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The VeVorse is the rule abroad ; in France and England the men who ean speak in public are counted on the fingers. In itself the art of speaking fluently in public is nothing ; it does but imply pro fUnriily of ihoiight, and, except in few cases, is Ho indication of the gift of eloquence. It it an accident proceeding froth our system of self-government. But it is natural that, i where all can speak, ihany should speak well; and, further, that of thtifte Many Some few should ho excellent orators. There may seem to be vain boasting in the remark that the United States probably contains Wore masters of eloquenco than any other Coiintry Id the world; but there is reason to suppose tliat such is the case. Of all our orators, the foremost, by general tOttBCrtt, Is Edward Everett. lie is tlu"golden-moUllled orator"' whom young aspirants to rattle strive to imitate. He is the typo of the finished and perfect rhetorician, lie w^s a fartldilft Ppeaker when the present generation lay pul ing in the cradle. He has hnade oratory the business and end of his life. For forty years he has been a laborious student, accumulating fact*, principles, and doctrines. For forty years he has made learning and oratory the business of his life ; dipping into political life by the way just to borrow from it whatever it had at the - service o.f his peculiar aim, and relinquishing it jfrbeti be had sucked It dry, It is natural t that be should be at the present time the tooat perfect orator not otlly of the United BtatM, but perhaps of the world. llfs life has been remarkably serene, and happily contrived for his favorite pursuits. ' $orf? at t)nrchesWr, Massachusetts, in 1794, * Ibe son of a New Engl mid clergyman, he *?s edtfcal%L\**tl? tlie trtre which stict^a father Wits likely to l?estow od hin nan. So was bo, that at tbjrteeu lie (riatri$ eulated at tlarvard, and graduated With hon^rafour, years later./ ?l is aptitude as a iingu'inwas so ^notorious thai the rilling 'mx po^rere*of JQtffvard College kept their eye ott ^ ;oiifid soon after he left the tJ Diversity, ftJbritiiie was twenty-one, fie !|m offered the professorship of Greek? with the conditio^ that, if He" accepted it^ he must spend *9i^''ffMr?;in Euro|*aii travel in order to , i &U duti^p. iloW few joujig fnenffit tb<* present day have such offers ex^ i? i i --j ? - : * ; waavpw mem j. nnu now iar-sigi)te<l was ' U '? **& Mihid' feroarkable liberality to1816 We spool at tW'gr^b^^e$Ne?t learning in Gcri > <- cv 1 itiij *1 tffti"'-' iw^raiiv'ife ft* y- fi-> . JiV . ir.* 1j? many, Gottingen. l'uris was exhausted in the winter of 1817-18. The spring anil summer of 1818 were devoted to h closer analysis of the fruits of Oxford and Cambridge learning, and to delightful recreation in the society of Sir Walter Scott, Lord B^ron, Lord 'Jeffrey, Sir Humphrey Davy, Sir Samuel Ilomillv. and others of eoual V ? - - ~k merit; the miluftin and winter were given to a thorough calibration of Italy and Greece. Let us'pause a moment to dwell upon tile completeness of this training. Wlint'man, having graduated at Harvard, spending aftci ward four years in the. society of the ablest men of France, Germany, and England, and in the elabo ate study of the great monuments of learning which generations have erected in Europe, could fail to make hie mark when became home? How few at the present day enjoy such advantages! Young men in our lime are in surh a hurry to commence the actual business of life, that they arc iinpatient of every thinsr which adds to their apprenticeship. How few, too, will r>ach I he etniuencu on which Edward Everett Stands! It was in 1819 tint Mr. Everett entered upon tho discharge of his duties as Professor of Greek at Harvard. It is not likely that the chair was ever filled hy a Professor so thoroughly fitted for the place. The duties, however, were not strfii.ient to engross the leistire of so active 'h fiiind .1* Mr. Everett's. The editoYship of the North American Review falling vacant, lie was invited to become ;? candiilate for the vacancy, ami tlic prefer imce was at on?e given to him. Of the merit of his performance as editor of that periodical, it is enough to say that he raised the Jieficio to the position it occupied some pears sinc<\ and that its subsequent circulation has been mainly due to the prestige of liis efforts. Stress has been laid by biographers of Mr. Everett upon the success with which he vindicated the United States from the criticisms of foreign writers ; he deserves it.A 1 : 1 ---? uiv vwiiiuiuiicuin liiry nave |>.uu llllli, Mill his replies to foreign critics aro Ivutan atom in the mass of his services to American literature and the American mind. The North American Review, under his direction. was a fit compeer of the Edinburgh, i?nd Everett no whit-inferior to Sydney Sinitli and Jeffrey. In 1324, when Mr. Everett was thirty years of age, he began, simultaneously, his t:areeV As a politician and as an orator. An oration which he delivered in presence of Lhe VCne'ra'.ilo Lafavette in that Vea^ nttrac.t ed universal attention to llilfceXtVa'drdiuary powers ; and from that Uirt? forth lite became the Orator of ^assjAubtWlld?ft rank wliicli even Daniel WtebsleV proudly conceded to him. In the same year he was sent to Congress from Middlesex. In the House he was chiefly noted for hi a industrioU* habits and vast learning. lie was an invaluable man on committees, and frequently did the whole work of the committee of which lie was a member. On all debate of importance his voir.ri hoiii-il hn? ho sought to ut>;ke Speeches. What lie said was brief slnd to the point. Strangers, especially from New England, frequently thronged the House when lie was to speak, in the expectation of hearing a grand oration ; but they were invariably disappointed. Mr. Everett seemingly corisidered that there was a place for all things, and that Congress was not the place for Set Orations. Aftet* teh ^eArS arduous lahor in Con<?ress. \tr. Everett was elected Governor of Massachusetts. which office lie filled to the satisfaction of the people of that State for four consecutive years, in 1839 ho was again a candidate,hut was defeated bv one rote out of over 100,000 cast. This defeat happily left him free to accept the mission to England, which was tendered hiiri by tile administration of General Harrison in 1841, 1I? was absent four years, during which time lie won goldeW opinions froni persons ofevery class in Eilghtrfd. It is doubtful Whether a?iy Aitlcrican statesman staminas high hh Edward Everett in the British.judgment at the present time. lie tfas described by an* Englishman as a man firm anil oc n r<n?lr /m tmnAi-lani |^.<a... questions, tetstf conciliatory as to load every one to supposes th?( fie was ready to yi^ld every poin^ in dispute*: keen attd close in argument, "stuffed full of facta," and "as ttbntinate a* Yankee m you could meet \Vit(i In a rtionih's jourhey in New England/' Op Uj? return to hi& own country (which vtrfs & Matter pf deep regret to the British aristot'f'acv arid government,) he assumed tbe ?reaiaeot-8h?p of bis old University at Cambridge. A forttirtrtte marriage?fortunate elefy respect-r?had hftppily placed |um beyond the necessity of daily labor for a livelihood. lie win enabled Id igdulge to his heart's content in*lhe studies which Wtfre dear to him, and w^ob are the best solace of life. Four years of retiremonl Wtb bi? books must have proved a deftcious rec?ea< tion to the statesman and orator. Accident disturbed.. h? plea.?iing^ 1 ubora, He w?s unespeotedty called to fills leading offioe in' tba C*bipftt?the Sacr?iary?bip ol State. H^baod^hwlil*^ ... *>] < ' ** " V ; - " /-J took himself to tbu drudgery of official life with as much cheerfulness as ho had displayed when his first public honors burst upon him. His most important public act ?his letter on the Cuba question?was indited and published after his resignation of office ; but the character of the man gave it as much importance as any official tenure could have imparled ; and there is reason to believe that it was not without influence on the mind of the leading statesmen of England. A subsequent brief senatorial career justified I lie expectations which had been entertained of Mr. Everett. He always proved himself a philosopher and a sage, lie held himself aloof from the petty squab b'es of politician", and rose above the bi)dy with which he was associated and the questions on which he was called upon to give Iris vote. Ilis subsequent career has been tranquil. He has appeared in public h? #m orator only. His oration rtn Charity, which W last deliv ered in litis 'city oft the ?d iftst. *, his Oration on Washington, tlie profits of which are destined fur the Washington Monument, and which has done moro for that structure than all the private contributions of the public pnt together', his oVfttion on Astr'6n'oVn'y at the opening of the Albany Geological Hall, in August, 1856, ftre master-pieces of eloquence wliu-li will live for centuries jitter Burke, and Sheridan, and Patrick Henry, and will lie learned by boys in schools in ages far hidden in the future. The writer had the good fortune to be in company with the eminent Professor Baehc at the opening of the Geoloj.cal llall in Albany. Professor BAehe introduced Mr. Everett, and in a few words, admirable As every thing Professor Dache says, described the etVlotio'ris which tlm "golden-mouthed orator" had awakened in his young heart fohett he, A boy at West Point-, liaii heard bin* deliver an ornlion there twenty years before: As tlie Professor regained his SeAt teArs railed from his eVeS?leArA <jf gratitude?As lion ore-Die to inm who sited tliem as IV3 tlie great man whose career ranged them to fluvV-. Like most finished orators, Mr. EveVett does not trust to the inspiration of "lite moment. He composes his speeches deliberately in the cabinet, writes them oilt, cdniniits them to memory, and repeats them before hi* nildience. Nothing?not even his gestures?are left to chance. Every tUihg is elaborately studied. He respects the public tort sincerely to run the risk of disappointing them in any particular. Thds'e who heard his oration on Tuesday will crtnfirm the Assertion that he never does disappoint his hearers : that in every respect? thought, rhatter. manner, and delivery?he realizes the "beau-ideal of the perfect orator. Tub Improvement 6f Burr's IlfcpbTAtion:?Aaron Burr's reputation is in a very fair tvay of being essentially improved; Mr. Parton's half-Way championship ofhis character liar, stimulated several persons to still more Adventurousundertakings in the same direction. Burr's profligac)* has .always 'been considered beyond dispilte. lie has had the renutation. universally. of liavinor I ' - B * " - '"p compromised more Women iri society thriii any other man of his tithe, and the statement of his first and most confidential biographer, Matlievv L. I^avis, that he left behind him greilt Quantities of damaging letters from these ladies, hdS kept the \Vliole country in a qiliveHngstslt'e of cUriosity and indignation ever since. But it is now boldly denied that any Such letters were ever ia existence. Burr's last friend, the lady with whom ho lived at the eloseofhis life, has stated that she read neaily all his correspondence,and that there was nothing in it to bring a blush to the check of any person ; and the venerable JEdward", who was for many years Burr's intimate friend, now writes a letter,, slating that Burr himself assured him that lhere* w?rn no letters in his collection v?hictj would compromise or injtire the reputation of any lady living. It would be eilrious if, after rtll, Burr . should be acquitted of the offences vVhich have heaped so much odittrtl upon his head. It is pretty generally conceded now liiat his political crimes, which led to ltis trial for treason then, would probably have made <> :n... Ij..J nr.. iiiiii i re.tiuciib u no unu iivt'.u uiiy ye?r8 lrtt?*r?and l? by nd merirts Impossible that a siirtilitr revolution trlay take place irr the public judgment of his personal and social charH-'ier. We shall be tery glad of any revelation* which show Burr or any other man to liaVe heap better than he has been considered.?It. Y'timet. jtiib vaLub of Female Beauty.?"Jiftt about the la?t inheritance wHfch a parent should wish his child, whether rrtale or fo male, is personal beauty. It is abotit the ptooreflt kind of a capital to starid iit the world, with. Who ever anw a beaUty Wttfth thus first red cent t We menu What the world calls beauty, for there is a kind of , beauty more than ?kin deep, which the woifld does not recognise. It is ncrt of (brtt Which we'rftoertk. But the gift Wfrotfi Mil the fofo $o*r fools do jn Ecstasies titer artd about?we should as Aoon n child of. cars 1 fthotlM ts?not quite Ao btpmijnl. And [ men .your nanwonrre young^man, over ana , ?b<j(it, tfhorti nil tfie foolish |cHooi-gjirl? Jlfe in eo^mrM, ftjbftt of ci^ry ' being anybody ? A-^nd dealrOltit ?f *tfil.iiion is l?eau'(>. Ffopi being fitted for (be 'A License to Marry. A Licensc t<> Marry is often wanted when it can't bo had, but a poor ono is better than none, when a man is in a hurry?viz., namely, to wit, the following': '"In the early days of Texan independence and youth ah ecbehtric pen ins, still living and feigning, was clerk of one of the western prtnnlii><t Tlio villarrn mos nnii? - - ?J? od in the prairies, and the squire pastured his cows on the broad acres around, bringing them homo at night, and lotting them gotogracs in the morning. lie kept a bell on one of them to help him in finding them ; but one morning, fts he was letting them loose, he perceived that the clapper of the bell was lost oiut, and, being unable to find it, he made a substitute by making fast his own office key. Not till ho had reached h'is office did it occur to him that he sho6ld want the key, but now finding hiftiself locked out, ho betook himself to other rfihtters, proposing t6 recover the key at 'night. About noon a rough-and-ready young Tefcart, in buckskin dress, came ridirt? Tr?t6 town, inquired for the clerk, scared him up, And asked for marriage a license. "Sorry I can't accommodate you to-day, but it is no go." "Why not ? T'tf going to he spliced tonight, ftncl ^ iViust have it whether or no." "But the fact is," said the clerk, "my office is locked uji, and my cow is tjonc awan with the key /" "The row !?what docs the cow want with the key So the old fellow told the whole story, and the two set off for the prairie to find the cattle and get the key. But the more iliey looked the less they found, and finally had t'dgivc it tip. A bright thought struck tlio clerk of the county. "I'll fix you tfVit !' ' sAid lie, and Young TekA?? jumped a nid, so tickled was he to know thAt he was to be fixed o'lU of the fix he was in. They prdccded to a store closc l?v the office, Attd tliero the county scribe indited the following autograph :? "Republic '6f Texas : To all who shall see this present, greeting. Whereas I, tin undersigned, clerk of thiS county having this morning on though ted ly tied my office key as a clapper into my cow's bell; and Whereat tlie "said cow lias gone astray W paHs unknown, bearing with her the said Key, attd therefore the said key is non in i''en'tdi est?that is, can't bo had : And whereas one Ahner Barnes has made ap .ill??:J- ?- ? < pnuHLiun 10 me ror a marriage license, ant the suid Abner persists that he cannot wail until the cow comes back With tlife key but i.-i cblnpelled by the Violence df his fuel ings and the arrangements already made U get married : Therefore these presents ar< t'rt command any person legally aulhorizei tocelebiate the rites of matrimony to joir iiie said Abner BarncB to Rebecca Downs ; and for doing so this shall bo vour suflicien authority. Given Under my hand and private seal ort the doorstep of my oflicc?the seal ol the offic:e being lot-ked up, and my cow having gono away with tile key?this fourth day of October, A. D., 1838. IIbkrv Osdorn, Clerk." * A Grkat Park is Nkw York.?Th< Central Park of New York promises to bt a grand affair. The whole amount allowed by the Legislature ty be expended in laj'ing it out is $1,500,000. It will contain se ven hundred and seventy acres, one bun dred and fifty of which will be set apart fo a Crotoo reservoir, in liriticipation of th< rapid growth of tlla city, and tile copse ritlo'Hf Htfiidfifliilir fnr nn avIkAiini'l.U vjuvnv kuuvou sj iwi cAiinuaviuic r>U|?|?M of water. Tb'e commissioner!) have already decided thai there' shall be four or more crossings frorrl Ejfist td West, across tin Park j thrft it shrill contain a parade groifm of Odiri twenty td forty acres, three play gl-dUnda oftbfee to ten acres each,, a hal fb'r exhibitions and cotitterts, fin observatory a skating ground, and an indefinite number of fountains. toWer*, en trances,larches, statttaty attd flower gal-dens.?0'n8 tlioU' Rand erne hdndred and twenty men aro on gaged in breaking stone and laying thg slorio vfall that iatd enclose the grounds This wall is to be about six feet In height built of rough atone, btlt very evenly laid Und is principally intended to keep caUli from entering the park. A conftfderabli pcrttion of it is alfefldy constructed. It ii estimated that tile park will be entirely laii Oiit and in eterj completed Tbf the uri of the public ih tbree veil/*, but its talu< #ill,-of coarse4 itigre&so With time. ^ i*<r "Gieorge,JaU arj# .looking vfcry Srrtiling" biU tf?fto4Hed {"?"The most delight fill thing I I caogbt ttif Jenny byaarpriae Tlhi* mornincLin her wrnpttlr, antf without hdopt\ aifd l got the first $j*s I've.had Sine* tfhalebbfle ifcirtA canie ?hto f&bi&n." X ** '* ??r-' * tfj^tqkltest what's the weafcert yau e?er . heard of, 'bmri ina water 17?"Wby. sir, th#-&er now-n-days.1 i tutor weaker than that t %hat diink fo?-rf'*'Mo<fcer Scuttle's tea - - -1_~ - From 1 lie Central Georgian. St. ValontiDe's Day. Sunday, the 14t!i of February, is what u?ed to l>t known when we were a boy as Valentine's day. This would have been considered unfortunate thirty years ago among the young people, as they could not have their quillings, candy pulling*, Ac., unless Saturday or Monday was substituted. We never shall forget llio first occasion of the kind that we wero thought old enough to he allowed an invitation, nor the happy feelings we experienced on tlie reception of our first Vulcntine from Jenny Me a little Irish girl just entered her teens. Tt , was as all of them used to be, folded in the shape'of a fan with serrated edges and divers hearts of various "size eut with elegant precision. '.Vithln its hollowed folds was written divers verses which to U9 had considerable CupidACy about them, such as, ' Roses nrc rod find violets blue, Suqnr's sweet, nnd so are yon, The world is wide, the sea is deep. So in voiir hi?lnvo.l ?rma ?t-n ,f As some of our readers may l>e anxious to know something of the origin of St. Valentine's day and how it came to beset apart for choosing mates for life, we append from the Boston Post all that seems to be known of the subject: Mr. Douce, Whose attainments include more erudition concerning the origin and progress of English customs than any other j atitiqYiarian possesses, must be referred to upon this occasion. lie observes in his "illustrations ofSbakspeare," concerning St. , Valentino's day, lliat "it was iho practice in ancient Koine, during a gre&t part of this month, February, to celebrate the Lupercalia, which were feasts in honor of Pan and Juno, whence the latter deity was named Febrnata, Fobrulis, arid Februlla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of cerei monies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were t drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who ny evurv possuue means enueavorea 10 eradicate tlie vestiges of pagan superstitions, . and chiefly by some communications of r their forms, substiluted, in the present instance, t lie names of particular saints instead 1 of those of ihe women, and as the festival , of the Lupercalia had commenccd about I the middle of February, they appear to have . chosen St. Valentine's day for celebrating I the new feast, because it occurred nearly at . the same time. This is, in part, the opinion I of a learned and rational compiler of the t, "lives oftlio faints," tho Rev. Albat) Butler. It would seem, however, that it was utterly . impossible to extirpate altogether any cere* j tnony to which tho common people had been much nrr.iistorr.pr! n f-ipf it j were easy (o prove in tracing'the oiigiu of , various other popular superstitions. And . accordingly tlie outline of the ancient ceroid monies was preserved, but modified by some adoption to the Christiritt system. It is reasonable to sttpposo tliat the above prac^ tice of choosing mates would gradually become reciprocal in the sexes; and that all persons so chosen would be called Valen5 tines, from the day on which the ceremony took place." i'ORTUNE UP AND UOWN. 1 lie iJOSlOU 3 Ledger, of a late date publishes the follow! ingr ; I In 1787, a yoiltli, then residing in Maine ; owned a jack knife, which be, being of a - somewhat trading and money making dis positibh, sold foh a gallon of West India r rum. This he retailed,and with the pros ceeds he J)UrcliaSed two gallons, and - event ually a brtrhel, which was followed in due v time by a large Mock. In a word ho got rich, and became "Squire of the district through the possession and sale of ihe jacks' knife; ah J rth itidoiiiitablo trailing indusi try; lie died ttorth property in f-eal estate and monp^, fralued at eighty thousand dolI Jars. This toas divided *by tfefttaruent, , among four children?three boys nnd a girl. Luck, which seemed to -have been the i guardian Angel ot the father, deserted the chifdreh ; for fevery folly and extravagance - thej could engage, ih seeriied ?to occupy > their exclusive attention and' cultivation. The daughter married unfor(u?y?tely, nnd , her patrimony was soon thrown atfrt^'by i, lierspcfi'dtHfitt of a htfsb'and. The sons b weffe no more fortunate; and two of them s died of dissipation, and in almost poverty; s The daughter also dfe& The last of the. 1 family, for mfWiy years past, has . lifted on a the kindness of those who knew him id ^iio, * s de^4 6f; f>to?fjerit J, a? ?ride tfOtfld not alfow bitfnb go to the poof fioif-rfi. A feto da^a ago he died, suddenly and Unattended i in a barn where.he had laid hitflself down * i.'iiL JC. lib > *- * ? ; '*" - iu unite n uruuKeu steep. ? vn DM pOOKSU f being examined, ATf that *rnS foiind i/i'tbom , ,w? a MTmir j)iec6 bl .etribg and a jack an itf f>letoMt of that i'md;/oft bfJt lU *itopie duplicate. * We ftL 06 \ drawn, in*whiter faabijn it may- auggegf ^ i* to thr reader?etiulng,v^^ tjjjft. ' . A;' Vv, 1 ' V"! ]?rom Godev's Lady's Book, for February. My Valentine. Give mo a form of modest grace, A well-directed miud, That henda not as the feeble twig, With every changing wind. Give me a cheek where rosc3 red Iilend with the lily hue? A mo.lest blunh, all free from filiates, And joyous, happy, true. Give the a merry, laughing eye, Yet free from guile or art ; Whose earnest glance shall ever bo An index to the heart. And he that heart al! free from stain? Of high and noble aims ; '1 hat oft can feel for others' woe, Or melt at pitty's claims. A lieurt wherein love's holv (tame Shall liurn when troubles lower, To gladden life or clieer the soul In sorrow's darkest ituitr. But better f.ir these, than nil, Religion's Winning rny ShouM guide her through life's gloomy night To an eternal <!ay. Goino to SruuAD IIkiiself."?We find the following "hoop" rolling the rounds of our exchanges; it is fiiom the San Francisco Globe: As n r.Awlir mnn-io/J a?:.U?i1.. from the country, wero promenading Montgomery street last evening, their curiosity was suddenly aroused l?y llio appcarancc of some mysterious looking articles, dangling in a large window. They eyed them with Ihe deepest conrcrn, first on one side then on (he oilier, until :it length the husbnud, having completely exhausted his imaginative powers, drawled out : "Well, Sal, consarn my pieter ef them ain't the cussedest looking things I ever hcarn of." Then twisting himself about, and giving the contents of the window another look, he added, "What on airth kin they be? What do you guess the darned things are ?" " WliV flrm'f rnii t-nmu . ' 1 J? and hoops!" "Do you tell!" ejaculated Jake, softly ? "Them's 'em, is they ?" and he again ran Ins eyes about the strange apparel. "I think they are so sweet," ventured Sal, when, at the same moment, a lady dressed in tho very height and breadth of the fashion rushed along. Jake had seen enough. His mind wns made up. Sal, must liivo '"krincline Without saying a word lie started to enter the store, but was stopped at the door l>y her with all sorts of entreaties not to carry the joke any further. ButJukowas determined. lie had taken a fancy to the goods, and could not rest uutil his better half was supplied with them. She drew hack, but it was of no avail. IIo gathered her arm tightly in his own., and making a long stride into the establishment, exclaimed ? "Come along, old gal.you're my wife now, and cf you shan't spread yourself" Eomund Burke's Idea of Perfect Wife.?She is handsome, but it is not a beauty arising from the features, from complexion, or from shape. Shu has all throe in a high degree, but it is not by these that she touches the heart?it is all that sweetness of temper, benevolenefe, innocence, ami sensibility which a face can express, that forms her beauty. Sh<! has a face that just arouses your attention at first sight; it prows upon you every moment, and you wonder it did tfot more than raise attention at first. Iler eyes have a mild lipht, but awe when she pleases, I lie v command. Iik?> a good Mail put of oilice, not by authority, Imt l?y tirture. lier stature is not tall she is hot tinule to be I lie admirations of every One, but the happiness of one. Slie has the firmness that does not exclude delicacy? all the softness that dood not imply weakness. Her voice is soft, low music, not formed to rule in public assemblies, but to charm those who can distinguish a companny from a crowd ; it has its advantage, you must come close to hear it. To desacriibe her body, describe her mind?one is the transcript of the other, lier under-1 standing is not shown in the variety of matter it everts iUolf iipou, but* the goodness of tl?e choice slie makes. Her politeness flows rather from a natural disposition to oblige, than any rules on that object, and therefore nevqr fails to strike those who understand good breeding, hnd those who do not. 1 * *"* TiIb Medicine op Lauohtek:?"It is recorded of Dr. Griffin, (says a writer in the "Atlantic."^ that. wlli>n rtf ?lw. Andbver Theological Seminary, he convpn ed the siqdenls at his room one evening, njjd told them he had observed that they were nil growing thfn and dyspcptical from a ?egltct of the etercis? of Christain laughter, ritid fia insisted upon it that they should go thrO'&gh rf c^npany-d^l in it then, and there. The doctor *ns an: immense manover nix feet irt "with" * great amplitude of cheat, and iflosj; magmteriaf manner#. uH?re," said he ta the firnt; ^)yoti ittyst practice; not*' bear me F* and^bureUng:out into a sooOro&a laugh, he fairl* obliged his pu_JI. i * ' # m?, uiio UY WHO, W j?in, nil iqp wnoie W?re ni most'convulsed, 4Th?t wjll do fat onto,"' md the doctor, rAbd nt>w mind you keep in practice V i ? , . * ? -.. &?* ** * * A fcfcriHeman ddrertW' <bf ihformatiori Tb|g is almost worpoffa, Mrent^Adveri The Englishman's Snuff-Box. . The French papers have not, under tjie influorico of the allience, ceased, to have their j<>koa upon Knglishmaii, and one of the drollest is told as follows, by the Union Bretoiim*, from which we translate it: ? Lord C. well known for his eeoentricitiel,1!:; v went lately to the establishment of one of our most celebrated workers in fancv nrti oles. l,f want you to make me,'' paid lie, a ptmir iniX with a view of my chateau on (bo lid 'it is very easily done," was tho reply, "If my lord will furnish ine with the design." "I will ; but I want also, at tho cntranco of my chateau, a niche in which there shall be a dog." "That, 'oo, shall bo provided," answered the workman. "Hut I want also, that some means should bo contrived by which, as soon as any ono look* at tin: d?.>g, lio shall go bach into tho niche, mid only reappear when bo is no longer looked at. The workman looked inquiringly, as if to ascertain whether his customer was not the victim of some mistification. Reassured by his examination, and like a clever man, understanding how to take advantage <lf t hn 1)0 cniil I r\ (Ita ielimnn " ' l,y ",v "UB' 'cum'tn "What you ask of mo ia very hard to comply with ; such a suuffbox will be very expensive ; it will cost you a thousand crowns.'' "Very well ; I will pay you a thousand crowns." "Then, my lord, it shall bo made according to your wishes, and in a month I shall have the honor of delivering it 'to you " , . A month later the workman presented himself to Lord 0. ' My lord," said he, "here is Your snuffbox." Lord C. took it, examined it, and sai<\ "That is my chateau with its turrets^ and. there is the uiclio by the door-way: Bull see no clog." "Did not your lordship," said tho workman, "sav that you wished tho dog tc^' dia-" appear when he was looked at ?" "I did," replied his lordship. "And that he should reappear when he was no longer looked at ?" "That is true, also," was tho reply. "Well," said the workman, "you aro looking at it, and the dog has gone into the niche. Put the box in your pocket, and * the dog will reappear immediately/' Lord C. reflected a moment, and, then exclaimed,'.'All right, all right." lie put the box in his pocket, and took out of hist nncL-i'l.lmfiL- l>onL- fiillc r\f n (lmimon/1 francs each, and handed them to the skilful workman. ITowtoImprove American IIcsba.nds:: ?"The American husbands cultivates too' little those ornamental qualities .which afi dearer to women than house, dress, furiiiUire, or costly apparels. lie is deficient in imagination, and therefore lacks that element of romance, without which it is difficult to retain, however it may havo been acquired, a lasting hold upon the affections tif woman. "Every woman Would like to regard her husband as a hero; and when, after several years, intimate association, she wafe tiffty tho fact llijit lier male companion is merely a common-place ready-reckoner, utterly deficient in sympathy with all Iter : finer feelings and her nublest hopes and asplra-" '.ions, she feels as one suddenly Wakened from a dream ; and tho itliiSt tlifncefortH sink down into a homeless household drudge; or open other sources of SVmpalhy. Sh& has been imposed on?she feels it; nnd if, meanwhile, the grosser nattire of the husband lias driven hitfl alSb tb look for other channels of enjoyrherif, you can readily see that unless the wife is fortunate in providing; f.ir herself and for her more aspiring and and hopeful nature the means of rocovern^ her disappointed nfieetions, there must , i e a now recruit added to the army who take rank as sharers in the unexplained mystery of unhappy marriage. A thorough' yearly or monthly reading oP'The Arabian' Nights'* would restore many a husband 16' the heart of his desparing wife?provided that he had the heart and the imagination' ot enjoy them. Male and Fcsialr Capaijilitt or Wouk :?"Nothing is so hard to woman as a long, sternly strugle. In nrfatters physi-' cal this is the thing tho muscles.of the fair i> cannot stand. In mntters intellectual and* moral,the long strain it is that beats therrf I)n lint Irwrfct* partano n Va??/ ........ V w livv IVVU _ IVI M lyilVWIinj c* XlQIf" tuna, a IlandelfA; a Victoria Huga; Some * American ladifi tell us* education litf* Stepped tlio growth of these. fto ! itfesdarmfe*;' These are not in nature. They can' babble letters in ten minutes that " yoq codld "no' more deliver to order in ten dftffc than * rirer can play*lik<S ft fountain. Tljey can ? sparkfe gems*of stories ;.they*c*'ri flash like diamonds of poems; The entire* sex batf; never produced one opera-flor oneepio'that ' mankind could tQlerate a tfriiVute ] and ijliy i thpfifi cntnn h? Innw -J ?..6,. ...gw ?b<U?g IOUUI' Gut weak as they are in everything bnt the affections, (an.cj there they are giants,J they are all:overf)owing? while their- ga\Iop lists* r FragelU Shall dance ariy ttfb tjf Jouf fla^orf the dbftf' before four' ^ciobk,Ad thetV , dance onjtill peep <jf day, You tVUn^ft off to your business, as usual, and coQttf. daa.ce again the neoft night, aad~jK>' 6tt thfoifeh V countless age*, 1 She *h> Vfitt$^.you '\aW nr>f liinrr i? S?* ' IWIinl 0 : " T ^ " 4,M'"WU j??>/ wvwuwi wrtlfa huifiacbe." ^ * ', , % i$ Jv-'-ffl i,' ^iW'flg. W/" ., / *I^#Ayp^4:^attrie^fcl^wr' ?aid an exultant,politician io om~''o?r . Wastern Stated,]^ * ratto jbeife* 'ber of the'defeated party'. said (1(6 latter, "we feci ft lit in Lw.rnfr when lie was licked by dogs." \