... jpottrp. THE VISRI AND THE PO WFBR. ONwARD-onward still aspiring, Through the ideal realms untiring, Wings the Wish its bouneless way Nothing of life's perils countinu But still higher-higher mounting, Panting for a further sway. Far-far behiad the Poweer moves slow along, Chain'd to the earth by heavy bonds of clay, Repulsed by myriad toils that round it throngs And bar its progress to ...

... e Every variety of silk material, with velvets and tachoiree d aro in demand for the present season. For simple overpay wear, plaid carhemires and/ansnelles Ecosseises, with erapesol Tlibet wool, checked or striped, and Pekins be laine, are prial cipally used for the robes redingote and peignoirs fermd,; tbi make is high, with fall backs and tight sleeves, ornamente with jockeys, godets, or ...

... Jump. HYMN. GOD of the ocean, earth, and sky I In thy bright presence we rejoice; We feel thee-see thee ever nigh; We ever hear thy gracious voice. We feel thee in the sunny beam- We see thee walk the mountain waves- We hear thee in the murmuring stream, And when the midnight tempest raves. God on the lonely hills we meet- God, in the valley and the grove; While birds and whispering winds ...

... poorp. THE COMMISSION OF GENIUS. UP, TuoUGHT I thou haot a mighty work- A glorious task to do, Better than squabbling with the Turk, Or babbling with the Jew; A wider field than Waterloo Hast thou wherein to war; 'Gainut fiercer foes than Caesar knew, Or Russia's daring Czar. Thou hast no need of spear or sword, Nor shield nor helmet bright, Nor quiver, with sharp arrows stored, To fit thee ...

... Siter atur . Pssstsar Cyclope~dia of Aratural Science; Parts V. and VI.- a Minimt Phoysiology. By W. B. Carpenter, M.D. London: tC W. S. Orr ond Co. C The ?? contributions to science, furnished by our fesllow- 11 citizen. Mr. WV. B. Carpenter, to tho, Popular Cyclopadia, ii bave attracted the attention sari drawn forth thoe warcasex-ti pressed approbation of many of the leading critical ...

... Eit £ t at ur C. New Mifonhl/y 11agazine.-Colburn, London. Scraps from my Sabretache-' consit of military remrinis. testes, written ill an off-band, dashing style. The trial of the tualities of English and Spanish horses is detailed vwith mauch spirit. Jhe writer, who has apparently served in the Peninsula, has a high opinion of Espartero,and observes- I amconvineed it will be fond that no ...

... X'RXGurHUL SNARE STORY. TuE following incident was related to us the other day, by one whose veracity is unquestioned, and who was almost an eye witness to the fact. It is more appalling than any we recollect to have ever read in the history of those terrible reptiles Some time last summer the inhabitants of Manchester, Missis- sippi (United States), gave a barbecue, which was attended by the ...

... ZZWRXART VARXZETiES. H{UMAN SACRIFICES-Tnk GARLANDED VICTxIM.- One of their (the Mexicans') most important festivals was that in honour of the god Tezeatlepoca, whose rank was inferior only to that of the Supreme Being. He was called t the soul of the world, and supposed to have been its creator. He was de- picted as a handsome man, endowed with perpetual youth. A year before the intended ...

... -LITERARY VARIETZES. THE FLESH-FLY.-The larvml of the flesh-fly, produced from the eggs laid in carrion, are said to increase in weight 200 times in the courae of '24 hours; and their voracity is so great as to have caused Linnueasto assert, that three individuals and their immediate progeny (each female giving birth to ait least 20,000 young, and a fewv days sufficing for the prodssotiou of a ...

... LiWEARY VARIETIES. Lmeaxlcv WoiiEN-The fairest thing in Limerick, how- ever, is the fair sex itself. Thle Limerick lasoes are as ?? in Ireland, as are the Lancashire witches and Welsh women in England. It is rem arkable that both the places renowned for tho beauty of their woumen lie to the west, and, indeed, to the more Celtic west of both islands. Is it, perhaps, the greater mixture of the ...

... .;JITRAWRY VAiXIrWTXES. DIsrUTEs.-It is a.n eacellent rule to be observed in all t disputes, that men should give soft words and hard argurenbt; I that they sho5ula5 nsot so much strive to vexi as to convince all opponent.-Wi~ilkinss. There is not an hour in the day in which a man so much likes to see his wife dressed vith neatness, as when she leaves her bed-room, sod sits dsown to breakfast. ...

... ipottrp. The following lines, descriptive of the difference between an American and English Autumn, were written by Mies Panny Keniblo (now Mrs. Butler), during her firstvisit to the United States:- A UTU MN. RITTEN AFTER A RIDE BY TIE SCHUYLKILL, IN OCTOBER. Taou comest not in sober guise- In mellow cloak of russet clad; Thine are no melancholy skies, Nor hueless flovers, pale and sad; But, ...