well that the power and will of the Comit Ahnonte were too strong for any humble friend of hers to attempt to taka her part, and yet she somehow felt a conscious strength in Pedro, and secretly cher ished the idea that lie would discover her place of confinement, anitd adopt some neans to deliver her. The stiletto is tle constant companion of the lower classes, and Miralda had been used to wear one even in her store against contingency : but she now regarded the tiny weapon with pecnliar satisfaction, and slept with it in her hosoi. Small was the clue by which Pedro Man taiez discovered the trick ofCouint Alimonte. First this was found out, and then that cironmstim:e,. and thes, being put together, they .iod ,,o other results, unitil the indeIfatigable lover was at last fully satislied thiat he ha.] discovered i-or place of confineiment. D)i~gised as a friar of the order of San Felipe, he sought Count Anionte's grates at a favorable moment, met Miraldn, cheered her with fresh hopes, and retired to arrange somne certain plan for her delivery. There was time to think now; heretofore lie had not permittel himself even an hour's sleep; but she was safe-that is, not in immediato danger-and he could breathe more freely. le knew not with whom to advise, he feared to speak to those abovo him in society, lest they might betray his purpose to the Count, and his own liberty, by somle meanas, he thus jeopardized. He could only consider with himself, he niemus be his own counsellor in this critical as. At last, es if in despair, he started to his feet one day, and exelaimed " Why not go so head qluarters at oneet whly not see bhe Gov-Ganerai, and kill him the truth I Ah, see hM I How is that to be effectodi And then this COfn Alonoiiu $e a nobleman. Thq Way thaS TacoU Loves jubtoeS. We shall see; I *ill go to the Goy. General; it cannot do any harm if it does not do any good. 1 can but try." And Pedro did see the Governor. True, he did not at once get audience of him-not the first, nor the cecond, nor the third time, but he ptrsevered, and was admitted at last. Here he told his ntory in a free, uimly voice undisguisedly and openly in all things, so that T1acon was pleased. "And the girl," said the Governor Gen., over whose countenance a dark seroiwl had gathered, " is she thy sister."? "No, Excellencia, she is dearer still-she is my bietrothed." The Governor, hidding him coe nearer, took a golden cross fromt his table, and handing it to the boatman, as he regzarded him searcingly said "Swvear that what you have related to mue is true, as you hopeu for heaven." "I swear,''said l'edro, kneeling and kissinig the emblem with simzple rev erence. The (Governor turned to his table, wrote a few brief lines, andu touebing a bell, sunuiitoned ia page from an ad jonuni ig room, whom11 he ordered to sendo the Captain of the u ardi to him. Prompt as were all who had any connect ion with the GJoveror's hous~e hol, the oticer appeilared at Once, and1( received the written b der, with di teetion to bring the Coumnt Almonate antd a young gi named Miraldah im. mediately before hhi n. Pedro was sent to an aiite-room, anid time business of the day passed as usual in the recepitioni hail of the Governor. Liess than two hours had transpired wheni thme Count and Miralda stood before T1acon. Neither knew the naturo of the business which had sum mnoned thetm there. Almonte half suspected the truth, and the poor girl argued of herself that her fate could not but. be impjroved by the interfer " Count Almonte, yosi doubtless know why I have orderod you to ap pear here." " Exceleciela, I fear that I have been indiscreet," was the reply. " You adopted the uniform of the guards for your own private purpose upon the girl, did you noW" .Excellencia, I caInot deny it." Declare upon your honor, Count Alnionte, whether she is unharmed, whoim you have thus kept a prisoner." " Excellenoia, she is as pure as when she entered beneath my roof," was the truthful reply. The Governor turned, and whisper ed something to his page, then contin aed his questions to the Count, while he made some minutes upon paper. Pedro was iow suimio'ed. t explain sonie matter, as he cuter"l, the Gov. Gen. turned his back for oa!u inoncit as If to seek for soine papers upon his table, while Miralda w'as pressed in the boatitman's arms. it as but for 4 few moments, and the next Pedro was bowing humbly before Tacon. A few inoinents more md the Govern or's page returned, accompanied by a 1mok of the church of Santa Clara, with the em11blems of his oiice." " ILolv ather," said Tacon, " you will bind the hands of thi s Count Al monte and Miralda Estalez together in the bonds of wedlock." Excellencia," exclaimed the Count in amazenmenit. "Not a word, Senor, it is your part to obey !" " My nobuility, Excellencia !" "Is foifeite'l," said Tacon. Count Alionte had too many evi dences before his m iid's eve ofTacon's muode of adiniiistering justice and of enfor~ing his own will to daro to rebel, and lie doggedly yielded in silence. Poor Pedro, not daring to speak, was half crazed to see the prize he had so long coveted thus about t-0_Je torn froci him. In a few moaeumnts the verem.i nt ny was performe) e bling and bewildered girl n't daring to thwart the Governor's lAws, and the priest declared them husband aid wife. The Captain of ti guard was summne' icild aid dispatched with some written order, and in a fe.w subsequent momients Comit Almonte, cUmpjiletely subdued and broken spirited, was ordered to return to his plantation. Pedro aid Miralda were' directed to remain in an adjoining apartment, to that which had been the scene of this singular procedure. Count Alhnonte mounted his horse, and with a single attendant soon passed out of the city gates. But hardly had he passed the 4orner of the Pasco, when a dozen muskets fired a volley upon himc and he fell a eorpse upon the road. His body was quietly removed, and the captain of the guard, who had witnessed the act, made a minute unon his order as to the time and place, and mounting his horsi, rode to the Goy enor's palace, entering the presence chamber just as Pedro and Miralda were once more summoned before the Governor. " Excellencia," said the offieur, re turning the order. " It is executed I" "Is the Count dead ?" a Excellencia, yes." i Proclaim in the usual manner, the marriage of Count Almonte and Mi ralda Estalez, and also that she is his legal widow, possessed of his titles and estates. See that a1 proper officer at tends her to the Count.'s estates, aund enforce this decision." Then, turnint to Pedro Manctanez, he said. "No manc or womuan in this island is so humble but they mcay claim jus Lice of' Tacon !" Thd story fdrnishes its own moral. Blraini and( Th'ought. Rlichmiond Imentions the caso of s womanc whose brain was exposed ir conseq'iueceI of the removal of a con sidable portion of its bony coveringj by disease, lie says ho repeatedly made pressure onc the bramin, anid cael timen' suspen~uded aill feelings andl all in tellect, which were instanctly restored when the pr~essure w ats w ithidrawun. T'he samce writer also relates ancothec case, that, of' a miuci who hmad been trepanniuied, and wvhoi perceived his ini tellectual faculties fCtiling, and his . istence drawinig to a close, every tim<c thIe elliised bloi, I c 'llected upoan the brain soi as5 to prodc(iLe pressure:( Pro fessor Cha~pman~ii of* Plhiladeh lhia, imeni Lions, ini his lectures, that, he saw ani indi vidunal wi th his- skulml pericforatedh and the brain exposed, w ho was nie ciustomied to scumit himciself tota s:iine expierimenict of pressurie as t ha above, acnd who wais e~ hibIitedl by the late l'rofe'ssor WVestar to his clacss. .I I. intellect and motral faculties disappear ccd on the apjplicaitidn of' pressucro i the brain y' they wdlre held unider tlh thonh, as it were, and restored al pileasure to their full activity by dis cotinin the pressure. But th< motextraordinary case of this skind~ within my knowledge, and onte peeni liarly interesting to the phlysiolouis and metac hveirianc is aunate byd Astley Cooper in his surgical lectures. A mian by the naimo of Jones, receiv ed aln iijury of his head while oti board a vessel in the Mediterranean, which rendered hind insensible. The vessel, soon after this, made Gibraltar, where Jones was placed in the hospital, and reinaiel several moniths in the same insensible state. lie was then car ried on board the Dolphin frigate to Deptfort, and from thnco was sent to St. Thomas' 'Ilospital, Loudon. Ile lay constantly on his back, amid breath ed with dillieulty. Ilis pulse was reg ular, and each time it beat he moved his fingers. When hungry or thirsty, he moved his lips and tongue. Mr. Clyne, the surgeon, found a portion of the skull depressed, trepanned him, and removed the depressed portion. Imme incdiately after tho operation the mflotiol (of the figers cendled, aind at four o'clock in the afterioon (tho operation having been perforned at (me) lhe sat up inl bed ; sensation and volition re turned, and in four days he got out of bed ma conversed. Te last, thing he renembered was the circumstance of taking a prize in the Mediturranean. From the monient of the accident, thirteen wont/is and afetw days, oblivi. on had come over him, and all recol lectioni ceased. le had, for more thai one year, drunk of the cup of Lethe, and lived wholly unconcions of existuie; yet, on rcimo'i1g a small portion of botie which pressed upon the brain, he was restored to full possession ofithe powers of his mind and body.-Dr. Briqham. Tar lho.s.-"The Brain is a part of the bodily constitution, and is hence subject to its laws; it therefore cannot exercise these high finietiois of thought relection, and reason, except upon certati unalterable physical condi. tions." Being of a soft arA delicatb strue ture, the Brain iscovered and prutee ted by a strong bony case, which forms the sill. Sonatimes, prts of t.he skull are destroyed, .r removed by accident or disease, leaving the naked Drain exposed. If, in this case, pressure be made upon it, eve ry miental manifestation instantly ce:ses; with the removal of the pres. sure, it returns. It has been found that by such compression upon the Brain conversation was arrested in the midst of a sentence, and when removed it was resumed at the samte point. Ilni a case related by Sir Astley Cooper, consciousnefis, which had been suspen. ded for several months, was restored by removing a portion of the skull which pressed upon the Brain. Great internal pressure, as by the blood in apoplexy, also destroys consciousness and all mcntal action. The activity of the Brain is also de penident upon a full supply of arto ritlized blood. This is more india pensable to the Cerebral and Nervous tie tha to any other portion of the body. The weight of the Brain is upon an average 1-28 that of the en tire body, aid yet it is estimated by diterent Physiologists to receive from 1.6 to 1-0 of all the blood which is distributed to the system. If the cir culation of blood through the Brain be suspended but for an instant, the will and all voluntary power is pros trated, mentality is extinguished, to Lil insensibility occurs, and coitin ucs until the circulation is restored. This is proved in nunmerous ways, but the following experiment of Sir As they Cooper is scry .satisfactory. Ile tied the (aroto'id artecriea iii a Dog, so that no blood could enter the Brain except what pased through the verte tiral trunks, ie theni compressed these truuks, so as to check the cur rent, and inmnediately insensibility caine on, the animal at the samne time falling powerless. As soon as thec Wiood was re-admit ted, the ani nial recovered its consciousness and voluntary pow~er, and stood upon its legs again. [ Fromll "Alcohol and the Consti tu tion of Mlan," lby E. L. Youmans.] AN lCiisev AMiarca~n IRace.--The foallowing passage~ fromi the Travels of I ihiiiloldt, p'ossesses more than o diinay iterest at tihe parescent time: -"Amidst the plains of North Am erica), s0100 pouwerful nation; whlich has disaippealred, constructed circahr, squ are, and1( octagtonal fort ifications; walls, 0000 toises iin length; tumauli from 700 to 800O feet in diameter. and 110 leet in height, sometimesc round, someutimnes withi several stories, and conitaiing thiousanids of skele2tonis. TheCSe skleltonts are the. remains (of men~i les slendei- and more squat than the present i nhatbitants of those con-. tries. (in a vast spalce of ground at the .Lower OIrinoco, as well 11 allo the banks of the Gasigniare, and be tween the sources of the Essequibo and thme ilo Branco, there are rocks of granite coveredsyith synmbolic igures. These sepulchres denote that the ex tinct generations belonged to nlations dilkhreut from~ thlosei which now inhab It the samei regionm" The lIndia Rubber Tree. Fromi a volume .lately published ii New Ydrk by G. P. Putnaii; entitled Scenes huid Adventures on the banks of the Anmazoi, wo taik' the following account of that striie tropical pro ducition, the India-rubber tree: A number of mien hearing long poles on their shoulders, thickly strung with Indi'a'ubber shoes, also attracted our attention. These are for the must part manufactured in the interior, and are brought down the river for sale by tihe natives. It has been estimated that at least two hundred and fifty thousand pairs of shoes are ummally exported from the province,-and the number is constanatly oi the increase. A few words here respecting the trce itself, and the manufacture of the shoes, may not be out of place. The tree (Syjhilli Elastica) is quite peculiar in its appearance, and sometimes reaches the height ut'eighty and even a hundred feet. The trunk is perfectly round, rather snooth, and protected by a bark of a light color. The leaves grow in clsters 61 thr6e together, are thin, and of an ovate form, ad are from ten to fourteen inches in length. The centre leaf' of the cluster is always the longest. This remnrkable tree bears a curious fruit, of the size of a peach; which, al. though not very palatable, is eagerly sought after by ditfereut animals-it Is separated into three lobes, which contain each a small black nut. Tle trues are tapped in the same inaimner that New Einglanders tap maple trees. The trunk havimg been perforated, u ye!!owish liquid resembling cream flows out, which is caught in small clay cups, fistened to the tree. When these becomue fdll, their contents are emptied into largo earthen jars, in which the liquid is kept until desired for use. The operation of making the shoes is simnle as It is iteresting: fm, agine yours'ell,- dear reder, in 6rir, 'l thi seringo groves of Urusil. Arounid you are.ai number of good lookinig 1na tives, of low stature and olive con plexions. All are variously engaged One is stirriug with a lung woodei stick the contents of a cauldron, I!laced over a pile of blazing enibers. Trhis is the liquid as it was taken from the rub ber tree. Into this a wooden "last,' covered with clay and having a handle is plunged. A coating of th3 liquid remainus. You will porceive that an other native then takes the "last," and holds it in the smoke arising from th ignition of a species of palm fruit. fo, the purpose of causing the glutiiou, substanc&, to assume a dark color. The 'last" is then plunged again into tih cauldron, and this process is repeated as in dipping candles, until the coatinh is of required thickness. You will imoreover, notice a number of ludiar gimis engaged in making various in pressions, such as flowers, &C., upui the soft surfice of t he rubber, by meaan of' their thumb nails, which are es pecially pared and cultivated for thi: purpose. After this fimal opertien the shoes are placed in. the sun tt hardeni, and large numbers of then may be seen laid on mats in expose( situations. The aboriginal name 6 the rubber is cahtuchu, from whiel the formidable word c'aoutchou'c is d6 rived. Young lien. It should be the nam of young nier to go into good society--:we mean no the rich, nor the proud, m'or the faishion able, bult the society of the wise, th intelligent, and the good. When ye' ind macn who know nilore than yoi do, and from whose conversation yoi can gather information, it is alwavmy safe to assdiste with them. It hai broken downm many a manl to associat< with th6 low and vulgar, when the ribald song was sung, and the inde cent story told to eoxeita laughter ii influence the bad paissions. Lord Clarendon attributed suceces amnd happiness in life to associating1 wvith persons' aiirc learnmed and vil-tu ons than ourselves. If youi wish to be wise and1( respected, if' you desir, happbliness and nmot misery, we adivisi you to aussociate with the intelligen and good. Strive for excellence an strict uitegrity, and you will never' bi found in the sinks of pollution, or i the ranks of prefligates aind gamblers Once habituate y ourself to a virtuou course, once secure a love for good se eiety, andic no punishment would b greater than, by accidenit; t6 bb obilig ed for a day to associate with thm low and vulgar. AIMG Av .LisE'm-.--Do In trouble yourself abont "rising to en inenoee." 1f, in consegucnco of you writinga or your deeds, you should 13 come eminent, v'ery wvell; but t~ol auf~ thing for the sake of-"rising tCiw imence,"lar unworthy of a rnan. Mo1r4 over, true ern neo Is je hi~nabl by any man who pIneesti' '' jiihn as his chief 0a jOtmekcause thtt i dicaltea, an liiherent wtkness' of' chiaj a teri'". 4 A Horucb TiLAono.-We were in. frimed yesterday evening, says :the Louistille Courier, of Wednesday week, by passengers on the cars frr-1 Lexington, of a tragedy that oceirred im the county of Fayette, on Satui day nighti which almost transcends be lief, it is of so horrid a nature. Me Frazer, a farmier of the county, had becii absent with stock at Now York for several months and on Sat. urday, tblegraphed his family thnit ho would reach homne that evening. Ibls neighbor and partner, Mr. Cas. tlemani, awaited his arrival at the depot, and conveyed him to his res. idence. Leaving the house, Mr. C. was startled about an hour afterwards, by the report of a gull. He inmedlato ly went to Frazer's, and there disco*. ered him dead, the house darkened, Mrs. P. above stairs, Grigg; the ovor seer, below, hnd a daughter, aged eleven, with the mother. They ao. counted for the death of the man by the accidental discharge of a shot guri which he had in his hand preparing to shoot a rat. Suspicions were aroused, and the overseer and Mrs; Fraper both arrested. '.1 he body of the d6ecesed was terribly bruised, a hole shoL through his head, another through his body, his throat very badly cut, and three ribs broken, efl'cts not rdsbfia. bly caused by accident. There appears to be tio doubt - ii the minds of those Adised of the facts, as to the crimnality of Mrs. Frazic and Grigg. Previous to this time, the nighlabors had suspected improp'r, iii. timacies between the two; ad It is supposeqtLhat it %tds for tha pu'rydibdf getting Frazer out 6f th6 way, so s to render a marriage feasible, that-the awful deed *s Aceonplished. "Tie are various circumstances coniedld with. the ailhir, whicl, go to. 'rinhik.S the suspected parties. Duriiig.aMon. day-ad oyesterday they rerunderd. "You will please to observe," shid old Mr. Laiwell, as he red us through his school the other day-, " that the boys are required to display the thiost attention t questions and disoiflin'6; and n a short timle become divested of that Most annoying dispositionjo tease each other; in short, they soon settle down iu all the gravity 'Of ni ture years under the wholesome sys tnvi I have introduced. We at this, moment arrived in front of several boys, who were stahdin' aroaInd a bucket of water, and one:had just charged his mouth with the eon. tents of a tin cup, while the.old gen tielian Was stooping to recover. 4i pjen front the floor, when another boy passing behind snapped his .fing qnietly beneath his ear, causing him by a sudden start to ejeotthe contetits over the pedagogue's bald pate. In I stantly starting upright, wtt his face and hair drippimg, the master sh6nte4. "Who did that?" The party unanimously cried out "Jim Gun, sir." "Jim Gun, you rascal! what did yod do that for?" Jim, appalled at the mischief he hald done, muttered out that it was not his rfelt, bet Tom Owen had ped mill. This changed the direction of old Lamwell's wrath, and shaking his hand piortentously over Owen'she Iho asked "Did y'ou snap Gut?" Th ulprit, trembling with fear, murmuured-.. "Yes, sir, I snapt Gun, but Idia know he was loaded." - A youn~g nian just married, NLii'b : lblecircunistancees, wife's cousin odilyes on from the country to, pay -them a visit; very glad to see eachoh e. &c. In tihe tiidst of the rejoiding ha onmimods thought crosses~ the mzind f the husband. "O, thats nothting, Gedrgh, kddn sleep) with your wife, aind you cani get Jotigin~g at at hotel for threoor four wveeks, veLry easily." I "O--ah--e-s." . l 'As I was going,' said iiii idihihn 'over Westminster Hridge, the :oth er day, I meot Pat IHzi*Rios, flAw. kmst,' says I, 'how ad. ye?' 'Prputy Iwell, I thaunk he, Deig' says, - ; that's not mny Hi& *F more is may name .H~vkins,' savs 'lie. So we look ed at oachrother, atidai it t turned out to be neoithaera s11:@~ r It is easier to forgive an atio4 d-. my, than the tfriend we hale o~ded. 5 Our resentmnent grows *ith im-tn -dekort,.ad we feel idictive iduo Ideeogltfti'ur own'odts of the a ehkde of'fTmdlng forifoesti The reaseyi why sonmc peop.ltgdbE t irls, 1s becaiusath ey have nlotfen e$lse tb part on. -. .v