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Vol. III.

THE SUNSET LAND.

Oh! dimly through the midst of years,
That roll their dreary waves between,
The gorgeous sunset land appears,

Arrayed in hues of fadeless green.
And from that far-off sunny clime,

Gld, half forgotten songs arise, And stealing o'er the waves of Time, The sweetly lingering music dies.

As some bright island of the sea,

Forever blooming-ever fair;
Though cold, dark billows round it be,
Eternal sunshine hovers there.
Thus o'er the silent sea of years,

Our eager, longing looks are cast,
Where, robed in fadeless Spring, appears
The sunlit Eden of the past.
There memory weaves her garlands green
Beside the lone, bope-haunted shore!
And, musing 'mid the Arcadian scene,▾
Twines flowers that bloom for us no more.
Oh! hallowed clime! blest land of love!
Sweet paradise of early dreams!
Still through thy vale may Fancy rove-
Still bask beneath thy evening beams,
And there they dwell-those cherished ones,
With snow-white brows, and waving hair-
I see them now; I hear their tones
Of sweetness sigh along the air.
Hark! how thetr silvery voices ring
In cadence with the wind's low sigh!
Not sweeter is thr wind-harp's string,
That wakes at eve its melody.

They call us: see! they wave their hands-
As by the mirage lifted high,
Thet clime in all its beauty stands

Against the forehead of the sky.
With wreathed brows-with laugħ and song—
With tender looks-hand clasped id hand-
They move along, that love-linked throng,
Within the haunted sunset land.

BY W. H. STARR

CHANGING A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR
BILL.

NEW-LONDON, CT.

Thursday, April 5, 1860.

It chanced that the broker-who is uni

ONE DOLLAR A YEAR

No. 7.

"Don't joggle the checkers," said the
versally known by the cognomen of Un-old man, as the draughts danced again up-
cle 'Vanus-was sitting in the hotel office on their squares, and plunging his hand
of Framingham with a friend, playing a into the other pantaloons pocket he fish-
game of checkers, when a fashionable ed up another apparently promiscuous
dressed young man stepped up to the bar heap of bank notes, which he smoothed
and called for a cigar, and after having out, and rapidly counted the required
lighted it, said with an air of arrogance amount, which about used up the supply,
to the bar keeper:
and then pushed them over to the young
man, pocketing in return the two large

"You will have to trust me for this ci-
gar as I have no change; unless," he add-notes.
ed, somewhat bombastically, "some of
you can change a five hundred dollar
bill."

"Well," said Uncle 'Vanus, slowly
looking up from his checker-board, "per-
haps I can change a bill for the young
man if he wants to pay for his cigar."
"You!" said the young man, some-
what sneeringly, as he glanced at the
plainly dressed old man, and then, with a
wink to call attention to the capital joke
he was about to perpetrate, he continued,
"You change it! Well since you are
so kind, perhaps you will change me a
couple of them," said he, slapping down
two notes of five hundred each upon the
table with considerable emphasis.

"Don't joggle the checker-board," said Uncle 'Vanus slowly as he replaced three or four pieces that had been jostled from their squares by the young man's emphatic action; then drawing a huge roll from the pocket of his well worn pantaloons, he carefully counted out, in notes of all sizes, colors and denominations the required amount handed them over to the young man and pocketed the two clean Boston bank notes of five hundred each that lay before him, saying, “Prehaps you would like two more of them changed?" The young man, with an air of bravado Almost every one is aware of the falla-thinking he had stumbled on some drover cy of always trusting to outward appear- who happened to have only one thousand ances. Looks are deceitful, as all of us dollars in his pocket, crammed the heap find, sooner or later, by bitter experience. of bills the old gentleman had passed to We recollect an incident which oc- him into one pocket, and drew forth two curred a few years since, which illustrates the folly of trusting to appearances, and which will be remembered by many who were well acquainted with one of the parties, a wealthy cattle broker of Framingham, Mass.

SELECTED FOR THE REPOSITORY.

The tide was evidently against the young braggadocio, and he felt it in the half suppressed laughter that was elicited from the lookers on. A bold coup was lost, and he at once decided upon it.necessary to regain the ground he had

Perhaps, my old fellow, you think that's all the money I've got, and perhaps you may have the rags about you for these two beauties," says he, as be flirted two one fore the old man. thousand dollar notes upon the table be

"Pretty well crowed, my Bantam," said the latter, as he keonly scrutinized the notes. "Ef you keep on through life as you 'pear to have begun it, perhaps you'll have rags about you that you won't get rid of so easily." Then plunging his hand into a capacious pocket somewhere under his left arm, he drew forth a huge, plethoric calf-skin wallet, in which he deposited the two one thousand dollar notes

and from which he handed the amount in others of similar denominations, saying as more of these changed, just hand 'em out he did so "Ef you would like a few for the game is waiting."

The young gentleman evidently felt that the game was waiting, and it began to be apparent to him who was game; so he hastily gathered up the money and prepared to leave, when he was stopped by Uncle 'Vanus, who said—

"Ef you have got small bills enough, my friend, perhaps you had better pay for other five hundred dollar notes from that cigar. Any broker in Boston will another pocket, with a glance of triumph give you Boston bills for the pile you've to the bystanders, who began to gather got in your pockets for a small commisaround, and banging them down upon the sion, and," he continued with a grin, “you table, said, "prehaps I do; wont you had better step into the city and take up change them, old buster ?” the note you were sent to pay, instead of

swapping your money round here among strumentality, fire, wind, and water becattle drovers."

The young man threw down a dollar on the counter, and vanished amid a shout of laughter from those who had witnessed this scene, while Uncle 'Vanus quietly settled himself in his seat, and went on with the interrupted game of checkers.

come subservient to human purposes, and
through her agency the delicate springs of
human action are touched and harmony
produced on this 'harp of a thousand
stringe.” Man has sounded the depth of
the ocean, and measured the height of
mountains and the distances of the stars.
But the deep mysteries of his own nature

Prof. Lieber, of Columbia College. At the close of his truly eloquent and impressive remarks, turning to Dr. Hays, he added, "If your and our highest expectations should be fulfilled-if you should find a water communication from Smith's Sound into a polar basin, and plow that sea with man-made keel for the first time since the day of creation, and you should

THE REPOSITORY: he has not solved. There are heights and ascertain the trending of its shore, and

depths yet unattained and unattainable.-
Press on as he may, the horizon is still in
the distance. Made a little lower than the
angels and crowned with glory and honor,
he possesses faculties yet but feebly under-
stood; and in the study and development
of which is opportunity for the exercise
of the highest genius and the most com-
manding talents.

you should sail on and on to Behring's Strait, or be able to steer to Spitsbergen, and came down upon Northern Eurepe in your little craft, heavily freighted with the glorious news, a shout of victory will meet you, in which we shall join our Triumph! Triumph!

If you cannot penetratd by water, or if you can return and tell us there is no Polar Sea, we shall be equally thankful, and science will have gained thus much.

An excellent article on the " "Progress of Education and Encouragement to Ef"To all teachers and educators of every fort," appears in the R. I. Schoolmaster, over the signature of our esteemed and sphere. alike in the week-day school and If you should be debarred by barriers in the sabbath-school; in the lecture hall well known Providence correspondent, “A, B.,” whose name appears as editor of and in the editorial sanctum; in the pul. which no resolution and no heroism can the journal. It is replete with historic pit and at the bar of justice; in the labo-scale, we shall receive you no less with facts, deep thought and clear logic, and ratory and at the humble fireside; in the our hearty Well done, companion in the but for want of space, we would gladly workshop and on the farm; a voice comes pursuit of knowledge. All enterprises are copy the article entire. It forcibly illus-up from the worthies of past generations; undertaken with the reservation :-God Be faithful to your calling. On you de- permitting. trates the important fact that "Knowledge And if that Providence, whose care deis Power," and elucidates the great truth pend the destinies of those you know not. that "Education is assuming an imporYour influence, though perhaps you are scends in each flake of polar snow, as it tance, and commanding an influence which unconscious of its existence, is moulding floats down in each sunbeam on the treekings and potentates cannot but feel and the character and directing the life of im- producing zones, has decreed that you acknowledge." mortal beings. Toil on: faint not. Amid shall sleep as soldiers on their own battletrial and hardship, quit you like men. fields, wrapped in the white Arctic sheet, And you shall in due time receive your re- all those of us still remaining for a brief ward, enjoying the sweet satisfaction of time behind you, can do in our humble knowing that your efforts have contribut❘ way, we shall do, that your name may be ed to the well being of your country, and worthily remembered as one who gallantto the progress of your race." ly fell in a noble contest, truly on the field of honor.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

This is an important thought, and one that should encourage our teachers to active effort in this inter. esting and truly noble profession. As we have before remarked, the teachers of our youth occupy a most responsible position, and to them the future generation will be indebted in a great measure for its virtue intelligence, influence and prosperity.— Indeed, we cannot estimate the value of a kind, faithful, and efficient teacher, one A large and enthusiastic meeting of the who feels the responsibility of his or her friends of the proposed Arctic expedition station, and exerts that gentle but control- was held last Thursday evening, at New ling influence over the scholar, which can- York at the rooms of the Historical Socinot fail to result in his best good, All ety, under the auspices of the American honor to our noble teachers for their effi- Geographical Society, to hear from Dr. ciency in the various departments of their Hayes a statement concerning his proposcalling, and far distant be the day when ed expedition to the North Pole. Dr. H. their labors shall cease to be properly ap- very lucidly and clearly explained his preciated. But we willingly forbear fur-views, and submitted his plans, pointing ther remarks to give place to the closing out upon the map his intended route of paragraph of the article alluded to. The exploration. Letters of great interest writer eloquently remarks:

from Professors Bache, Henry, Guyott, "Art and skill are, then, most appropri- Gold, and others were read, warmly apately employed in the business of educa- proving of, and recommending the expetion. The old proverb truly says, "Art is dition. Professors Mitchell and Silliman long." She has achieved victories over also addressed the meeting in eloquent and the works of nature, and performed ex-spirited terms, and a profound discussion ploits on land and sea. Through her in- of the whole subject was submitted by

But, sir, I hope not only that we shall find the means to send you, but also that you will return to tell your noble story here on this very spot, say two years and a half bence. Keep this appointment.— You know that you have the sincerest, the warmest, the enthusiastic sympathy of all those ir. whose behalf I have had the honor of addressing you and this distinguished assembly. God speed you, and protect you and your little band of daring men."

BEWARE OF STROLLING PEDLARS.

Recent everts in our city have been fully sufficient to put our citizens on their guard against encouraging strolling pedlars, whose goods and wares are often either stolen, or obtained in some dishonest way by the venders. There may be, and

are, sections of the country where the peddling of some kinds of wares and merchandise is a convenience, aud to a certain extent a necessity. But in our own community. with very rare exceptions, encouragement to this kind of dealers is not only an act of injustice to our own regular merchants, but miserable economy on the part of the customers themselves. And more than all this, it furnishes an excellent opportunity for the most consumate villainy, on the part of the unprin cipled vender.

Most of our readers may not be aware of the extent of a system of rascality that is beginning to be felt a very serious evil in the community. By this system, house breaking, particularly, has been reduced to a regular business and trade, and in most cases is committed with entire impunity, An intelligent and experienced police officer, Mr. Clark, of Newburg, N. Y., who has particularly investigated the subject, has furnished important information in regard it. He states that

officers can get no trace of them, as would
be the case if the goods were offered for
sale in the city.

But the practice of buying of pedlars
not only thus provides a trade for stolen
goods, but the means are provided for
robbing the customer himself. This class
of pedlars (and we venture to say they
constitute fully nine-tenths of all engaged
in the business) make sharp use of their
eyes while inside the houses to which they
obtain access. The arrangement is rapid-
ly noted-the probabilities of its being
worth the while for an attempt-fasten-
ings of doors and windows-all such in-
formation as will be valuable to the bur-
glar. Provided with such diagrams of a
town and neighborhood, the house-thief
goes deliberately and understandingly to
work. He rarely makes a mistake, and
barring accidents, may follow his busi-
ness with all the ease and certainty of a
legitimate calling.

whom should I see but the Colonel and his children. Shaking me by the hand, he said, "These are my pickanınnies, General-my only treasures. I bring them every morning among the flowers, sir; it teaches them to love God-to love God, sir."

FAST DAY.

Governor Buckingham's Proclamation. I hereby recommend the people of this Commonwealth, to observe FRIDAY, the sixth day of April next, as a day of fasting humiliation and prayer; and desire that on that day we may witness a whole people, turning aside from their usual voIcations, and in the light of Gods truth, examining themselves until they shall see wherein they have violated their obligations to God and to their fellow-men; and in the exercise of deep humility and true repentance seeking the Divine favor.Also, that with unwavering faith in an overruling Providence, they may pray that God will not deal with us according to our sins, but in accordance with the benevolence of His own character; that He will crown every lawful enterprise ple should be on their guard against this with prosperity; that He will give us the class of strolling vagabonds. It will be influences of his spirit to enlighten our found a safe and economical rule for evminds, purify our hearts; and deliver us ery house to establish for itself—" No ped- from the power of indwelling sin; that He lers admitted here"-and if the business will overthrow and defeat the counsels of could once be fairly crushed out, it would those who devise evil against our governbe a most important step towards break-ment, and against our institutions of learning up the gangs of burglars, both by ing, charity and religion, as are based up stopping their only safe market, and by cutting off their means of information."

peo

Mr. Clark states from his own knowledge that this is no theory, but a simple "The managing map of the whole sys- statement of the modus operandi of the tem is the New York fence man, or the business of house-breaking-and such bereceiver of stolen goods. A store in New-ing the fact, it is important that the burg, or New London, for instance, is robbed of a large quantity of silks and similar goods. The thief slips off with his plunder to New York, and sells them to the fence" for about one-fifth their actual value, This is his only safe method of realizing the cash, and he is obliged to take what he can get. When he is rioting over his ill-gotten gains, the "fence man" must devise some means to realize on his share. He cannot sell safely in the city, and accordingly he organizes a gang of pedlars, who scatter themselves all over the country. These men have two objects in view-first, to sell the stock on hand, and secondly to open the way for a new supply. They resort to a variety of expedients for their two-fold purpose.

on principles of love to God and love to man; that He will cause reason to triumph over passion, truth over error, liberty over oppression, and make this nation a people to His praise.

COL. BENTON.-The domestic manners and habits of this illustrious statesman are probably much less known than his public life. The following incident related notice that a committee appointed by the ANDREWS' FAMILY GATHERING.-We by Col. Dale of Mississippi, exhibits some Andrews' family, Wallingford, have inof the more beautiful traits of his charac-vited all the descendants of the early setter, in his family relations, even amid the tlers of this country, of the name of AnSome are regular and open pedlers of almost herculean labors of his public du-drews, with their connections by marsilks and other dry goods. Others have ties:-"When I visited Col. Benton, at riage or descent, to meet in the town of high priced shells and fancy articles, five o'clock in the evening, I was conduct- Wallingford, in this State, on Wedneswhich they do not expect to sell, but once ed to him in a room where he was surround-day, August 29, 1860, for the purpose of a fairly inside of a house, sly packages of ed by his children and their school books. family greeting and social recognition of silks are produced, "sold very cheap be- He was teaching them himself. That family relation. The Committee extend cause they are smuggled." Few people very day he had presented an elaborate to all bearing the Andrews name, a cordial miss the chance of a bargain out of any report to the Senate, the result of labori-invitation to be present, with their fami regard to the integrity of Uncle Sam's ous research, and had pronounced a pow-lies, and unite in the festivities of the occarevenues. In these ways the stolen prop- erful speech-yet, there he was, with erty is disposed of the silver, of course, French and Spanish grammars, globes and being melted down at head quarters. It slate and pencil, instructing his children will be readily seen that under such a sys- in the rudiments. He employed no teachtem. it is next to impossible that stolen er, The next morning, I was strolling, goods should be identified, as the detective at sunrise, in the Capitol grounds, when,

sion, which promises, from present indications, to be one of great interest to all connected with the Andrews name. The call is signed by Benj. H. Andrews, Waterbury, President, and Orrin Andrews, Wallingford, Secretary.