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| jgg” A correspondent who signs herself our
"little friend May Myrtle,’' incloses the following
lines in a very pretty and modest little note, in
which she deprecates unfavorable mention in
our “answers to correspondents,” and entreats
us, if we think the lines “trashy” and unworthy
j of publication, to “destroy them without any
. notice.” She says she is. “simply a school girl,
a that wrote the verses because she could not
help it,” and almost asks to be forgiven for hav-
ing written them. Wo forgive you “May,” upon
condition that you send us some more verses,
written “a purpose,” and that you tell us at
once your real name. It is against our rule to
publish anything that purports to be original,
without knowing the author's name. We have
broken our rule as a special compliment to your
/ verses, which we like very much. But we will
not insert any others from you, nor think that
L you are treating us fairly, unless yon tell us who
May Myrtle is. Well keep your secret faithful
-3 ly; but you need not be ashamed of your
| poetry:
* TWILIGHT - MUSING 6.
, ’Tis the hour of pensive twilight:
All alone, I musing sit,
Sadly, fondly, letting mem'ry
L, 'Mid the scenes of childhood flit!
Happy vlsjons, blissful moments,
) All come thronging back to mind—
Friends, the dearest, now departed,
o I, alone, am left behind!
First of all, my angel mother,
v Bending low In evening prayer!
And beside her kneels her daughter—
Ah 1 again I'm kneeling there 1
? Then appears a joyous troop of •
. Girlhood's early friends—how fair!
Gone already arc they 1 where note t
Echo sadly answers, “Where P’
4 Pome—they left me while so happy—
By the mower, Death, struck down:
i And some fled me at the coming, <
First approach of Fortune's frown.
Now, there conies another vision
On me, through me, sweetly stealing,
, And it fills me—oh, how sadly 1
With a strange, delicious feeling!
L ’Tis of one who now is sleeping,
" Sleeping 'ncath the ocean's foam,
Snatched a’fray in youth's “sweet spring time"—
1 Hurried to a heavenly home 1
Still I hear the well known footstep—
j Still I see the beaming eye—
And in twilight's darkening shadows,
Oft 1 fancy he is nigh 1
Often to me, thna, in twilight,
Come the beings of the mind,
Saying to me—oh, how sadly I
‘Thou, alone, art left behind 1”
' Yet I feel the time is hastening,
When, with all the loved of yore,
( I shall meet again in heaven.
And be happy evermore!
/ Mat Myrtle.
ENGLISH BIBLE TRANSLATIONS. •
I The following list of the different bible ver
sions oftho English Scriptures, is extracted from
the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge:
L Wickliffe's Bible. —Tins was the first transla
tion made into the language. It was translated
by John Wickliffe, about the year 1530, but
f never .printed, though there are manuscript
copies of it in several oftho public libraries.
Tyndale's Bible. —The translation by Wm.
Tyndale, assisted by Miles Coverdale, was the
, first printed bible in the English language. The
New Testament was published in 1526. It was
: revised and re-published in 1530. In 1532,
' Tyndale and his associates finished the whole
Bible, except the Apocrypha, and printed it
t abroad.
Matthew's Bible. —While Tyndale was prepar
ing a second edition of his bible, he was taken
up and burned for heresy at Flanders. On his
death, Coverdale and John Rogers revised it,
and added a translation to the Apocrypha, It
l was dedicated to Henry VIII., in 1536, and was
' printed at Hamburg, under the borrowed namo
of Thomas Matthew, whence it was called Mat
s thew’s bible.
Cranmer's Bible. —This was the first bible
printed by authority in England, and publicly
set up in the churches. It was Tyndale’s ver
sion, revised by Coverdale, and examined by
Cranmer, who added a preface to it, whence it
i was called Cranmer’s bible. It was printed by
i Craflon, one of the largest volumes published in
1540. After being adopted, suppressed and
i restored under successive reigns, a new edition
was brought out in 1562.
The Geneva Bible. —Some English exiles at
1 Geneva, in Queen Mary’s reign, viz: Coverdale,
Goodman, Gjlbe, Sampson, Cole, Whitting and
Knox, made a new translation, which was print
ed there in 1560. Hence it was called the Ge
\ neva bible. It was much valued by the Puritan
party. In this version the first distinction of
C verses was made. It went through some
twenty editions.
The Bishop's Bible. —Archbisb Parker engaged
• bishops and other , learned men to bring out a
new translation. They did so in 1568, in large
folio. It made what was afterwards called the
Bishop’s bible. In 1569 it was published inoc
( tavo, in small but fine black letter. In it the
chapters were divided into verses, but without
( any breaks for them.
Matthews Parker's Bible. —The Bishop’s bible
underwent some corrections, and was printed in
! large folio, 1572, and Called Matthew Parker’s
bible. This version was used in the churches
1 for forty years.
The Douay Bible. —The New Testament was
( brought out by the Roman Catholics, in 1664,
and called the Romanisli New Testament. It
f was condemned by the Queen of England, and
copies were seized by her authority and destroy
ed. In ICO9 and 1610, the Old Testament was
f added, and the whole published at Douay; hence
called the Douay bible.
> King James' Bible. —This version, now in use,
. was brought out by King James’ authority in
1611. Fifty learned men were employed to ac
omplish the work of revising. From death o r
J other causes, seven of them failed 'to enter upon
it. The remaining forty-seven were ranged un
der six divisions, and had different portions of
* the Bible assigned to these divisions. They
entered upon their task in' 1607. After some
> three or four years of diligent labor, the whole
was completed. This version was generally
adopted, and other versions fell into disuse. It
has continued in use for nearly two hundred
years.
Thirty negroes recently emancipated in west
j ern Virginia, started to Norfolk via Petersburg,
en route for Liberia, under the control of the
> Agent of the Colonization Society. Only twen
ty arrived, the others having escaped and re-
turned, preferring the slavery of Virginia to the
freedom.
I XRX SOVSXS&R VXXX.S ill FXJUSSXBJg.
PERSONAL.
History of Gov. Troup. —The manuscript of
the histoty’ of this celebrated Georgian has been
placed by the author, Judge E. J. Harden, in the
hands of the publisher, Mr. E. J, Purse. The
work has been prepared with great care, and an
immense amount of labor expended in searching
over old documents bearing upon the subject It
will embrace the most cventftil period of the his
tory of our state, and be a valuable addition to
our literature, The volume will be over five
hundred pages, and, every part of it, of Georgia
production, It is a just tribute to one of our
State’s most prominent sons, that his name and
actions should be rescued from oblivion, and
placed by one, so well qualified, in a position
where succeeding generations may be familiar
with his history. —-. Savannah Republican.
The Rational Intelligencer has published a letter
from W, Marshall Anderson, of '‘Seven Oaks,
near Cireleville, Ohio,” in which he states that,
in his youth, he heard Gen. Jackson say, in reply
to a direct question from his father, “ Gen. Jack
son, where were you bom ?” His reply was, “ I
was bom, sir, at sea, off the coast of North Ca
rolina, about fifteen miles from shore.” Such
was the question—such the answer. .
Mr. Tom Jones, the Ohio sculptor, has com
pleted a design of a monument to lie placed on
Gibraltar Rock, Put-in Bay, in commemoration
of the Battle of Lake Erie. The Ohio State
Journal says that “ the monument will be one
hundred and sixty feet high, which, with the
forty of the island, (on which it is to be erected,)
give an altitude of two hundred feet.
The statue to bo erected in New Orleans to
the memory of Mr. Clay, will be finished by the
eighty-third anniversary of his birth. Mr. Hart
is the modeler and Mr. Maler the caster in clay.
The former will produce it in marble.
The Charleston Chess Club have extended a
cordial invitation to Paul Morphy to visit that
city on his way to New Orleans.
The indomitable Cyras is again in the field,
with regard to the Trans-Atlantic
which, as a transaction, has been at sea with
itself and the world. The Herald intimates that
Mr. Field means to leave for London in a short
time, and that he expresses himself very san
guine on the final completion to all its functions
of the suspended cable. Another summer, how
ever, must pass before anything can be done.
One of the French Generals now in Sardinia
is a character. Gen. Bourbaki, of the Zouaves,
says the Courier de Paris, stormed the city of
Zaatcha, during the war in Algeria, at the head
of his troops iu white kid gloves and patent lea
ther boots. He brandished a stick in his hands,
and marched to the cannon’s mouth with a segar
between his teeth.
Lucifer, he of the matches, is gone to—the
other world. He died lately—we mean honest
John Walker, chemist, of Stockton, England,
and inventor of lueifer matches—in the town of
his fame, at the ripe age of 78. A journal of the
neighborhood, nothing this important man’s
demise, remarks that the match discovery was
made by him while experimenting with various
chemical substances, and for a considerable
time he realized a handsome income from the
sale of his matches in boxes at Is. 6d. each.
The Post, in its notice of Humboldt’s death,
reminds us that the great deceased was bora the
same year as the Duke of Wellington, Napoleon
1., Stuart Lord Castlereagh, George Cuvier,
Chateaubriand, Sir Thomas Lawrence, John
Quincy Adams, Brannel, the civil engineer;
Tallien the revolutionist and Mehemet Ali of
Egypt.
The late Dr. Lardner was cruelly cut up by
Mr. Thackeray—who has since ingeniously con
fessed that he had never even seen him when
he wrote the satire in "The Yellowpluslj Papers, ”
in Fraser. He figures, also, as Diabolus Gander,
the scientific projector, in Warren’s notable life
novel of “ Ten Thousand a Year.”
The incorporation of the Kane Monument
Association held a preliminary meeting, at the
rooms of the Geographical Society, last Wednes
day evening. It is estimated that the cost of
the monument will not exceed $15,000. Three
thousand dollars worth of stone have been pre
sented by the President of the Albert Free Stone
Company, of Nova Scotia. It is designed to
have a bronze statue of Dr. Kane, in citizen’s
dress, life size. On the sides of the base there
will be busts of Henry Grinnell, George Peabody,
and Sir John Franklin. The Committee on Art
and Design are Hi§|fs, (1) Elliott, Kensett, and
Palmer. The Association has nearly five hun
dred members. The m«ins for the monument
are to be raised by a series of lectures on science
and literature. The site has not yet been
decided upon.
CuEsa —From the exploits and triumphs of
Paul Morphy in Europe,” we select the following
items, which we know will be interesting to all
lovers of the noble game of Chess.
MORPHY’S LOCAL MEMORY.
When I brought him the news that Anderssen
had left Breslau, Herr Mayet having written me
to that efleet, Morphy said to me, “ I have a
positive chess fever coming over me. Give me
the board and pieces, and I’ll show you some of
Anderssen’s games.” And with his astounding
memory, he gave me battle after battle with
different adversaries, variations and all. How
he dilated on a certain game between him and
Dufresne, in which, though under the mate, he
first of all sacrifices his Queen, and after seven
or eight moves, forces his opponent to resign.—
“ There,” said Morphy, “ that shows the mas
ter.”
What wonderment he has caused with his
omnipotent memory! I have seen him sit for
hours at the Divan and the Regence, playing
over, not merely his own battles, but the con
tests of others, till the spectators could scarcely
believe their senses. It will be remembered by
many of my readers, that when Mr. Staunton
published the eight blindfold games played at
Birmingham, he omitted some twenty or thirty
of the concluding moves in the game with the
Rev. Mr. Salmon. When he had been two
months in Paris, Herr Lowenthal wrote me to
request that I would forward him the remaining
moves, as there was a desire to have the parlie
complete. It was nearly midnight, and Morphy
had gone into his bedroom, after dictating me
some games played during the day, and, mindful
of nerr L.’s request, I called to him, asking
whether he was coming back, when ho replied
that he was already in bed. I said I should be
obliged if he would let me bring him a board
and light, in order that he might dictate me the
required moves, when he answered, “ There’s
no necessity for that: read me over what Staun
ton published, and I’ll give you the remainder.”
He called over the omitted moves as fast as I
could write them down.
James Belt, one of the discoverers of the
Mammoth Cave, died a Kentucky a few days
ago, aged 54 years.
A private letter from our minister to Austria
says that ex-President Pierce, who has been so
journing in Vienna, left there op the 12th of May.
EUROPEAN SUMMARY.
■ The steamship City of Washington arrived at
New York on Monday’, bringing Liverpool dates
to the 25th June. We subjoin a copious sum
mary of the intelligence:
The first regular battle took place on the 21st
of May, the Austrians having previously assailed
Casteggio, and occupied Montebello. There are
several different dispatches in regard to this
event, but they are all pretty much the same in
effect.
The following from the Paris Monitenr is the
most explicit:
Alessandria. May 21.—The Austrians, about
15,000 strong, attacked tli» advanced posts of
Marshl Baraguay d’Hilliers. They were driven
back by Gen. Forey’s division, which behaved
admirably, and carried the village of Montebello
(already celebrated) after a fierce combat of four
hours’ duration.
The Piedmontese cavalry, commanded by Gen
eral Sonnaz, displayed extraordinary energy.
We have made 200 prisoners, one of whom is
a Colonel.
We have from 500 to 600 killed and wounded.
General of Brigado Beuret, (Infantry) and Com
mandant Duchet, are killed. Colonels Guyot de
Lespart, de Bellefonds, Conseil Dumesnil, and
Commandants Sacretelle and de Ferussac, are
wounded.
The affair does great honor to Gen. Forey,
who displayed as mueli skill as bravery.
The Austrians are in full retreat since last
evening. The loss of the enemy exceeds 2,000
men.
The Emperor left to-day for Voghera, and vis
ited the hospitals where the Austrian wounded
have been taken, with the Freneli, and receive
the same care.
The following is the official bulletin issued by
the Austrian governments
Vienna, May 22.—0 n the 20th inst, General
Stadion pushed forward a reconnoisance by a
forced march towards Teglio and Montebello,
but after a hot fight with a French force of su
perior strength, retreated behind the Po.
The official Austrian correspondence of the
21st contains the following authentic communi
cation on the subject—
“On the 20th inst General Stadion sent out
a reconnoitering party to learn the strength and
position of the enemy’s right wing. Tho Aus
trians advanced towards Teglio and Montebello
where they met the enemy in superior force.
After a very severe conflict General Stadion
drew back his troops in perfect order to the left
bank of the Po, after having, however, forced
the enemy to employ his whole strength.”
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times says that the Austrian force consisted of
three brigades, and their loss was nearly about
the same as that of the French.
The Paris Patrie says that the troops engag
ed on the side of the allies consisted of 5,000
French only, and one Sardinian cavulry regiment.
The Debates says General Forey’s division was
composed of 1 regiments of the line and the 6th
batallion of Horace Chasseurs.
The Nord alleges that the French numbered
8,000 men, exclusive of the regiment of Sardi
nian cavalry. *
The Sardinian Government had issued the fol
lowing bulletins in regard to a second battle.
Turin, May 21.—T0 day, the extreme left of
our army under General Cialdini, forced a pas
sage over the Sesia, near Vercilli, in an admira
ble manner. The enemy was put to hight, leav
ing officers and privates as prisoners, together
with arms, wagons, and horses in our hands.”
‘‘Turin, May 22.—General Cialdini, wishing to
take possession of the end of the bridge of Ver
cili, which adjoined the left bank of the river, in
orderly that means to protect the construction
of another bridge over the Sesia, moved forward
two columns, which, after having passed the riv
er, joined at the same point the columns which'
crossed near Sesia on the side next Albino, was
attacked by the Austrians in great force, and
sustained a fierce conflict at a place called Villa
ta. The enemy was, however, routed, and our
troops established themselves in Borgo Veroelli;
the other column crossed the Sesia near Cappu
cini Veeclii; and, after having surprised two com
panies of the enemy, remained at that place.—
Our loss is insignificant ) but that of the Aus
trians is considerable. The Modenese, after hav
ing spiked their cannon, evacuated Pulla last
night, and retreated to Givizzino.”
“ Turin, May 23.—Yesterday the enemy ap
peared in great force at Palestro, with the object
of obstructing the march of the reconnoitering
party, which had taken the direction of the Sesia
bj> order of the King of Sardinia. The enemy’s
artillery was. however, silenced in every part.
Tho Austrians have shot an entire family of
eight persons, iu whose house Austrian guns had
been found. The French have occupied Casteg
gio, where they are fortifying themselves. Yes
terday Prince Napoleon took his departure for
Leghorn.”
A dispatch dated Vienna, May 23d, says:
“At noon on the 21st inst., about 15,000 of
the Franco-Sardinian army attacked our troops,
numbering 3,000, at Vereelli. Our men retreat
ed, fighting, to Oriengo. At this place two other
Austrian brigades hurried to the rescue, and
threatened the_ enemy’s flanks, which retired
across the Sesia to the western side of the
river.”
The Austrian government has issued the fol
lowing official bulletin, dated:
“Vienna, May 24.—« The Sardo-French troops
have retreated across the Sesia to the western
bank of the river at Borgo. At Vereelli, a Pied
montese squadron of dragoons has been pul to
flight by an Austrian reconnoitering party. —
Granadi had entered Varese yesterday evening
with 6,000 men.” •
The blockade of Venice and of the adjoining
coast, was announced to the Austrian Command
er on the 21st ult.
A telegraph dispatch, dated Berne, May 23,
sayß: “Garibaldi is about to pass the Ticino.
He arrived to-day at Sesto Calende .with 4,000
men. The Swiss Federal Diet is preparing heavy
ordnance for arming the fortifications of Suzien
steig, Bellinzona and St. Maurice.”
Prince Napoleon and a small French force had
arrived at Leghorn, for the purpose, probably,
of supporting the Sardinian authority in Tuscany.
Prince Napoleon, on arriving at ad
dressed the Italians as follows: “ The Emperor
sends one to assist you in the war against your
enemies—the oppressors of Italy. My mission
is exclusively of a military nature. I shall not
occupy myself with your internal organization.
The sole ambition of Napc:eon 111 is to liberate
Italy; to enable her to ma> e for herself a free
constitution, and thus to strengthen the balanco
of-power in Europe.” *
Berne, May 25.—1 tis reported from Lttgano
that Gen. Garibaldi, with his five thousand men,
had barricaded himself in the town of Varese,
but is without cannon. The Austrians posted
in Varese are, on the other side, provided with
artillery, and a fight has commenced.
Trieste, May 25.—Up to the day before yes
terday the Commander of Venice had received
no notice from the enemy declaring the town to
be in a state of blockade.
Paris, Thursday, May 26.—The Montieur pub
t lislies the following dispatch:
i Alessandria, May 25, Evening.—The Empe
ror passed several hours at Voghera. Nothing
i® yet decided Respecting the departure of’the
1 troops.
i Kossuth had addressed another large meeting
i in favor of the neutraliry of England, at Man
i Chester. He intimated that he should probably
1 soon be in his native country.
The Times alludes to designs on the part of
’ the Yicerov of Egypt to take advantage of any
disturbance which may arise in Turkey, for the
, purpose of obtaining, if not independence, at
least a larger measure of authority-. It then
goes on to say that the influence of France for
the moment is supreme, but that England will
allow no trifling in the matter. The slightest
sign of a disposition to evade the treaty of 1840,
it adds, will braig upon the Viceroy the whole
of England’s power. We hold Malta and Cor
fu on the one side, Bombay and Aden on the
the other, and fleets and armies will advance
from either quarter to bring an ambitious ruler
to reason.
An extraordinary meeting of the Atlantic Tel
egraph Company had been called to approve the
heads of a provisional arrangement made with
the Government. Authority is to l»e asked for
the creation of new eapitel to the extent of six
hundred thousand pounds, in preference shares
of five pounds each.
Alluding to the rumored alliance between
Russia and France, Lord Derby said that the
Government has received repeated and positive
assurances from Prince Gortsehakoff that no
such treaty existed, and that the written memo
randum which bad been exchanged between the
Russian and French Government in no way af
fected the interests of this country’.
France. —The Moniteur contains the announ
cement that a note had been sent to foreign
Government to the effect that the commerce of
neutral States will be respected, and the princi
ples laid down at the Paris Congress observed;
pledges the French Government to the protocol
annexed to the treaty of Paris, which enacts that
privateering is and remains abolished, that the
neutral flag covers enemy’s goods, with the ex
ception of contraband of war; and that neutral
goods with the exception of contraband of war,
are not liable to capture under an enemy’s flag;
and that blockades, in order to be binding, must
be effective, that is, must be maintained by a
force sufficient realty to prevent access to the
coast of the enemy.
Marseilles, May 25.—Some Austrian prison
ers have arrived here.
Naples. —The King of Naples died on the af
ternoon of the 22nd ult.
The Naples correspondent of the London
Times states that the Neapolitan government had
mode overtures to England for a reconciliation,
and that they had been responded to in a friendly
spirit
The London Post announces that England
was about to send Sir James Hudson on a mis
sion to Naples, and that France and Sardinia
were also about to send Diplomatic representa
tives.
Austria. —The Times Vienna correspondent
believes there will be little or no change in the
foreign policy of Austria. She will endeavor to
mako friends with. Russia, but will not offend
Germany or the Porte. Accounts from Hungary
are extremely alarming, and there must, sooner
or latter, be serious disturbances if concessions
are not made. The country is full of Russian
agents, who act almost openly.
Prussia. —The Vienna correspondent of the
Times says it was credibly reported that Prus
sia would soon place one Corps d’Armee on the
lower Rhine, and two on her eastern frontier.
Turkey. — A Constantinople letter asserts
positively that a general insurrection movement
is being organized throughout all the slave prov
inces in the Turkish Empire. It is supposed to
be favored by foreigu influence. The Turkish
government is doing all in its pqwer to prevent
the danger.
The Emperor of Russia is said to have written
an autograph letter to the Sultan filled with ex
pressions of friendship, disavowing all ideas of
aggression, and assuring him that he will take
care that the events passing in Europe shall in
no way affect his interest.
New York, June 9.—The steamship Africa
has arrived at this port. She brings dates from
Liverpool to Saturday, May 28th..
It is announced that there is a popular rising
in Parma in favor of Sardinia.
The Austrians profess their satisfaction at the
result of the battle at Moutibello.
Gen. Guilay says the loss of the Austrians
was 290 killed; 718 wounded, and 283 missing;
aud states that the French army numbered 40,-
000, but abstained from a pursuit.
A war excitement is getting high in the south
ern part of Germany.
Kossuth is soon expected at Genoa, and his
plan is to create a revolt in Hungary, and it is
said his policy and plans are approved by Nap
oleon and the King of Sardinia.
Garribaldi was at Como,' and volunteers were
joining him.
Portugal has declared her neutrality.
All the steamers on the lake of Como are in
possession of Garribaldi.-
The Austrians made a rapid retreat from
Lucano on the 28th May, and were pursued by
Garribaldi. They appear to be withdrawing to
wards Milan.
Another dispatch says, that after a furious
fight Garribaldi entered Como, and the combat
was renewed at Camerlosta. The Austrians
again gave way and retreated.
An Austrian war, steamer had cannonaded
Cunnobia, on lake Maggiore, but without-much
effect.
A dispatch from Berlin on Saturday, says:—
“Advices from Florence announce that Russia,
Prussia, England and Turkey, have not recog
nised the provisional government of Tuscany.”
The Paris Pays of 28th May, says the Aus
trians on yesterday re-entered Lombardy. The
same paper says that England is endeavoring to
renew diplomatic relations with Naples, but only
on the condition that France does the same.
Prince Napoleon and a small French force had
arrived at Leghorn, for the purpose, probably,
of supporting the Sardinian authority in Tusca
ny.
Prince Napoleon on arriving at Leghorn ad
dressed the Tuscans as follows : ‘‘The Empe
ror sends me to assist you in the war against
your enemies, the oppressors of Italy. My mis
sion is exclusively of a military nature. I shall
not occupy myself with your organic
tion. The sole ambition of Napoleon 111. ”
liberate Italy, to enable her to make for ty' ae r , a
free constitution and thus to strengthe l ‘“ e bal '
ance of power in Europe.
Venice is said to be quite safe f J Hn all danger
of the French attack. The chf- 1110 * 3 ~,^ t Ines
are difficult of approach, and*»^ w many of them
are blocked up with sunk' 4 ships, while vessels,
laden with stones lie ree-tf to shut up the remain
ing courses; gums n large caliber, too, com
mand all the harbor obstacles.
■
Life After Burial.— A singular occurrence*
says the Albany- Knickerbocker, of the 27th ult,
was discovered in a vault attached to one of our
burial grounds, on Saturday last. It was that
of a female, who was deposited therein for dead,
some two months since, being found, on opening
the coffin, to be lying on her side with one hand
under her head. From that it was evident the
woman was alive when placed there, and awak
ing from the trance into which she had fallen,
endeavored to extricate herself from her entomb
ment. This, of course, was an impossibility; •
the cover was not only screwed down ‘tightly,
but the space-was too contracted to allow of even
on effort. It was evident, however, that the
unfortunate woman became convinced of tliis
fact, and concluded to die. She therefore took
the easy posture in which she was found, and
breathed her last. The thought that they had
buried her while yet alive, set her friends almost
crazy. The father and mother of the deceased
had just arrived from the old country last week,
and were brought to the vault to see their child.
Tne scene is related as heart rending.
— hi
A HUNDRED TEARS AGO.
A great many events occur in a hundred years.
Within that time America has leaped forth into,
the astonishing power it is. One hundred years
ago, says an exchange, there was not a single
white man in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illi
nois Territories. Then what is now the most
flourishing part of America was as little known
as the country around the mountains of the
moon. It was not until 1769 that the “ Hunter
of Kentucky,” the gallant and adventurous
Boone, left his home in North Carolina to become
the first settler in Kentucky. The first pioneer
in Ohio did not settle until twenty years after i
tliisjtime. A hundred years ago, Canada belong
ed to France, the whole population of the United )
States did not exceed a million and a half of
people. A hundred years ago the great Frede- ,
erick of Prussia was performing those great ex
ploits which have made him immortal in mili- (
itary annals, and with his little monarchy was
sustaining a single-handed contest with Russia,
Austria and Frimce—the three great Powers of )
Europe combined. A hundred years ago Napo
leon was not born, and Washington was a young ]
and modest Virginia Colonel,and the great events '
in the lystory of the two worlds, in which these
two great but dissimilar men took leading parts, *
were then scarcely foreshadowed. A hundred (
years ago the United States were the most loyal
part of tl?e British Empire, and on the political
horizon no speck indicated the struggle which, J
within a score of years thereafter, established
the greatest Republic in the world. A hundred >
years ago there were but four newspapers in
America; steam engines had not been imagin
ed, and railways and telegraphs and telegrams
had not entered into the remotest conception of j
man. When we come to look back at it through
the vista of history, we find that to the century
which has passed have been allotted more im- /
portant events in their bearing upon the happi
ness of the world than almost any other which v
has elapsed since the creation. A hundred
years hence, what will be the development ? It
is past finding out, except one thing, a thought
which astonished Xerxes when he stood upon j
Mount Atlios—all, with but few exceptions, now
living, will be dead!
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What a Good Periodical May Do. —Show
us an intelligent family of boys and girls, and 1
we sliall show you a family where newspapers
and periodicals are plentifid. Nobody who has c
been without these silent private tutors can know
their educating power for good or evil, Have \
you'never thought of the innumerable topics of
discussion which they suggest at the breakfast
table, the important public measures with which, f
thus early, our children become familiurly ac
quainted ; great philanthropic questions of the h
day, to which unconsciously their attention is
awakened, and the general spirit of intelligence c
which is evoked by these quiet visitors ? Any
thing that makes home pleasant, cheerful and
chatty, thins the haunts of vice, and the thous
and and one avenues of temptation* should cer
tainly be regarded, when wc consider its influ- /
ence ou the minds of the young, as a great moral ,
find social blessing.— Emerson. w
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Churches. —New York is distinguished for r
tlte number and beauty of its church edifices, and .
many of them are models of architectural ele- 7
ganee. There are 275,churches within the lim
its of this city. They may be classtfled as fol- -
lows: —Presbyterian, 54 ; Episcopal, 52; Meth- *
odist, 38 ; Baptist, 30; Roman Catholic, 26 ; <
Dutch Reformed, 21; Jewish synagogue, 17 ; &|
Miscellaneous, 17 ; Congregation, 6; Universal
ist, 4 ; Unitarian, 3; Friends, 3 ; Second Advent. r
2 ; Swedenborgian, 1; Primitive Christian, 1.
A Great Railroad.—The Now York Cantral
Railroad has two hundred and twenty locomo- f
motives, two thousand freight and passenger
cars, averages ten thousand passengers, and J
takes in thirty-eight thonsand dcdlars per day. §
It is four hundred miles in length.
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The censys to be taken next year will show $
the population of the United States to be over
30,000,000.
Leaflet for the Grave of Mn. Moderwel. J
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child might'sleep!-The lofty brow, calm and set* - ®; r
the finely chiseled features tell of repose. Y‘*s 8 “ e ,
sleeps that long "dreamless sleep”—so quiet, gr«ntvnse
ly still. . . T
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sound enter there! Thf din of earth V® ct ‘A*®a; and j
now she hears celestial music—the -° ,cc of harpers p,
harping on their harps”—it is th- n< T 8on e> sun S /
“ before the throne,” tnat charms ,cT now • c
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No to-mornrw.
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