North Carolina Newspapers

t - 1 . C VLVIN H. WILEY, ;vir,r.i'AM- U. COOKE. J A FA MILT N EWSPiP E R A NEUTRAL IK POLITICS. EDITORS. TERMS TWO DOLLAR PER ANN! !1. YTT'EIrON WADDELVJR cbotetr to al fye Bntmzts lMotfy Carolina, education, flwulturc, literature, Mttofy fyt ittariiets, &c. -11 It A LI-IGII. NORTH CAltOl.INA, SATURDAY, DEC. 3, 1853. WHOLE 10 105 ...... I . VOL TIT ! er, figk cbed ad: rl 5 ll IK are t 5 fruit - .'' : iia. Italy tates-' rtiiel fort- of & tbe e. f theh SELECT. POETRY TRUE FREEDOM-HOW TO GAIN IT. BY CHAM. S MACK AY. AVe want no il g, 1.0 flaunting Hag;,- For Liberty, to tlht ; We Wiint no blaze of murderous guns, . To struggle for the right. -. v.' j0wpears shm' ftrwrijVife prmTcif orfis"; JSB"" The mind our battle !ain ; ; We've won such victories before, And i-o we shall again. We loveiij) triumphs sprung of force They stain her brightest caue ; 'Tis not in !ood that Liberty Inscribes her civjl laws. She write them on the people's heart, In langu.-ige clear and plain : True thoughts have moved the world before. And so they shall again. We yield to none in earnest love Of Freedom's cause sublime; , We join tU cry;"' Fraternity!" We keep the march of Time. ; .; . . . "And yet wejgrasp no pike, nor spear, Our victories to obtain ; We've won jwithout their aid before, -And so we shall again. We want tip aid of barricade, - To show a front of wrong ; . ' ""We have a citadel in Truth, ' More durable .and strong. Calm words, great t Ho ugh Is, unflinching faith, Have never striven iiivvain ; - They've won our battle, many a time, ; And so thev shall arain. " - ' Peace, progres", knowledge, brotherhood '. ' . ihe lgnonint niay sneer, The bad deiiy : but we rely To see their triumph near. o widiiwV gio.ui sludl load our cause, . o blood if brethren slain ; Vre've won widiout such aid before, And so wi? shall again- OTP m .5 H a- THE NURSERY-MAN'S PRIZE; j :- OR illE" FLOW ER BKLI s. ! -." . I . . i Soft midsummer air, cheery with sunshine and peifunn d with-all the scents that it. had robbed out ,' If Jiis nur ery grdeii. cri'pt in ih rough the month-i 1. . ... 1 . - . 1 t.i 1 1 . v : i i -o joor, to make itself ho.. in ieorg- Svyayne's ; fcom. v busied itself there, sweeping and rustling X reses nr. tie lo cn aim I lie. fi.-ur-oneli cdttatrp 1 Jbo .- out, as if it had as much-right to the place, ami j as as nmcii ttio tenant -.1 r f it, the gardener him- j If.. It had also a sort of. 'feminine and wife! . ! aim on doorge, who. having becn.speuding half; hour over a s;,..i t Iter written upon a large j heej,'was.inyiud bythe midimmur air' to look - fibril is garden. The 1 e-t eilorts were being mad. iy his gA-iitle ti i.did totvar the paper from his hand, A bee had come into the room- George kept bee - pand h.d bee.i hovering about the letter; so CTED STORY le'Jcj ra,,k' I,,8iSlb''y "lh I'otH'V that he hadjinistaken j I A lf"r:i 'ir'!lt Hy. Certainly he did at ' hist settle j tpoii it. effei t ; The lily was 1 legal document to this j Si-K -We are instructed hereby to give vou notice tftflhe death of Mr. Thomas Qnecks,; of Edmonton; J lie fat of the three lives for which' your lease was ' Taned, and to inform you that 'you mayobtain a I eneival of the same ui. navmont ..f iin,t,i i luineasf o ihe undersigned. We are sir " s " Your (here the bee sat on-the obedient "serrant ) ' "Flint and Grinston." j pronged fork, which George believed to be meant Mr. Swayne granted himself a nile. to consider Hu- Neptune. That was a poor garden,! thought liis own mind what the lawyers meant by their"- George-; for it never waved nor rustled., and did freertaiii phraseology. It did not mean, he con 1 !d, that Messrs. F.afc .(J. were willing, for one ' lindred pounds, to renew the life of Mr. Ou.-pkV ! fnidreil pounds,, to renew the life of I Edmonton ;.; but it did mean that 1 t ot the house and grounds (whi Vayiie's nursery-ganien for three gent fcs hp won 1.1 - ' -.7-- v , . ie; must turn j hich had been J generations past) he would pay a huge Hire for the renewal-. se. He was but a young, fellow of five- d tw'entv.' wl 10 until iv.i.ji 1 1 1 1- 1t.,1 I F the support of an old father and mother. HisJ -j v j iv.v'.Hiij, iiuu iti u 1 rv Nier had been, dead a 'twelvemonth last midsum- lr dav. and hU fiii(,0, ,-i, i,f -k. dame was with him. sickened after she was frone' 1 uted before the niole-orfif Jmrbirr w-qc rt-or TKn ttnge and the garden wer more precious to ll11 B "'"S I""- orge as a houie tlum as a place of business, t re were ttioughts of parting like thoughts of -j uier loss oy death,-or of all past 'losses arain to ! f MuTered freshly an I'together which so oUnA i the eyes of,Mr. Swayne, that at last he could "Cely tell when he looked at the letivr .ee was' or was not .1 noi-tlor. t -.1. . -.- 1 --" uie writing. -vii old woman came in, with a midsnmmi.r i Ugh' Suundi,,S s hollow as an empty ee.ffin. She I a poor old crohe who Came to do for 1 c v "--"pV; ; " "v " ,r or two ; r7 day for he lijllUed Ills OWn fires tmA crtr un to h;m If rl fi , i r ', 1 n.mseltin the nntsu te ot cottage cook e.y 11 Ial bacon and potatoes. 'I ) ii u 1 8 'all be out for three hours, Milly," said .-e, and he put on his best clothes and went r "ie sunshine. '; " I can do nothing better." he nglit, " than go and see the lawyers. 1. 1.. ' i 11""'' y lived ,,, the city. George lived at the east ".uju, ma part now covered wiui very - stro , ; , ' . 3 r. greets ; but then covered with copse and field, . - ... j swayne s oil -fashioned.- nursery groun I ; n croJd with stocks and wallfl wer, lupins. et Peas, pinks, lavender, heart's case, boy's lore, !d matt, a.n4 other old-fashioned- plants for it I contained nothing so tremendous as Schizanthuses, j lcho!zias, or Ciarkia pulche'las, which are weedy j little atomies, though tliev sound bio; enough to j lival any tree oe Lebanon. George was art old fashioned gardener in an oldfashioned time ; for we Have here to do with events which ooeurr d in the middle of the regin of George the Third. George, tben I mean George. Swavne, Rex roar- clTeiJ (ff to see the lawyer, .who lived in a dark j court in the city. He found their clerk in the front j office, with a marigold in one of his button-holes ; j but there was nothing else that looked like summer j .11 T . 1.11 - 1 ' 1 in the place. It smelt like a mouldy shut-up tool- ! house, and there .was parchment enough in it to ; maice scarecrows ior all ttie gardens m Kent, Mid- 1 -ll. 1 t w-m. -m m , . t dl'-scx, arid Surrey. George saw the junior partner, Mr. Grinston, who. told him, when he heard his business, tltt it was in Mr. Flint's lepirtment. When he was shown into Mr. Flint's room, Mr. Flint qouM only repeat, he said, the instructions of the landlord. You see, my lad, these-holdings; that have been let hitherto for thirty, pounds-' per annum, are now worth fifty. Yet my client; Mr. Cro'te, is ready to renew the lease for three more lives at the very slight fine we have nant' d to you. What wouh'; vou have more reasonable ?" ".Sir, J make no complaint," George answered i ' only I want to abide by. the ground, and I have riot so much money as you require. I owe nobody a penny ; and to pay my wtiy, and lay by enough 1 I money for next your's seeds and roots has been the j. most that I can manage. I have saved fifteen j j pounds. Here if is, sir: take it, if it will help.me .; in this business." " Well," Mr. Flint suggested, " what do vou say to this ? I make no promise, but T think I can j perstiale Mr. Cr)te to let retain possession of your" land for shall we say ?- two years, at the rent of fifty pounds'; and, at the expiration of that term. j you may perhaps be able to pav the fine, a"nd to renew your lease." j "T.will acopt that ofl'er, sir," A homespun I man clings to the walls of home. Swayne's mirsery j would not support so high a rental; but let' the ; future take thought for itself to postpone for two j years' the 'doom to quit tile roof-ire,; under which i his-mother suckled him, was gain enough for Geoge. j ' O -So he turned home.ward. ainl went cheerfully up- oji Ins. way by a short cut through narrow streets7 and lanes that bordered on the Thames. His gar dener's eye discovered all the lonely little pats of iiiiguuueiie in ine u pper w iiiuow s oi me loitering o!jhouses . ;lIul iu t!. trimmer streets, where there ... ......... c i:..i . 1. ... . :.. ..u , 1. . 1 . 'r ...1 1 :.. .1 1 r . 1 . .. ei e 1 o s ui ui 1 ie iioiis--'s 1 !i itu su;ii ies 01 . niL asn, sJme quite fredi-i.wking. .inhabited -bv peonle who ktpt lheir winlows cl-an. he so.neumes saw as niariv as four thrwer pots upon a window sill. Then tK.r,, wre the squires of turf, put. in", weekly 1HS- ,.,!,,, .a'-ilv oieb, to tli i-.-dit of ,'..-i.d bn-ks .r.,r ow liquidation of the debt -f green fields 1 ,ilu, to tl,e,n. There were also parrots; for a large j mm,..r v the houses in those riveisLreets weiie j nantii by sailors, who brought birds from abroad, i There wen- also all sorts of grotesque shells; and olle house that receded from its neighbors lmd a smal garden. in front, which was sown over with .iU .;n4t,.A,t of fi,)Wers The -wore lw.rde.--- 1 ed with shell instead of box, and there were conchs upon the wan, nisteau or wa-ii-nowers. ine sum mer house was'agrotte ; but the great centre orna ment was a lar ,e figure-head, at the foot of which there was a bench erected, so that the owner sat 1 .1 11. 1 II il ri-1 under its shadow. It represented a man with a iieat beard, holding over his shoulder a large th-ree- not. by one change of feature except that it grew daily dirtier show itself conscious of the passage of the. hours :md A-a- nu, montlis nn,l sbkhhs. , ...j- , '"'"'" It interested George a great deal more to notice here and there the dirty leaf of new kinds of. plants, which, brought home by some among the sailors, struggled to grow from seed or root. . Through the wii dowof one house that was very poor, but very neat and clean, he saw upon a table, to catch the rays of the summer sun, a strange plant in blossom. It had a" reddish stalk, "small-pointed leaves ; and hells, with nurole tono-iies. That, hlant. excited l.i.n greatly ; and when he. stopped to look in at it, flie felt some such emotion as. might stir an artist who should see a work by Rubens hung up in a pawnbroker's shop-window. He knocked at the green door, and a pale girl opened it, "holding in dne hand a niece of unfinished needlework. Iler paleness left her for a minute when she saw that it I which do now and then shoot out in unaccount w as a stranger who had knocked. Her blue eye j able directions. . made George glance away from them before he j The desired event happened one morning. The had finished his respectful inouiry. "I beg your na-doti." he said, " but may I ask the name of the ri.rr in tha indmv."and where it came from ?" l.tiV'IVI I IH- , y - - ill you waiK in, n you pi ease, sir 5 saiu lue .,..V. u .U w;il ,.rtn oil Lnmve uKnnl U V t " ! . Wit.h two steps, the young gardener strode into .1, ,- . -..,l, , nnA faM trv. i small irom rouiiii ui 5v. 1 man sat in n om,..h5r ? TIa room was clean. 1 and :i..i TUi- u c.n.-1 nmn I the fl.. ....i ... .v . : r .'i, . uuu on ine laoie. Willi some muie ui iuc ! . i . girl's w9rk, was part of a" stale loaf, flanked with J -' u obrij iM.-w j tw. mugs that contained some exceeding blue and Hi moid m k p i ' i c i pu miik. George apologised fori lis intrusion, i but said wlit .ai - ...o mg was. and pleaded in ex cuse the great beauty and novelty of the plant that had attracted him. u Ay, ay, but 1 prize it for more than that," said Mrs, Eb'is : " it was brought -to me by my son. He took it as a cuttinn-, and he brought it a lonr way, the dear fellow all the way from the West '. Indies, nursing it for me. Often he has let his own lips parch, sir, on the voyage that he might give water enough lo the flower that he took home for his mother. He is a tender-hearted boy, my Harry." " He is voting, thep-l" lJi.-- t -- u vr-ir-i. 1 iZ i . .1 . eu, ue is noi exactly a ooy, sir; out, tuey are all boys on board ship, you understand. He could carry off the house upon his back, Harry could, he is-so wonderful broad-chested. He's just gone a lony voyage, sir, and I'm feared I shall be i gone a longer before he comes back ; and he said, ' when he went' Take caw of the plant, mother, ! - -iili have hundreds of bells to rinrr when I come j-baek to you next year.' His is always full of bis j fun, sir, is my Harry."' ! "Then, ma'ain," George stammered, "it's a j plant you wouldn't li;ke to part with." j .The poor woman -looked angry for a moment ; j j and then, after a pause, answerd gently--" Not ; j sir, nut uiuil my time comes." j- The young gardener' who .ouht to have gone ! aay still bent over the flower. The plant was very beautiful, ' and evidently stood the climate well, and it was of a kind to propagate by slips. J George did not well know what to say or do. The ! girl, who had been nimbly sti'ching, ceased from ' -work and looked up wonderinglv at the stranger, ,l who had nothing mure to say. and yet remained with them. At last, the voting man, with the color of the, flower on his cheeks, said pour man, ma'am, and not much taught ".I'm a if I'm going to say anything unbecoming. I hope vou ll forgive it : but, if vou could if you could br ing I your heart to part with this plant, I would give you ten guiness for it, and the first go hi cutting I I raise shall he yours." I The girl looked un in the greatest astonishment. 1 I Ten guineas !" She crl-d ; " why, mther, ten ' guineas would make you comfortable for the whole ' winter. How glad Marry will be !'' The poof oil woman trembled n?rvously "Harry ioM. ine to ke'ep it for his sake' she whispered to her daughter, who bent fondly over her. v '. "Toe.- Harry love a flower better than your health and comfort ?" pleaded Harry's si-ter. A long debate was -carried on - in low tones, j I while (ieorge Swayne endeavored to lo.'k :y though 1 miles off. listening to Jiothiag. ! lint the loving accents of the girl debating wi?h : I her mother tenderly, caused Mr. Swavne a stout i and true he'arte 1 young fellow of twenty five to ; more than ewr of the chiming of the bells as Jsu feel that there were certainly some new thoughts : san laid her needlework aside to bustle to and fro. and sensations working in him. Ile'cous'idereil it i Harry had tales to tell over his pipe; "and I tell important -to discover from her mother's manner of i vou w hat, Swayne," said he, " I'm glad you ;are addressing her, that the name of the young wo- ', better for mv love of looting. If I wasn't a sailor man was Susan. W; on the old iady at last I myself I'd be a gar 'ener. I've a small cargo; of consented with a sigh to George".- oiler, he placed ro 'is and see-Is in my box that I brought home ten guineas on the table beside the needlework, for mother to try what she can do with. My and only stole one glance at Susan as he b ide ! opinion is that you're the man to turn 'em toiae them goodbye and took the. flower-pot .away, i count ; and so, mate, voJ shall have 'em. If vou promising again earnestly that he would bring j get .a lucky penny out of any one of Vm, you're back to them the first good cutting that took root welcome: for it's more than we could do." George Swavne, then, huvin- th, lawyers al-i How these poor folks labored to' be liberal 'to m st put out of his head, carried the plant home, i w:m's ':K'h other : how Harry amused himself: on i and duly busied .himself in his green-house over . the multiplication of his treasure. Months went i by, iluring which the young gardener woiked hard, l and ate sparely. He had left .to himself but five I pounds for the genera! maintenance of his garden, I More was needed, and that he had to princh, as i far as he dared, out of his humble food and other j necessaries of existence. He bad, however, noth- I ing to regret. The cuttings of the flower bjlls j throve, ahd the thought of Susan was, better to I him than roast beef. He did not again vifcthe i widow's house. lie had no right to o-o" there until , 0 0- he went to redeem his promise. : llow tl,e ol(J house was enlarged: how, a year pr A year went by ; and, when the next July came, j lwo laler' litt!e U;trry Swayne damaged the 'boi Geo.ge Swayne's garden and green-houses were j ders an1 was abetted by grandmother Ellis in so in the best condition. The new plant hand multi plied by slips, and had thriven more readily than he could have ventured to expect. The best plant was set by until it should have reached the utmost perfection of blossom, to be carried in redemption ot tne promise maue to widow tuis. in some 1 . ... . vague way, too, Mr. Swayne now and then ponder- 1 1 .1 .1 1 ii ... ed whether the bells it was to set riiiriri- after I Harry had returned might not be after all the bells I of Stepney parish church. And Susan Swayne did ! sound well, that was certain. Xot that he thought of marrying the pale girl, whose blue eyes he had j only seen, and whose soft voice he had only heard 'once; but he was a young fellow, and he thought ! about her, and voting fellows have their fancies. i best customer of Swayne's nurserv m-mmd. tho. wife of a city knight. Ladv Salter, who bad a fine ' spat in the neirbbor-lionl nlirrbt&.l frnm liv .- - ---- j 4VV V lij i sLl j nage at uie garuen - gaie. - CMie naa come to buy ! flu-pre f.r tha flpnnrfltlnne hw i I summer party ; and .George, with much purturba- i tmn nfiArl her intn oc ,Mni,nni,; l,;l. .J.o i " giwMuuuac, ui.u 1 'dowing with the crimson and nurnle blossoms i hi nw nlant.. WhAri T.a,-W Sn ho I.. Am. ! A,A- uAUtnnA u u. -e a. . inuu uui migureucu uy iue miui auaiiou iuai - . j there were no other plants in all the country like j A J j them-that, in fact, Mr. Swayne's new flowers were unique she instantly bought two slips at a guinea each, and look them home in triumph. Of course the flower bells attracted the attention of her guests; and of conrse she was very proud to dcaw attention to them. The result was that the carriages of the great people of the neighborhood so clogged up the road at Swayne's nursery day af ter dayV that there was no getting by for tlijem. GeoiW'sold, fuT a iruinea each, all the slips that he had potted, keeping only enough for the continu ance of his trade, and carefully reserving his finest speeiinen.T, Thatjn due time be took, to ; Harry's moisldr . - The ten guineas added to the produce of Su sanV labor she had not slackened it a jot had maintained the sick! v woman through the winter; and, when there came to her a letter, one morning in July, in Ham's dear scrawl, posted from Ports- i " - mouth, she was jalf restored to health. He would be with them in k day or two, he said. The two I women listened iti a feverish state for every kitock at the creen door.; Next dav a knock came ; but it was not Harry. Susan again opened to George Swavne. He had brought their flower-bells back ; and, apparently, handsomer than ever, lie was ery much abashed, and stammered something; and, w hen he came' in, could find nothing to say. The handsome china vase, which lie had sub- stituted for the widow's .flower-.pot, said something. however, for him. The widow and her daughter j greeted him with hearty smiles and thanks ; but j he had something idse to do than to return them ! something of which he seemed to be exceeding- j Iv ashamed. At last he did it. "I mean no,ut'- fence," he said :'" but this is much more yours than mine." lie laid upon the table twenty guin eas. They refu-ed the money with surprise Su san with eagerness. He tld them his story ; how the plant had saved him. from the chance o! being turned out of his homo", how he was making mo ney by the flower, and how fairlv he considered half the profits to be due to its real owner. There- upon the three beaime fa-t friends and began to quarrel. While t kev were otiarrelimg there whs a bouncing knock at the door. Mother and daughl- er hurried t it; but Suan stood aside that liar- rv might g fir-t iuiu his mother's arms. Here's a fine chime of beib," said Harry, look- ing at his plant after a few minutes. Why, it looks no handsomer in the West Indies, where did you get that splendid pot.'" But ' I (eorge was immediately introduced. The w hole story was !oM, and Harry was made a referee up on the twetitv guinea question. - ' ! ";,h1 bie.-s y.u, Mr. Swavne," said Harry, "keep that munev, if we -are to be friends. Give us vuiir hatid. my bov let us all have soine- thing to eat. Thev made a little festival that eve- ning in the widow's house, and George thought I uoiiuays, oeiore n;s next stnp sailed, with rake and ; sf,fl(ie "ootit nis inend s nursery: liow t..eorge ' Swayne spent summer and autumq evenings; in ! the little parlor: how there was ready and truly j a chime rung from Stepney steeple to give joy to a httle needlewoman's heart: how Susan Swayne I became much rosier than Susan Ellis- had been : j how luxuriously George's bees were fed upon new dainties : how "Flint & -Grinston conveyed the a hour, his ti-iem 1 nursery-ground' to Mr. Swaynte 'in freehold to him ! and his heirs forever, in consideration of the whole purchase money which Swayne had accumulated : , - 1 aomg : now, a year or two after that. Susan fewavne the lesser dug, with a small wooden spade, side by side with nncle Harry ; who was a man to find the centre of the earth under Swayne's garden when he came home ever and anon from .beyond the se$s, always with roots and seeds, his home being . ,-,,, , 1 j fwa'ne s "Urser,: and' h" ha t now nonillOUS a h'nivia Ihu lu.nso m SivQviif.'c niiK how populous a home the house in Swayne's nurs ery grew to be these are results connecting pleas anL thoUSh with the true story of the earliest j cultlvatlon ,n England of the flower now known as ! " i Wedding Rings. The singular custom of wear ing wedding rings, appears to have taken its rise among the Romans. Before the celebration of their nuptials, there was a meeting of friends at the house of the lady's father, to settle the articles of the marriage contract, when it was agreed that the dowry should be paid down on the wedding day5, or soon th ereafter. On this occasion there was commonly a feast, at the conclusion of which, the man gave the woman a ring as a pledge, which she f"" ' ' ""gei uer leit nana, otcuuv , a lcas believed that a nerve renrh.,1 W a,, la , ' . . . j- . - . i ine near i, a uay was then fixed for the of! maariage. Excellence in art- is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions ; by the manly overcoming of difficulties; by patient struggle against adverse circumstances; by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but thj?y? attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris, or Lon- don to enter upou. Milliard. ' MISCELLANEOUS THE PRESIDINT'S HOUSE. The Union qives the following account of the improvements just made in the President's Housd at Washington. -i -vjM ?e aPPy JQ hnable to Announce that vLe ; repairs of the White House authorized by the last Congress are now nearly completed. In the course ot tilts month the budding will be thoroughly ren j ovated as far, at , least, as the appropriation will allow. The work has been conducted in the most thorough, careful, and economical manner, under ' the immediate superintendence of Capt. Lee, of the United States Corps of Engineers ; Mr. Walter architect of the Capitol ; and Sidney Webster, Esq., the private secretary of the President. The amount phte'ed at their disposal has been expended with good judgment, and we have every reason to be hove that the people wiii be satisfied with the com fortable and elegant condition of the mansion occu pied by the first citizen of the republic. The firstiteni of improvement worthy of meutiou is the.-inanner of heating the building. This is ac- .coiupHshed. by means of the large furnace of Messrs.- al worth t Xason, of lioston. Massachusetts. The article; is the largest thing of the kind ever put up hi this country, and probably in the world. By ... j means of pure air, admitted from the external at- mosphcre, brought in contact vith layers of pipes j rilied w ith hot w.-.t.-r, the looms are ail cuinfoi lab! v j heat"d, and reguiaie 1 1 iie- iiiruisliiug of thy house, including the furni I tare, carpets, tapestry, and room paper, has-been accomplished by the large and popular American establishment of A. T: Stewart A: Co., New York, j They are ail of the mosi dm able and elegant des cription. Each room is furnished m ;t different : stvle liie nalionai shii Id bein" iiioiiiii...MtK- , sp:. ndiUly displayed in the large E i-t room, and ; the national blue being presented in the st-mi-cir- I cular apartment -occupied by the 'PiVhidei.tr and j hunuy for receptions. Green and crimson, white lI"l S"' ''4'propi ialely intermingled in the papers, oiitnture, and drapeiy, give a vaiiety to the ef- I feet in the diflenit rooms of the most briiliaut'and b.'autiful character. The frescoing of the ceilings has been carried for ward with great tate, under the immediate superin tendence ot Cap!. Lee. Several of the pieces were suggested by that gentleman. Thev are ail in per feet keeping with the furnishing and other decora-" lions of the house, and present a contrast with the rich tapestry producing the ino.st pleasing effect. The plates of the mirrors are the same that were ; formerly in the house, but the frames are new, Hud ! elegant indeed. They are furnished by Mr. R. L. ; Manger, of Xew Yoik, and reflect the highest credit 1 on his judgement and taste. The mantels are made of statuary marble. They j are patterns of neatness and elegance. Some of the mantels in the private dwellings of our wealth ier citizens are more elaborate in their ornaments ; ' but, for beauty of polish and chasteness of finish those of the Executive Manisou are admirably ad ' apted for the firesides of a republican President. The silver' ware, which has been in part refitted , from the. old sets, is from the manufactory of Bailey j A: Co., Philadelphia. It bears splendid evidence of I the faithful and workmanlike manner in which it i is executed. The porcelain and glass ware re from another ' American House Messrs. Haughwout & Daiiey, ' X. Y. The California gold and native blue of this manufacture are worthy of the highest praise. I At the entrance of the building, inside, the i bronze work that has been erected among the mar- j ble pillars, is worthy of special mention. It is a specimen ; of the happy-1 blen.ling of the useful, i the durable, and the ornamental, for which the public are indebted to the skill of Mr. Walter, the architect. The improvement is one that cannot fail to make a favorableTimpression on the beholder We have before stated that the house is not yet quite ready for the visits of the citizens; but we are happy to add that it will be in a short time, of which due notice will be given" Governing Children". We have known relig ious parents wno purposely cnech.eu, aim crosseu, ! and disappointed their children, as a system of - r 7 J : home education,1 in order, as they alleged, to break j the natural will, and thus make it easier for them, j in after-life, to deny self and practice virtue. When we see such a course pursued, we think of the child's remark when asked why a certain tree grew crook ed " Somebody trod upon it, I suppose, when it was a little fellow Childhood needs direction and culture more than repression, There is a volume of sound truth in ' . these lines : " He who checks a child with terror, Stops its play and stills its song, Not alone commits an error, i But a great and moral wrong. Give it play and never fear it, Active life is no defect; ( Never, never break its spirit, Curb it only to direct. Would you stop the flowing river, Thinking it would cease to flow ? Onward it must flow forever . Bettei teach it where to go." -Home Gazette. To Boil a Duck or Rabbit. Use a good deal of water, and skim it as often as anything rises. Half an hour will boil them. Make a gravy of sweAt cream, butter and flour, a little parsley chop ped small, pepper and salt, and stew until done, lay them in a dish, and pour th gravy over them.i Octwitted by a LcNATic. The Augusta (Me.) Banner states that a case occurred in that city last week, in which the shrewdness of a madman prov ed more than a match for those in possession of the "prescribed share of. brains. A young man named Samuel M. Whelpley, but who calls I4n wslf JdgarIauHceT c6nSned?or"soine months 7 past in the Insane Hospital, disappeared from the institution. He evaded pursuit until early the fol lowing morning, when Vie was discovered by the steward of the hospital, Mr. Allen, just entering the cars for Portland. He was taken in charge, but while on the way back, he again made his es cape from Mr. A., and immediately returning call ed at the Cushnoc House, and represented himself to Mr. Sawyer, the landlord, as an officer of. the hospital in pursuit of a fugitive patient, and wish ing to obtain a horse and carriage for the purpose of overtaking him. The plausibility- of the fellow completely imposed upon Mr. Sawyer. He fur nished him with a valuable team, and although he very soon became apprized of the character of his customer and pursuit of him commenced in all directions, thus far he has been unable either to overtake the -madman or to recover possession of his property. The Ajc says that the only clue to his where abouts is derived from the fo.h.wing lettrr, since received from him by I r. 1 biriow, superintendent ot the Hospital, who had taken special pains to securely lock him up the night previous to his es cape. The letter is one- of the coolest imaginable. Here it is, verbatim rt literatim :- 0 o'clock I am somewhat in a humi, so you must excuse any informalities of address. tc. I find that swimming a river in Xuvember, in this climate, is no envious job. Thank you, dear doc tor, for the remarkable care with which vou had mo secured last night I was reaiiy afraid that something might have happens! to me if! had Hot been so snugly en-Coiised. If vou happen to see or hear anything coin-fining that key, please in form me by return of jtnai!. I got one this morn ing that answered as well. I ;im writing this in a fellow's shop., and he is so cursed surly, and I am ; so completely ehti'ed. (hat f must close. To all inquiring friend, piea-e quote those admirable lines from Jlurper s Muyazine " Is it any body's business What another's business is V If you wish to know concerning my hegira, I have not time to write the particulars, but can say with warlike Richmond "Thus far into the bow els of "the land have we marched on without im pediment." God bless you and yours, doctor, and farewell. "r MAURICE. TriK VatTcax. This word is ' often used, but thert; are many who do not understand its import. The term refers to a collection of buildings on one of the seven hills of Rome, which covers a space of 1200 feet in lengh, and 1 000 feet in breadth. It is. built on the spot once occupied by the garden of cruel Xeio. It owes its origin to the bishop of Rome, who, in the early part of the sixth centurv, erected an humble residence on its site. About' the year 1100, Pope Eugehins rebuilt it 011 a mag nificent scale. Iunoce:;t II. a few years after wards, gave it up as a lodging to Peter II. King of Arragon.i In 130.5, Cleiiient Y. at the instiga tion of the King of France, "removed the Papal See from Rome to Avignon, when the Yatican re mained in a condition of obscurity and neglect, for more than seventy years. But soon after the re turn of the pontifical court to Rme, an event which had been so earnestly prayed for by poor Petrarch, and which finally took place in 1376, the Vatican -was put into estate of repair, again enlarged, and it was thenceforward considered as the regular palace and residence of the Popes, who, one after the other, added fresh buildings to it, and gradually encircled it with antiquities, statues, pictures, and books until it became the richest depository in the world. The library of the Vati can was commenced fourteen hundred yeari ago. It contains 40,000 manuscripts, among which are some byPliuy, St. Thomas, St. Charles Boronieo, and many Hebrew, Syrian, Arabian, and Armenian Bibles. The whole of the immense buildings composing the Vatican are filled with 1 - 0 r o ! Matties found beneath the ruins of ancient Rome ; 1 .... . , ... with paintings by the masters ; and with curious medals and antiquities of almost every description. When it is known that there have been exhumed more than 70,000 statues from the ruined temples and palaces of Rome, the reaTIer can form some idea of the riches of the Vatican. It will ever be held in veneration by the student, the aitist, and thescholar. Raffaele and Michael Angelo are en throned there, and their throne will be endurable as the love of beauty and genius in the hearts of their worshippers. . They that have read about everything are thought to understand everything, too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge ; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections we must chew them over again. Charming. A traveler narrating the wonders of foreign parts, declared be had seen a cane a mile long The company looked incredulous, and it was quite eveident that they were not prepared to receive it, even if it had been a sugar caqe. "Pray what kind of a cane was if?" asked one sneeringly. rtIt was a hurricane," replied the traveler. A I ost' - -4 -