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On Tuesday morning the court room was again thronged by an excit..,1 *i? n :?i 1 VU IIIIIHILUUI;. lUis. vyuiiuiii^iiailj, panied by one of lier daughters? the other beitig ill?occupied seats near her counsel. Kckcl (who is to have a separate trial) was also brought in under charge of an ollicer. ?A jury having been procured on Monday, Mr; llall, the district attorney opened the case for the prosecution immediately after the court assembled on Tuesday. The following is the substance of his remarks. Bait. Sun. The prosecution, he said, propose to prove that Dr. Harvey Burdell ceased to be in the first part of this year. We propose to prove that he was.murdered in his own house , irom motives ot hatred an<t revenge. We propose to prove that lie was killed by some | one in the house ; that among the inmates of that house was one wlio had certain motives to do that deed ; that that person was a woman, and that woman the defendant. All the circumstances go to show that the murder was the deed ot' a woman, done from a dilferent stand point to that which a man would have taken. She had known him three years; she was the mother of his child which never saw the light; she was his mistress, and would be thought his wife.?From her own showing, she desired no sympathy, and she was jeal- ' ou^ of him ; she beset him down stairs and up stairs, in his private and his public hours of business. The very domestics who will go on the stand will take the roof of luiftcn a(V orwl !r?f t'au I'"'- ?I- - ' - uu, uuu juvi ovo wuuir WUU1C Course of conduct. The. very domestics will show j*ou how she hunted him. We filiall call the police officers to show how she claimed to he his wife ; we shall show that there are suits for seduction and breach of promise of marriageand papers were drawn at her bidding for tbU man to sign, which none of you would sign, but for the dreadful presenitmeut lie niust have bad upon bis mind that sue was ms enemy. * * She followed liiin to his friend Dr.Thompcotjf; where she had the domestics trained rto listen to their conversation. And there -4an)e Another man, who bccame the counterpart of this man below. And she loved thW rnin Ecice) ; she also had daughters, c.'yjd.idatcs for' matrimony. And whether slut was married to 1'urdell or not, she WR8.i?uilty of the grossest infidelity to him Xvith^Eekel. He, l>urdell, with this shadow at' liw side," had made up his mind to let the nfcusc to the very respectable lady who will, be adduced before you. ISfio- said to her servant^.^IIaunah. who =is that ladf'* ???be is going to take the houfii.^ On this very Friday?the very tl^y we ail dread so much?we find her saying the doctor is a passionate man, and he rm^r rirtt livojwotber day. And so it fell 'Bhe Imd obtained the key of hiB safe ; she had stolen his pistol, and it waa so ar^^^-tl.rtt outside relief was impossible. TlBje tofts of the hack door wero closed, (t/l fpAnf turtn rrtotnH"J ' m, m uvuv uv/vi woo UJ UliV Ul thB'roost, wonderful locks ever invented. He dffhifj&l alone.?She had the paw key to h^p^|-r?bm, and she alone. H?. opens goes in. In the dark be ' is supj^sed to have carefully folded bis shawl ond'pwi away his cdp ; bis shoes were put wo are required to suppose all .this W*'4one,i*: the dark. s. oerlaip however, that all tlifc injurierinftioted on tbs^t roan were done in tite fthertfebt space of lime. And it Will come flicse blows were inflicted hf ^ ...... IfcL lett-handed woman, wo shall show that this 1 women is left-handed ; her domestics will - testify to it, and she has been carefully 1 watched to ascertain the fact. There was the safe which she had pilfer. cd with the catch down ; and the body i lay there with the hands down, laid out carefully, and not fallen as if in a deadly struggle with his enemy, and he had fought , like a man surrounded by a host of enemies. "And Hell has no fury like a woman scorned." I make no c.hnrges against any other person in that house now. She stands alone, and when you come to look upon all the circumstances, you will see that no one intruder in the house could have done that deed. Why who but a women would have laid that head so near to the door that it would scarcely swing clear of it? rn.? ?i ?? ' i jliiv-iu iiuuiiiur uuur, jiuu sue nad tlio pass key. There was a fire in that room, hut it would not do to burn tho clothes there. So she passed the room of the sleeping cook to the little room where a fire was kept burning. And Dr. Pannlce, who lived opposite, saw a flicker as of burning linen, and three persons in the street smelt the odor of burning woolen or leather, of which there can be no doubt. Now it will be for her to disprove these facts by other evidence. And when the neighbors came in and told her Dr. Burdell is dead, what is her conduct ? To one she replies, "I'm so glad : I thought he was murdered." To others she said, "I have a dreadful secret | 10 impart lo you ; 1 am tho doctor's wile." I And v' n before the coroner we (find tl. .v'oman wanting counsel, and when at last she comes down to a warm room, with a heavy cap on her shoulders, one watchful eye discovers a little red mark corresponding to one on the neck of the murdered man. Group tho circumstances of that week. It commences with a quarrel ; it progresses with quarrels, and it culminates in murder. Note the circumstances of tho murder; the fifteen mortal wounds on tho body ; her conduct before the coroner ; her refual to testify when she might have turned the tide of popular indignation from her. t# ei.-u ii, oiK.ii iiiisiuKu your cornprenension if you do not discern the value of the facts in giving a color to the motive, and I shall call upon you to say'that that woman, whether wife or mistress of the imirderedman, was guilty of the crime. Testimony was then introduced for the prosecution. Dr. Francis described the wounds on the body, his evidence being 1 substantially the same as before the in.pie.st. Hannah Conlan, the cook ; Mrs.StniHsbiiry,the lady to whom Dr. Ilurdvll was about to rent his house ; John Burchcll, the doctor's briy ; Mary Donoho, the chambermaid, who had left a few days before the murder, and Dr. Main, were also examined. There, was no new developments, and the aspect of the case seems to be, so far, in no respects altered. Sagacity of a Dog. We linvc heard wonderful stories of dogs> and among them the following, translated i from an English journal, which presents a good specimen of dog-sagacity. It seems that one day, when M. Dumont, a trades man of the line St Dennis, was walking in tin: Boulevard St. Antonio with a friend, lie offered to beta wager with the latter, that if he was to hide a six livre piece in the dust his dog would recover and bring it to him. The wager was accepted, and the j piece of money secreted, nfter being care' i'ully marked. When the two had pro! ceeded some distance from the spot, M. Dui inont called fo his dog that he had lost j something, and ordered him to seek it. I UantcUe immediately turned back and bis j master and his companion pursued their J walk to the line St. Dennis. Meanwhile a ' traveller, who happened to he just then re- | turning in a small chaise from Vicennes, \ perceived the piece of money which his horse had kicked from its hiding place ; he alighted, took it*jp, and drove to his inn, in the Ituc Pout-nux-chou.?Canchie had just reached the'spot in search of the lost, piece, when the stranger picked it up, he followed the chaise, won't into the inn, and muck c;of-e to flic tinvcllsr. Having ented the coin, which ho had been ordered to Wring hack, in the pockets of the later, he leaped up incessantly at and abovo him. The traveller very naturally supposed him to bu some dog that had been lost, or left behind by its master, regarded his different movements as marks of fondness; and, as the animal was handsome he determined to keep him; ha;,gavQ . him a .jjood supper, and on retiring to bed, took lnm with him to his chamber. Wcffcooner had he pulled of his breeches- lh?n i tiuii ???" - , ?MVJ nvio OCI/it'lJ L?y the *tog; the ow^jer conceiving that he I wanted to play with them, took them awny i again. The animal began to bark at the door, which the traveller opened, under the idea that the dog wanted to go out. Caniche snatched up the breeches and away he flew. The traveller posted after bin), with his night cap on, and literally sans culottes. Anxiety for the fate ofa purse full of gold i \TnnnU/"ino nf 1ft w.l. ?" ^.. ^vivviio ui -iv it auuo cavif) vruiuii woo in one of the pockets, gave redouble velocity to bis steps**?Caniobe ran full speed to bis master's house, where the stranger arrived] a' moment after, breathless and enraged. "Sir," said the master, "my dog is a faithful creature; and if he is run pway with your breeches, it is because you have iu then) money which does not belong to you."? The traveller became still more exasperated. "Compose yourself, sir," rejoined the other, smiling "without doubt there is ii^jour purse a six livre piece with sdeh and .marks which you have picked up irfBoulevard St. Antoine, and which I threw down there, with the firm conviction that my doer wouTd bung it back" again.?This is the cause-of the .robbery committed . Upon yoii." jflPhe Mranger# rage yieldingto^niabtoent'; he . delivered the ?Uj,Hrte $je& .to the <Hmer, and could not forbear caressing the dog -to tilcUiwdMven pi m >0 moeh u*e?9io*?? *ad k iWh chAMi *;> - i# - ' '**** . .. m >n^ ' ' * rnAl / , ; / "T*,. :''? yr The Great Preachers of London?Spurgcon Binney and Bunshon. I have readied London, and heard Mr. Spnrgeon. These two facts are mentioned together not even as an indispensable attendant, one upon the other, but as at least a very desirable one. Arriving late lust (Saturday) evening, the necessary instructions were eagerly sought to enable me to pilot mv way lo Surrey (wardens, wherein stands a splendid musical hall, capable of holding ten thousand persons. ]'?eing too late to secure a ticket, the day previous and you inu>t go very early so as to bo near the entrance when it is open to the unticketed crowd. As far back from the Gardens as London Bridge, a steady current of people generally grave and rious in demeanor gives the assurance that you aro on the right road. i As you near the Gardens, it becomes a ! si ream of people, and as they approach the place, the attraction seems to get stronger, 1 ami tliey start in a trot, ami then in a run i ?young men and young women, boys and ; girls, are seen now in a very fast walk or 1 run, all bending in one direction. Here is a gate; a policeman cries "tickets here;" you press up?"Where's your ticket ?'' "Have none; but I am all the way from America?let me pass !" "Pass, sir !" j You fall into the current that Hows on in increasing volume towards the reception ? room of the llall. Though an hour is yet, J to pass before service begins, the lower , floor is filled, the dress circle is densely crow- j ded ; so betake yourself to the second gallery and feel great ful that you get a front seat. t All has the bus'.ling air ofa concert room. No c one takes his hat off, and the buzz of bun- , drod of voices makes it difficult for you to , feel that you have come for the purposo of ? worshiping. l>ut the llall is filled to 5t? " utmost capacity?in nil the vacant spaces , hundreds stand patiently. ( Now you sec towards the stago a move- ?, incnt and a general taking ott* of hats. r The preacher is making his way towards ' the pulpit. A young man only twenty-two j ?with a pale hut full face, benignant yet ( serious, enters and bows down over the Bible ] in prayer.?Everything is silent as the grave. | lie rises from his knees and thousands of j hymn books over the vast assembly are . opened. "Let us sing the 30t.li hymn of | tho Watt's Collection." '*Come ye that < love the Lord !' is spoken in a clear, full, ( silvery voice?and you hnvo heard the i voire of the "inoderu'Whitcfield," as he is | now tormc'1. His prayer is fervent, sitn- . pie. IJ ; prays most powerfully for the un goillv nn<l most touching!)* for grace to , aid the speaker in his position of fearful , responsibility, lint how can he fail of f fervour after singing of the beautiful hymn t by ten thousand persons, for all singing' ! and (he music is purely vocal. Another hymn is sung. "Grace, 'tis a | charming sound," after the reading of the | lesson, which is the 81th psalm. In read- : ing the lesson, the speaker makes a few ( simple, and, on the whole, appropriate cornmcnts ; but lis'.en to the voice and observe . .!,? ....it ?i.- ?<? ? * " < mv; IIUI uihjm.'II JJCMUn'. ills voicc nils lllfi | house, and though you arc seated near tlio j furthest end of thu hall, every word is distinctly heard. His prayers and comments indicate his i general style of speech. His sentences are ? simple. Ilis prayer opens thus ; "O Lord ^ we want a blessing this morning." Ilis t opening comment was "In, David's time t there was but one tabernacle. But now, t "Every where niny grace be fount!, I And every spot of earth is consecrated ground." t For where two or three are met together r etc. You are now not only satisfied that i you will hear the sermon, but also the text, i If. is the Stli verse of the lOGlh Psalm. \ \M:vcruifriees lie saved Uiem tor hia name t sake's." lie proceeds announcing his divis- \ ion, first who saves them ? secondly, who t is it that is saved? thirdly, why are they i> saved ? fourthly, what difficulty is under- i stood as removed in the word "neverthe- \ less?" I lis discourse is as simple as may i be ; but throughtout it the same silvery c voice, and the same striking action. lie r gestures chiefly with the lelt hand, the | hand closed,all but his forefinger. Gener- i ally ho passes* his right hand uudur his left i arm ; keeping it there while using the left. While ho speaks oot a breath is heard, ] ?n,l .til.x.1^0 -r?' J:..:-:? .1--. ? ....u ?v IIIU viuiiu Ul tiuijf u HIS lull (11U HUUI ence cough or re-adjust themselves in their ] seats, or as .tbey rpay otherwise place them- ? selves at.ease before he re-commences. lie ] is bold in his enumeration and denuncia tioiiofsin, ami holds up the cross throughout. < As he closes lie cries, "Let us send up one glad, hearty note of praise to our God. j j "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," ] all sing?and you leave tho house with a ] thankful and improved heart. Mr. Spur- 1 j g<H>n is a remarkable instance of tho power ( of voice and action, llis sermon, in conrf* , position, are surpassed by several hundred | ministers every Sunday in tho very city | in which he ni>w preaches but while many ( of them fail to get a tolerable congregation no houfie can be found largo enough to ac- ( commodate his audience. At night 1 attend tbo Independent Chap- 1 el. served by the Bev. Mr. Binney. who is ' justly regarded as one of the ablest preachers of the world's metropolis. He had a large audience, his spacious chapel being filled, and ono cannot help wondering if any one of bis aadienco could ever forget such a discourse. Hi9 text is John III., 14, 15 and 1G verses. His manner was all bis. own; he never could be imitated. Without any of what are sometimes cafied the charms oif oratory, bo enchained his audience for: an hour and a half. It ?as I found, logical and Iiearl-acarcbuig discourse. I In the cour.'W of hia Bonn op lie gaye a lmost ' luuid Qxplanalipivon |he eplire freedom 'oS; the wjU W^jthp juoiverajlify ^ mant. p .* . But this page T* alrabst foll-^and not a word baa -been written Punslioji UXt - 'c- ' 4 " u * A. 9 * ' ' K-1" Do not be alarmed at tlio rapid consumption of superlatives evident in these pages. What is one to do when in London, and favored to hear llio great men of the world ? To dispense with superlatives will be to put the pulpit of London on a level with the rest of the world, which it is not, that is, in the cases referred to. The subject of Mr. Punshon's leoturo was John liunyan, apparently the very subject to call out his g :nius : For two hours one stream of elo jit'Micu flawed from his lips. Chaste, classical, poweiful, be hurried along, pouring forth a perfect torrent of beautiful smiles, bold figures and splendid climaxes, lie reminds you of Bishop Bascom in the rapidity which ho speaks, but his action is very different. A most delightful feature in his lecture was an earnest and powerful appeal to the young oil the subject of religion. At its close one pro longed sliout of admiration broke from t he listening thousands, and several minutes lftcr the speaker sat down, the cheer for md waving of hats and handkerchiefs testiled the admiration of all. Charleston Advccatc. Culture of the Melon. There is 110 fruit that enters so largely into the daily consumption of our people is the melon, and none that seems to be ;o little understood or appreciated in its mlture. A fine flavored water or musk lielou should Hot be planted within one lundred yards of any other melon, or any >f the melon family. Gourds, squashes, or :ucumbers should never be planted in the i.-inie garden or liuld with melons, fur the rolatile nature of the pollen of each will nix, making hybribsof the next generation, jiving the melon a gourdv, squashy flavor, ind softening the shell of the gourd. The lielon delights in a sandy soil, and lo have hem in their greatest perfection, the ground ihould be deeply spaded or sub-soil plowed. I'he hills should be about ten feet apart, i'ho watermelon vino is very subject to injury from water ; heavy and long continjed rains give the vines tho appearance of liaving been scalded, hence the necessitv of I J ~ I planting on hills instead of oil a level. Holes should be excavated and filled in with well rotted manure, with a mound j nade over the manure nt least twelve inchis higher in the centre than on the out side; >n the centre of this mound, plant the seed, jlaut some six or eig'it, and when they lave lour leaves, tliiu out to three plants in i hill. As the vines begin to run, branch ind bloom, pinch out the terminal bud, which will throw the whole vigor of the . ine into the young fruit just set; as the Vuit increases in size, lake oil' all but one o a branch, and allow but one melon to ipen on one brahch vine : An overloaded melon vine will produce jut inferior fruit. The cultivator should bear in mind that the roots of melons run list as fast and far as the vine extends, and hat tho practice of laving back the vines ?1.o i.:iu ?i -? " * - uic uui.~, iinu plowing tioepiy between he hills, is very injurious to the crop. The nclon ground cannot bo broken too deep jefore the vines begin to run, but it is a positive injury to the vino for the plow to ro three inches below the surface, over vhieh the vine has alrcnd run. Great care >hou!d be taken in handling the vines when working among them with a hoe. For svery tendril broken or bruised on the vine, he fruit is retarded in its maturity. Keep lie ground clean around the vines, and as ast as the vine elongates a branch, peg it Irnvn ca *l?oi ?1ia ?* 1 ' *' uv unit Ulli 1TIUU3 IUil| IlUt UIUVV mem diout and break them. If tlie striped bug 9 troublesome, mix one portion of guano ind two of gypsum, and dust over the vine vlien the dew is on?the bugs will quickly lepart. The first melons that set on tlie iue will mature in four weeks from the ime of the setting. The second settings in ibout three weeks. As the season advantes, they will mature in less than three veeks. Fine crops of melons are made by ising brush for the vines to run on, and ;ling to. The seed of the first melon that ipens should b'; saved for tho next season's danting, provided it'grew where no other nember of the melon family could impreglatC it. Cotton Plantar nnd nr.it A Novel Pulpit Performance.? ilalpli Waldo Emerson made his appearinco in a Boston pulpit Inst Sunday. Mr. Emerson discoursed, op the present occation to a crowded audience in the Music flail. There was no reading of Scripture, Drayer, or benediction attending the servijes. So says the N. Y. Times. We have herd of a performance of llarnet in which the character of tlm Prin/n. I Denmark was left out by particular request, but we never before heard of religious services in which there was neither of Serin-, lure prayer nor benediction. Prayer istuo irery essence of devotion, and is observed by every body of worshippers of whom we have ever rend account; the Farsees -pray I to the Sun, the Moslem invokes tbo Deity, the followers of Confucius oft'er up petitions to their Supreme Haing, the Americnn Indian prostrates himself to the Great Spirit, even the fettisli ardorer of Southern Africa, pours out an ignorant supplication to his fish bone?but it has been reserved for a Boston clergyman to refusedhe exercise of humiliation before the Almighty Disposer of EVents, and erect himself into a great Apostle of Reason, preferring at the same time to-eftunciute his own cloudv evnnrr^l - * g)-rather than read to hia hearers , the plain, light-dispensing: words of the Gospel. Truly the modern Athenians have a gay. way of jbeir ov?n and are becoming very like the ancient Athenians to whom Paul preapbed upon Mars Qitf. ? v > - > ' Fashionable dressed women have now in Pftfis** diameter jpreoisely twelve ieetf Geometricians ean Ofrteulate thecifcomferenfce. Tbev hold iw.to tbS ariffe of thair cavaliers 6y means of h^ik8fqh1e& slipped through tiB^ywme;,Sod ^ helped fcobou^uelsand re.tttfjti r?-* ) -r; . r / <>* sofa* *? r? p'+Zrf .4 ?'+> ; i . + :? v : ^ i V ** V . : : ,J W. The Boy on the Witness Stand. Judge Grosli, of Pennsylvania, communicates the following to tlie "Ambassador:" After the plea "not guilty was entered, and the jury was sworn oraflirmed,a small, very intelligent looking boy was called to the witness stand. Tho defendant's attorney objected to his testifying on account of his age, <fcc. The attorney for the Commonwealth said the boy was unusually intelligent, and requested tho court to examine his competency, and I proceeded accordingly, very mildly : Judge.?What is your name, my son ? Boy. . (Giving his name very distinctly, which I do not now remember.) Judge.?Where do you reside, my little man ? Hoy.?Tn this city, sir. Judgiv?lliive you a parent or parents alive and residing here? Hoy.?One only ; my mother. Judge.?Do you atted school, my son? T?oy.?Yes, sir. Judge.?I presume, from your intelligence nnd praiseworthy conduct hero, that you will soon bo allowed to attend the High School, and become a useful man and, if necessary, assist your good mother. This drew tears of pleasure to his eyes, and he replied that by the favor of the School Directors he had attended the High School for the last six months. Judge.?IIow old aro you my good boy? Boy.?My mother says that on to-morrow I will be thirteen years old. Judge.?Are you here to give evidence to the court and jury in this case ? (naming.) T'ni. V?o :r J -- ? ,. ?ivo, on , ii ivijuneil so lO UO. Judge.?Do you know llic solemnity of tlie obligations of a judicial oath, my son ? Reflect before you answer. Buy.?(Very modestly.) T think I do. Judge.?What will be your punishment, my dear boy, if you swear falsely, or speak a lie on oath ? Boy.?I will be sent to tho penitentiary, (weeping,) and thus break my dear mother's heart. (There were other eyes besides his in that house overwhelmed with tears.) Defendant's 'Attorney, (frowning.)?J>oy, don't you know that if you tell a lie on your oath, when you die you will be eudlessly I tortured in a firey pool ? t??., ? ' ~x,j.?jluai. nuuiu uo an auuiuonal inducement to speak llie truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; but that punishment can be avoided by a timely repentance; but repentance will avail nothing to keep me out of the penitentiary. Judge.?You are a noble boy ! Who t gave you these excellent instructions t I Hoy.?My mother, sir. I Judge.? Such a mother deserves such a I son ! May your heavenly Father bless you ! both ! Mr. Clerk, qualify the witness. lie has, in this examination, rrave us mow mm # ' O 't " ~ """" mon sense information, on the binding nature of judicial oaths than all the musty books in the court room could do. Repeal your laws for the punishment of perjury, and false swearing will bo as common as it is now rare. An honest person will speak the truth without an oath ; but a dishonest one, were it not for fear of immediate punishment, would never testify truly, if a lie would, in his estimation, benefit him moro thau truth. Licking an Editor. 'Dr. Jones of New York, told the subjoined exceedingly laughable' story at a recent celebration of a Welsh society, the authenticity of which has been vouched for. Editors, he said, like other shrewd men, nave to live with tlieir eyes and mouths open. I have heard related ihe 6tory of an editor who started a paper in a village at the West. The town was infested with gamblers, whoso presence was annoying to the citizens, who told the editor if he did not come out against them they would not take his paper. He replied he that would | "give 'ein a smasher" the next day. And < sure cnougii, bis next issue did contain the promised "smasher," which did not belie its name. Ou the following morning the redoubtable editor was seated, scissors in hand, in his sanctum, culling out news, when inwalked a large man, cudgel in his band, and asked, "Is the editor in i " ''No, sir," was the reply, "ho has gone on t. Take a seat and read the papers, he will in in a few moments." Down sat the indignat man of cards, crosscd his logs with his club between them, and commenced reading a newspa per. in the incnntimo the editor quietly vamosed down stairs, and at the landing below met another excited mnn with a cudgel in Jiis hand, who also asked, "Is the editor in ?" "Yes, sir," was tho prompt response ; "you will Gnd him. up stairs, reading newspapers." The latter, on entering the.room, finding the "editof" prepared to meet .him with his club, with a furious oath commeuced? violent Assault upon the former, which was resisted with equal ferocity.?The fight was continued until both had rolled down to the foot of the stair*, and pounded each other to their heart's content. This was "equal and exact justice" all round, and it-is to be lameiUed- that all attacks upon honest and free speaking editors against great evils, should not result in a similar manner. ? -i ? i ? Tub, Boys or tub Timkb.?We like an active boy?-one who has the impulse of age?of tbe steamboat in him. , A lazy, plodding, snail-paced cbap might havo got along in the world fifty yearn ago, but he don't do for these timet. We live in an age of qiypk ideas, uoeS thipb.Quicker, eat, sleep, conrt, marry and' dp"quk;k? and slow coaches are hot tolefated. f ahead; if you buret'your boily^.isHhe tnot to of every" one?and lie sdccefeds the Jfetl in kind of business who has the Sboul ofdV in Wn^i. StrWe^boy^, to ^iogihd rubbing ?k5K?#S2 jou'w \ti- if..:-: Oi'Mfti\Vt Ap- *"' *_/. , , .: J* ' )' .. .. ' 'S' : 'f ' .* * m* half asleep; hut bo wide awake for what may turn up and you will be somebody before you die. Think, plan, rcflect, as much as you please before you act, but think quickly and closely, and when you have fixed your eye upon an object, spring for tho mark at once. But above all things, bo honest. If you intend to be an artist, carve it in the wood, chisel it in the marble?if a merchant, write it in your ledger. Let honesty bo your 1 guiding star, Tho Cvoning Hearth-Stone. Gladly now we gnthur round it, Fop tln? toilinf <lnv in And the gray mid solemn twilight Follows down the golden sun: Shadows lengthen on the pavement, StAlk like giants through the gloom, Wander past the dusty easement, Creep around the fire-lit room ; Draw the curtain, closo the shutters, Place the slippers by the fire? Though the rude winds loudly mutter, What care we for wind-sprite's ircf What care we for outward seeming, , Fickle fortune's frown or smile, If arou nd us love is beaming? Love can human ills beguile. 'Neath the cottage roof and palace, From the peasant and the king, All are <iua(Hnir from lifci's chnlicn Bubbles that enchantment bring, Grates are glowing, music flowing From those lips we love the best? O ! tlie joy, tlio bliss of knowing There arc hearts on which to rest. ' I Hearts that throb with eager gladness? ] Hearts that echo to oar own? 4 "With what care and haunting sadness Mingle ne'er in look or tone. ] Care may tread the halls of daylight, Sadness haunt the midnight hour; j But the weird and witching t*viliyht Brings the glowing hearth-stone's dower. ( Altar of our holiest feelings, Cliilrfiiood'd well-remembered shrine, < Spirit yearnings, soul revealing*, ! Wreaths immortal rouud thee twine. J Mus. Murray, and English woman who ( visited tho United States in 1854, pays the < following tribute to the prc-ctnuience of three distinguished American ladies.?She says : ] "I have seen three anointed Kings and ] three inaugurated Presidents. I admire the j Presidents the most. I have seen three < Queens and three ladies who have shared . tho honor of the presidency ; and truly among the Queens not one could comparo . with the regal grace of Mrs. Madison, or the ( feminine, distinguished personnel of Mrs. . Polk. Mrs. Polk, were it not for the same defect in the teeth which characterizes Queen j Victoria, would be a very handsome woman. ''Her hair is very black, and her dark eyes ] and complexion give her a touch of the i Spanish dames. Those American ladies are | highly cultivated and perfectly accomplished, and practised in the most delicate and i refined usage of distinguished society. Mrs. ] Polk is very well read, and has much talent \ for conversation ; she is highly popular ; ( her reception of all parties is that of a kind < hostess and accomplished gentlewoman. < She has excellent taste in dress, and both in j the morning and the evening preserves the | subdued, though elegant costume, which j characterizes the lady.?She is ready at re- t ply, and preserves her position . admirably. , "At a fevee, a gentleman remarked, 'Madam, you have a very genteel assemblage to-night." "Sir," replied Mrs. Polk, with * very good humor, but very significantly, "I ' never have seen it otherwise." Ono morn- { ing I found her reading. "I have many ' books presented to me by the authors," said ( she, "and I try to read them all; at present J that is impossible; but ibis evening the authors of this book dines with the President, 1 and I would not be so unkind as to appear ! wholly ignorant and unmindful of his gift.'" 1 Evil-Si'e akinc.?The following anecdote is related of the late excellent J. J. Gurney, by one' who, as a child, was often one of bis . family circle: .. ' One night?I remember it well?I receiv- < ed a severe lesson on tlie sin of evil spaalc- 1 ing. Severe I thought it then, and my heart rose in childish anger against him who gave it; but I had not lived long enough in this * world to know how much iniscbiet' a child's 1 thoughtless talk may do, and how often it > happens that-talkers run off the straight line < of truth. S. did not stand very high in my esteem, and I was about to apeak further of I her failings of temper. In a'few moments my eyes caught a look of sijph* calm and ' steady displeasure, that I sfopjpe^-'Jsljort. There was no mistaking of that dark, speaking eyo. It brotljMdhe .color | to my face, and confusion andTn&fae to rr^y J heart." I was silent for a 4 moment, when Joseph John Gurney asked, very gravely \ "Dost thou know anygodB thing to tell us of her ?" I did not answer ; 'antf the questioif was. t more seriously asked : 1 * ' J\i> "Think; is there nothing good thou can'si, tell us of her?" "O, yes; I know some good things but"-? "Would it not have been better, then, to relate these good tilings, ttrttn to have told us that which wSnld Tower her 'in our ea-. teem ? Since there is good to relate, would 1 it not be kinder to be silent on the evil.1 "Charity rejoiceth no iniquity," thou koowest." A crazy woman got on a train of <&n at-' Columbus, Ohio, last JFriday robmiog, ?jjf rao Lhroygh them, -brandishing Voluty Md ' creatiog Considomble ola rm. Tbo couduotor . \ nabbed her^ *^iB? alie larMd upon Wr^nd'* 1 beat hiro tferriSlj-with tile club. Othere > Ujj^To^K^wwjne b*t sbo waa ui6re Ytam ' :^rS!SSM6:mi?UK'' \ k A roan flamed Artoi.Bcctffcag, of Mont' Ml'"l ftw'ifr g^Efnr; The Twelfth Oyster's Difforoncc; Madain de K , a ltusiau lady of great consequence, formerly in tho fashionable world, fetutfned lately to Paris.- She had been absent some years, and of course had been forgotten?but it was now necessary to her happiness tlrrtt she would reconquer her former glories as the most adorable and best dressed of women?particularly the latter. She called again upon her former dress-maker, tho most eminent of course inf her successes of toilettes, and confided to her the problem and its anxieties. Theref ?a? iu uu a certain (mil. Madame dt^K " wished to Appear first at that, in nearly the costume of a Gubriollo d'Estrees. It waff promised. On tho morning of tho day of the ball,Madame calhd upon the dress-maker. Tho dress was done. It was a miraclo of porfeet beauty ! Twenty thousand francs' worth of lace reposed softly on folds of tulle, plaited as if by tho fingers of fairies. The cor-; sage was truly marvellous?but?oh, horror!' ?when it come to bo tried on, it was found impossible for Madame de K in it! Against the hints and counsel of the dress-maker it had been made upon her oht measure. "Oh, desolation inexpressible!" exclaimed Madame, "what is to be done ? But it cannot be helped. You must set instantly to work and make me another corsage ?" "Impossible !" said the modiste, "we have: but three hours, and thirty dresses to coin*plctc and send home in that time." "BuC,would Madame make one more effort ?" The effort was made, and, this time, the 2orsngc admitted Madame and her enlargements. But she was very pale, and had recourse every minute or two to her "salta." 'I Rllffnpnlii I" ol>? 1" - ' ' . c.u |>uniiiiii?iy cnea. "Madame will get accustomed to it, little' by little," said the fuiseusc. "And therewith the exercise of the ball, the size diminishes. Fortunately it is a ball, for if it were a-, dinner party, Madame would be' obliged to give up the dress." The stifling woman looked with glaring iiyes upon the speaker. "It is a dinner she exclaimed with horror. "They dance" iftcrwards!" "Then," said the dress-maker, very positively, "it will be necessary for Madame to' >mit the dinner." And to this desperate resolve Madame de' K consented. She took the dress-maker home with her, ordered a dozen oysters md a bottle of Hcrdeaux, and sent an npol>gy of a headache. She would make her ippearance in time for the dance. "Twelve oysters I" exclaimed the modiste,, I? v= cm*; jaw nur customer go at them voraciously. "Please,Madame, oinitone! Eleven, ire as many as your corsage will admit F Alas, Madame, the last oyster takes up a jreat deal of room !" "Eleven be it, then," said Madame, with * sigh. And leaving the longed for ultima-' turn on the plate, she completed her toilet :or the evening. Her old friends found her figuro charmng?her waist as slight as ever?herself saler than she used to be, but still otherwise . unchanged. And the gnawing sensation of inappeased hunger which she had all tho jvening, was consoled by the compliment' if her linriuallnfl /Ii'nco 1 L -1 V..V00 uuu wen iciiiumuurea ?nd still beautiful figure. But another oyser would have bursted the lacing of the idorable courage 1 And, (moral!) to forego-' hat twelfth oyster should be taught iu tho liscipline of female academies. A Valid Reason,?Uncle Peter R., who" Nourished a few years ago among the raounains of Vermont as an iaveterate horse j, lealer, was one day called upon by an ama.eur of the "equine" in search of "something ast." Tho result is told as follows, in the' Northern Gazette; "There," said uncle P., pointing to an animal in a meadow below the house-; "there, jir, is a mare yonder who would trot Ker' mile in two.minutes and twenty secondly were it not for one thing.* "Indeed !u cried his companion. "Yes," continued uncle Peter, "sheisfoar' years old this sDrinsr. is in /rood conrliiinn I . rr P",~~ -~"*7 looks well,; and is a first-rote mare; and she: jan go a mile in :2;Z0, were it not for one' thin#." "Well, what is it,"-was the query. "That maro," resumed tlie jocky, "is in* svery respect a good, piece of property/ She has a heavy mane, switch tail, trots fair -j and square, and yet for that one thipg she' san't go a mile in 2:20." "What in tho Old Harry is it then 1n cried l.li? nmnfniip ..... ...... w??v.jr. "The distance is too great for the time," was the old wag's reply. Description of One's Own Wedding.? MoDarty, the facetious editor of the Brads-' town (Ky.) Gazette, was married lost Week/ Wo are-indebted to Ijis owivpenforthefof-'. lowing description Af the .party : "" . During our visit to Bullitt couttty heard of a paKyrand concluded to attend.''' Have an indistinct memory of a ceremony " + ' having trRhPpired where sundry porsonaf * ^ were'assembled {- where a dignified gentleman in vestments a?kcd a nervqus gentlfr.; . roan in spaotAcles;i^he w^s vriflmg to do 80 for tfte future, it^regard to>Hfr|ftpe under a . ^ S47Qf iiimf brortViHcfl s&ra.exaofcfltf or V^Tveu&S fitf&ro? lifted wbteti tfwtei ttjj3 sWBte.? oC ^nds ohi^g men CnoA_b^iBg wuo^ . M tbVporaea fpJlo^rcflMwW cnltiflr^ of o?ke/ popping of fchpmpagne bottles, tnuaio Hd dancing, &c. Altogether the party was * . Indigo %63ke<l pudding is always . Oak "q?s rt ?f"htUk, four egg?, ftvo ^rgft <eAapctonfofe^teorn meal, nutmeg And Attgnr i?? .?-3?!r T>?:? .1.- fi .Awn,"") OJilK, aRU ISCBia ino . : Indian nfieal itftt;' then Jet it- coo! w a JJ?d add-the egg?, And bvake three qtiartert of "J Htf hour. '-'A<V Z*> 1 I /P?pspt:cb, lt**i>T:rt-TO SijUter . . j Bittera have proved mora JwSe&i^&r 3 all other _ remodiqa Jo f-pj^ : 1 ., M