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I.i ttcrs to the 3*liti)r unles?.-^ eoutainiri^ money in sums 31 /-’/'re irs or o er, must eome free of postai,a^ or th(; amount p-uu it the o ic«here will be eharf'»-d to tht; writer in ev»Ty m.stanee, an^ p|ItictiMi sa otln-r accounts. ■ I ■■■■ , ran, and supplied by discipilne the abs#»nce of expe rience. As a statesn[ian, he enlarged the policy of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system of general advantage: and such was the wisdom of his views, and the philosophy of his counsels, that to the soldier and the statesman, he almost added the character of the sage. A conqueror, he was un tainted with the crime of blood—a revolutionist, he was free from any stam of treason; for aggression commenced the contest, and a country called him to the command—liberty unsheathed his sword—ne cessity stained, victory returned it. If he had paus ed here, hfstory might doubt what station to assign him: whether head of her citizens or her sol diers—her hero^c»r her patriots. But the last glo rious act crowned his career, and banishes hesita tion. Who. like Washington, after having freed a country, resigned her crown, and retired to a cottage rather than reign in a capitol ? Immortal man ! Me took from the bat’le its crime, and from the con quest its chains—he left the victorious the glory of his selfdenial, and turned upon the vanquished only the retnbution of his mercy. Happy, proud Ame rica! The lightnings of heaven yielded to your Philosophy! 'J’he temptations of earth could not st duct* your patriotistn. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. ONE DROP TOO MUCH OF THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS. An old gentleman with an old wife, and no chil dren, who lived on Longworth street, in this city, was aroused from his bed one night about four weeks ago, by a loud knocking at the street door The ancient pair had always manifested a great fondness for children, and not being blessed with any of their own. were on the best terms imagina ble with those belonging to their moie fortunate neighbors, and whenever a chn^j' tSo} or girl chanced to be in their companj, it was stuffed with sweat-meats, and overwhelmed jwith their unprac tised, and consequently awk'.v.f ^ The neighbors loved •rS Q From I ic ^ew York Mirror. ATF JGTIO.WS JOYS. Like ilie pol’i tlirill i^fortlie broatliiri^ win«l, As o’er .liola's triAg.s it sweetly {)layp, !ove'^; lirst impu ^.|f)ii the yielding mind, Wiien o’er the neon’s Uiit deeper iKriiU AV here love fcr lo\ * h(’y col From the Shores of the Rhine, by Dumas. XAPOLEON BEFORE AND AFTER WATERLOO. GOING TO WATERLOO. We saw two carriages approachiiig, galloping, j’ach with six hors» s. ^i’hey disappeared lor an in _ slai.t m a valley, then rose a^in at a quarter of a I li'cigue’s distance from us. Theri we set oflT, r«m- ning towards the town, crying VEmpcreur ! L’- Llniprreur ! We arrived breathless, and only pre- ! ceding ihe Emperor by some five hundred paces. I I thought he would not siop, whatever might be the I crowd awaiting him, and so made for the post house, I when 1 sunk down half dead with the running, but j at any rate I was there. In a moment appeared, j turning the corner of the street, the foaming horses j j then the postilions all covered with ribbons: then I the carriages themselves, then the people following j the carriages. The carriages slopped at the post. I saw Napoleon I he was dressed in a green coat, I with litlle epauiels, and wore the oflicer’s oross of old man was weeping too the lejjion of honor. ' ' . . i . . . young chqrdt^ it gently nmsic of its voicc, us heart with heart rejoice. '^ '"tnli! S^enerous impulse know, Ol j>ure alleetTof from its source, )r taste the joys v !it^\ from love’s foimtain flow, ^lold t]iMrjr|iit’rinff courec- vma of earth. spit riect wiLli ii*y their li/e conijeal III tkcir bright patifle miii^oyiflytjQji,— But oh, tliere is a wl ISering eiiit^lls, They livt'. lor ages, '-^re lovedwell?. / They live, and o‘er • ur livT' ^ shed. More power than arW^m synipathies can give, Aiul though eacii ol^ heart hath fled, They will the dar ^hoiirs of wo outlive— Serenely Ktill, ' t|i^%ard ills assail, AVithin the hegl^,^'j'>ys prevail. endearments, the oldr* ’Jple, because iht' couple loved their children, enabfed them to save many a Christmas pennyjhat would otherwise have been uselessly buried iniiie bowels of ginger bread houses. And for manj squares around the peculiar propensities of the ahcient pair furnished inexhaustible material for gosjjp. This veneraole couple had long since comtnitfed themselves to the arms of Somnus, on a Dccein^T nifht, from which they were disturbed by a loM rap at the street door; the old gentleman did'oot know what to make of the knock, but knew lhat it made a noise not usually heard in his hoiiseiat one o’clock m the morning—and so he pincheci his wife’s ear and asked her what it was. The blcl laJy thought that he had better get up and sec. He slipped out of the bed into his slippers and pants, and went down stairs to the door, whi^h he opened, and in it traced a dark shadow on the lighter darkness, a female form with a bundle in her arms. The gentleman asked her what she v/anled, and the young lady (for such by her voice she seemed tOtbe,) satd she was an unfortunate w’oman, tha modern aaeaning of which the old gentleman did not understand—of course. He said he felt sorry for her—read her a brief moral lecture, from memory—and said that Heaven would never desert the virtuous. The night was cold—the old man was thinly clad—he shivered, and his voice was tremulous, v;hich caused the unfortunate woman to sob, believing that in the goodness of his tender and pitying h^rt, the She said she had a hadfcnly understood this from the days of oar child* hoQB upwards, acted upon it, and profited by it, our liv^ would then seldom lead through a dry wilder ness! Happy are those children whose eyes are eai'ly ®ened by parents and home to the rich activ ity of iife. They will then experience whatsweet- nfss, ind joj*, and peace can flow out of family re- latios^hip, out of the heartfelt union between broth ers ;nd siste rs, between parents and children; and therWill experience how these relations, carefully rhuTished in youth, will become blessings (or our ft^turer y»ara. 1 com- rid, is vom&Q or oc- aewuy i» or de* • tran^ i polili' tel, lations n and juarrel is aoi I only saw his bust frnrnf^d in chilf'»ii_lov>j;*i old; that she square of tha carnu^^ nis neTTCTfen was j^our; ihat her seducer, (Ine nis chesi—the famous medallic head of the old Ij^o- man Etnperor. His forehead fell forward : his fea lures immoveable, were of the yellowish cxjjor of wax, only his eyes appeared to be aiive. ISext him, on his left, was Pu'nce Jerome, a king a kingdom, but a faithful brother. He was period, a fine young man of six and lwenty,,or thi years of age, his features r"gular and well for his beard black, his hair elegantly arrg^^p oh !) a drunken heartless villian, on whofeTre;?ifrA^ rwhich continually and s venjreance of Heaven would one day fag, had re- .u. ‘ .... mdnstTj' turned with a pistol and bowie kmves, like Herod to r»»«^«cre the innocent:—th?t she'escaptd vtfhUe he slept, knew where to go—a great way ofK et to carry thechilsi any farther, genllenian if he ANDS AND HEARTS. Many are tii^ meauings which are pul upon i^utids and hearts—and however in)'J»teriouS they »eeni to be, there is nothing so inlelligibit as the uses to which thes^- worils are applied. We say of one man that he has a heart, and of another that he has none. We say that this man is a bad iiand at his trade, and another is a good hand. Some times we see.a bill in a shop-wiudovv which says. “ Hands wanted,” or “ A few hands wanted ” Sometimes we are invited to take a hand at cards —and sometimes we say w*- have no heart to go about a disagreeable business. Hearts are never advertised for in the shop windows. We never see bills printed u uh “ Hearts wanted ” There is something more mysterious about a heart than a hand; but yet even the most stupid amongst us can perceive that hearts are m demand, and more fre quentiy and earnestly sought for, and more diflicult to find, than even the hands The Creator has distributed various gifts amongst his creatures, and whilst he has given warm hearts and cool hands to some, he has given vvarm hands and cool hearts to others. Let not the one class despise the other, for each has a noble funct‘on to fulfill in the great economy of human society, and the services of each are f«like indispensable How very useful to soci ety, though, perhaps, hurtful to themc-elves, ar^ men of ardent minds, sanguine temperaments, reck less, headstrong, fearless dispositions; wild and al most desperate adventurers and speculators, whose sole ambition seems to be to suggest and undertake what the rest of the world regard as impossibili ties ! The world is kept moving by suchr men. 'Fh«y destroy themselves loo oft by the intensity of their mental labors; but they give an impulse to ucces . . , , . , prevents the mind and industry ol society fromjglrrKhig^-wtQ imbecility.^ Other men, more fortunate in life, to iili outwaia .ippearances, are merely the agents of sut:h restless spirits, who reduce to practice their wild and extravagant theories. The one class has warm heart, the aihL"r_ ,a k Quarrels.—One of the most easy, the mon, most perfectly foolish things in ih 10 quarrel, no matter with whom, ni or child, or upon what pretence, provocai casion whatsoever. There is no kind for it, no manner of use in it, and no sp gree of benefit to be gained by it, and as the fact may be. theologians quarrel, cians, lawyers, doctors and princes q Church quarrels, and the Stale quarr and tribes, and corporations, men, 'v children, dogs and cats, birds aad bea about all manner of occasions. If tht thing in the world that will make a mao except pinching hjs fingers in the crack ofl!s door, it is unquestiorabiy a quarrel. No man w r fails to think less of himself after than he did Iw re one; it degrades him in his own eyes, and in ihii eyes of otht is, and wha* is worse, Jt blunts hir ility 10 disgrace on ihe one huud, and increases fm* power ol passionate irritability on the other » truth is, the more quietly and peaceably-we gf| on the 5 tier—the better for ourselves, the betteil or our neighbors, in nine cases out of ten ll^ wisest courst is, if a man cheats you, to quit dt^aai 7 with him; if he is abusive, quit his coniptrw if he slanders you, take care io live so that y vvilJ believe him. No matter vvho he is, dr jlow he miSuses you, the wisest way is generallyj ust let him alone, for there is nothing better thai Jk s cool, calm, quiet way of dealing with the gs we mcii with. * • 4 '- DomeUlc Happiness may be called th of the heart, while sacccssful ambition t applause of the world is that of the heai well regulated mind, who looks to horne spring of jcys, which gush forth and inv —w'hich satisfy but never cloy^it, will c garden of human affections. The min impelled by the ambitious views, gradual! a stranger to the unruflied current of ilor .his bark is launched upon a sea, troublej which compel him to be on deck all th the cabin is closed to his vision, whileji,^ ed only by the hope .of reaching of his desires, and mooring saf» peace. But he is like the m>^ ' 'btvtie trjgasures of the heart fof the g|? . rust docorrupt. He is continuk''® . _ did gains, for which he has existence, and hoarding up fo!^ ^ sepoj those treasures which treasures of the h^rt arc not swell the pomp and pagea They are cultivated in priv s |r*>piness ]i oy the Every |f te well 110 taste hue this .lich is ?comes scjoy^ stoi IT IS MEMOUy. Hurrii The stairs, press “Wife,” cri The old kid know what cording to the in?roduili was a matter bf wfJ something. - But tb« The baby was pat to iiiors were abroad, cominjr no one knew whence. 1 bosOm, ‘ the ij lhal Ihe I-TinSeror was at Brussels.-i the old gentleman swore, fellow^ lasted for about I horses aJr;^ R ct R L Q(). hrce days afterwards, towards evening, some people arrived from St. Quentin : they said that as they came away they had heard cannon. The morning of the 17th, a courier arrived, who scatter ed all along the road the aewsof the victory. The 18th, ixithing. The 19th nothing ; only vague ru- Hv J. :.^aiu’Knter. ]j • iM memory t o’er me 'riiat sweet tlr 1i|| of olden lime, V.uiit^hcd scei>i: X;)W I h(^T so 1 Pleasant i?^ngs ai All thiit yoiuJ),uf I All those \N*iivre Smile li AH that oii(ie api Sweet dreams ol In mem )car before me, h)J«n rhyme; [lappy faces, [inoy traces, i!)fered lUccs, le ; led before me, iith, ye still restore me, Ii is ill mcaitory— With my* litthi Life was then al. J Laughter then ]'*>ut though all ll When, a though happy roverj Sportive I, amil bl| clover Wandei dt ee, All that once api^’d before me, iv together Ills I strayed, ny weather, et music made; days are over - v.eet drean**rof . Inl^em ith, ye still restore me, 31 1 i c L. A N V EULOGY ( nv niiM'ii’i’. the No matter wbat m man as Washingto country can appropr dence to the human r residence creation, our arms; and the di bless’thfi convii^ion ii the heavens thifedf're when the stortT| pasS; that it cleareil^lillovv mament was the pla production of Wash that nature was en WASHINGTON; DERATED IRISH ORATOR. je the birth place of such a No climate can claim, no him—the boon of Provi- •his fame is eternity—his mgh it was the defeat of ice of our policy, I almost iich he had his origin. If |nd ihe earth rocked, yet, [how pure was the climate [ht in the brow of the fir- revealed to us? In the it does rtally appear. himself, and that all the virfocsof ttie ancienuSHf Wert* but so many studies preparatory to the patilot ot the new.. InJividuil instances, no doubt there wer?; splefi li.l tjxemplificaiions of som** single qual ification—Caesar was merciful—Si'ipio was Cimti nent — Hannibal was patient.—but it was* rt'serveil for Washmgton to blend them all in one. and like the lovely master piece of the Grecian artist, to ex hibit in one glow o( associated beauty, the pride of every model, and the perf*‘Ciion of every master. As a general, he marahalled the peasant into a vote- .Tnpero The 20th, three men in rags, two wounded, and ridingjaded horses all covered with loam, entered the town, and were instantly surrounded by the whole population; and pushed into the court yard of the town-house. These men harWy spoke French. They were, I believe, Westphalians, belonging somehow to our army. To all our questions, they o.'^ly shook their heads sadly, and ending by confes sing that they had quitted the field of battle al Wa terloo, al eight o’clock, and that the battle was lost when they came away. It was the advanced guard ofthe fugitives. We would not believe them. We said the^e men were Prussian spies. Napoleon could not be beaten. The fine army which we had seen pass could iiot'oe desiroyed. We wanted to put the poor fellows in prison, so quickJy^jiad we forgoUen *13 and ’14, to remember only the ye«tr« which had gone before. My mother ran to the fort, w^iere she passed the whole day, knowing it was there the news must arrive, whatever it was. Du ring this lime f looked out in the maps for Water loo, the name of which even I could not find, and began to think the place was imaginary as was the men’s account of the battle. At four o’clock more fugitives arrived, who con firmed the news of the first comers. These were French, and could give all the details which we asked for. They repeated what the others had said, only adding that Napoleon and his brother were killed. This we could not believe. Napohon might not be invincible,, invulnerable ha certainly was. Fresh 5^ws more terrible and c isajstrous con tinued to come io until ten oVIock at nigbt. Al ten o^clock at night, .we heard the noise of n carriage. It stopped, and the post master went out vrith a light. We followed him a€ he ran to the door to «isk for news. Then he started a step back, and ciied “ h’s the Emperor.” I got on a atone bench, and looked over my mother^s shoulder. It was indeed N«pO" leon, seated in the same corner in the same uniform, his head on his breast as before. Perhaps it was bent a little lower; but there was not a line in his countenance, not an altered feature, to mark what were the feelings of the great gambler whir had just staked and lost the world. Jerome and Letort were not with him now to bow and smile in his place. „ ~ ntsJ) i upon the wall,sounded morolike pa that ever came from the Ups a mortal candle v.’as lighted, and the happy couple pr ed to an examination of the iunocent and long sired sharer of iheir doraestk comforts. First a blanket was ren&red—then a$ old shaw]—then a flannel Unmentioaatble—and llfen—then a handker chief was raised,, and the hea| of a pig appeared, 'half choked with a wad of |havinjgs v»?hich the “ unfortunate woman” had evidently crammed into its mouth to prevent a squeal. The old gentleman, victimized and humbugged, dropped the candle; the old lady jumped orft of bed and^ ran down stairs in a fright: and the little pig rooli^ it^telf into a warm place and went to sleep. Wiih this disposition of the characters in Q^is ridiculous drama, we drop the curtain. This actually occarrcd, and we know ihe young man who represented ifee “ unfortunate woman,” on that eventful ni^ht. Jerome was gathering together the rcmi Napoleon lifted hi.* head slowly, irrrttTnd a? if rousing from a dream and then with his brief striden voice. “ What place is this?” he said, “ Vil- lers Culret, sire.” “ How many leagues from Sois- sons “Six. sire.” ‘‘From Paris?” '‘Nine teen.” “Tell the postlwys to go quick;” and he once more flung himself back into the corner of his carriage, his head falling on his chest. The horses carried him as if thiey had wings. The world knows what had taktn place between the two appa ritions of Napolton. LIFE’S BLESSINGS. The following beautiful picture of iife and its va-. ried joys and blessings, -4»as be«i^ iriinsferred from the heart to the pen of FfWjtilca Bremer, and sweet ly depicts her view of, drir^present existence, of im mortaiity and of the fountein of happiness. Miss Bremer seems to regard th^ past and the present in the striking language of oi%! of our Boston clergy, as but “ ihe showman of ikc^'uiure,*' to point oui the blessings that lie open to in the vista beyond lime, and *10 n)ake us realiz| aa iramoita! birth- fight: *^1 “ Illusions!” you cry overall joys, ail faith, all love in life; I shout back wi4 all my m*ght over your owt> words.-‘♦Hfusionsfcillusions ?” AU de pends upon what we fis our filth and our affections. Must the beauty of love and worth of life be at an end to woman w’hen her first spring, her bloom of love, her moments of romnnce arj fast? No, do not believe that, Ida. Nothing in this world such an illusion as this belief. ' Life is rich; its tree blossoms eternally, because i| is'fiourished by im* mortal fountains. It bears diasimiW fruits, ranoos in color and glory, but all beauttfui^ undervai'ue Yomhfti> loVe. rtie | earth! who will belie its cajftivating beauty, who will not thank the Creator thatjic gave it to ihe children of the earth ? But,\Jab! I tvill exclaim to all those who must do wiitouii*; wMire are the flowers which are so noble ns this, and^wbich are less in danger than it ot being paled b# the frosts of the earth—flowers from whosechalicts also you may suck life from the life of the pternai! Ah! if we understood how near to us MoviAence i h«is plac?d the foaotains of oar happinft: if we an field? impend? mam' to a healing influe yield relief. When fickTIWbrttine deserts the the tender ones vviihout a homebr put them underneath thine F^il'supp say to them “ I never will desert the^ And W'hen mortality shall fail, and the lamp of life but faintly glimmer in this feeble frame, do thou unveil ihyself and bid me wing my way beyond the sun, to live and reign in never ending bliss. Collecting.—The Knickerbocker tells the fol lowing: A gentleman from New York, wh6^ad been in Boston for th‘ purpose colleriing some money due huh in that citVi *'ii8ab>«i leturning, when he found that one'bill of SlOO had bi-en overlooked.—^ H IS hndloid, v\ ho knew the debtor, thought it a doubtful case; but added that, if it was coUectaWe at all, a tali raw-boned native, then dunning a lodg er in another.part toom. would aiinoy. it out of the man. Callm^ him up, 4herek>te, he intro duced him to* the crediioi, who showed him the account. *• Wall, Squire, ’taint much useintrjnn^, igiress I know the cutter You might as vv^fl try to squeeze ile out ol Blinker H«U Mdfiument as to try to coHectjtiUbt out of him. But. any how, what?H you gjve, supposin’ I do trv ?” “ WMI, sir, the biU i^ ^100. I II give you—yes, I’ll give you half if you collect it.” ‘•Agreed,” replied thecoileclor; there's no harm inHrywig, .my how.” ft ?fi'^ “Look hrre.” said he, “I had ronsiderrtbie lu-k with lhal bill of your’n. You see. I stuck to him like ft dog to a root, but for the week or so it wasn’t no use, not a bit. If he was home he. was short; if he wasn’t home, I could get no satisfaction. By and by. says I, after goinj: sixteen4itnes. I’ll fix you* so I sol do'vn on the door step, and I sot all day and part of the evening, and I began airly next morning, and aboul t^n o’clock he gin in. He paid me r^v ha^f ar.i I chi hin vp tht no* y grotf td a^reat. tree, a blazing fire smothered in ashes. Whether ih® viiiorics roea have done more for humanity, than the’ trusive life of love of an UBknown mafn, is on by the AJl-seeing Eye %bore tisr Yet each the good that is in his patii and in his callin his work shall remain, eveixif ilseem to paaa and will bear lYaii^Q ka liroe. Houorabl my best Elda,” he commtftd, turning towar a fuH and afl^eciing glance^ “ must not*be coo ed whh irnmortaiity on earth. A name may pealed by rirfUions through l:enturies of yeafs 8 fame.^ The good which you think «fMl d spirit which lives and ]ierpetuates ksetf th endless genexatiens, this is true iramortafij earth?* d-J of Honor—At umicIi talk has bet pended with regarcf lo the right of the chall^ parly to choose his weapon, perhaps the folk story mav settle the qaestion:—Borne years a( American was challenged by a French genii] at Paris. The captain had been a whabl chose the harpoon for his weapon. The^^i man shrugged his shoulders—*• Eh, diabel, sais pas at is de harpoon; I will meet you gVtiiil-homm»*. vid my sniaM sword —but .thj whaler was iaexorabfe. The diepule was t»*fl to a court of honor, which deckjed thi Frenc^m?*o joust fi^ht with .the harpoon or tee. He 9hrtjg(Tt-d ^ si no skUl to d« harpooani^ pardon, begar. A Bachclor.—“ The lifu of a rich old bacheU eail the first speaker alsi wiih a sigh, “is u spM did breakiaft, a tolerably flat dinner, and. a .f6d&t miserable supper.” , The pa^h that leads lo iortune too often pass^^ through the narrow defiles of meanness, whlcV^ mvR of an exaltccf spirit cannot etoop to tread.