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Ubl33iieer Ntfices.

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REAKE & HAYNES.OFICE IN Q RON OFr THu cooUr nossE.,

-- TEUR5-ADVE IENINTS will be tiaqRted at the ase at One

Dollar per augare (6f ten lines or les,) for the irst, eandlts Gepie or er subeent lasessin A libaldisonat made to the who avertmse by the year.

htety dolas ayear wtl be charged far half a elamof Patent Medicine advertising. and none of greateriath wi beadmited omaay srms.

PERSONAL PUBLICATIONS.-Comealceiutine of aper-smeMnatare Ar k are ad deeped to e, of publicinterest, may be inaertedas advertisements (at the op-tine af the diTSb being p• r In advaace.

ANNOUNC NGC NDIDATES-?ea Daon will be char- hasnsanoi s Caadldoaeq tr aD Se e, in be paidin advance.

S tARY NOTICES, nta.ceedig theseer sa uea,will be cheerfully nserted without charge, bt thoseof lsstrosn, be racted s adverem nts.

CORRPONDENT are informed that notic whasear wEltaken at ay rommniata tn lked t.rbaerti• , un~Nas aecompanied by the name and arssda auniter-nut meeery mbe pubbauom, but as aguaatse of good hith.

TA Layv.M Newepape..,.I. Bobu.Ieri who do not give express otiee to the

>em y,ae msiwed- rwielbtg leanumis~hus s

eaui er verdha e tielsestiasem.f thek.wpm wu tlhepehileher ceesee s seed thee sntil eN

t merbarlenegleci srralaae to take tbeir newn-re t ien cto which they to, tike , theywqai p fterthm until hey bay, ted their blue

I tstd tdhat dtro outhm i. The sot bwe d tciedtt rrd$ 1s take sews-

pydr libm theoeeec creowtum and taC-ha r-

5. Vthe Ue atiesu Coea rthive elms mpnetd dst-de4*at a Poutmester, who c u to var sqpenod* as required by fits Poet m epenmezi of Iith anel rrh ofaC srss ts takerfanrom the lcteUwqerpersa disse&to2W, rendus the PoetuIeriaWie Tsci pdthw iw thesazrtpl pele.

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We primxr IOr' what? Of ourmancestorts? They were driven out ofpmredise.Of our patrimony? "Sad' inheritance!"Of a w wisedom? tlath pot God made it

oil! Ofdr owealth? Itis`notcisreut byondQ the grave. Of our earth-y'odois? Trhe die in their birth-place.

Of wor dIy influene? "The prince ofagt in bU d smore. Of 'otr virtues?

' ye notatone for . Ofour man.i 'ar pooh toe re Of

"nere s a'id ocorruption,Ethe aiul&Aer(:othe wonrmthoi art

*y~t~st .$sjatcz." -Of our power?itit: Of our imamoitaitg

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ffelthahe is. twmtd :k: occupy till the -

rtet come ; an ae re reves the mecesastuasclothes th. naked, Sds tli;ii hungry, and

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A Warning to Bachelors.

Passing along by one of our large fancystores some time since, we observed a cardin the window conspicuously marked with !the letters, "The Bachelor's Companion."Now, happening to belong to that solitaryclass, we were naturally anxious to knowwhat kind of a compatnion was meant, andso dropped in and inquired. The politeclerk immediately handed out a neat pock-t.hok looking sort of an affair, which,

being opened, disclosed a variety of com.partments, one of which was devoted to anassortment of sewing silk and thread, allcut to a convenient lengthand properly ar-ranged; another contained buttons of eve-ry size and variety; another scissors, knife,and two or three other things whose usesare perfectly incomprehensible to us.-There was also a place for needles, and asmal note book with pencil, the whole ta-king up but little space, and being easilycarried in the pocket. Visions of inde-pendence of washer-women, and all otherfemiinnes, loated before our eyes as wepaid for our treasure and departed. Sev-eral days had elapsed before we had occa.sion to use our new purchase, but one daywe found a place where button ought tobe, .a that portion of our raiment whichcertain strutng-mided women claim theprivilege of wearing, and rejoiced to thinkthat we were net beholden even to tailorsOur "companion" was soon hunted up, thepropersiedbutton selected,and the threadcarefully drawn, but ea turning to theplace where the needles should be, therewere none there. They had been forgot.tea. The pants were snMt to the tailor's,and, dghing, we set eat to purchase someeedles.This was dpae, and we thought we were

henceforth fortified against the ills whichbachbelo are heir to. But we were mis-taken, for, eon sseqeant occasion, whena bu tto was siisiag from one of ourshirts, we rejoicingly selected a piece ofwhite thread, audafter some difficulty, suc.ceeded in getting it through they eye tofneedle; but when we came to make aa uase of it, we ,found the needle

to•.;lpto go through C t holes in thebtt . HMere o wan a dilemma we were.taL glt paraed for, ad when we got

u alesman enough we found it nipossi-blb te tbMl em. oS we. feel jastiied

roPrneuo sgi Abe whole thing a humbug+- dsklriin-+-enleaesled: iospire a mo-ematary fe•tig 4• indepeds+ce ,in the

e al of bacbelera, only . te escceededat crushing see :f~,ernitude and sla-

sve to the whimead capriomsof the other.m :And ~the iefar we have written this

as a "warning to bachelors"-.{N. O, Pic.

A. H. tqph au, oFOeorgla, ies recentdilires akisetin' ii Alexatndria for the

SeCf a Orplan Asylum and FreeBp poi t.1ify, :rlated the fUlowiag

deer stif on a cold night, whiaiib ii of rooft shaiker his head, no pa.:

' rhen r we al g istr guide toea drhit iS&lon rin way, reached

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Interestllng Facts.

The organ of vision is considered themost delicate organization in the humanframe; yet many who have been bornblind, have been enabled to see by surgi-cal operations, and the following is an in-teresting fact concerning one of that class.A youth had become thirteen years of agewhen his eyes were couched by the sur-geon. He thought scarlet the most beau.tiful color-black was painful. He fan-cied every object touched him; and hecould not distinguish by sight what he per-fectly well knew by feeling-for instancethe cat and dog. When his second eyewas couched, he remarked that the objectswere not so large in appearance to this asto the one opened at first Pictures heconsidered only parti-colored surfaces, anda miniature absolutely astonished him,seeming to him like putting a bushel intoa pint.

Statly, the organist, and many blind mu.sicians, have been the best performers oftheir time; and a school-mistress in Eng-.land could discover that two boys wereplaying in a distant corner of the room, in-stead of studying, although a person usinghis eyes could not detect the slighestsound. Prof. Sanderson, who was blind,could in a few moments tell how manypersons were in a mixed company, and ofwhat sex. A blind French lady coulddance in figure dances, sew and thread herneedles. A blind man in Derbyshire,England, has actually been a surveyor andplanner of roads, his ear guiding him asto distance as accuratgly as the eye tooth-ers; and the late Justice Fielding, who wasblind, on walking into a room for the firsttime, after speaking a. few words, said :"This room is about twenty-two feet long,eighteen wide, and twelve high," all ofwhich was revealed to him with accuracythrough the medium of the ear. Verily"we are fearfully and wonderfully made."

A Lady in Commasd of a U. S. Fort.-Lient. Montgomery; of the United States

Army. not long since lost his life in Oregon.His death left his widow, formerly MissNorthrop, of Akron, and one child, incomparative penury, as is generally thecase with those who devote their livesto their country's service. She returned,and Gen. Jessup, with that chivalry charac.teristic ofa brave soldier, immediately gaveto her the trust of Fort Gratiot, now un-occupied by a garrison, a duty which shecan fulfil, and the pay of which is veryfair.

A Capital Parador.-During the late-run upon Bahks," our friend, WilliamPitt Palmer, made the following " capitalparadox" for us in one minute by thewatch, with one hard tied behird him:

ur.wo huedm and twery eonpre.ional tsqusThan Shat ' each oe aewaely weaker,Aflu agging awy,athe top ao thei lugs,For tio wanthsa t raoer a qpaer."

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`r Although a prnter may be sittingal day, yet in his ow way be is a greattraveler,(or at least ss hand is) as weshall prove. A goo printer will set3000 antes a day, or about 24,000letters.Te di~ nei e traveled over by hit handwill. averag about one foot per lsemr,qoingt, the boxes in which they are

contained, And of course returning, mak-ing two feot every letter he sets. 'Thisiai~tidtnae a distance, each day, of 48,-4o0 f•toer a little more than nine miles;and,I nlthe morse of the year. leaving

at Sunday., _the member travels about3,000 miles.

A spiri: Rapper Sapped--A datedspirit rapper in oeaef the Northern con-.vesi"deat a meant sinting of the faith.lAi, 1e1id that he had just eceive ein.

igp the death of a dead, derotedestimable friend in California,

gand xipitised a desire at orace to enteritrSamaPe iertite witth bn ap i A.

hwpeeeam eoq Ibin ereingsbe piri ofth epatamai.

4a itPs ess to commence a+i i 4e the enfertalnment oe.

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teis aa p s...& Ilar haverl yesnbeendJead 1hAleaesquens were leanamer that

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i. . .ao 1. replied that she preerdiwedsding parcj.

The shadow of Life.

We have rarely met with anything more

beautiful than the following, which we findin the New York Mirror of a recent date:

"Al that live must die:Pasing through nature to eternity."

Men seldom think of the great event ofdeath until the dark shadow falls acrosstheir own path, hiding forever from theireyes the faces of the loved ones, whoseliving smile was the sunlight of their ex.istence. Death is the great antagonismof life, and the cold thought of the tomb isthe skeleton in all our feasts.

We do not want to go through the darkvalley, although its passage may lead toParadise ; and, with Charles Lamb, we donot wish to lie down in the moldy grave,even with Kings and princes for our bed-fellows. But the fiat ofnature is inexora.ble. There is no appeal or reprieve fromthe great law that dooms us all to dust.-We flourish and fade like the leaves of theforest, and the frailest flower that bloomsand withers in a day, has not a frailer holdon life than the mightiest monarch that hasever shook the earth by his footsteps.Generations of men appear and vanish likethe grass, and the countless multitude thatswarms the world to day will to-morrowdisappear like the foot-prints on the shore:

"Soon a the rising tide shall beat,Each trace will vanish from the sm•d."

A Good Hear.-The man who has ~good heart, sees pleasure where a badperson beholds nothing but gloom. Thesecret then of being happy and enjoyingthis glorious world, is to possess a virtu.ous heart. Who is the most cheerfuland contented in your neighborhood? Theman who is the most honored and possessesriches? No. It is he who has nothingbut a kind heart. , Nothing ruffes his tenbper or disturbs his repose. The mornisigsky-.the evening cloud-.the rolling watersthe blooming landscape-the teemingforest and fields of snow, give him pleasusothat others never dreamed of

Exi'm axmcns Tm Bsr TlAn c -.- --

"No man," says Mrs. Pasrti in, wasbetter calculated to judge of pork than maypoor dear husband was; when he was liv.ing, poor man, he knew what good hotswere, for he had been brought up among'em from his childhood."

OThe happiest man in the worMl isthe man with just wealth enough to keep

him spirits and just children enough tokeep him industrious.

A Great M-in.-It is pleasing to lookupon the clear eye, firm lip, and placidcheek that bespeak a great mind withil.which through all life's battle has kept it.self uncontaminated by rice and nacop-quered by adversity.

O The six plagues of a snanl townare-a lawyer with a great knowledgblgreat sophistry, and no sense of jpios;an ancient physician with litle skillo r

manners; a preacher without any con-science; a talking woman; a politicianwithout principles; and a man of letterswho eternally degattims.

A Clairogmt on tAhe Pacic.-We u.derstand that a lady of this city, who hasa husband o board the missing t.ierPacific, the other dayco ted a Chrsy.aat upon the fateof mvesseL 8h wasinformed that the steamer is wrecked4idthat the particulars of the disaster willreach New York about the last of thismo-th. If this individama h'ow it~i

muk, we may be pesnimitted ask, whatis it that prevrsnw the zerelatin omf th fillparticulars 1-N. O. Dty Book.

't- Aw editor out 'west usas--UIf wehave lndsd -ny arn, ia the maot bathri~liaU ccurnu out public cw areen thima endAs anew .hat and ma. othiaabout iL" Ver cool.

et the, miser have 16s geld," uitlhe . f honer hiur -Mhn dbnW sin

stjmy portion bea ti been of &iiJd"seip secured within somis ~ith(ulheartn

Which peace contentment, 6ad every vii-

miw re"g perpetually uprems. 8o 8ay=nobody.lr

Hi Sam Poweis, the .cidptaSisis: I am nwfl most prospe r L v.ig pSessed ove r ey yso yeargwsfi` i

end diiculties, WBich but fir=bsYa-ke. blami in myvemfs, wouIldimbauckiamteup lo ago, and sent mekbose ,topursue a more lcrsire business.

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OI Nfne 141 msboast were wrecked st

Cincinuzati on 2 the 2"uom.