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I'rru-tion-: of S?pi:;ris will lici-hargrj in pro- j portion l.o llio nlmv.- ral? ?5b"" C:ir?l* 1'of tl:o li-rm of on*? year, will !>. i-har^Ml i.; proportion to tinspnro tl.'-y py, at 'J).,Unr per lint- i Fpaoo. l'<,r all .hi v<r; i-wm-nls r-t l in ?/?.?////< ? /?/ tibiii. I'il'iy pi r ( \ ex!: .i will b?; a?Mi il to llio .above V.i' c.i. DAVIS A- CRI:\V.< J-'or J'.anwr ; l.i.K .V U IIX >X, y..r ! MiSC.ELI.AITY. ! Ma ry Ivloore.?A Love Story. j CM M'TKIS I All iny life I'>:rr T had lenown Marv j Moon;. Ail my life I loved h?*r. Our mothers \v<n; ol>l playmates and first cousin". Mv fii.-l recollection is of a boy, in a red frork and morocco slices, roekinij . n cradle ; in v. 1.: !i reposed a sunny hairod, blueewd 1 mliy, n?>t ?a year old. That : boy was n:ys !{ ? I Tarry Church : that blue- : eyed baby was Mary Mo uv. Liter still, I see my- -If at the liltlc schoolhon-- . drawing mv chaise up to the ' door, that Mary mi^ht lide home. Many ' a bealinvf haw I unified on such occasions, for other hoys h>^ide?tue liln d her, and she, J fear, wis si iivil.ii:^ of flirt, <:v? n in her ptnatores. i i w v she came trip-, ping down the st?-|?=, when I called Iter nanio ! how-w.ctly lior blue eyes looked ; up at mo ! how jjaily rang out lior merry 1 laugh ! That faiiy laugh ! Xo one but i Alary couM ever l i;: ^ !ior heart so soon to ' licr lips! 1 followed that laugh from my' days ofchi! Ihoo ! tiiS I grew an awkard blushitf/*.y<iu'.h? I followed it through the boated noon of n"><;dio< d?an t now, when the . fro?ts of a<_jc are - -'Ivviiiiir mv hair, and iOirty ehil Iron climb my* knee and call me ^father," i lind that the uu-moises of youth are stromr. ?:id that, *veu in gray hairs, I ; ;un follow-! i's ie-till. j When I was iitU-eii, thu first groat sorrow of mv life r.:ino upon my heart. I was sent to school, and was obliged to part with Marv. W' wi-r no: to see each other for j tiiitcslong ve.;;\? ! 'l itis, to me, was like ? .. . . ' ! - *- ' -- M ,M nm-uy . ! ,Uil, IV1 .U.liy WJl-S 1J ICO illO Use!; to mi'. J'r.L hea:i& :;rc tough things after :ill. i left col!.go mail the fiu.-h and vigor of jny nineto. tilii year. Ii was no longer awkNvavd and ctubatru^ed. I had grown into a ' (all, s-h inh r s-'.i"]>!*:ncr, with a very good o])in':<?u of my both in general and j?ar- . tipular. It' i thought, of Mary Moon.*, it %vas to imagine how 1 would dazzle and bewilder h'?r with my good looks and wonderful attainments?never thinking that she might ?1;.z/.h! and bewilder me still j more. I was coxcomb,! know; but as; youth and goo 1 looks have fl<:d, I ti^t 1 ! mny be believed when I say that s^fcon- ! teit left in-.- alno. An advantageous projiosnl was made to ! Trio fit this (inn', and, accepting it,T gave up ; nil idea of a profession, mi<I I prepare! to go ; to the Indies. In my hurried visit home of two days, I saw nothing of Mary Moore. * 51)0 hnd gone to a hoarding school nt some j distance, and was not expected homo till ho following May. T uttered one sigh to the mettlory of mv little blue-eyed play- ' mate, and then calledjmyself "a mau again." "In a year," T thdfight as the vehicle whirl- J cd away from our door?"in a year, or .three years at the very most, I will return.! and, if Mary is as pretty as she used to be, ! why then perhaps, 1 may marry her." And thus I settled the future of a young lady whom I had not seen for four years. 1 never thought of-4lie possibility of her refusing me?never dreamed that she would not. condescend to accept my offer. But now I know that, had Mary met me Jhen, slip would have despised me. Persians, in the Kermtrul nti.l nfT..<.?/>.! ci $lie inigiitjhave found plenty of pport; but as for loving n?o, or fooling tliy >Jkj;Ii(cM inV lorcst in mo. I should have peptfrips found 1,^'ps misjatyn. . , * India'was my salvation, ffnd riot merely became of my success, but because my labori ofus industry ljad ogjuuteractefl the evil, in my nature, hint mndc me a better man. Wfrt?Ti,:7}?trtc fcnd^f three yenra, I pr^par ?d to return, I sfli.J gibing of the reform a-j A v> | tion in myself which 1 knew had takei ! place. "They loved me as I was," i murmurc j (o my.self, "and they shall find out lor then i selves whether 1 am better worth lovin than formerly." I j nicked up many a token, from that lan ; of roinancc and gold, lor the friends : hoped to meet. The gift for Mary Moor | I selected with a heating heart. It was i ring of rough, virgin gold, with my nam and hers engraved inside?that was al and yet the sight of the little toy strangel thrilled me, as 1 balanced it upon the ti] of my finger. To the eyes of others, it was but a smal , plain circlet, suggesting thoughts, pcrhnp j hv its elegance, of the beautiful white han> : that was to wear it. 1'ut to me?hot much was embodied there ! A luvinj s'nilo on a beautiful face?low words of wej 1 come?a future home, and a sweet stniliiu face?and a group of merry children t< climb my knee?all those delights wen hidden within that little ring of gold ! CIIAI'TEK II. Tall, bearded and sun bronzed, I knocke< 11... ..e ~ r~?i ?- i t> ' ,11 li'MH KU III y lailllT ? IIUI1SC. 1IIC llgUt! in tin* parlor windows and the hum of eon versation and the cheerful laughter showot nte that company were assembled there. ] hopi">| my sister Lizzie would come to tli< door, and that I nrght greet mv family whet no strange cy? was looking curious)}' on. ]!?l no??i servant answered my summons Thev wore too merry in the parlor to heed tho long absent one, when he asked for ad mitlanco. A bitter thought like this was passing through my mind, as I heard the sounds from the parlor and saw the half-sup pressed smile upon the servant's face. 1 hesitated for a moment before 1 made myself known, or asked after the family; and while 1 stood silent a strange apparition grew up before me. From behind the servant peered out a small golden head ; a tinv, delicate form followed, and a sweet, childidi face, with blue eyes, was lifted up to mine? so like to those el" one who bad brightened my hoy hood, that I started back with a sudden feeling of pain. ' What is your name, my little one ?" I asked while the wondering servant held the door. She lifted up her hand as if to shade her ( yes (I had s< en that very attitude ill another, in inv boyhood, many and many a lime.) an-1 answered, in a sweet, bird-like voice ; 'Mary Moore.*' "And what else ?*' I asked. qutekly. "Maiy Moore Chester,"' lisped t! 10 child. My heart sank down like lead. Ilere was an end t? all the bright dreams and hopes of my youth am! manhood. Frank Chester, my hoyidi rival, who had often tried, and trii-il in vain, to usurp niv place beside I he rrirl c.1 ? 1 1 1 ' ? 1 S-.., HUM riMAVICH ill KIM, <111(1 IJtlll W?MI !MT away fVuin iii<* ! Tliis was his child?his child a 11J Mary's ! 1 sank, l?o<ly and soul, beneath tlio Wow. Ami. hiding inv fare in my hands, I leaned against tin: door, while my heart wept tears of lilo<>d. 'J lie little one gazed at inn grieved an 1 amazed, and put lip her pretty lip as if al'Oitt to cry, while the perplexed servant stepped to the parlor door and called mv sister out, to see who it could be that conducted himself so very strangely. 1 heard a light step, and a pleasant voice saying? "l)id von wish to see mv father, sir?'' I looked up. There stood a pretty sweet fared maiden of twenty, not much changed iroin llio dear litllo sister T had loved so well. I looked at lier for a moment, and stilling i|k? tumult of mr heart hv a mijjhty effort, I opewd my arms, and said ; ' Lizzie, don't you know me?'' "Harry! Oh, mv brother Harry!" slie oriel, ami threw herself upon my hre:ist. She wept as if lier heart would break. I could not wei-p. I drew hergimtly into the lighted parlor, and stood with lier before thein all. There was a ru-h and cry ofj<>y, and then my father and mother sprang towards me and welcomed ine home with heart lull tears! Oli, slrango and passing sweet is such a greeting to the w:iyworn wanderer ! And, as 1 held my dear old mother to my heart, ami grasped mv father's hand, while Lizzie still e.llimr I1K.O1I0 nw I f..t? ?!' ..... ? * "*,w ? "?? "> l'lH yet lost, and though another 1>:i<1 secured life's choicest Messing, many a joy remainoil for me in this dear sanctuary of home. There were four other inma'es of the rootn who had risen on my sudden entrance. One was the blue-eyed child whom 1 had already seen, and who stood beside Frank Clic?tor, dinging to his hand. Near bv stood T,izzi< Moore, Mary's eldest sister, and in a distant corner, to which she had retreated when m\ name was spoken, stood a tall and slendei figure, half hidden by the heavy window curl runs that fell to the floor. When the first rapturoouR greeting \v:u over Lizzie led me forward with a timic grace, and Frnnk Cheater grasped my hand ' YVelcomo home, my boy !" lie said will tlio loud, cheerful tones ?'Remembered R< well. "Yoii have changeo so that I should never have known you ; but no mutter foi that?your heart is in the right place, . known." "Jlow can you say he is changed !" sait my mother, gently. "To be'ftur*, he looki older, anil Irrttvnr nn/1 tnnrn Ia !??? ll.mi wlion lie went awny?but his eyes and smili are the slime as ever. It *ls than heavj board that changes liira. Ho i#1 my bo^ mill." "Ay, mother," I answered, sadly,*, "I an your boy still." .. Heaven help mel^At that momeht . felt liko a boy, and it would. hnVS been i blessed sfclief to my infancy 1 Qnt-^I kep down the beating of my heart and troinoi of my lip, and* answered quickly, as I look ed in his-fall, bandsotqjpface-?' "You' have changed, toa, Frank, but., , think for tlie better." , ^ "Oh, yo#?thank you for tha^ corn pi i ment," ho-answered \sjth a hearty laugM ..iti. T ? ' - - aiy wire whs mei grow nandsonnff" evfcrj day." ? > ^ His wifa !~fcpouU* I beat Ufat na^anc keep siieul still I w V - -i? ' V' V * iff - A * ii "Ami have voti seen my lillle gill lie ' ' added, lifting (hi; infant in his arms, ami cl : kissing her crimson cheek. "1 tell von Harry, there is not such another in the g world. Don't yon think she lool;sf very l much as her mother (1 "Very much !" I f il:*-i< ?!. i 1 "Hallo !" cried Frank, with a suddenness < c | that made ine start violently. '1 have !'<>r- i a [ gotten to introduce von to my wife; I l?- , 0 j lieve. von and sin- used !r> lie plrivmate in i ! I, I your young days?oh, Harry ;" and he < y ! slapped me on the hack. ' lor the sake of ] |i j old times, and because von were not here 1 ' | at tins wedding, I'll give von leave to kiss 1 1 her once?but mind, ?>ld fellow, you are ( s ' never to repeat the cermonv. Come?here ; I j she is, and I for once want to pec how you i v i will manage those ferocious mou-ilaches of ' j I yours in the operation." ' I Jle pushed lizzie, lauching and blush- ' f ing, towards me ! A "leam of light and ' ) i bone. ;i!mnst inn .b.vv!in.c I....... ......... I I! ' OVel' JUC, niul 1 cried (.Hit before I lllOUgllt . 1 "Not Mary l? " j 1 It must have betrayed my secret to every ! 1 one in tlie room. 1'ut nothing ?ii< said? I } even Frank, in general so ?>1 ?ns<?. was this j time silent. I kissed tlio fair chei k nf the ' " young wife, and hurried to the silent figure ; : ! looking on!, from the win-low. j ' | "Mary?Marv Mo ir-y1 I said, in a low. ! ' ; ! eager voice, "have yon no welcome to give 1 1 to l lie wanderer. j She tin iie?! and laid her hand in mine,' 1 and murmured hurriedly? ' T am ?;lad to se<* you here, llarrv." Simple words?an I \et how ble?t tliev , ' made me ! 1 would not have yielded up \ ' ' that moment, for an emperor's erown ! l *??r ' there was the liappv home group, and tindear home fireside, and there sweet Mary ' 1 Moore ! Tl?e eye 1 ha l dreamed "f by , ' ; day and ni<>hl was failling before the nr- ' ] dent gaze of mine : and the sweet face I had so long prayed to see, was tlierc he- j ' ' fore! 1 never knew the meaning of hap- 1 . piness tiil that moment, came ! | Many years have paxed since that hap- ' pv night, and the hair that was daik and 1 J glossy then is fast, turning gray. 1 am j : ri'tiwilpr to lie mill old iii-.iti .I /.-in I, ...t- 1 ~ j ' "J,x : I lj.u k to a long ninl happy, and I li'.pe, a ' | well spent life. An<! yet, sweet as it lias s i been, I would not recall a single <lav, fo.i ' j the love that made my manhnol so bright, ' ' sliine.s also np?>n me in my white hairs. 1 j An ol.l man ! ('an this ho s-> \ Al 1 1 heart, 1 am :w young as over. And Mary, i ' j with her bright hair parted nnoothly from j a brow thai lias a slight furrow npon it, is I still thy Mary of my early days. To iiii- ! 11 she can novel* grow old, nor The* J ' heart that held lior in iiifancv, and s'.ielter- 1 1 cd her in the ilu-h and beauty "f woman s hood, ran never cast her out till life shall ' cease to warm it. Not even then?fur love 1 j .still lives above. j Ai'I'ointmknt?Dimmer Attouxiiv.? ! A despatch from Washington to the i>alti more paper.', informs us of tin- appointment , i of James Conner, K?q., of this city, to the n , oflieo of Distend Attorney, fur Charleston f. I District, in the p dace of Thomas .1. Kva::.-, a Ks(|. Mr. Conner is the son of II. W. Con- I' j ncr, Ivup, of the Banking House well known t ; throughout the country, ami one of the | ! most promising of the younger lawyers 1 at our bar. lie graduated at Jiutiih t! j Carolina College, in the class of ' !!), . I< ! with a high reputation, sustained through- ?1 ! out his academic course, for ability '' I ... i _n .t . i ;nm an mm assures success tor a voutig man's s: ! future. He studied law at the oil ice of (ho ; ii Hon. Jas. I.. ] Viioru, and was a-liniltcd to I; i tlie practice of his profession in 1851. Ii | From his first nppearaucc at the bar, he has 1 n | been distinguished by energy, persevering 1 h iudustrj- and legal capacity, that have scour- J t j cd for him a high position among his pro- . :? j torsional brethren. Doubtless there is no h one of thorn, whose years arc not greater d ; than his own, who in the delivery of a legal j * : opinion, would he picferrcd before him. He 'I is already widely known as the author of t. I Conner's Dif/cat?a book long needed, and ii \ which, since it has has been published, has ) ' greatly lightened the. labor of preparation of j law cases. Ho is also the author of The ''< , 1 History of a Sail at Lan\ which recently ' appeared, and which is doing more than was y : claimed for it, in not only affording '"aid . 1 I i ami comfort" to those entering upon the , '? I study of (he law, but also in being of service J i to the older members of the profession. We \ , : hazard nothing in saying, that his appoint ; , went will l?e received with approbation by j I J our community.? Cfuirie.iton Courier. j I: J The Washington correspondence of the j L j New Voi]; express, who appears to be in ; ' way for obtaining Cabinets concert-;, say- : r The approved draft of the Dallas Convciir tion, if such it may now bft called, has been very carefully prepared with a view to * every reasonable' modification further its! 1 acceptance by the English Ministry. ' It is 1 . said that Lord Napier has been consulted ' i in this connection, and presunodiion are ) advanced, understood to have his aequies- I I cence, to the effect that the amendments r will be accepted in England. Such, how- j I ever, is not tho general conviction here. I The expectation is, that England will pre1 i fer a fresh negotiation altogether npon the a I eomn r?p ntfnn o Ime'^ ??">"? - j </ vw wii ? urtoio ijiuiv; iim'j ,iun; iut ii.**, i rather than submit to the show of dictation a at the hands of our government which the 1 f matter now seemingly presents. It is, f f therefore, a conviction with persons of ' more authority in this connection than I i care to indicate, that the treaty as it goo* out will only meet a conditional approval [ ,a^ most, leading to frg^h negotiations and ; ? the immediate return Of Mr. Dallas. The : i "Dearer ot despatches" on this occasion ,is ' r Alox. H. Fvatia. jjSjdntyfemith was at on?fctiine a Iccturer [ liafoWtlKtjig. wR6yjd Institution" of feon- j donjonfcubject of "Moral Philosophy.^ - MSjSJeclured tliero for three successive years/ ' ?'His lectures were popular, -ant} collected- 1 r ft* crowds. They arose, in ]'80'5, tdj^uso' Jiia owulanguaget^o>y?h an abftrdpttch j 1-; jot cttjafa^^that I am Ashamed of my own* MumefJ^jpfc i-am conscious I do liot de* ... & * % V .. .. &; (ihi&mki firVM^a?rai serve it ; ami that at the moment men o sense are provoked l>v llio clamor to look into mv claim", it will he at an cml." lie made no secret of his blight knowledge ol I he subject which he had assumed to teach his audienees, and and gave amusing accounts of his 'manner of manufacturing philosophy." ' llvriy we? k," he savs "I had a new theory ofeoneep'jon and perception ; and supported hy a nafriral manner, a torfeiit of voids, am' an impudence scarcely rediMe. I know nolhingof Moral Philosophy, I'll! I was thoroughly aware that I wanted two hundred pounds to furnish iny I louse." The Play Actor's Excuse. One evening when I'izarro was announ ed as the plav, there was considerable delay u commeneing, in consequence of one ol he performers Ix-ing ahsent.; the audience am? impatient, when John Kemhlc l?olia) came forward and delivered himself o this effect: "l.adies and gentlemen, at he request of the pn'ncijHtl performers in he play of this evening, I am to inform i>?ii Him iae ansem person is .Mr. ivmery." ilie house received tliis explanation without my di-approbation r.r otherwise. (Kmery, it t!ii< period, although a vorv pathetic actor, :ad not arrived at the summit of excellence, ii.<1 on this evening, tlie part of the sentiul was given to liiin.) Scarcely had Mr. Ivembie, (j-iitti-d 11:?* stage, when, dressed n a great coat, dirty bouts, a fact? red with i.i>te and wet with perspiration?011 rushed In; culprit. Kmery stayed some moments icftire t!ej audience, apparently agitated, iml at length delivered himself to this efeel : ' I.adies and gentlemen, this is the first imu I have ever had to appear before you is an apologist. As I have been the sole anse id' the delay in your entertainment, illow me shortly to filler my excuse, when, am shure 1 shall obtain an acquittal, esleciallv from the fair part of this brilliant uidieiiee. l/idie-> (for you 1 must particuarly address) my wife! and I (tlmnier< of applause interrupted the apology ;) i*i<i 1 ran for the doetor." '"You've said rSiOll'i*!! n 1i,l.I ...... I ould not leave her, !;i?lic*s until I knew that he was safe." I'ravo, JCiiKry, you've said nough !" was re echoed from all parts of ho house. JCmery was completely ovcrlowered. and, after maiiing another iuefVecual attempt, to proceed, retired?having irst placed liisltatid on his In-art and bowed rracefully to all parts of the house. The lay proceed without interruption ; but it ppeared I'.mery had not forgotten bis obli ;:iii(iii to r??r that scene before the nisoti, in which Holla tries to corrupt tiie cntinol by iu >:icv, the following strange ii'o riuplioii occurred in the dialogue : ?JI tve you a wife ? Sn,r,ncl.? I have. It'of/ti.?Children ? Si h flint.?1 had two this morning?have ;ot three now. Lou.I applause followed this retaliation, n?l it continued so long that the entire cf ct of tics scene was lost, an<l Mr. Keinble, ft r walking some tiino iu awkward coni^ion, terminated it l?y abruptly rushing into lie prison. (I AMRI.KKS MA 1)IC TO DSSOOUGK. WllCtl lie steamer liobwit .1. Ward.froin New Organs, touched at Helena Arkansas, 011 Tncsav last, a voting Mississippian who had n'Oii on a visit to liis plantation in Arkan:is, went aboard lo come to this city. 13elg inexperienced in the ways?partieulnrf t!i" bad ones?of the world, and honest. ^ a t'aiili, he was very soon inveigled into t 1 i:tit* game of poker by a couple of nice 'Miking fellows on board. In less time lian we have been writing this they manged. by their skill in sluillling, to swindle i::i to the time of two or three bundled ollars. 1 hiring the progress of the game cveral persons were standing bv, and cneavorcd to indicate to the Mississippian hat he was in the hands of swindlers, but II to no purpose. In the mean time, Capt. r;u.... - i ? l.: a i iv. i vuniv: Ii|'f Ilii'l IHJ? Ullll^* were ;oing on, broke up the game l?y slapping no of this follows in the face, raking down In- si;tk?'S and making thorn disgorge the onng man's money. That was not all ; ie made I hem go below, and at the next vood yard put them oft*. Memphis IJtiylc 12ih An American clergyman, not entirely tinmown in I lie literary world, and better :tio\vn, perhaps, in other departments than i?r his success in the ministry, was once ailed on to bury a man who had bepn ?a ,,.t. i ...i._ i._.i _i 1 i tw.i.- liiu-ici, .inn \> iiu iiiin nuusuu IIMil 11 tlio stiujis in a most ruffianly manner, lie doelin?n*nttcnding the funeral, wherei]?r.n a son of the deceased threatened him vitli a horse-whipping if lie did not coine md bury his father "Under compulsion," ic consented, went, and found a large ntcudauet', with the usual country arrangenents?the coffin in the entry, and a 6tnnd icar its head, with the Bible and hymn look. The clergyman read the strongest jsalm of David lie could find, gave out to jc sung one verso of a hymn? Jii-li?Itl llie ngod sinner goes, J.ri>K:i with guilty anfl heavy woes, ]>r>wi> to the regions of the (lend, Willi cndioMcursee on his head? mproved the occasion briefly in tho paint iiyle, and left the nudierico in a state that :aii be better imagined than described. ^ Harper's Weelfty. Tub Dban and Bokkr Case.?Officei Bertholir galled last evening at the house o Mr. Bolcer, and conveye'd Mre. Dean to bil )wp residence, where Dean awaited her ar rivals Tlioy soon afterword? proceeded U. lodgings ho had engaged iiWIudson street wliicli they will occupy white they " rem air in the oily. Mrs. Dean is said to be t lioirt'.ss to-'a !argr> legaofjtffrom a deceases ijncle, no part of ^mch she has receiver bSwevori . > A Troy pnpet<Bt?lesthatDean was form 6rly*a waiter in tho "Ls^ggbure hotel; am ftrfts'rioted forhls'TOttfilness for tue ftiiir 6e* Xeio * -Ybrk Mirror, 25th. * "4... ' iin i hi wfrnfri ~ifi'iiilTiHi f Prediclcd Fall of the Niagara River Suspension Bridge. i A Buffalo paper has been predicting the r fall of this stupendous structure, upon tho ground that iron suspended horizontally or vertically in time becomes granular and brittle. A correspondent, who seems to bo quite i familiar with the subject, sends a reply, of j which tin; following is tho substance': "Tim Huffalo writer seems to be ignoI rant of the fact that iron is the universal J bridge fastener, suspending not only itself in . all positions, but everything else with it. ; If he has lived forty years, bis recollection will probably call up several old bridges, yet standing, which prove something as to the i capacity of iron to bear a continued strain :< for a series of years. We have not u large j fund of bridge statistics, but we will give a j few cases, which the writer will do well to tliink of: The Fribourjr bridge, 5)50 feet, single j span, built ill 1832. Twenty-five years. I The llaiiiiner?mith bridge (chain) cross ! the Thames, built in 1833. Twenty four years. The ITnngerfbrd chain bridge, across the i satno, which lias wiinstoofl twelve years' i vibration," tiller the incessant rush of honilon commerce. Tlic bridge at Montrose, in Scotland, over the South lvdc, about 500 feet span, of eighteen years standing. The Pittsburg cable suspension (ItoeblingV) connects the city with the great iron ami glass work and coal mines, and has been "vibrating"' and "granulating" under loads covering its double track from shore to shore, during sunlight for sixteenth years. All these bridges are standing and likely to stand, and here our statistics give out for want of bonks. Tlie writer, or perhaps, a friend of his, may have an old buggy, which has been driven many a time and oft for years over corduroy and other rough riding, with steel springs yet as good, to all appearances, as new. And yet these springs are but granular iron in a refined and uniform state. The best authorities tell us fibrous iron is the weakest, and that the notion of its tin dergoitig n structural chnngc by vibration j otilv, is a humbug, unless indued its vibra- j tion is attended by n strain beyond its capacity to bear, and then there is a change, | because its parts are partially disintegrated, j j The strongest iron known to us is piano | I string?. There are of the finest granular J j steel. They are subjected to a tension that j | is enormous, and to a vibration of all others ; the severest and most unintermitling. .-?> | II 1CAI.TII ANI) UnAl'TY IN AN OMEN.?"At , eighteen," said a foreigner, "a young Amor. 1 ican women is the prettiest in the world ; | but at thirty, inon Dicti, she is already old and ugly." Though there were some of a ' Frenchman's exaggerations in the remark, 1 tIk:ic was also a substance of truth. Why ! j is it that the beauty of our females fade so 1 soon ? Or, to go at once to the real issue, j for beauty is only permanent where there is j1 j health, why is it that our women, as com- I ! pared with the women of other temperate j 1 climates, arc so delicate and fragile? j1 The answer may be made i? a few words j 1 ?it is because they neglect air and exercise. ! ' Weakness, lassitude and a fading complex- j 1 ion as evidently follow indolence and con- j 1 I fincment as tho wilting of a plant results j I from its deprivation of light. It is a law of j 1 ! our existence that we must take daily exer- j ' ! cise if wc would continue in health. It is a M j fact in physiology that a pure atmosphere j ' ta iuui>|ieiiM;tuii: i'? ;i vijjurous vitality. v\11 : the refinement of civilization, all the rc- j sources of science have failed to supply a i substitute fur fresh nir and exercise. Tlic 1 poor and rich stand 011 (lie same platform in ' reference to this necessity of our nature. !! The lady in silk and satins can buy no ces- ! ' j luetic iis edacious as the sunshine and breeze j ! ! which arc ponied out at the very door-step J ! of her.lniinbl'j sister. ; ' I] Tiik E.vci.isii and Chines:-:.?The news 1 of the massacre, by Chinese, of eleven Euro- j peans passengers in s(<?ambcnt Thistle, from j 1 Canton to I long Kong,' reached En- i! inland almost simultaneously with th*> defeat ! < of the Palmerst'on Ministry nnd Mr. Cult- i den's motion, condemnatory of the hostili- ; lies commenced by the British Admiral, on j nccctyint of the nllair of the Arrow. It is I probable that this news will somewhat mod- 1 ify opinion in England with regard to the 1 war ; but it must be remembered, in judging of their conduct, that the Chinese have been roused to the higljest pitch of fury by the terrible destruction of life and property I caused by the bombardment of Canton. ] Whether'Lord Palmerslon retires from i office or not, a state of affairs has been pro- I duced at Canton wlfcich will oblige the I British Government, whoever innv lie/ . i!lor4 I ! to direct its policy, to pYosecute tlic defence of its comtnurcml interests it that quarter until some guarantee of security in the future lias been obtained. The British ' agents may, at first, have uuj'istly and un- ! 1 wisely sought to quarrel, but not that they J have got their Government deeply involved in it, the Government cannot recede without ' leaving matters much worse than they were 1 before. We havo uo idea, therefore, that the vote in tho Commons on Mr. Cobden's : motion wHl caiiso llie Government to with* 53raw from tho contest. The MonMoss.-^-Tlte Deseret News of Jantiaiy 28th, (official paper,) published at r Salt lake City, contains an elaborate article f reldtive to the rcfirtiohs of that Territory to 1 the Federal Government. The following is ' an extract: ? . > u8o far as the fr^fc, untrammelled consent ? and expressed wishes Of lift *go turned- afe . 1 concerned, should'the majority of "Iho." 1 zens in aTerritory choose to"Tiiir?theif ijOB' 1 ?titutional right ?nd prefer a state of ' age;, E state of beW nile^by uppn them,and Wntatatl; fOf by usurped atifSrvnlff omfoiia ^ should . ta^Kjtt . "r **** : . ,,., I? ?limill ? ^ (lie extent of nn entire community, are kno to most persistently prefer officers of tli own election to those foisted upon tliein nrbitary power, a purely republican laws their own enactment to laws carved, diet ed, and forced upon them bv a power which the Constitution gives no such auth ity, wc are constrained to say that mosttri arc men prone to oppress their fellows. II< long, think ye, can such oppression bo qui ly endured ? IIow long, think ve, will a people submit to the dictates, slanders, c ruptions, and abuse of officers whom tli have no voice in electing, and whose eft'o me constantly put forth to their utmost the destruction of the people among win they are sent ? Suppose ye that the f dollars parsimoniously doled out by C< gross can buy freemen to overlook su glaring inconsistencies. Arc not these lines exquisite : It was calm, btill, dreamy night, The moon a silvery halo bunt To shroud a little baby out, O'er which a weeping mother bent: ller car pressed close to catch a sound <)J breathing?ah ! how calm?how lo* Fust flowed her tear.-?her heart was sad ; She knew, indeed, her boy must go. She held his tiny hand in her.", And softly kissing his fair check, Commended him to heavenly love? The yonng. the innocent, the meek. His pretty face of angel east, So pale, yet full of holy joy, Then met his mother's tearful glance, And said, "Mamma, I die." II is deep blue eyes again were closed, A world of hope, the mother sighed ; The child in peaceful seeming sleep, Gave God his little soul?and died. Country Sunday vs. City Sunday. 'Tis Sunday in the city. The sun glares murkily down, throu the smoky and stench-laden atinosphc upon the dirty pavements ; newsboys, w clamorous cries, arc vending their \var< milkmen rattle over the pavements, a startle drowsy sleepers by their sh whooping*, housemaids are polishing <lc knobs, washing siilewalks, and receivi suspicious looking baskets and parcels frc contiguous groceries and bukorsliops. Tli.t enn ^11. I.:- ? xin. oiiii iwiio v/ll lin rUUIMJ , |>l]I'lI \ 1 the air ami benignly smiling upon all t dwellers in the city, as though lie woi gently win thoin from unholy purposes heavenly meditations and pursuits. ?And now the streets are filled will motley show of silks, sntins, velvets, fea crs and jewels?while carriages and veil les of every description roll past, freight with counterfreed youths and their Did neas, bent upon a holiday. Hundreds "drinking saloonsbelch forth their poi ferous breath, upon which is borne, to t ?ar of the passer?by, (perhaps a lady Lender child.) the profane curse and s *cence gibe ; and from their portals reel toxicaled brutes, who once were m< Military companies march to and fro; n< ,( el ~ ?! - ' (I O.v/.f HUM nviviuil i *J 111*3 IIIUUJIII strain of a dead-march ; now, (having i themselves of (lie corpse of tlieir dead co rade,) they gaily "stop out," blithe and in ry to (lie cheering strains of an enliveni quick stop, based on an Ethiopian melod lie frivolous tones blending discordanl .vith the chimes of the Sabbath bel t\nd stable-keepers, oyster and ico?crea lender, anil liquor sellers, ct id mncgeir ire reaping a golden harvest, upon wlii lie *'Lord of the Sabbath," shall sooner later, send "a blight and a mildew." 'Tis Sunday in (he country. Serene and majestic, in the distance, the vine, clouds cupped hills ; while, at th iinse, tlu* silver stream winds gracefu parkling in the glad sunlight. Now fragrant branches stir, with feathered ind one clear, thrilling carol lifts the 50 r from the dumb lip of nature hcraldio u11 orcnesira oi untaught choristers win plume tlieir r.'ngs, mid soaring, seem say, Praise liim ! praise Ilim. Obedienttj the sweet summons,the silv haired old "man and ro?3* child, along gri ?y, winding paths, hie to the little viiLi hurcli. Uii the gentle maiden,& kint um leans the bending form of "four bc< years nnd ten," gazing with dimmed I grateful eyes on leafy stem, nnd btirsti bud, and full?blown flower : or listen (he wind dallying with the tall tree-tops, kissing the fields of golden grain, -whi wave their graceful recognition, as it swee hv on its fragrant path. And now, slowly the Sabbath mm sin beneath the western hills in gold and pi pie glory. Gently the dew of peace < i. _i i a _.i. uii ciwcu vyvn iiuu nowers w 11 holy stars creep softly out, to keep tli< tireless watch o'er happy hearts and w bath?loving homes.? Fanny Fern. Emancipation is Missouri.-?John Wimer, Esq., the Emancipation Mayor el? of St. Louis, was sworn into office on Tu day, the 14th inst. it is stated that irf inaugural address he took very strong grou in favor of emancipation tlnougliout. ,t Statu of Missouri, and the party lie rep sentcd are no doubt determined- to ngiu mis question, ihtft will, liowevcr, only i teuwl'y- tho pro-slavery feeling,of tho g*< ipass pf people jn Missouri. Tho addn of Mayor Wimer waa responded to in 1 balfof tho .City Council, . by. W" Tayl Presidout.of the Board.of Aidermen; J# agreed with, tbft Mnyor^ jalba views htf. h expressed,.M ??W. 2 expediency, of agitating-the cpiestjpn of. eirt. * I aVtfdWpk 6*. AitB,^]>Uringi?ar qtuikjali^t dc<*Ajred^ few ,1 i inhabitants of a snrill ^U*A?CPV$ - g? nef l^'atoch'alari'nedi and afcffiiilffi In i|'iiii fit the calmness pod ap{#f?Trt'w of-an m lady whom they all k*U^^ J^flwigth'.V t>f U>em,, addresehjgtS(M?fd ^ady, said * ' 1 rrrii<^T n inr ?f?? ? HI ?HHIL I ivn I Wedding in Quaker High Life. eir j Tlie Quakers arc a very nice, quiet people by | ?almost too quiet to suit tlie tastes ofsomo of of our go-ahead young ladies, whose exclamat ations at a marriage ceremony this morning to took very much the from and expression of nr- "Who would be a Quakeress /" ilv For some time back a double marriage i\v between parties high in the (Quaker world et- has been on the tapis and this eighth dav of ny the fourth iiK-tilli was tin- one set down for or- the "accomplishment of their pnrposv-*' So icy at half-past 10 o'clock this morning, the rts Friends' I leeting House, in Orchard street for was thronged, but more bv tlie world's pCo>m ! pie than by the Kriuud*. There quarters of i?w j the house were occupied by ladies whose >n- ; diminutive bonnets, tremendous hoods, anfl ch elegant mantles contrasted strangely with | the sober drab "fixings" of the lew staid old ! Quakeresses who occupied some of the beti! elies in the place where the pulpit is in j other meeting houses. It was a queer Quaker's meeting, and we warrant there was mora j talking and gossiping done in a half hour's I time than the old meeting house ever heard ' before. iV j ?>11 some qeiiehcs elevated one above atii other, at the pulpit end of the church, sat the i iniiiisuTs iiieeweny lames o? the meeting in full Quaker costume. Oil the lowest bench sat the parents of the parties to he married, and when the house was so full it could no more, the two bridal parties appeared in quick succession, and sat. down on ihe lowest benchcs between the old folks. The first bride had six bridesmaids, dressed in white silk and tarlentan, very plain but very elegant,?all with good sized hoops. | The groomsmen were in lull dress, as "world's folk?." The bride hen-elf was robed in white satin, edged with ermine, and wore an elegant little hat, with rose-colored ruche.- , The second bride had only two maids, in white. She wore white silk whith a manlie n'1 and hood, and a white lace veil?rich and ie, simnle Jlf. llu? snmo limn TI>/> . , i 1U1 were both dressed in the convintional black, 2S ; and when all Iiad been scaled, silence graded unlly tuok the place of an animated chatter. rl" For n half hour every one sat still and ,or looked straight into the faces of two luides, ng who endured the ordt;al with wonderful pa)ni tienee. At length I'ru-nd 1 >ick<-rson, the' minister, knelt down immediately behind n? the first bride. All the congregation,?or I'G the audience, as the minister called th'em,? dd stood up, while Friend Dick<*rson prayed. i'41'hen all sat down again, and then there was more staring for about ten minutes. 1 a At last, as il'they could stand it no longer, t'1" the first couple stood up, and, clasping hands, ltJ* addressed cach other a tew wrds, whichcould not be heard except bv those immcdiw* ately near them. Tin y said something of about "good husband," "loving and faithful1 ?tl- wilt!." and f Tiftl vnf 'I <"?' he Friends, in black, next brought a table, where or on was a roll of parchment, an ink-stnncf |b- and pens, and the newly inariicd pair signed,'? something?after which the table was cars') ricd again. The Clerk of the meeting next >w mounted the highest of tin; elevated benches, ful and, in-ft loud voice lead the parchment i'hi which set forth that I letiry Laurence and ro- Caroline White, of the city of New York, ? "- having agreed to marry together, and no *o liujiudiiiii'iiL appearing, ive., ax., iVc., tliey r 5 had risen in open meeting, promised, lly &o., iVc., and signed their names to tlio conIs. tract tlie eighth day of the fourth inontb. in The first couple were thus married. The second couple then rose antT Went eh through the same formula, luit even thoso or nearest to them could only see their lipft move, and heard no sound. However, when their, parchment was read. it. set forth that Richard L. Nicholson, of Philadelphia^ atid lie Elizabeth Van Hoescn. of ibis city, had eir married together, in the same mannt'r as ly, the first couple. All sat duwn a^ain, not ? he trac.c of emotion was visible on the face of j ife any Friend. After a lew moments, a very in- benevolent looking Quaker gentleman, iir ga the highest bench, rose and requested the eh audience to be seat while the parties went .'p to out. The newlv married retried with their trains, and the buzz of voi.-r-s t 1i;iL followed' or- wo* all the more striking from the previous us- silence. It was a fashionable (Quaker wedicjo dinj;, ami sneli a one as is not ollen secir II y Friends'Meeting Houses.? /iostou Times. >re ~??- ; >ut IIow the Meaning of Woiins Change/ ?In Sliakfspearu'.s time the word miscreunt meant simply an unbeliever ; Tallot callor ing Joan of Arc a miscreant intimated only c]j that&he had fallen from faith: Influence, ,pS among the earlier English poets, meant only that power over mortals whii-li planets ,j{H wore supposed to exercise. Nephew, as ,r. used hy llooke, ?Slmk<pearo and others of je. tho Elizabelhen era, denotol grand-chil;|e dren and other lineal descendants. Kindly 1 e;r fruits, as used in the Litany, also simpr^ denoted the natural fruits, or those which the earth according to hi# kuul, shouW bring forth. The wold Girl was at oncf M. time applied indiscriminately to young porect sons of Either sex. Until the reign 'of es-, Charles (he First, the word Acre meant aivy his" gold of whatever -size. Furlong denoted hd 'Uiu length of it fitfjow, or a furrow longj he Al.<p, thtf ,words yurtd, j)eck gallon, re- wer<* oftpq a vrfgue, tmsellj^piise and U? only. ata, litter dftt^and in obedi^CG to tlN; in- h?tU9f. j^qivremcnU of commerce riuU-social life, were they used to 'denoto'Cxact measure; *S9 TpiMdArm Meat,- now applicable t<? flesh ohly? * $7 jvas oJHXJ-applied to all food. Haffied (delift feat edY was annlicd in the d.iv? nf fo to A- recjr<?nntonight, who was either fn per-* ?c| son Qr fcffi^y, huwr up by the heels,.his <$l Upr cutobaqn-bolted; His >pear broken, and hitilself or liis effigy subjected to all sorts of fe- indignities. , T ? . l?EUGKvfeRE.?How many young tnon in th- our'hfpd are wishing and singing to be?great, h4 who nevertheless, will p.nw away in obscurity t'V" ^nrl the reason is a simple ooo tfud pd told. They failed in perseverance. aid There are two principle*, which if we post- '? ' me ess^Wmay'siifcced in rny ifhclortakine. t! ft^.in(hi8tfy- and persevering, lio 'j 1 'ydn Kv'e (collision and in command their a$^.'miration? Set your brains to studying and * , jfln aud you msy fcatter your influ* '^ncoNiVerthe wotIJ. But you mu t porsis^. ' ?) mtmm bm - - - -1 - -