Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-03-15

              it.- i i'; .-f j j . (.'.. MOUNT VEUNON, u'lllO TUESDAY, 3IAHCII 15; rr - I n V i MOUNT VERNON KK1T15L1CAN. , , K n m a i , .. Fur one year (iiiYiiriubly iu uilrahck)82.00 For nix mouths, , , THMfl O jtDvF.tlTt'jf NO.' fine squarj 8 wactfj ' line squurc,;! months, On square, 6 motitrrsj Ond squuro, I year; . ".. .)no square ( diangcable monthly) Changeablo weekly, Two squares, 8 wceVfi, Two squares, 0 wocks, Two, flqutire.fi, 8 month, .. ' Two squares, C lliotith, . , Two squares,. 1 year, . Three squares, 8 weeks, Throe squares, G week, i ' Throe Bquures, 3 mouthi-; Three squares, 6 months'! I'lirnn Hnuurcs. 1 veuf. . , j,00 : 8,00 lw ' 0,00 10,00 15,00 1,75 8,25 5,25 fi,75 ;00 S.so 4,50 r.,00 8.00 10,00 One-fourth column, elmti. quarterly, ln,()0 One-third " " 22.00 One-half " " " 2X.00 Ono column, cliaitgi!:.1.c quarterly, 50,00 Sdect Jjoctro . . . MODERN 'DEVOTION." t)lij wo walked and talked together Id the happy summer-time) li. the MM, delightful wouthcr, Wheni the year was at its prime ! , And I loved him oh! I loved him From the spring till autumn's full, -But when the winter eanie uguin, We didn't spcuk at oil.'" 'Twos a night in warm September, Yi When we plighted first our vows, Uut no one heard thcif tuur.uur, Savo sonio ruminating cowb; Aud'tWas just as well they didn't, ' For though wb meant them true, Ere the middle of November, " Tho vrero broken quite in two. ' liut you mustn't think me hcartlewi, , For t loved tiiiii, I declare; . He'd such beautif ul moiwtuclies, . And such lovely, curly bair I Yes, I must confess our Borrow Was very soon assuaged, ' For" tho odious wretch is married, And I well, I'm engaged. Sclctt Storji. v i A YOl'NU WIFE'S S0KU0W. . toiiValiiihg a Very Important Lesson ' to Young Ladies. . ,. ; "I don't lise tke tono of ilartha,8 letter," said Mrs Barton to her husband one 'day. JlarlM wa& a daughter wlio had beeu married for three or four months, hnd was tbeu liviug souie several hundred milea away froni the town in which hcr parents resided; "Nor do I," wds tVi dilswor. "If Edward is iu anything unkind to her, I have been greatly deceived in him." " ' .."There are peculwriei bf character and 'temperament iu every one, that only a close intimacy can make apparent, and Martha has these as well as Edward. It is not improbablo that something uneoBn , beforo JiUs revealed itself since the mur-raiuge', and stands ui a source of irritation . betwecu them." Mr Uarton sighed. He was very fond ',' bf Martha. She had been a pot with him gince childhood, and this 'separation, in consoquenco of her marriage, was a great '.trial; . The thought of her being unhappy pained him. . . "Suppose," said he, "that we send for . her t6 eona home uud mako us a visit ' It is nearly four mouths since she wont away." ' ; "I was goin to suggest something aimr nt." 'What?" . MA visit to Martha." "; '"But that will be out ofth) question) tit least Jor me," said Mr Barton.- "I did not'" said Mrs Barton, smiling, ''expect to includo you iu the visit." Oh, then you ire to take all the ploos i mtt to yourself. Now, it strikes me as a ' ; tetter waugemout to have Martha pay ' ttS avisiU' it will dO her a great deal of good iuor.geed than merely to roceivo a uisit from you. . &ha will ,get back for a little wh!lo iiito her owu Lome, and see Ler father aud mother both. And then 1 . will couio in for a portion of the enjoy meat which is to be cousidored. - - l'vo thought ot that," replied Mrs Bar tiln" "aud yet favor tho visit to Mart!u 1 ' Tho teasou is thU: if I go there and stay i a weak or two I shall have an opportunity ; loseo uow ner ana toward aro colt n" ' along together. Wo must live with people you know, to find out ill. about . them.-There may bo some little impediments' to happiness lying right in their pith, which I may help tliem to pick up and cast auido some little want fadaj,tiou luthemachiua - rr oi their lives, which prevents a inovo. j- mont in harmony that I miy shoV 'them r Low to properly adjust." ' ' ,j . jrou rre figlit, id (ok M m , . i.. . r L 1 t -K-.i.vifiartOB..i The visit of Hit Uiil'tuii m.a mado ac: Cordinsjly. A flcr the first brief reason of glfcJneM that followed u mooting. with her mother had passed, Martha's eouuteii;uce whowed Some linos that were not there by Bwcet content Tliu mother asked n duestioiis however, iu tlio bcu'MuiuK, to ; draw Miirtlm mt. She wanted a little On,, for 'j'lsorvation. The young husbaud wa? bright) cheerful, atUn ivoaud fond, as ho had iippiarod beforo tho wedding day. Uut on the scooud morniug afUr her ar-rivuVho no lcod that he did talk as much as usual at the breakfast table, and had Bouiotliing very much liko a cloud over his couutudaucc. Martha's manner was u little coutraiued, also, aud herfaco a littl" Hobr. Once or twico during tho meal, Edward exhibited a i'celiug of annoyance at things t.ot rightly ordered." Mrs Barton was already beglfiuilfg' to see the littlo impediments and obstructions to which she had referred iu talking to hcrhusLuud. But she did not eucouruge Martha to speak ou tho subject. She wan ed to Bee more ud understand thu cto Leticr. On tho third day, the cause O trouble uetweeu Ji.uffara ana iuartua . M 1 IXf .l for a dis- ordaut string was really jarrin tho harmony of. their lives became uore clo: rly ajq arcnt to the mother. Tho I&lo external restraint that had been assumed at the begiuniug of hcr visit, by both of the ycung people was gradually laid aside and she saw them iu the-real life they were liviusr. Ihe basis of the difficulty lay la tho to tal unfitness of Martha fur the poiitiou she had assuuied Ihrtt oi housekecpiug, I mean. And iu consequence, her young liusbaud, iu whose ideal of a home, per fect order hud been included, found every .hiug so different from his anticipation, tha. iudcel a graceful acquicscenco was impossible, . I don't know what nil come ofLdward said Martha to hjr mother etl tho moruing oftne fourth day aftct het husband had loft for his place of biisitiesa, Her eyes were swimming in tears; for Edward had Kpuken harshly mid with evident ill nature at the breakfast table. ';lle Used to be so kud, so gentle, so cousidkiu'e of my cointort nn j teclings. ISut lie seems, to be more impatient aud harsh iu his matincr every dty." ' "Has the reisou of this never occ'iircd to you?", Mrs Barton's manner was grave. "lie is disappqintod in something evideht- y, - lie doos nut find iu you all that lit ha I exjee'ed.'' ilo'hu !" The young wife had a start led look. "It must be so, Martha, or else why should bo bo different from what ho was. He had had tin ideal of a wife, aud you have failed to reach that ideal." The face of Martha, which had flushed became almost ale. "And I am free to own," continued tho mother, 'that you fall considerably lolow my ideal. I do not wonder at Edward 'g disappointment. ' ' Tears began to fall over the young wife's face. 'I'm sure,' said she, Bobbing, 'that I have been to him nil I knew how to be. If love would draw upon mo favor and kiudncss ho would nfev.r look upon mo as he docs, sometimes with a cold cyo and a clouded face, nor speak in angry impatience, words that havo hurt nu worso than blows.' Bui yda nave not done for him all that ydii know how to do,' said Mrs Barton. 'I toil to eomproheud you, mother,' was replied to this. ' 'You do not nlatte his homo as pleasant as it should be. There' sdciils to be no un ticipation of his wants bbd.to provision against discomfort. Everything is left to your two servants, who do pretty much as they please.' ' 'Why, mothor?' .'It is truo, mydaughter. I have lookej on with closely observant eyes since 1 have been here, Itld I must say that I am dis iippoiuted in you. In every case Edward has shown impatience in my prcsenco, the source of annoyance lay in your ncgloctof your plain household duty. It was so this morning, and also yesterday.' , ' 'He was annoyed at the burnt Htrak) this morning,' said Martha, iu answer. 'That was not my fault. I ata not ' '.ho C00k.' 'It is your placo to hare a competent eook,' said Mrs. Bai ton. 'If I can Cud one, mother.' 'Tho one you have is not to bo trusted fa repare a meal!' 'I know it, but then how can I help my. sell?' ' .... 'And knowing that yo j nover went near tho l itchen to tee that olio did not poi' the steak intended for your husband' breakfast. It might havo taken you tens 04 fifteen miuutes to superintended per sonally; the preparation of , this morning's uueal, and to making it worthy of being set before joiir husband; but instead of t this, you et talking or reading' from the timoyou were diesud until the b!l rang. Whoa wo wont down, there ww ho butltt' on the table; no kuil'o Mid fork to ilio diIi of meat, uo salt, nor anj uupkins lo' your llU.sband'g pUtO. 'Jill) talde olulh was soiled) tiud you scolJod tliu waiter fur not putting on a clc:ii one. Tho me:il opened 1" dia'.rder. which you lulltt have pre vented uy a uuio i irotuoiigiit ,aud pru greased und cudod iu annoyance and bad titling Now;whowai toblamofor ell this?' 'But mother, you do nb'l export mo to go doii into uio kitchcu und cook,' miid Martha. . 'The Captain who undcrt:iko3 to mil a ship must know till about navigation. Is it more unreasonable to expect a woman who takes upon herself tho obligations of a wife, should kuow how to conduct a household? Isa woniau lesj ruApohsilh' iu hcr positiun than it man? If so, what moral laws give the dii-tioutiori? I h ive not sjcii tliom. Tho Captain doc's not trust tho ship wITolly 10 tho men at the helm. Ilo takes observation; examines charts, and sees, knows for liiuiKclf that everything is donoat tlu right timj an J in the right place. His thought aud hia will is activo un I predominant iu every part of tho ship, and on him rests till tlie responsibility. And it is so everywhere in man's work You usk if I expect you to go into the KUcliRi) anil uo tlio cooking: i answer yes, in cuso lucre is no one olse to preparo your husband's food. If you have an nicouipotcut cook, tr one not lo bo trusted, then it is your duly to make up her deficiencies by personal attendance in the kitchen just as often and long as tlio case may require. You coutraetad to do this wheu you became a wile-' 'I don't remember that the subject was) even referred to,' said Martha, whodid not yet see clearly, nud who felt that her mother's views of tho case actually degraded tho wife into a household drudge. 'Was it stipulated,' answered Mrs. Barton, "that Edward should engage iu business, giving himself up to caio and work, iu order to secure for his wile tho com-foits of homo? I don't remember that the subject was ever-referred to. And yet it was as much implied iu tho act of ii.isduiing tho relation that you now hold. Do you supposo for a moment that ho is not active iu every part of his busiuc-ss Thu ho trusts to au iaconipjcciifc clerk, as you trust toan lucompeteui oookf i lioughrjpui pnjo, nanus, aro busy at ins work rk, and busy you as for i or ro-nlin-rl throughout every day; busy fur you himself:. lie can t uud tune for readin four or five hou.-3 every d.W; nor time for calls on pleasant iriendy. uo, no, IliSi work might suiter, losses might follow. and comfort and luxury ' fail for tho wile ho toils lor. JJut Ins w;ferir t.u urou 1 to go into the kitchen and see that his food1 is palatable and healthy, to be ireseiit all parts of his household, with taste, ol der, neatness aud clennliness I do not wonder that he is disappointed and dissat- isiiod. Martha's prccept'ons were beainiiin" to be enligl'tcued. Sho did not make unv Jiot mo tell you howl found it n vour badly inahnged household,' thun rcsunied tho liiother. - 'Perhaps throiiL'h inv eves they help ysu lo a better appreciation of things as tlicy really arc. Twice since. 1 have been here thero has been no water iu my loom, and I havo had to couio down and get it for myself.' 'Oh mother ! that was too bad ! to think Margaret should have been so caitulcss I The daughter's face crimsoned. ' "Now if you had been a careful limine- kecpor, or a thoughtful one. vou would haVO visited my chamber to seu that ulL was ri;ht there, lou would havo never left your mother's comfort dependeut upon tho uncertain administration of a servant. Next, tho room has not been dusted twice siuco 1 havo been hero. My flngerr are soiled with everything I touch, and 1 am sure it hasn t been swept onco nince I havo bceu here. But this only effects your guosts is only so much taken from their comfort. Lai us look at some things involving the comfort of your husband, for those are of tho highost consideration. You asked him yesterday morning to get some pink-lined euevolopes. Ilo brought tbcui at dinner time. He asked you to darn a rent iu a black alpacca coat, so that ho could woar it. Did you do as ho ro quested? No, you read uud toyed with fino needle work all tho morning, but ucv er touched tho coat, and when he asked for it what reply did you make? Oh, you haled darning ubovo all thing;), and told him ho had better direct tho tailor to send for it. Tho day had bocoino unusually Warm and he had to go out after dinner, wearing a thick coat, jujt because you had willfully uoglectod to perform so light t scrvico for your husband. Do you imagine that Iio never thought or yourlailmo to do for him what ho asked? That ho did not foel your iudiffcrouce to his comforts? Your hiss, depoud upon it, dear Martha, touched his lips coldly, uud your loviDg words, if any wero Bpoken, were as sounding brass and tinkling cymbals to his oar, Ho lookid past !' 1'P, affirmation?, and saw th failuf-o In deed. "Aud liiiluro indeed tejuis to be tho rulo in your udministrtitjoii ofhia household, instead Of tho expectation. Most especially is this tht! caso in what upper. taio-7 to the diuiugroom and kitchen. The meals are always badly cooked 1111 1 badly served. The sloveuiiness with which Margaret scUthe tallois a disgrace to herself and a standing rubuko to hcr mistress. I havou't seen a really oleau dish is I havo regard to cleanliness, sinao 1 havo boon here. Not a clean knifo or fork. Yuur eiuct ttand L offeuiivo to tliu eye. Thero is a smeared mustard bottl'j wit'.i n smeared spoon, a catsup bottlo with half an lucli oi catsup nt the bottom, and an oil bottlo empty. Pepper and viucgir bottles 1 will Dot describe. Tho cruet stand itsolf is as. dark as lead; ntii tho napkin rings and Spoons aro hot much Letter." -"Fray, stop, mother, "laid Martha, iu t rp wug wi h u taiTo uoaroi ettrkt thuit wli ti. "No, T must hi y 11 w ud fiither. Can i-u h lli'iigi u and cscipj your bus' mi i't observation? Cm niicIi things be nr.il no: pri ve a daily ojiuuee and uiiu yanc'i t. h 10 Cuii.meh tliiiigs !,i!iui I oil irritate him, ai times, uiiu iiukiinliiL'i's? lla would be more tin 11 mortal, my child, were the 'temper prom ng'imst assaul.s iifon goud nature', liku lYn-u.", Martha was not a fool though there are too many iu hur position, ivo aro sorry to say, to whom the wird must nigmUeautly applies. Sho saw through her clearer vision, thu blimluvHsin wliichnho hadboen and the fully of defective household administration. iaw that, in liuldiiig herself abovo domestic dut'tej and manipulations, Mio was governed mora by her pride uud indolence, than a jun't regard for wifely or woniiiiily dignity; taw that, to hold fast her husband's love, ulie must do more for him lliau to offer loving wordx, for lif'u being real aiid earnest; do'imnided earnest work from all from tlie delicate wife us we 1 ai from tlio more enduing husband. On the next inoruinsr. as Ivlward lifted his cup to h'is lips ho tail with u smile of pleasure: "What fino ctiflbn,' Mnrthd! I don't know when I've tasted anything so delicious. Your haiidih'ork. 1 infer?" And Edward looked from his wile to lici" moth' cr. "No," rapliod Mrs. Barton, "it is none of my handiwork." "But it's miiio," s.iid tho young wife, who could not keep luck the acknowledg ment of hor pleasure iu sctiiJg her husband's pleasi.fe was so great. "Yours?" Edward sat down his cup and hooked across .the table iu real surprise. "Yes uiiuo I uiade tho coiTi this morning. "You did? Well, as I said, it is delici-OUsI I wouldn't give this cup yf Coll'ee for all tho staff that 1ms bceu made iu this house since tfe entered it." The steak was praised next. "Did you cook this ulso?" asked the husband. "I suderintended the work," was an-werod."It is only hnccSsiirv for Some nnonln to look nt things, ,md they will come nil right." wid Edward, "ami I shouldn't wonder if you bjlonged.to that number." Tiiero was a comp ai t aud rej roof in that sentence both were- felt. . 1 eoJ ,0 B;iy '"'Other word, my aauhrul'.' f"'l Mis Barton, when she was uloll wh Martha ucaiu. 1 think not, nioihir," was rn wered. vnlir t:lll- v.'u'pnliir r li .vn IUU"'S "c my puce :rom a uey st-d ' P01'.1'' allf 1 1 'iav0 uot understood my , (:"'es- Jut tuy ivce very p am now, aud I s''ail not need another reminder. Young ini.1' into some strange notions aboui.a wife's condition. Tiny tailik of it as something more oriiittiieiital than useful, as invested with more queenly diguity than a homely administration of service in ,h household, Sim U to bo loved and petted a:id cared for with an untiring devotion mid tcuderness; but caring for her husband; in the unattractive use ufa family, in the kitchen if need be, does uot enter iuto some siiingiiialiods as a thing at all included iu the relation ofhusbaudaud wife." "And coldness, i-ritatiun, ill-naturo and too often, alieuiition, are the consequences," said Mrs. Barton. "You fel 11 change in your husbaiid. Did uot thii euso present itsolf?" "Not until you pointed it out to mo." "Can it bo possible that you wcio so bliud, my daughter?" "I was just so blind, mother," "Do you Wonder that EJwafd was annoyed at times?" I wonder that he had s mutch forbearance;" was the reply. I wonder ho did not speakaout plaiuly and tell me my duty." "You might uut havo understood him," diid Mrs. Barton. "He could not havo said all thi.t I have said. There' would liuTo tho appearance of a selfish regard for his own comfo:t. Young i ives do uot always understand a husband's roproving words, which are tnoro apt to blind than enlighten; for they aro Usually spokou uuder the iuilueiice of chafed feelings. It is belter, therefore, that I should hi ve helped you to see clearly iu matters involviugso many important consequences " Great Eaters. Groat enters nover live long. A voia-cicus appetite is not a sign of health, but is an indication of d'sjasc. ib'ouio dyspoi tics a.e always hungry; feel best wheu they aro eating, but a scon as they had eaten they enduro torn. cuts, so distressing in tl.cir mil ura, as to mako tho unhappy vie tliu wish for death. The appetite of health ufhatnhioh inclines moderately to tat, when' eating times occurs, and which, when satitfijd, leaves no unpleasant reminders. Multitudes measure their health by. the amount they can eat; anu of any lea per ron!1, nine iire gratified at an increase of weight, us il'bulk were an index of health; when, in reality, any excess of fatness is, in proportion, decisive proof of existing disease; showing thut the absorbents' of the system are too weak to discharge' their duty; and the tendcuey to fatness, to obesity, iucreascs, till existence is a burden, olid sudden death closes tho history. , Particular inquiry wi'l almost unvaringly elicit the f'aot, tho fat persons, however rubicund and jolly, nro never well, aud yet they arc envied. . ; here great caters never livo (0 an old ago, and nro never for a single day without gouM "Symptom,'' somo feeliug sufficiently disagreeable to attract ihojn'nds attention unpleasantly, small ectjrg, those who. eat regularly of plain food, usually havo .no "Kpuro Ucsli," are wiry aud enduring, nu J ih to mi active olJ Htfrt, llutiiurkahliiex. uuiplifleationsof tl'fiso Htatemeiiiitare I'oliinl in the lives of ecntariiitis of a prist age, (inluii, one of the most distinguished pliy. siciaiirt aluotig 1 ho uucieuti, lived very sparingly after the age of twentyight, ami died iu him hundred a lid fonijth your. K'ctigreu, who never tailed spirit or wine, nod worked hard all his life, reached huudred and eighty Gvu yearn; Jeukint, i poor Yorkbhira farmer, who lived on the eourstst diet, was one hundred and sixty-uiuo years old when he died. Old I'arr lived to a, hundred and fifty three; his diet being milk, cheese, whey, smuli beer aud coarse bread.' Tho fuvoritodiet of Usury Francisco, who lived to one hundred and forty, was tea, bread and baked apple?: liphraim I'ratt, of iihutcsburg, Massachusetts, who died, aged quo hundred and seveutcen,lived chiefly oil fnilk and that iu small quantity; his sou Michael, by similar uicafls, lived to a hundred iindtluee yearii old. Father Cullj it Methodist cler gytnan. died lust year flt tlio ago of one hum red uud five; the main diet of his life. fiaving been tftl td swino's flesh (bacon) and bread nuido of Indian! meal. From these statements nitio general readers our if ten will jump M tho conclusion that milk "is healthy," lis are baked apples and bacon. These tohcltisious do not ligi-t'mately follow. The only inference that can be safely drawn ii oiily from tho fact running though all tlleso cases that plain food aud a life Of steady labor tend to a great ugc. As to the hculthfulness and life protruding qualities of any article of diet named, nothing can be inferred, for no two of the nieu lived ou tho sanio kind of food; all that can bo" rationally aud ' safely said is, either that they lived so Ion in spito of tho quality of food" they eat, or that their instinct called for a particular kind of food; and tho' gratification of thut instinct instead of its perversion, with a life of steady lab tr, directly caused a hcalth-fulucss and great length of days. We in its t not expect to live long by any one thing which an old man did, and omit all others, but by doing all he did, that is,work steadily, 11s well as eat mainly a particular dish.-Uall's .Tournal. ' , The Right Sort .of Pluck. ,. A man loukiug up from sawing his wood saw his little sou turning two boys out of tho yard. "Sue here; what arc you about, George?" asked th e man. "I'm turning two swear ci s out ot my yard, sir,1' said George. l said I would uot play with swearers, and I wont " That is the right time aud ptuco to say, 'I woiit." I wish every boy would take tho stand, No ploy with swearers. "Thou shaft nut take tho uamo oi the Lord thy God in vuiu." ... - ' - IIow to Look Young. . How is It that some moo, though - to be quite old still look young, while othcis, though young, Still look old? An old gon tlcmau, being asked tho reason, "snid : 'I never ride when I can wulk, I never cat but orio dish at' dinner; I never got drunk. "" My walking keeps my blood in circulation, my siiriplo diot provents indigestion, and never touching ardent spirits, my liver never fears loing eaten up alive.' But he forgot to add one of tho greatest causes of lasting youth, 'a kind, unenvious heart.' E'ivy can digas deep iu tho human race, as tiuio itself. A Grange Case of Apparent Death ' A caso of apparent death occurred iu Berlin a lew weeks ago, and natunlly created no little sensation. Tho wile of a well to do merchant, after a short sickness suddenly expired in the night. Next mcr ning tho corpse was curried, b'y women called iu to prepore it for the funeral, into a rotired apartment, where the1 tisuul operations of washing, &c., wcreporformod upon it. the liusbaud went out in the! course of the day to make thd necessary arrangements for (he burial, whrin, during bia absence, the neighbors wore aroused by fearful shrieks proccedirig from the dwelling of tho deceased. . On entering tlu no ghburs found no 0110 at homo, and finding tho door of tho room from which tho cries issued looked, they broke it open, and to thoir horror discOvored tiot the oorpso had risen from the dead! In Jess than forty-eight Inurs . 1 he woman w' mid have been buried in a living tiuiba-cus-uality which, though happily prevented in her case by a' Bpeedy reeovejy irom the lit, it to be feared, carries off no luconsid-erablo number of persons every year. Tilling the earth as a diiily avrfcrftion', is consisted with a life of lotnmuoiori with God. Adam was thus employed when God daily blessed him with presence and coun sol, no avocation brings man into so immedi connection wilh God in his jtrnvidenco as farming. He can not avoid feeling his direct dcpcndcnco upon liiai wlio sends the ruin nnd thft subjliire1 to' crown his lubors, with success:. 'i)-Tho years pelt a young girLwith red roes till her checks are all on fire. Hv nnd by they begin throwing white Toses. ntu that tnorning flush passes awny. ' ( KiikIIsIi Ufiiiitj nV NAI'llAMM. HAWTIHiHSfi I have hei.nl a rn-at deal .il'llie ffimeily I r 1 1 a... . ,i.: ,...1 Hiiii.il beuulv to a 'to period of" life; but (not to sug. est til 111 1111 Auierieauce lieud use nod cultivation before it i-iiu ijoi's ap-prueiaio the uharui of Eicdh lnMii:y at ai-y ugc) It strikes inu t ii: n it Kiiglii.!! lady uf ti ly ivaptto bei omeit no ilure liJss refilled uud delicate, fo far in lnr physique goes, tlinii any niuj wo e-teni people class under the 11:11110 of woman. Hho has nit uwful ponderimity ol'lraimi, uot pulpy, liko tho looser development' of out few fat women, but massivo wilh solid bcuf uud streaky tallow; so that ihonglj mruguiing wanfully against thd i leu) you invariably thing of hcr as nude of steaks and Kurloin. When she walks her advanco is elephant iuo. Wheu sho sits down it is' tipuu a great round space of her M.ikr's fHn.sttoli when! she looks as if nothing Could ever move her. tjho imposes uwo uud respect hy the muchness of h.:r peisoii.ilily, to such a degree that you probably crodit hor with fur greater ui iral an 1 intellectual force than sho can fairly claim, llur vls age js usually grim and stern seldom t os tively forbidding, yet calmly terrible, uot lUJicly by its breadth and woightof feature but because it seems ti exprc.s so innel well founded self-reliance, stlch acquaiti tuuee with tho world, it toils, troubles and dangers, aud such sturdy capacity for trampling diwu a iuo. Without uuyduue. positively salieut, or actively, or inileeii unjustly formidable to her uciglihois, she h s the effect of a Kevoiity-four gun si i I.U time oi peace; for, wlnle yiu usMtre yourself that there is uo roal d.uiger. you cannot help thinking lu w treiiieudou: would be her ousot, if pueiiiuelous'v d li cd uud how futile the effort to inflict ,uuy counter injury. JSlio certainly loi ks ieu fold yea, a hundred fold better uble (0 take euro of herself than our eleu I or i ran ted and. haggard womankind; but 1 have not found rcasuu to suppose that tlu Knl b'' dowager of fifty has actually greater courage, fortitude anu strength of cliaracior, thau our wou.eu of similar ug'j. or eveu u tougher physical endurance than ihi'y. Morally, sho is Btruug, I suspect, ouivv 111 ueity,.aiiJ in thu ujuiuiuuurcnikti ,uo. . yl social affairs, and would bo found power le.-s and timid iu Miy 'exceptional strail that miht call for euergy outside of the conventionalities ,umid which shu huh grown up. 'You cull meet this figure iu the street uud live, uud even smile at the reeculle'e, tioii. Hut conceive of her iu u ball room, ' with the l ure, brawny orms that sho iuva riubly displays there, and all tho other corresponding developments, tu'di is beautiful in tho. maiden blossom, but a spectacle tu howl at iu au ovorbldflu cabbage rose us this. - Yet, soniewhcro in this enormous bulk, is hidden the modest, slender, violet hut tire ofu girl, whom an alien mass of carthliuess has unkiudly overgrowu;.for an English nmidon in hor tCous, thoipgh very seldom o pretty as our own damsels, pmsse.-ee8, to say th a trutlf, a certain charm of '..all blossom, nd delicately tMtd loaves, and touder Womuiihood, shielded by muidenly reserves, with which,, eomchow or othor, our American girls of n fail to adorn themselves during'un uppreCiublti moment It hi a pity th .'it an English violet should grow into such an outrageously devel, cony us I havo attotnpted to describe. 1 woiiucr whether a middle aged h unban I ought lo be considered allegully uiurricdjo all " 1 ho accretions that have overgrown tlio sl(. deriiess of his bride, siuco he led her to the altar, aud which mike hor ttomudi m-to tbau he over burguiucd for ! Is it not a touuder view of the case, that the nuitri-Riouial boitd cannot be held to include the three forth of the wife that had 110 exiss teuee wheu the eerjuiooy was performed 1 And as a mutter of conscience and g.o l morals, uHght not uo ldiglirfh married pair to iufi'st upOu the c'elebratiun' of a dilver wedding at tho eu 1 of twciif V fivd years iu order to logilizo nod mutually uppru pritlte thttt corporoul growth ' of which both parties have individually came into poasessiod siuoe they Were pronounced one flesh? ' - s . ... .... ... . . Natlontl. . the receipts iutb . the Uuitcd ftaVn treasury during the last fiscal year, iuclud ing loaus aud the balaucesat tht first oi the year, were 3JJ1, 125,071 8&, :i I tho diebursuinoutK $8!)5,79J,G30 63; leavoiug a balaoco, July 1, 1SG3, of ?5 3:'0,014 21. Of the disbursomeuts, $23,2i3.Mi wirO for tho civil service, f 0'UI,2U8,0UI for the War Department, and $08,211,105 forthe Naty Department. Tho financial condi tioo of the Port-oflicelti'rartmciit lias bceu revenue amounting to $11,81-1,207; being but 81."0, 111, lens than the eipnn-litures' 1 T 1 rtft j1 - . 1' x I.. .... f 1 111.10 m, mo year iinincuiaioiy prece.ung ' tho rebellion, the deficienry amounted to Sri.O'it), 70"i,'uod 1 hit pm-tJi tuceip'd eru J-'.CBi.Ti-' less .than iho'aS Hi W,rh. Tho ' f " "' h-;- " - umily pluulcd 011 the soil VI eTei rebel ittatc. I he navy, which; ill iit ouinnijci lunut of tins' admi'tiib(rai?6'i Consist) J- of 1i vbsels, only, 41 of wLlth trera in coin-, uYtaiuii, nJw iuclddos j ti'jh ol.idi.touur-u, he ooust aud 20 for iillalii Kirico, 20'J, bidenhoel Bleumers, lb!i , s'firu . Bteatnurn j aud Hi sai.l.i ' ViWfU; ul iking a tutal of , 0S8 vessels, cirryidg i,U'i guns. Up Novejuber: 1, 1,013 vessel! altonipi ing , lo run tho blwtkud6 liavo beed captured by. tho pavy, uud thu fulue of prices , ntiu. for ailjudicatjou is over tV&fiWfJW, . , i i .' v, i'ablle Oplnlom i ; ', ' 'l dou't eurit whit tho- world' thinks w! iy?' 'Is souieiim'os tho bravado ofade-: pra:e knave sometimes the weak boaM of a fof 1. No ode can with impunity set at uonghbtha usages of society, much Wi iti laws. . 1 Iio ekiierimout has always re- ultod n thu, hmuiliation of the eipori- meufcrs. Wuhiu the last twenty-fire vearf we have beoti preached aud printed at by many oouiul philosophers of both sexe, who" desired l establish new order ot tliinai iuoonsisient with Our priooncrivetl idea f religion, decchcy and propriety. , Thoj tilted against publie opinion, add Wferj Dull orsed uud brought to priof. , They did not care for the world's censure not they. On. tho contrary, they pitied the- igooraucy aud stupidity that failed to discern the) superiority of their doctrine to thoso of tho decalogue sud the gospel, and detotuiii.e4 to conviuie society against its wilL liut .'.'oVety is of the same opinion still and iu scorn .bus put the would-be iuuovafo.ra dowu. .They hare discovered that they hu"o uo. lovers long enough to upset chris-liaui.ed. civilinaliiii; thut they, .caunot change cnlicr its customs, it? fashiou.", 0 i(Btundurd of equity. . The worshipful acooi iatioti of Free Lovera bos ijbtreatid from public view to a frieudly obscurity more eougeniul to unbridled seusuality. Yo aeuf but little uow of the misguided ladies .lo aspired tube Amuzomi.' 'Jlau of tho spinsters among them have gono into a state of double bhssedness, aud (prob-bly) ebanged their views. Tho followers of the ccentrio Mrs. Uhonir havcL general thing, doffed their groiesquoVpI forms and betaken themselves to crinoline, and "the right of womag to do man's wort1 and wear his 4ingruceful apparel seems1 iti have been ubaudotiud by our strong liiiiid. ell sisters. ' Public' opiuiuu is what is tech- uic'ally' termed a hard customer. ' It some times crre iu political mutters bu very rarely, if ever iu Christian cvmmunitiiB on questions of morality aud' s'ociul pro" priety. As regards these it has a better guide thau human wisdom the nwrul uod social ifiles aud ifiucipleb laid dowB 111 the N6w TcstaW'nf. .'. ".'"' ' " ", iew Mfam larriagc. r... 1.....:.. cj Au ingenious mechanic, Air. S. If. ISo per. of Hoi ury, Muss , has invonud' uud put iu operation a Dew tteum wugou or LuL'yy for common road. . It is thus de scribe :-An ordiuary four wheel carriage has a boiler, ot about Biztccu' inches ' iu diameUir, iu tlf; roar, with the Uror reg-ulatidg the stca.u aud speed,;' extending over tlie se it iu front. B.meath thu boil t i the f t Hi, ,3d iii tne rear of the boiler is a srui'll water taok The steam guxe is on a level with the dri, ver, aud he ca'u! at a' glance ascertain tho amount of steam prossuni- Tho whole ' machine is of two horses power. Thd persons take their scats id the Carriage, and oft it starts, tho driver guiding with oua hand the frtiUt Wheels, by meaos ' of a crank, uud with the other baud he can regulate the speft'd of the engine or ' stop the earrings in lesa time than a poir ' of lwes can bo bnught to a halt'. Coal sufficient for one day's running 'cm bo ' curried beneath the1 Beut of the carriage,-aud although tlie Mii-cd attained is that of ' tho fastest htfSc, the expense of running the eai r'iigo is esiimattiu at one cent rr mile, w. il ; iu operation; wi h the additum al virtue of not c'oslin'g at ythiug - in the' way of feed and St.ibliog when uot in "Use. Eulely, wheU the turrioue was exhibited, the engine carried Ltit fificctr and twenty pounds of gteapi, ail J yet it taxed thapo,' ers of tho hor.-e. pfeseut to keep pae with its B.te 1. The carviagt uud aug'na ' d nut weigh lire thai) given liUnUre j potneU No difficult was tAperience In turning ' ehurp curuen; of Iii backing. oJ. -i ' A certain wituess in an assault and bat- tcry tull mlxrl things up eoosidorubly) ia ifiving hit ascirout ot the affair. , After M luting how l'e'iiii'is came to him audstruok him; he proieodads ':.".So yer1 tiUUtft I jilt .hauled off io wipjnd hu jair1 Jut then hia, diy-along, and I hit fii'in agaiu." ' "Hitthed.g? ' '' ' ' 'No, yr hcii.Y, hit Donn' And rtm I up wiu a steu and tlirowed it at Irim, aird roll him over aud over." ... , 'Trew a stone nt Dennis'' "At fl dog, yer hoor-' ' And lis got up and hit ui B-ai;.." ... .'. 'The dogf" . ., ' Nu. Dcoiiit. And with tint tie alaolc bin tail betwix bio leg and ran off.'' Dennis?" .' ' . '. ' ''Xr, the do. " And wfinu ha eama tack at mo he pot mo dowp. aud pounded lire, yer honor)", . : : ,1 llll,. ,r nnn. I , V t ,,i'l' . "No, Dmii s, yer bono or, and no i.m I I . . 1 uuii 11 t nu. n n 11 iVlt, isnt hurl?" ' I : W ''Th Tho dog. jnr hfiiii'r4 1 ! r i I i 1 o tors