[Written for Moore'* Rural New-Yorker.] 
NEVER DESPAIR. 
BY JKKMC IKYI.NG- 
0 it ward, onward wind* the river 
With a wild, perpetual Bow; 
Silent throbs the pulse of Nature 
While the laden moments go, 
Keeping time with Nature’s munis. 
High and low, and soft and alow. 
No cessation, though the breaker* 
Dash above the freighted bark, 
Leaving soul* to grope in darkness 
Through the future’s misty dark; 
Still that tireless pnlse is throbbing— 
We its stealthy *tep can mark. 
No cessation while ten thousand 
Bare their bosom to the foe, 
Though those pulst-a ceased their beating 
With brave hearts of long ago; 
Not though Eu-kwoktii, Lyo.b, Bakkb, 
Sleep within the grave yard low. 
Not a pause when hearts are breaking 
For the valiant, valued sons; 
(Our dear country'* tacrifices, 
Heart* and hope* like Wabhjnotosi’8 I) 
Mother hearts almost ceased beating 
With the booming of the guns. 
Still the pulse of Nature tbrobbetb. 
Sunshine gilds the East as well, 
Yet it teem* as though the breeues 
Echoed with a wilder swell; 
Prayers, and tears, and hopes for guidance 
In this dark tempestuous hour, 
Gain no answering ray of promise, 
Seeming to have lost their power; 
Yet the fierce, wild eye of battle 
Cannot make the true heart cower. 
What though Nature Is unmindful, 
What though wrong has won a field,. 
What tbongh Justice is denied us, 
Hearts of Kroemen never yield; 
Honor to the Revolution f 
This our motto—strength our shield! 
Walworth, Wia., 1861. 
Ik Sisti-falUt. 
A CHRISTMAS STORY. 
BY MARY FORMAN. 
Mr. Cprtis eat alone in liiB office; it wan just at 
the turn of the day, when the ahadowe in the corners 
were softly trooping foith to turn the twilight into 
darknesB. There had been unusually painful cases in 
the court upon that day, and the lawyer’s brow wore 
& look of thoughtful sadness, and he leaned hiH head 
on his hand with an air of weariness which was at 
variance with his strongly marked features, and the 
energy of his usual movements and words. Rousing 
himself after an hour of thought, he lighted his 
room, and then sat down to write; his firet task was 
the following letter: 
Mv Dear Madam: It grieves me, both as an old 
friend and your professional adviser, to have to tell 
you that onr last hope failed to-day. You have 
assured me from the commencement of the suit that 
yon looked for no other issue, and I most sincerely 
trust that the blow will lie lightened by the anticipa¬ 
tion of the result of onr effort ft, Jn any way that I 
can be of service lo yon, allow me to assure you thut 
it will ho my highest pleasure to be employed. Hop¬ 
ing that you will call upon me for any advice or 
assistance that you may need now, I am 
Yours very truly, A. Curtis. 
Mrs. E. TIarct »v\ 
He had scarcely finished writing the direction of 
this epistle, when a loud ring at the bell announced 
a visitor. He looked up to see at the door a small, 
childlike figure, dressed in mourning, with a vail 
over the face. 
“Mr. Curtis, I believe,” said a very sweet voice, 
and raising the vail the lady showed a face to match 
the gentle accents. She was very slight and small, 
and her fair smooth hair, large blue eyes, and small 
features gave a winning childish look to her face, 
with which a close widow’s cap and heavy black 
attire made a touching contrast. Mr. Curtis rose 
instantly, handed the lady a chair, and thon waited 
to hear her errand. 
‘‘You are Mrs. Barclay's legal adviser, I believe.” 
Mr. Cnrtia bowed assent 
“1 am Mrs. Hastings; your uncle would know me 
well, but since 1 left home, I find I have lost an old 
friend in his death.” 
“ I have heard my uncle speak frequently of Mrs. 
Barclay’s friend, ‘little Claire.’ ” 
“ Yes, I am ‘ little Claire.’ I returned from Europe 
yesterday, and for the first time heard of” — the blue 
eyes were filling fast — “of dear Mrs. Barclay’s 
troubles. 1 came here instantly to ask you to tell me 
all, for the accounts I hear vary.” 
“ I Bhould be —”Mr. Curtis paused. 
“You are a lawyer,” said Mrs. Hastings, smiling, 
“and I am making a blunder, I see, in my request. 
Did Mrs. Barclay, or your uncle ever tell you any¬ 
thing about me?” 
“Only that you were a very dear friend of the 
lady’s.” 
“ Thon, if I will not weary yon, I will tell you rny 
story, and you shall then judge whether it is best to 
answer my questions. Seven years ago, last Christ¬ 
mas eve, I was made an orphan. My father was a 
drummer in the orchestra of one of our theatres; my 
mother embroidered collars. One evening, Christ¬ 
mas eve, there bad been a pantomime at the theatre 
in which my father was engaged, which required 
music behind the scenes, and in passing from the 
rear of the stage to the front, he fell into a trap, 
which was invisible in the dim light, and w r as killed 
instantly; they brought his body homo, and the 
shock, acting upon a frame weakened by toil, pov¬ 
erty, ami illness, was too much for my mother; she 
went from one swoon to another, and died in my 
arms just as the dawn of Christmas peeped into our 
little room. 1 was then just fifteen years of age; for 
the day which brought this weight of sorrow was my 
birthday. 
“ My parents’ death threw me upon the world 
utterly penniless, and I was very young, sir. I am 
telling you all this to prove how much I owe to Mrs. 
Barclay. My parents had been poor from my birth, 
yeti was not wholly without education. My father 
had a natural genins for elocution, and had trained 
my voice for reading, while my mother tanght me to 
sew, and an old violinist, u friend of my father’s, had 
given me instruction in music. 1 could read, play 
on the piano, sing and sew; so, after T had seen all 
my parents’ property sold to pay their funeral 
expenses, I started with a brave heart to make my 
living. You may well shake your head. I had not 
one friend out of the theatre, and there was no money 
to spare among them, so 1 went, in my childish 
hope of obtaining work, from door to door. I was 
very small, and some smiled pityingly, some con¬ 
temptuously at the idea of trusting the little wanderer 
with sewing. A whole week passed, and I had not 
earned one cent. Then I tried the stores; there, too, 
I failed. 
“ I was leaning one day against the conuter of a 
store where embroidery was sold, and where my 
timid petition for work had met jls last, rebuff; I was 
crying, for I was cold, hungry, and hopeless. A 
kind band was placed on my shoulder, and a low, 
sweet voice said — 
“ ‘ You arc in trouble, mv child; what about?’ 
“I looked up. Such a kind loving face bent over 
me, and such tender, pilying eyes looked into mine, 
that I was warmed arid cheered instantly. 
“ ‘ If you please,’ I Baid, ‘ I want some work.’ 
“ ‘Work, child?’ 
“ ‘Yes, ma’am, embroidery; I can do it. Mother 
tanght me:’ and then, encouraged by her sweet lace 
and interest, I told all my troubles. I will not weary 
you by any more details. My questioner was Mrs. 
Barclay; she took me to her own honse, and for four 
years she was a second mother to me: 1 was educated 
and protected, while every wish of my heart was 
gratified. I could talk for a week and* not tell half 
the love and kindness she poured out upon the little 
orphan child, and it was not given as if J were a 
dependent npon her bounty, a charity ward, bnt 
every gift was sweetened hy loviDg* words and 
actions. 1 was told to call her Aunt Liszie, and she 
introduced me to her friends as her child, making 
me her equal in station; and yet I had no real claim 
upon her; it was her own loving heart that found its 
return in what alone I could give, my gratltudo and 
affection. 
“ When J wn nineteen years old I married, and in 
parting from me, rny dear benefactress gave new 
tokens of her loving care. I will not dwell upfi'n my 
married life, its grief is too recent We went my 
husband and myself, to Paris, snd for two years trav¬ 
eled through Europe. Ten months ago, Mr. Has 
tings died in Florence of jnaUrioufi ver. I was 
very ill for ft long time after I was widowed, but In 
the kind letters I received from home, I Usd no bint 
of Mrs. Barclay's tronbleR, and when she requested 
me to change the address of her letters, abe did not 
say that she had been forced to leave her home, the 
dear home where she bad made mv file so happy. 
Not until yesterday, when I landed in New Turk, did 
I receive the least intimation of the change of my 
friend’s prospects, and I came here aa soon as possi¬ 
ble. 1 hare just arrived in the city, and 1 came to 
you as the person who could best give me the inform¬ 
ation which I seek. 
“My husband left me wealthy, and I am solo mis¬ 
tress of my property; my benifactresB is, I hear, 
poor. Now judge if 1 have a right to ask for the 
statement of her trouble.” 
Mr. Cortis replied instantly. “Yon have every 
right, and I will meet yotir confidence with equal 
frankness; but first yon must allow me to insist upon 
your having rest and refreshment. Nothing can be 
done before to-morrow, and after tea I promise you 
all the Information which it is in ray power to give 
you. Mrs. Cortis is in the drawing-room. Will you 
allow me to present you?” uud, rising, be offered his 
arm to the lady. 
Mrs. Curtis, a tall handsome lady, received her 
bushand'B little guest with pleasure, one sight of the 
Childish face with its sad setting enlisting all her 
womanly sympathies. The name, however, added to 
the w armth of her welcome. 
“Mrs. Hastings. I feel like an old friend, for you 
were mv sister's classmate in the Italian class at l>r. 
Manara’s. Do you not remember Lottie Banks?” 
“ And yon are Sara. I ahall have a thousand ques¬ 
tions to "ask, but first I must trouble Mr. Curtis to 
speak to the btickman, and tell him to call for mo 
later in the evening.” 
“Where are your trunks?” 
“ At the (»-Honse.” 
“Mr. Curtis,” said his lady, laughingly, “do yon, 
on pain of my displeasure, instantly send for Mrs. 
Hastings’ trunks. No words; you are our guest 
while you are in the city.” 
“I shall be a lifelong inmate, then,” was the reply; 
“for I intend to reside here in future. I accept your 
invitation with pleasure, for I have to find a house. 
Mr. Curtis, when you send for tlu* trunks, will you 
please send for my baby?” 
“If there is so precious a packs ge as that to be 
delivered,” said Mr. Curtis, “ I will go myself for 
the baggage.” 
“Room 139, and yon will find Meta, the nurse, 
there. You speak Herman?” 
“ Yes.” 
•• Because she is profoundly Ignorant of English. 
My baity is Gorman, born there sixteen months ago, 
and I brought a nurse from Germany when we left 
there.” 
Mr. Curtis departed upon his mission, and Mrs. 
Hastings, having doffed bonnet and cloak, was soon 
chatting with her hostess. 
Tea over, the baby put to bed, and the lawyer dis¬ 
engaged, the sad story of Mrs. Barclay’s troubles 
came up again. It was brief. A relative of her late 
husband's bad made a claim against, the estate, and 
after a long lawsuit the court had given the case to 
the widow's opponent. 
“She left the house immediately after the claim 
was made,” said Mr. Cortis, “and was only per¬ 
suaded, after a very long course of urging, to resist 
the demand.” 
“ Where is she now?” 
“In H- 
“ But how does she live? Was there nothing left?” 
“Nothing! From luxury, she was deprived of all. 
She is now teaching French in a young ladies’ semi¬ 
nary. It will he a year in January since she has been 
there.” 
Claire’s tears were flowing fast: bnt, after a mo¬ 
ment’s pAuse, she said, brightly: “ All the events of 
my life, excepting the last ”— and she glanced at her 
black dress—“have happened to me on Christmas. 
I was horn on that day, orphaned, married, all on 
Christinas day, and I should like to associate a great 
pleasure more with the time; it is only one month. 
Will you help me in a plan for the next Christmas?” 
“ I will,” said both Mr. and Mrs. Cortis, and Mrs. 
Hastings told them her project. 
“No letter from Claire; this is the first steamer 
she has missed; 1 hope she is not sick again.” And 
an anxious aloud came over the speaker’s face. She 
was an elderly lady, whofte soft gray hair shaded a 
face where every gentle feeling had left a trace; the 
mild blue eyes, the full mouth, the soft, creamy com¬ 
plexion, ali seemed to spc-Ak of the serene spirit 
within, which gave its charm to the delicate features. 
She was pacing siowly up and down in a lung room, 
where globes, books, tind desks told of little students: 
in her hand she held an unopened letter, bnt it was 
not directed in the pretty, ladylike bund for which 
she looked, and she lot it stay sealed in her hand as 
she walked up and down. A fair childlike form and 
face, with u wreathing wealth of sunny hair, wit* 
before her as she mused, now in the coarse dress and 
thin bonnet in which it had first come to her, then 
in the full white lace and bridal wreath and vail in 
which it had last greeted her. 8be tried to picture 
it in the sad dress which now sorrow had made its 
own, and she whispered softly: “ Not yet, not next 
time; 1 will write as before until she is a little more 
accustomed to her own grief. I cannot add to my 
darling’s care. Perhaps at Christmas, the time when 
I met her first, I can write.” 
It was getting dark, aud Ihe entrance of the 
children aud light reminded her of the letter. Open¬ 
ing it, she read: 
My Dear Madam: I find that your signature is 
absolutely necessary to some papers which I hold 
and which I cannot trust to the mail. Will you 
come to the city on the 24tli, when I will meet yon 
and be ready for the signature? Mrs. Curtis begs 
that you will he her guest during your stay in town. 
Yours, very respectfully, " A, Curtis. 
“ He is imperative, 1 ' thought the lady; “but T will 
go. Any relief from this treadmill existence wilt di 
nae good.” 
It was Christmas eve; a still, starry evening had 
succeeded a clear day, and as the cars dashed itto 
the depot at nine o’clock, Mrs. Barclay was almost 
sorry her ride was over. 
“ I could not come earlier,” she said, as Mr. Curtis 
met her. “My holiday does not commence until 
to-morrow, and the principal is exacting. New I 
have a week of quiet rest.” 
“ And I trust of great happiness,’’ said the lawyer. 
“ 1 wonder what he means?” thought the lacy, as 
they drove away from the depot. “ He smiled Very 
significantly. The suit is lost, that is certain. Has 
he saved anything from the wreck? We are driving 
away from his part of the city, and —aid” — 
the carriage stopped. “My old house!” said Mrs. 
Barclay. 
“I will explain presently,” said Mr. Curtis, offer¬ 
ing his arm. 
Up the rteps, into the wide hall, lighted and 
warmed, and up the stairs to the bedroom. Here 
Mrs. Cnrtia met the bewildered lsdy, whose eyes 
filled as they rested upon the furniture and ornaments 
which were just as she had left them. 
“You will ll. d ajl the rooms unchanged,” said 
Mrs. Cortis, gently. “The man who took it did not 
disturb anylhing. aud it whs purchased as you left it. 
Will you come down, now?” 
The parlor was lighted, and in the adjoining room 
a supper-table was spread for the traveler. Upon the 
mantelpiece lay a folded paper directed to Mrs. Bar¬ 
clay. In it she read only these words—“A Christ¬ 
mas gift from Claire’s baby.” 
“Claire!” she cried; and, in answer to the call, 
the little figure appeared in the door, holding a baby- 
in a festive dress of white. There was a sobbing cry 
of “Claire, my darling!” and somehow the Ruby was 
transferred to Mrs. Curtis, and Claire was folded in 
her adopted mother’s arms. 
Bacb a happy Christmas was not spent under many 
roofs, and Ike earnest it gave of a life of grateful 
care to repay that Claire had met in her sorrow was 
not disappointed.— Godey's Lady'* Book. 
-Godey's Lady'* Book. 
Wit awl Sumo*. 
MILITARY DEFINITIONS. 
Am individual rushed excitedly into the sanctum 
of the Buffalo Commercial, the other morning, and 
placed the following under the eyeB editoriaL He 1 b 
informed that he is known, and that vigorous efforts 
arc in progress to bring him to punishment 
General Engagement.- The appointment of Gene¬ 
rals hy platoons, from civil life. 
Insubordination .—Disregarding the P. M. General’s 
Frank in Missouri. 
Carpet Nights. — Military levees at the White 
House. 
Military Department. —The marching of a Regi¬ 
ment. ( Vide report of the rebel movement at Mun¬ 
son’s Hill.) 
Jmt-iickleaiion ,—President Lincoln’s reply to Mrs. 
Fremont 
Flank Movement .—What Jessie’s Bent-on. 
Rebel incantations in Kentucky. —liaising the “ old 
Harry.” 
Belle of Baltimore .—Re-bcL. 
Ingrutrs .—Prisoners at Fort Lafayette. 
Khiver-de-freeze .—The rebel army in northern Vir¬ 
ginia this winter. 
Con detuned A rtillery. —Bn -chanan. 
Rebel Mathematics. —A tigh-for peace. 
Rout-hern Episcopacy. —A General game of Polk er. 
Rebel financiering. — Let us a loan. England is 
supposed to reply, “Cotton to us first.” France says 
Notre Dame. 
Fort Pickens. —Not the forte for rebels. 
“A foeman worthy of my steal..” —A pet phrase of 
Floyd’s. 
Northern Tears for the TFar.—Volunteers. 
Ken-tucky ?— She just ken. 
Brigadiers. La files <ia Regiment. 
Hostile Demonstrations.' —Cavalry movements. 
Army Accounts. —Charge bayonets. 
- < ■ » i » - 
Love and Horticui.turk.— “ Ob; Angelina!” said 
the young horticulturist to his love one evening, 
“if you could only see my Isabella* How each day 
develops new beauties; so graceful, so beautiful! 
Hanging over me so tenderly. No boacy so sweet to 
the taste.” Angelica suddenly fell to the floor like a 
flat-iron. “ Vll!?.*, ,!” she cried, “you love another!” 
and Bwooned away. “Oh, 1 have killed her,” ex¬ 
claimed the young horticulturist, jumping up aud 
wringing his hand*: —“Oh, Angelina, don’t, don’t. 
You mustn’t for the world, Angelina; I didn’t mean 
it; I only meant the grope vine.” 
“Madam,” said a snarling son of Escnlapios, 
“if women were admitted to Paradise, their tongues 
would make it a Purgatory.” “And some physicians, 
if allowed to practice there,” retorted the lady, 
“would make it a desert.” 
“So here I am between two tailors!” said a fellow 
at a public table, where two young tailors were 
seated, who had just commenced business for them¬ 
selves. “ True. ” was the reply; “wc are bnt beginners, 
and can only afford to keep one goose between us.” 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
1 am composed of 62 letters. 
My 22,16, 3, 30,17, 88, 6. 42, 1 is good to drink. 
My IX, 28, 19, 40, 10, 43, 1 has often jokes cracked at Ids 
expense. 
My 18, 21, 4(>, 62, 2 Is an animal of great use ta mankind. 
My 8,11, 6, 83, 18, 10, 45^s the given name of a young lady 
who is plaguing me while composing this enigma. 
Mv 42, 6, 48, 1, 49, 44, 23,10 in what 1 have to do occasionally 
in my every-day occupation when pupils get a little 
unruly. 
My 4, 9, 17, 41, 19, 39, 60, 22 are called the Irishman’s delight. 
My 7 26, 32, 87 is nor bad, bnt might be better. 
My 21, 36, 35, 4, 62 once prevented me from getting a kiss. 
My 27, 12, 42, 33, 50, 61 some of the politicians need badly 
My 20, 47, 4, 11, 14, 42, 28, 31, 37 is a title given to my 43, 12, 
13, 47, 41,13. 
My 29, 21, 24, 17, 39, 34, 26, 37 is not remembered long 
generally. 
l.y whole has sent most of our convicts to the penitentia¬ 
ries and still continues to destroy the characters of our 
ycpith, 
Cross Creek Village, Pa, 1861. J. M, 
15?” Answer in two weeks. 
A RIDDLE. 
Thosk who have me not do not wish for me; 
Those who have me do not wish to lose me; 
Those who gain me have me no longer. 
Answer in two weeks. 
-- 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEM. 
Sn-POSiNG the moon's diameter to be 2,164 miles, and the 
earth’s diameter to be 7,910 miles, and the distance between 
their centers 238,664 miles, how far from the earth’s surface 
upon the line that joins their centers, must a person be to see 
ju 15 12 of the moon's surface? Edwin A. Dodds. 
Gouverneur, St Law. Co., N. Y., 1861. 
0 s ” Answer in two weeks. 
Timely Grreetings 
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What the Press Says. 
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Moo ft As RinUI. Nkw-Yowkv.k—T his most excellent Family 
Newspaper continues to improve iu appearance and cements. 
It is ahead of ail competition, and i» certainly tint best weekly 
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beauty. The Rural give* a carefully digested suihmaiy of war 
news up to the tatcRt dates. It a!-o far Dishes engravings, 
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lit all its departments iipd rueri's Die pstronSge of On- entire 
reading pubi c - Clark . School Virilor. Philadelphia. Pa 
Tub Rural New-Yr fiber, published at Roehes’sv, N. Y,, by 
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It is the paper for the borne circle Herald, Peru Co . fll. 
Thr best Agriculture! paper, by fur, with which wo are 
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Rochester, N Y It is ably edited, superbly printed, su’d is 
our bean idea' of what an Agricultural ami Horticultural paper 
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next Wc are glad In learn that its prospect* for the future 
are more promising than ever. Ifr wfidi it* -■xr.ellent publisher 
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Moohk'S Rpkal Nkw-Voukkii This long establifhed agri¬ 
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wlio cultivates a farm nr even ten rods of land. The individual 
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Moouk's Ri it.n Nkw YORKRR.—To any one who Writ cot up 
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If... n hove we will need the Jtrjmhlvan and Sentinel during ."ir 
natural life, and, if p"*« Me. •-'ire t me thereafter.— Rrftutdictw 
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Moons S Ritual Nsw- Yoskvr —If any of cur farmers wi«h 
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fact all subjects pertaining to the farm and garden. It also 
glvi'H tire Ini'-tt news in a complete and extruded manner 
Chur'rs D Bragdnu. so "el! knnwu as tire tnnner >(liter of 
the Prairie Farmer > WV«,te- n Cor re* ponding Editor, which 
fact must make l' e t-’uial of especial interest. Peninsular 
Dispatch, b\Wimvi!le, (?•-». Co., hlbli. 
Tub Rtoret. Nkw-Yopksii This most excellent paper e.nn- 
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only a journal for lire nousewite. I usbapdinan, lover of his¬ 
torical iVio's, and 'be at rv reader, but contains a eondi'Uiation 
of news luteresting to every one. Journal, Alma, M i* 
Moonr s Rural Nf.W-Yop.KHL — This unrivaled journal ia 
about entering on n now volume. It* merits a.aa paper a/iapled 
lo a wide range of ranolleivn.. and to the wants of large cIjumos. 
are superlative The Komi ia, unmistakably, tbn heat Journal 
of its kind published in t bis or mu o’liorr.nnj tr\ Thoamniuit 
of useful information il conveys to the Farmer, the Gardener, 
(lie Arti-an. Ihe M>••hiit 'c. and the g-ttoral reader, in the 
course of a ye.’p would fill volumes, and ia bey oud estimation 
—Republican )l’ab lmian, Greenperi. N. ¥. 
Tint Rural New Yorker ia decidedly the best paper of ft* 
class published in America A- uu ,tyii iilltiral and Family 
Rtmertiscmcnts. 
QUINTA HALL, 12.0CHESTER, 
ANDREW J. BRACKETT, Importer, Wlrelesale and Retail 
Dealer in Earthen, China. Parian and Glass Ware, No. 38 State 
street, Rochester, N Y. 
t AR g"<>d* repacked at New York prices, thereby saving 
to purchasers Freight and Breakage. 
In addition his usual large s ocks of Staplb and Fancy 
G oons, be would call attention to a large and well selected 
areortmoijtsuitable for Uie 
HOLIDAYS, 
consisting in part of the following: 
French Brovak Clocks. STATCs-rms, Bitsts, Arc, very line 
goods. 
Parian Fjccuks. Vase? Baskets, Boxes, Ac , a large variety. 
PLatjui Gri.ips—a complete Nock, at much reduced prices. 
Ivouy lUMiyyii Cp7i.rfiY-a la ge varic-ir, of var on, qualities. 
Lavs Ware VAsrs. Tba and Sjp.kjno Sbts. A,-.. Re. 
Rjrtit China Goons in great van-ty, a,me very choice, to¬ 
gether with a ereat variety ol Fancy and t’seful Articles suita¬ 
ble tpr Christmas, NVw Y.ar - nr Bredal t’-erents. 
lor all articles in Staple nr Fancy Goods, China JTall lathe 
place to purchase, Ac examination of bis stock will convince 
any o re ol t.'ii- .. U 
F Oli tlio WINTER SCHOOLS 
AND WINTER EVENINGS. 
TUB OMY DAI-SCHOOL PAPER PUBLISHED! 
ORIGINAL SCHOOL MUSIC, 
BY STEPHEN C. FOSTER AND OTHERS. 
Original School Dialogues, Stories, Heading Lessons, Ldlers 
lo Children , Poetry, Speeches, Enigma*, Beautiful 
Engravings, etc , i£a,, in 
CLARETS SCHOOL VISITOR, VOL. VL 
REV, ALEX. CLARK, EDITOR, 
A large and elegantly printed Quarto Monthly for Teachers 
and School Children everywhere 
The School Visitor has'more reading matter, finer illustra¬ 
tions. a-id better music, than any jnvenile periodical publish¬ 
ed for the price. 
fine copy, one year, 60 cents. 
Three copies, “ $1.00 
Eight " " $2.00 (only 25 cents each.) 
Twelve " *' $3 00 fanrf one to club maker ) 
The music alone iu the Visitor isworth more than twice the 
price of the na|>er. 
Fpecimen* furnished free. Now ia the time lo form elnba. 
Address DADOfUHAY & HAMMOND. 
fil»<teo_4)1 Walnut St. Philadelphia. 
GILMAFS SHOE STORE, 
ISTo. 8 STATE STREET, 
ROCHESTER. N. Y. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c„ IN No, 621. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Resignation of General 
Scott 
Answer to Arithmetical Problem:—942.48 feet 
Answer to Anagram: 
If every pain and care we feel 
Could bum upon our brow, 
How many hearts would move to heal 
That-strive to crush us now. 
CMH9 U in _ t Hill l ri. Pi- ** ■ i It 1' 11 II i II 1.11 t in I.an Ilk 
Newspaper, it is entitled to a place at every fireaide.- Jieoord, 612 
Onrmeautville, Pa, _ 
Mooun's Rpkai. vp.v-YofiKFR —This well estab'ished paper 
will enter upon its Tlr rleenUi volume on ' he first of .Wntl&ry. 
It has become a favorite wherever read. We know of no paper 
of its class which, in point of usefulness to lire farmer, gar- 
doner, or hourewife, eon begin to eompnre with It It is 
orient the (Inert printed publication* jo tho o.onoti y, am) is 
filled with well digested matter. It is no fit*-Ik paper but it is 
a paper the usefulness of which every one who reads il will 
readily acknowledge DanocrcUic Messenger. 
Wr know of no journal that we can so highly commend to 
our readers ns the Rural. As a family paper il has no equal. 
No Tanner nr mccbar.ic should be without it. — Economist, 
Markham, C IF 
In another column will bu found the prespeetua of the Rural 
Ne«-Yorker, i In-verv ties! paper of its trios now published. 
There should be a elnh made up in every neighborhood iu the 
county -Northern IruUanim. It umno, lr„t 
Titrs excellent journal, while mainly devoted to the firming 
interests, in which character It lure probably no superior in the 
world, i- «r tire same time A first class Family Newspaper, and 
is one /if the most interesting entertaining and instructive 
puhlimt.ons in thi* Country. We receive il regular !y, and we 
may rent.uk, without disparaging any other, that there is cot 
one of all our exchanges n ore welcome than Ihe Rural New- 
Yorker. and certainly not one that we cj.n.r. ore cheerfully 
recommend.— Oitiseo, HtuU’Vef, York Co., Pa, 
UOOtttl’s Rural Nkw-Yoiuo:k -The Annual Message of Gov. 
Monre, of li e Koisl, may be found in onr paper this week. 
All who till tbs soil or cultivate the lain I. uu either a large 
or small scale should take thin paper We are now making ___ 
up a club for 1HS2-— Visitor, EranUin, Delaware Co , N Y 
Moonu's Rdkai. New-Yorker.—T his journal is probably the 
best of the kind pub'-rfi .• 1 in t e Dm ted Strive, an . is just the 
psper for the Drmcrsnf the Noi 'h-Wcst. It i, alarge, neatlv- 
ptinted papn coitri nii.-r mo-tlv original matter, Upon all 
topics of interest to the farmer and the general reader Tho e AGE. 
who have ak*n ii (nr-a time caanot ail rC . j uUpense with it 
Advertiser, Polo, JU. 
Mn. Moomc deserves the most 1 iberal success, tor his paper is 
doing more good to ii.h world io the advancement of agricul¬ 
tural science and wealth, than any -imilar paper.— Gas'Ue, Le 
Hoy. N Y. 
Tub Rural NBW-YoRtuti!. We call the attention of onr 
readers to the annual prospectus of this excellent paper, Hu 
which will ho found in another column. We regard th« Rural Avert 
as the best paper of the kind in the world. As uu agricultural , 
journal it is ou-ui soared, and «« a family paper of general Iree 1 
news and miscellany it has no superior. Of all ihe papers and o 
that we have any krow ledge of, if we were compelled to select 
nop as the only paper we could get. we would select the Rural. K 
We trust a large club will be made op for the Rural at this extra 
office this year — Itcpublvan, (Xlumbia City. 2nd. paper 
Ir is scarcely accessary to 's.y anything in exteunstiou of BosH 
the merit- of the Rurnl for Its r sure has become a "liou-el' 0 T d paper 
word' with the American people.— Commercial, Monroe, IlbJi f n > £ , r 
Ws con always make room for the Prospectus of Moore’s Rpba. 
Rural New-Yoi for. published by D. l>. T Moore nt Roclres- „ 
ter, N Y.. at $2 per y-xr always in Rdvarce. Jt is the best t- ad- 
Agri'-ullurai and Family N'tespap'r cvrrx.'Ul/>ishc.d. Il is strict ly 
moral, it has a liberal suppR of prose am! poetry, it gives 1 
weeklv the latest news up to the hour . f going to press, the any p 
acTicnltniwl department .nd.iaii-- more talent and a g-.f-n' -r or$h: 
number of contributors tb.tr. Boy other journs > hr ttre wm b‘, ’ . 
r roducipg an ttninori-e wealth of pra ileal reading which cau 1>ectl 
fie procured fioni io other tource Tho mcchanpal appear- fulls! 
*uce is wit hoot a fault; v. r ever bat'' run a single ci ., of rdt ,. f 
the Rural thut would not bear the olorest scrutiny. At llie 
beginning of each new volume the proprietor announces new mono 
atlrao'ions i.nd improvements, and carries out to a luf.cr hifl other, 
favorite motto. ••Excelsior!"—Com Planter and Me tonic?. mlcci 
Tub rural has no superior 88 a Family Newspaper. All istofi 
who are in favor of and would promote " Pi ogres- and hn- 
6 ioveinetit”iii Airmen : .lie, Horticu'ture, Domestic Economy, 
ducfition. and Ku al n»d Roeia. Lite, should use their ii tin »?rfi 
cnee in behalf of Die 1’rachc.il. r-.-ful. Instructive and Pure -• 
Literature .'.plained in Moore'S Furl X.-w-Yorker. In pr-f- 
JjT UBBAED & NORTHROP, 
Are now ofiering, at their 
P O P V I.JJ n SALKS JtOOM , 
Nos. 69 & 71 Main St., Marble Buildings, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., 
A CHOIC® A NO COMPLETB ASSORTMENT Or 
European and American Dress Goods, 
Black and Fancy Dress Silks, 
Brocbe and Woolen l.ong Shawls, 
Brocbe and Woolen Square Shawls, 
Bnmbarines, Alpacas and Pararaetta*, 
French Mm no* (Rest Assortment in Rochester,) 
French and American Punts and Ginghams, 
Honse FuinlMliInu Goods, Worden Blankets, 
1,ace and Muslin Drapery, (Yard or Set,) 
Wrappers and Drawers, Ladies' and Gentlemen’s, 
White Goods, Embroideries, Hosiery, Ac. 
- ALSO - 
Bleached and Brown Sheetinga and Shirtings, 
Tickings, Denims and Towelings, 
At LEsa than the present New York pricee- 
Notwitbstandiup the general stagnation In almost every de¬ 
partment of bu-inre- during the last lew months, it is with 
much satisfaction that we me able to record the tact that our 
eltortx to uinl nl ii in our former amount of business have been 
eutirilIv successful, and in some departments the sales have in- 
creased over those cd any previous year. 
EVERY DEPARTMENT CONTAINS It ARC AINU I 
Which we should lit! happy to exhibit, confidently believing 
that they would be appreciated by the most economical pur- 
chaner. We are also extensive manufacturers of 
LADIES’ CLOTH GARMENTS. 
Every desirable grade of Cloth and Beaver CLOAKS, of the 
most approved aud 1 ash I unable Styles, are now ofiered by ua 
in great variety. We are also prepared to 
MANUFACTURE GARMENTS TO ORDER, 
AT A EE IF HOURS' NOTICE, 
For those who prefer selecting their own ClothB. 
We have taken great pai ire I» perfect arrangements apper¬ 
taining to this popular branch of our business, and we are 
every month acquiring more and more popularity in the Man¬ 
ufacturing Department. 
I <r OUR PRICES, ALWAYS SATISFACTORY. 
ItriillAtm A NOKTIlROt’, 
612 69 & 71 Main Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
GILMAN’S SHOE STOBE, 
Mo. S STAIlTE STREET, 
ROCHESTER., N. Y. 
erenee to the trash and humbug so prevalent and delctennuB 
to the minds nod ti up u tcrere.- of the ev.,pie and 'Vuomunlty. 
Those wlm contfliifd-te subscribing fur this valuable paper, 
either singly or by clubs, should do so at once, in order to 
commence with the new volume.— Tribune, Medina, N. Y. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THB LARGEST CIBC0LATEB 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND PAlflLY WEEKLY, 
18 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Terms in Advance: 
Subscription — Two Dollars a Year. To Clubs and 
Agents aa follows;—Three Copies one year, for $S; Six, and one 
free to club agent, for $10; Ten, aud one free, for $18; Fifteen, 
and one free, for *21; Twenty, and one free, for$2S; and any 
greater number at same rate — only $1 25 per copy.—with aa 
extra free copy for every Ten Subscribers over Twenty. Club 
papers directed to Individuals and sent to as many difierent 
PostrOffiees aa deeired M we pre-pay American postage on 
papers sent to the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and 
friends must add 12>s cents per Copy te the club rates of the 
RrnAi,. The lowest price of copies Bent to Europe, Ac., Is 
$2.50—including postage. 
137 - Tub above Terms and Rates are invariable. Therefore, 
snyperson who is ant an agent, sending the club rate ($1.50 
or$l.S5) fox a single copy (the price of which is $2,) will only 
receive the paper the length of time the money pays for at 
full single copv price. People who send us less than published 
rates, and request the paper for a year, or a return of the 
money, earjiot le accommodated —for it would be unjust to 
other; to . amply, and a great inconvenience to return remit- 
ttnoes. The ovo’y wear to get She Rural for less than $2 a year, 
is to form or join a club. 
Advertising — Thirty-Five Cents a Line, each inser¬ 
tion. A price and a half for extra display, or 52. ! i cents per line 
of Bpace. Special Notices, (following reading matter, leaded.) 
Sixty Cents a Line. t'i 7 ~ The Rural Nkw-Yokkkr has a far 
i.nrirer circulation than anr similar journal in the world, and is 
