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AN Anciicxr Tiss'r.i.\ti‘..Nr.--I\Ir. Wm .G. Patience, of IIart-l ford has in his possession a copy of the New Testament, in a good state of preservation, printed in London, in the year l596—two hundred and fifty-iiiiic years ago. It is qrinted in smallqtiarto, in the old black letter style with copious explaiiatorv notes. The title page reads as follows.— “The NewTestameiit of Ovr Lord Icsvs Christ, translated out of Greek, by Tlieod. Beza. Wherevnto are adioyiied large explanations of the phrases and hard places, by the Author and others; together with a table of Coiicordaiice conteining the principall words and matters contained herein. Englished by L. Tomsoii. Imprnited at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent majesty, ‘1596.” ‘The book is quite a curiosity, and would be highly prized by aiiti- quarians.

“ﬂsavsn Bi.iiss THE Dun: or Aitevi.t:!”—It seems the Duke of Argyle is to be the Postmaster-General. This is the first time that in England the name of Argile hasbeeii been brought in close connection with the Post, though in Scotland, we believe, some such institution has long ﬂourished under the ducal auspices, having for genera- tions been most efficacious in bringing all hanbs up tothe scratch. Let; us hope one of the good effects of the Duke's appointment will . be, to cure the postinen of the terrible itch they have for opening our letters. In our opinion, the most effectual cure, an the one that would produce the least irritation, would be to increase their miserable salaries, which at present are scarcely sttﬂicient, with the tremendous amotiiit of walking they have to keep body and soul together, of their boots, mtich less their persons. Let the new post- master-General do this, and many a poor, fagged, worn- out fellow will fervently exclaim, as he rushes to the post, “.I-Ieaven Bless the Duke of Argyle ! “— Punch

Live A Liatuav.—Life is a library, composed of several volumes. With some. these volumes are richly gilt; with others, quite plain. Of its several volumes, the first is a Child's Book, full of pretty pictures; the second is a Scliool-Book, blotted, inked, and dog's eared ; the next is a Thrilling R.nni.-ince. full of love, hope, rain, and des-- pair,winding up with a marriage with the most beautifuli heroine that ever was ; there is the Housekeeping-Book,‘ with the butchers’ and bdkers’ bills increasing every year, after that, cone the Day-Book and Ledger, swelling out into many volumes, presenting a rare fund of varied in- formation, and jingling like a cash-box with money ; these are followed up with a grave History, solemnly travelling over the events of the Past, with many wise deductions and grave warnings ; and last of all comes the Child's Book again, with its pages rather ‘soiled, and its pictures by no means so bright as they used to be. To the above library is some times added the banker’s Book, thick with gold, but it is a very scarce work, and only to be met with in the richest collections.

I"ir.iui.ii: Socis-rtr.—To a young man,nothing is so impor- tant as a spirit of devotion (next to his Creator) to soirie amiable woman, whose image rnny occupy his heart, guard it from pollution, which besets it on all sides. man ought to choose a wife, as Mrs. Primrose did her wedding-gown, for qualities that ‘-wear well.”

Goon AND BAD Sioss.-—It’s a good sign to see a man doing an act of charity to hit; fellows. It’s a bad sign to hear him boasting of it.—-It's it good sign to see the color of health in a man’s face. It’s a bad sign to see it all con- centrated to his nose.—It’s a good sign to see an honest man wearing old clothes. It's a bad sign to see them ﬁlling holes in his windows.—It’s a good sign to see a woman dressed with taste and neatness. It’s a bad sign to see her iiusband sued for her feathers and foolery, gems and jewellery.

The city government of New York demands nearly six and a halfmillion of dollars to keep it in operation for 18563-— Upwards often dollars each to every iiiliabi- tant in it. .

A Wirwi-*At.i..—Captain Carpenter, late 41st regiment, who was severely wounded at the battle of the A|ma,has, by the decision of the Court of Chancery, come into possession of £60,000,

MARRIAGE or Sin Roiiintr I’in-:t..-—I’relimiiiaries of a matrimonial alliance have been arranged bctwccnt Sir Robert Peel, M.I’.,and the Hon. Miss Hay, youngest. daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale.

Ssrtious DlFALCATl0N.—-Mr. Bulmer, the cashier in the well-known firm of Messrs. Jacques, Myers, and Co,. brokers, Liverpool, has, it is reported, been discovered to be a defaulter to the extent of about 559000.

RD'S GAZETTE, JANUARY 12.

A GREAT M.t.~t's BOOKS.-—A recent visitor to the Library of Daniel Webster, which remains at his old home in Marslifield, just as lie left it, after giving a full description of it, says, “ Not an iiilidel work could be fotiiid among all his books. lle never read such books. 'I‘lic very close of his life, be retained that reverence for the bible and the religion it incnlcates, which his excellent parents tatiglit him in infancy. The niute counsellors with whom he commiiiicd in retirerneiit, still show how he the glit, how he studied, and what opinions he cherished. \\A better selection of books to iiiake one wise and good could scarcely be made.

Liraitriitr LABOUR or MissioxAait:s.—The Missionaries of the English Baptist Missionary Society have written and published fourteen grammars nine dictionaries, mostly of languages in which no such works previously existed. They have also translated the Scriptures, in whole or in part, into nearley all the languages of India, besides those of Isudu and Dualla, on the west coast of Africa.

A RI:iua.nat.I: NAaru'riva:.—A few nights since there passed though this city, on the railroad, bound for Cana- da, a family of eight fugitive slaves. One of these—a leading spirit of the whole-—was a woman, sixty years of age, a bold, courageous, prompt, and energetic woman. Two years ago she was living as it slave in the south. She was the mother of six children, all of whom she had seen torn from her arms when old enough to be useful, and sold away from her. One day she heard her master bar- gaining with a soul-driver, who desired to purchase, for the far south , a boy some fifteen years old. Stung to the quick by this design of stripping her of the last of her kindred, she instantly resolved on ﬂight. ‘

The same night she started with her boy for the North. Night after night they travelled by the north stnr—the only guide the helpless fugitive knows in riiaking for the land of freedom, and one that deceives him not, since it is ﬁxed in the heavens. After long and painful wander- ings they arrived in Canada.

Here this heroic woman hired herself at wages. Two months ago. with a purse well ﬁlled, she started back to the residence of her old master at the South. Here, it- lonc, she concealed herself in woods and thickets, a fog- itive froin freedom—cared for, however, by the few trusty souls to whom she revealed the dangerous secret of her presence in the land of bondage. After remaining there ome two weeks, she collected seven of her children and randchildren, and started for the North. Long and slow and anxious was their journey. The same unerring star shone faithfully from above upon their midnight patli- way. By day they lay by, concealed among the thicket of the country, through which they iinsde rt bee line for the North. No toil discouraged, no danger disinnyetl this heroic woman. Many a titiic the party sull'ered to the verge of starvation. She cheered them onward—-she was their only “ guide, their counsellor, and friend.”

Worn down with the hardships of this perilous journey, with garments torn to shreds and ﬂuttering in the breeze ; with shoes worn into fragments, without hats or bonnets,, this heroine conducted her party to the house of a friend. ' Word was immediately passed,around among some of the good souls who dwell there as the salt of the earth, that eight fugitives were concealed in a garrct, destitute of the means of further progress. The word was follow- ed by the deed. All necessary in ans were instantly pro- vided for their safe transmission 0 the North, and the train which passed through this city on the same night, carried the whole party toward the home of their leader, in Canada, where they have by this time undoubtedly ar- rived.

We doubt ifn similar instance of devotion to friends and kindred is on record. It requires a daring mind to even conceive the idea of going back to the scene of bon- dage, and encountering the hazard of discovery in the lion’s den. But notliiug short of that heroism which under other circumstances has made men immortal, needed to put into execution ati enterprise so full of difliculty and danger.—Sucli spirits, if any, not only deserve to be free but are fitted to enjoy the largest liberty.—'l‘rt-nton State Gazette.

Tiiizita are men who have persevered, toiled, and'stu- died, not for themselves, but for a being whom they seek in vain-—who have hearts that are forbearingly hoarding ‘up affection in anticipations that can never be realise-d,eveii as the fond wife kindlcs her herirth and spreads her board for the husband who will never return. The other side of the medallion is equally pictorial, and woinan’s young hopes are as frequently destroyed as maii’s. Ilow many are disappointed and ruined by drunken, idle, speiid- thrift, reprobate husbands! Count them ; and weigh the wives and husbands of blighted hopes in a balance. One

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of this city, in regard to the measure of prolecﬁou their construction affords. In the lllitll to which we subjected them, we endeavored, without effect, to produce explosions of the vapor of the ﬂuid mixed with air, and to burst thetn l the pressure ofth. yapor alone. 'I‘ho principle adopted by M.-. N.w.tt is that of the well known Davy Lamp. [lg lg" ., combined the parts, that we are satisﬁed |I]|[ an" mg of explosive action is removed. CHARLES 'I‘. JACKSON, M. D , AUG. A. HAYES, M’ D., Auayers to the State of Massucltusatts.

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Mr. John Nowell, of llosttm, has exhibited to m. a Lamp, and also containing vessels, furnished with wire gauze protectors, upon the prim-,i,,|,, of Davy.‘ Safety Lamp for minors He has used both thou instruineiits before me with in[l.innnablo ﬂuids, and in both, when set on fire. the ﬂame was arrested by the wire gauze. which is co.ited with silver. Iftho instriiiiient-t are fuitlifully constructed, and carefully attended to, so that Ilia wire gnuzu does not suffer in. jury fioiii corrosion, wear or violence, I ntn ofopini. on that the protection will rove eflieclual against ex- pltltlloll. Nothing short ofpthis conviction would in. tlaeu me to rnuiitt.-iiiiiirze tho contiiiued u.-to ol' the burning fluids, so called. nsl have thought they ought to be entirely tliscariled, if not prohibited from use; so frequent and dreadful are the accidents occa- sninel by igiinraiico rind carelessness. In every case, glti-as lriinps r~li.iulil be given up; and llitmc of metal substitutul, on iiccouiit of the danger of fracture,

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New IIAVICN, (let. I6. I553.

I have exaunirn.-d Newt-.ll‘s Patient Safety Lrinip and I.anip I't-t-tier. They are eoiistrueted upon strictly pliilo.-npliir-al principles, liriving ti tribe of sil- t'cr¢:I1ri'ro grin:r', with H small per;/oration in the cup If \\t'II made, they ciiniii-t fail to insure pro- ti-ctioii :Ig:tl|i~‘| those driiigerous explosions to which the v:ipnr< of burning fluids and eatiiplieiie are sub- ject, wlmn mixed with air. 'l'heir general introduc- lltlll, l him no doubt, would prevent iiinny distrau- iiig rind l'ait:il accideiito.

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